Nighthowl Pursuer

The Hobbit #78

Nighthowl Pursuer - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Wolf

Mana cost: {B}

Card text: Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.) Ferocious — Whenever this creature attacks while you control a creature with power 4 or greater, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

P/T: 1/1

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Tomas Duchek

""What shall we do?" cried Bilbo. "Escaping Goblins to be caught by wolves!""

Released: August 14, 2026

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$0.20 USD · $0.31 USD (Foil) · €0.02 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Nighthowl Pursuer in The Hobbit limited

common

Ravening Warg
Ravening Warg
Creature — Wolf

Ravening Warg is a power-4 creature that enables Nighthowl Pursuer's ferocious trigger, giving Nighthowl Pursuer +2/+2 when attacking alongside it, creating a powerful two-Wolf attack.

 Wargling
Wargling
Creature — Wolf

Wargling also has ferocious and grants trample to all your creatures when attacking with a power-4 creature, stacking with Nighthowl Pursuer's +2/+2 bonus for a devastating combined attack.

 Duskwatch Hunter
Duskwatch Hunter
Creature — Wolf

Duskwatch Hunter puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters, potentially boosting Nighthowl Pursuer or another Wolf to power 4, enabling ferocious for the whole Wolf pack.

uncommon

The Chief Warg
The Chief Warg
Legendary Creature — Wolf

The Chief Warg draws a card when you attack with a power-4 creature, and Nighthowl Pursuer's ferocious trigger requires the same condition, making both abilities trigger simultaneously for card advantage and a pumped attacker.

rare

Rhovanion Rampager
Rhovanion Rampager
Creature — Wolf

Rhovanion Rampager grows by sacrificing creatures and is itself a large Wolf, easily reaching power 4 to enable Nighthowl Pursuer's ferocious bonus, and both cards create a threatening Wolf-based aggressive strategy.

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