Wolfbriar Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Multikicker 
(You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token for each time it was kicked.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #9902
Wolfbriar Elemental enters with a board — kick it four times and you've got four 2/2 Wolves plus a 4/4 for ten mana, all at once. The ceiling is absurd in ramp-heavy green shells, and Ruxa, Patient Professor turns every token into a legitimately threatening attacker that ignores blockers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor wants creatures with no abilities, and Wolfbriar Elemental's Wolf tokens are vanilla 2/2s that get the full stat boost from Ruxa's passive — so a kicked Wolfbriar doesn't just flood the board, it floods the board with pumped, evasive threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Wolfbriar Elemental actually belongs — the format's slower clock and ramp-friendly environment let you sink six, eight, or ten mana into the kicker and immediately threaten to end the game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; no competitive shell is spending that much mana on a token generator when faster, cheaper options exist. Modern has the same problem: the floor on Wolfbriar without kicker is a vanilla 4/4 for four, which doesn't clear the bar in a format full of efficient threats and interaction. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if your planeswalker enables big green mana, but Commander remains the obvious destination.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Wolfbriar Elemental is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or card shop dollar box. It's unlikely to appreciate given its narrow role, but at that price point there's no reason not to throw it into any green Commander deck that wants to go wide.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.