I honestly think this guy is actually the downside to his mayoral counterpart in a lot of ways. The token's always nice but the added P/T while often nice will be a lot less valuable than the human tribal boost. Within the context of Innistrad though the Howlpack has my vote over the Mayor anytime.
Axelle
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
@TPmanW: Only if you try to use Mayor of Avabruck in Human tribal. It's likely that Howlpack Alpha's going into Werewolf tribal.
Of course, even if you use Mayor/Alpha in Human tribal, your opponent has to stop casting spells to get rid of the human lord. And even then, you get a token-making 3/3 beast instead.
wolfv
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
I think you guys are greatly over looking the great combination in type 2 with Garruk Relentless i am sure both 3/3 wolves coming out, and 2/2 deathtouch wolves shall be feared
SarpNasty
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like how Wizards made the untransformed counterparts humans AND werewolves as well. This means that all of your werewolf humans will most likely always have a +1/+1 boost.
Anubisisking
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Oh man... I love this guy... I already have my 4 prerelease promos.
Kurraga
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
So, if Gatherer has transfrom Cards handled, can they do the same thing to try and fix spit cards? The website is horible at them.
infernox10
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like this guy. Reminds me of a more-powerful Creakwood Liege,which was one of my favourite cards.
Vedalken_Arbiter
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
How come this guy gives his boost to wolves but Lord of Lineage doesn't give his boost to bats?
Kindulas
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I don't know whether to be glad my wolves finally have a lord, or mad that I won't be the only guy with a dedicated wolf deck
Xilinoc
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
And to think they just gave these away.
sonorhC
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kurraga, I'd much rather that Gatherer handled these double-faced cards the same way they do split cards. The two sets of comment pages is pretty awkward.
Totema
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
I like to think that his dog is actually an Immerwolf.
HedronMyr
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Has anyone else thought of running Parallel Lives with this? One of these gives you an extra 2/2 wolf, and two of them gives you four 2/2 wolves per each of your end steps. Combine this with Full Moon's Rise and you have a means to get a lot of 3/2 trample tokens out quickly. You could theoretically swarm while just playing one spell a turn. Get any of the three spells out in multiples, and the numbers get even better.
Zoah
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Odd how the "manly" alpha is one of the smallest werewolves there are. He even loses to granny: lambholt elder in both forms no less.
Hackworthy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"I DIDN'T ASK FOR THIS!"
Kasmodian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy is a beast, he works in all the ways the Huntmaster fails; providing synergies all hours of the day for us hairy wolf types.
PS: I agree, I hate having 2 comment pages for essentially 1 card.
DragonsRCool
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think the other art for this is much better. I like this one too, but the other is better in my opinion.
StoicChampion
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This guy bends Faeries over and gives it a good spanking.
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Within the context of Innistrad though the Howlpack has my vote over the Mayor anytime.
Of course, even if you use Mayor/Alpha in Human tribal, your opponent has to stop casting spells to get rid of the human lord. And even then, you get a token-making 3/3 beast instead.
Reminds me of a more-powerful Creakwood Liege,which was one of my favourite cards.
He even loses to granny: lambholt elder in both forms no less.
PS: I agree, I hate having 2 comment pages for essentially 1 card.