Duskwatch Recruiter and the Return of Werewolves in Shadows Over Innistrad - Magic the Gathering (MTG)

by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist

Werewolves were quite a popular tribe during the massively successful Innistrad & Dark Ascension sets for Magic the Gathering. Unsurprisingly, Shadows Over Innistrad reintroduces them and the "flip cards" first featured in those older sets. Duskwatch Recruiter looks to be a good one, and at uncommon, it's probably going to be a good one in draft.


Duskwatch Recruiter is a 2/2 for 1G, your typical stats for a "bear." He also has an ability for 2G which allows you to look at the top 3 cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put the rest on the bottom of your library. A lot of the time, this basically reads 2G: Draw a card, which is very good on a green uncommon creature.

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Like the Innistrad & Dark Ascension Werewolves, if no spells were cast on the previous turn, you get to transform the Recruiter. As Krallenhorde Howler, the Recruiter not only becomes a 3/3 but gives you another useful ability. Your creature spells now cost one less to cast. Of course, if a player casts two or more spells in a turn, the "sun comes up" and he reverts back to the Recruiter.

Both of these abilities are really good, especially at uncommon. The Werewolf tribe picked up a good one with Duskwatch Recruiter/Krallenhorde Howler.

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