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'''Wolves''' are a type of mundane canine that exists in many different worlds. They are related to [[dogs]] and [[jackals]]. [[Humans]] with the ability to change into wolves are known as [[werewolves]] or [[lycanthropes]].  
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'''Wolf''' is a [[creature type]] describing a type of predatory canid that exists in many different worlds.  


The first creature to bear the type was <c>Timber Wolves</c> in ''[[Legends]]''. Wolves appear in all colors except [[blue]].
==Description==
Wolves are large predatory canine creatures that are active mostly at night, and live and hunt in packs. They are related to [[dog]]s and [[jackal]]s. [[Human]]s with the ability to change into wolves are known as [[werewolves]] or [[lycanthrope]]s.  


==Wolves on different planes==
===History===
The first creature to bear the type was <c>Timber Wolves</c> in ''[[Alpha]]''. As of ''[[Commander 2020]]'', Wolves appear in all colors.
 
==Storyline==
Aside from [[Kamigawa]], wolves have been found in essentially every existing plane in some form or another.
Aside from [[Kamigawa]], wolves have been found in essentially every existing plane in some form or another.
===Ulgothra===
The <c>Heart Wolf</c> is a type of wolf native to [[Ulgrotha]]. They are the standard riding mounts of [[goblin]] sub-chiefs, dignitaries and ambassadors, and [[dwarven]] [[Dwarven Trader|traders]] as well. Heartwolves make fine riding beasts for these smaller folk, and are adept at travelling quickly across difficult ground.


===Mirrodin===
===Eldraine===
The wolves of [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]] were an exceptionally unusual breed, being longer-lived than the [[elves]], as wise as the [[leonin]], as sapient as unaltered [[vedalken]], and as rare as a fully organic creature in that world. Like all mirran animals, they were compleated, the last wolves in Mirrodin (now [[New Phyrexia (plane)|New Phyrexia]]) being like the <c>Rot Wolf</c>.
Witchstalkers are a type of wolf known to attack magical beings and ignore all others.<ref name="Budding">{{DailyRef|magic-story/episode-2-wandering-knight-budding-hero|Wilds of Eldraine - Episode 2: Wandering Knight, Budding Hero|[[K. Arsenault Rivera]]|August 9, 2023}}</ref> Twice the size of ordinary wolves, they have enormous jaws with large fangs, muscular forelegs and haunches, and ridged spines.<ref name="D&D Eldraine">[[James Wyatt]] et al. (2023). "''[[D&D Monstrous Compendium: Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures]]''". [[Wizards of the Coast]].</ref> By feeding on spellcasters and other sources of magic, witchstalkers developed their own magical abilities, including understanding speech, wielding a supernatural howl, and the ability to teleport to unsuspecting prey. Their supernatural sense of smell allows them to find sources of magic, and they often hunt in the moors and forests of Dunbarrow. A powerful witch can draw as many as a dozen witchstalkers.


===Innistrad===
===Innistrad===
The <c>Kessig Wolf Run</c> is the homeland of Wolves and Werewolves alike. <c>Howlpack Alpha</c> and <c>Immerwolf</c> are Wolf [[Lords]].
The <c>Kessig Wolf Run</c> is the homeland of Wolves and [[Werewolves]] alike. <c>Howlpack Alpha</c> and <c>Immerwolf</c> are Wolf [[Lord]]s.


After [[Avacyn]] was released from the [[Helvault]], she cast a spell which granted the [[werewolves]] a choice to either remain a werewolf or to fuse the two spirits in itself (human spirit and beastial wolf spirit), giving it a permanent wolf form but granting an inner-peace. These humanoid wolves became known as '''wolfir''', and are allies of Avacyn.
After [[Avacyn]] was released from the [[Helvault]], she cast a spell that granted the [[werewolves]] a choice to either remain a werewolf or to fuse the two spirits in itself (human spirit and bestial wolf spirit), giving it a permanent wolf form but granting an inner-peace. This spell is called the [[cursemute]], and also stifled [[Garruk Wildspeaker|Garruk]]'s curse for a while. These humanoid wolves became known as '''[[wolfir]]''', and were allies of Avacyn.
 
There are also "Wolfkin" on Innistrad, humans with special affinity to wolves and / or characteristics of wolves.<ref><c>Wolfkin Bond</c> and <c>Wolfkin Outcast</c></ref>
 
===Mirrodin===
The wolves of [[Mirrodin (plane)|Mirrodin]] were an exceptionally unusual breed, being longer-lived than the [[elves]], as wise as the [[leonin]], as sapient as unaltered [[vedalken]], and as rare as a fully organic creature in that world. Like all Mirran animals, they were [[compleat]]ed, the last wolves in Mirrodin (now [[New Phyrexia (plane)|New Phyrexia]]) being like the <c>Rot Wolf</c>.


===Ravnica===
===Ravnica===
The [[Elven]] <c title="Wolf-riders">Armored Wolf-Rider</c> of [[Selesnya]] apprentice from a young age. Each rider raises a wolf pup from birth to serve as a mount, hoping that one day the two will share the honor of guarding the Great Concourse.
The [[Ledev Guardians|Ledev]] <c title="Wolf-riders">Armored Wolf-Rider</c> of the [[Selesnya Conclave]] apprentice at a young age. Each rider raises a wolf pup from birth to serve as a mount, hoping that one day the two will share the honor of guarding the Great Concourse. The wolves grow up to be [[bear]]-sized. A notable one of these is [[Voja]], who was raised by [[Tolsimir Wolfblood]].
 
===Ulgothra===
The <c>Heart Wolf</c> is a type of wolf native to [[Ulgrotha]]. They are the standard riding mounts of [[goblin]] sub-chiefs, dignitaries and ambassadors, and [[dwarven]] traders as well. Heartwolves make fine riding beasts for these smaller folk and are adept at traveling quickly across difficult ground.


==Notable wolves==
==Notable Wolves==
*[[Voja]]
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*[[Biracazir]]
;Ikoria
*[[Al-Hayat]]
*[[Ukkima]]


==Throat Wolf==
;Kaldheim
'''Throat Wolf''' is a non-existent card. Shortly after the release of the first large expansion set, ''[[Legends]]'', a couple of players on [[usenet]] decided to pull a prank and start rumors about this card. Since this was before the ubiquity of the Internet, many players didn't have access to full card lists and spoiler lists, and so had no way of knowing whether this card was real or not. Later, the term was used in a variety of in-jokes, and Magic developers occasionally use it as a temporary name for a card in development.
*[[Sarulf]]


Various versions circulate on the internet, many with really obscure or rule-technically impossible rules text. The main [[ability]] that seems consistently attributed to the throat wolf is effectively 'double first strike' or 'firstest strike', worded in various ways. <ref>{{DailyRef|mtgcom/daily/mr147|Top Ten of the Morning|[[Mark Rosewater]]|October 25, 2004}}</ref>
;Mirrodin
*[[Al-Hayat]]


In an article in the ''[[Duelist]]'' #9, Throat Wolf was described as 5 colorless mana for a 4/4 Summon Throat Wolf. The abilities read, "Firstest Strike. Throat Wolf may attack during your opponent's untap phase. Attacking does not cause Throat Wolf to tap." The [[flavor text]] read "''The most feared of Dominia's mythical creatures, the Throat Wolf is wylie and unpredictable. Its incredible speed and attack abilities have prompted many net.wizards to wonder if it is real. Ask the Throat Wolf, he'll tell you...''"
;Ravnica
*[[Biracazir]]
*[[Voja]]


In the short story ''Chef's Surprise'' by [[Sonia Orin Lyris]] in the [[Magic: The Gathering]] anthology ''[[Distant Planes]]'', the main character, [[Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar]], works as a chef for the demon [[Vincent]], Lord of the Pit. All of the meals she cooks for him are actual cards from the game (for example, atog pate on honey-soaked ironroot bark; <c>Atog</c> and <c>Ironroot Treefolk</c> are both creature cards) except one: Barbequed Throat Wolf ribs.
;Unknown
*[[Anara]]
*The [[Throat Wolf]]


==Wolf tokens==
;Non-canon
===Green 1/1 Wolf tokens===
*<c>Lukamina, Wolf Form</c>
Produced by:
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* <c>Master of the Hunt</c> (the Wolf token is named "Wolves of the Hunt" and has "bands with other creatures named Wolves of the Hunt"). This card originally created '''Wolves-of-the-Hunt''' tokens, but this was changed in the [[Grand Creature Type Update]].
* <c>Sound the Call</c> 
===Black 1/1 Wolf tokens ===
Produced by:
* <c>Garruk, the Veil-Cursed</c> (the tokens have [[deathtouch]])
===Green 2/2 Wolf tokens===
Produced by:
* <c>Bestial Menace</c>
* <c>Fable of Wolf and Owl</c>
* <c>Feed the Pack</c>
* <c>Garruk Relentless</c>
* <c>Howl of the Night Pack</c>
* <c>Howlpack Alpha</c>
* <c>Huntmaster of the Fells</c>
* <c>Kessig Cagebreakers</c>
* <c>Master of the Wild Hunt</c>
* <c>Raised by Wolves</c>
* <c>Sword of Body and Mind</c>
* <c>Turntimber Ranger</c>
* <c>Wolf-Skull Shaman</c>  
* <c>Wolfbriar Elemental</c>
* <c>Wren's Run Packmaster</c>


===Green and white 2/2 Wolf tokens===
==Tokens==
Produced by:
{{Wolf tokens|header=y}}
* <c>Tolsimir Wolfblood</c> (the Wolf token is named Voja)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* The first word of <c>Wyluli Wolf</c> is an anagram of Lily Wu, [[Richard Garfield]]'s wife
*The first word of <c>Wyluli Wolf</c> is an anagram of Lily Wu, [[Richard Garfield]]'s first wife.<ref name="Words">{{WebRef|url=http://www.allenvarney.com/av_mgcwords.html|title=Words of Magic|author=Allen Varney|date=1995}}</ref>
* <c>Tundra Wolves</c> is the only monocolored [[white]] Wolf and the only Wolf with [[first strike]].
*<c>Tundra Wolves</c> is the only monocolored [[white]] Wolf.
* <c>Watchwolf</c> and <c>Immerwolf</c> are the only [[multicolored]] Wolves.
*<c>Carrion Howler</c> is the only [[Zombie]] Wolf; it, <c>Wolf in _____ Clothing</c> and <c>Snarling Warg</c> are the only monocolored black Wolves. <c>Ukkima, Stalking Shadow</c> is also a black Wolf, and by virtue of also being a [[Whale]], the only blue Wolf.
* <c>Carrion Howler</c> is the only [[Zombie]] Wolf (although <c>Rot Wolf</c> comes close).
*<c>Selesnya Keyrune</c> is a [[Mana stone#Man Stones|manstone]] that can become a 3/3 green and white Wolf artifact creature.
* <c>Howlgeist</c> is the only [[Spirit]] Wolf.
*<c>Lupine Prototype</c> is a Wolf [[Construct]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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Wolf
Creature Type
(Subtype for creature/kindred cards)
Beeble Scale 4[1]
Statistics
84 cards
{W} 1.2% {B} 3.6% {R} 25% {G} 63.1% {U/B} 1.2% {R/G} 2.4% {G/W} 1.2% {B/G} 1.2% {artifact symbol} 1.2%
51 Wolf creation cards
{C} 2% {R} 2% {G} 70.6% {R/G} 11.8% {G/W} 5.9% {B/G} 3.9% {G/U} 2% {artifact symbol} 2%
as of Murders at Karlov Manor
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type:"Wolf"

Wolf is a creature type describing a type of predatory canid that exists in many different worlds.

Description

Wolves are large predatory canine creatures that are active mostly at night, and live and hunt in packs. They are related to dogs and jackals. Humans with the ability to change into wolves are known as werewolves or lycanthropes.

History

The first creature to bear the type was Timber Wolves in Alpha. As of Commander 2020, Wolves appear in all colors.

Storyline

Aside from Kamigawa, wolves have been found in essentially every existing plane in some form or another.

Eldraine

Witchstalkers are a type of wolf known to attack magical beings and ignore all others.[2] Twice the size of ordinary wolves, they have enormous jaws with large fangs, muscular forelegs and haunches, and ridged spines.[3] By feeding on spellcasters and other sources of magic, witchstalkers developed their own magical abilities, including understanding speech, wielding a supernatural howl, and the ability to teleport to unsuspecting prey. Their supernatural sense of smell allows them to find sources of magic, and they often hunt in the moors and forests of Dunbarrow. A powerful witch can draw as many as a dozen witchstalkers.

Innistrad

The Kessig Wolf Run is the homeland of Wolves and Werewolves alike. Howlpack Alpha and Immerwolf are Wolf Lords.

After Avacyn was released from the Helvault, she cast a spell that granted the werewolves a choice to either remain a werewolf or to fuse the two spirits in itself (human spirit and bestial wolf spirit), giving it a permanent wolf form but granting an inner-peace. This spell is called the cursemute, and also stifled Garruk's curse for a while. These humanoid wolves became known as wolfir, and were allies of Avacyn.

There are also "Wolfkin" on Innistrad, humans with special affinity to wolves and / or characteristics of wolves.[4]

Mirrodin

The wolves of Mirrodin were an exceptionally unusual breed, being longer-lived than the elves, as wise as the leonin, as sapient as unaltered vedalken, and as rare as a fully organic creature in that world. Like all Mirran animals, they were compleated, the last wolves in Mirrodin (now New Phyrexia) being like the Rot Wolf.

Ravnica

The Ledev Wolf-riders of the Selesnya Conclave apprentice at a young age. Each rider raises a wolf pup from birth to serve as a mount, hoping that one day the two will share the honor of guarding the Great Concourse. The wolves grow up to be bear-sized. A notable one of these is Voja, who was raised by Tolsimir Wolfblood.

Ulgothra

The Heart Wolf is a type of wolf native to Ulgrotha. They are the standard riding mounts of goblin sub-chiefs, dignitaries and ambassadors, and dwarven traders as well. Heartwolves make fine riding beasts for these smaller folk and are adept at traveling quickly across difficult ground.

Notable Wolves

Ikoria
Kaldheim
Mirrodin
Ravnica
Unknown
Non-canon

Tokens

Token Name Color Type Line P/T Text Box Source Printings
Wolf Black Creature — Wolf 1/1 Deathtouch
Green Creature — Wolf 1/1 This creature gets +1/+1 for each card named Sound the Call in each graveyard.
Green Creature — Wolf 2/2
Black/​Green Creature — Wolf 2/2 When this creature dies, put a loyalty counter on each Garruk you control.
Red Creature — Wolf 3/2
Wolves of the Hunt Green Creature — Wolf 1/1 Bands with other creatures named Wolves of the Hunt
Voja[6] Green/​White Legendary Creature — Wolf 2/2
Voja, Friend to Elves Green/​White Legendary Creature — Wolf 3/3
Voja Fenstalker Green/​White Legendary Creature — Wolf 5/5 Trample

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (August 22, 2023). "Where are wolves on the beeble scale?". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. ↑ K. Arsenault Rivera (August 9, 2023). "Wilds of Eldraine - Episode 2: Wandering Knight, Budding Hero". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ James Wyatt et al. (2023). "D&D Monstrous Compendium: Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures". Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Wolfkin Bond and Wolfkin Outcast
  5. ↑ Magic Arcana (November 04, 2009). "Specific Tokens". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Magic Arcana (November 28, 2005). "'Voja' Token Art". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  7. ↑ Allen Varney (1995). "Words of Magic"
 
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