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Reverent Howl

common Instant

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• Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

• Target creature gets +2/+2 and gains until end of turn.

C- Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 53.8% −2.4 vs average 18,244 games

Win rates and picks

54.9% 43,386 games
Average pick ()
9.2

By deck

  • Goblin Army 53.5% 8,503 games
  • Ferocious Wolves 54.2% 7,166 games
  • Removal Control 51.1% 1,154 games

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

Painful draw spells and are both only situationally good, which means they don't often get played. Reverent Howl ups the ante by including both on the same card, so if you don't need one, you can probably use the other. Of course, you might not want either, but both modes are powerful enough that I imagine this'll be playable more often than not. I assume there's a lore reason for why this card is a wolf that works best in the goblins deck, but there we go. Anyway, let's ignore the first ability for a second. Without it, Rhovanion Rampager is a 3/2 that into a 3/3, which is an incredible deal for as little as 3 mana. Now, bring the first ability back into play and this is also a outlet that's going to be hard to block. If you can sacrifice your army , it essentially makes those counters pull double duty, since they go on this creature and then o

Its worst commons are Giant Fierce Bee (admittedly not great) and Reverent Howl (underrated gem). Everything else is quite good, and it also gets to play one of the most disgusting commons in years: (Crude Bent Blade.

Reverent Howl: 2 damage to face with forced draw.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Ferocious Wolves Combat trick

    Neither mode, two cards for 2 life or +2/+2 and until end of turn, does as much as a creature or a spell, so it is a at best.

    How to play it

    In a slow game, draw at the end of the opponent's turn. In a race, pump after blockers to win a fight and gain life. A pump in your main phase makes Ravening Warg a 4/4 lifelinker and switches on before attacks.

    Learn the Ferocious Wolves deck