Head of the Hunt

Name
Head of the Hunt

Mana Cost

Type
Creature — Wolf

Set
The Hobbit

Rarity
Rare

Text

Flash
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead. When you do, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.


Power/Toughness
4/3

Number
#260

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Paper

Rulings

(29/06/2026)
Cards that would go to your opponent's graveyard for reasons other than dying, such as being discarded or milled, will still go to the graveyard and will not be exiled instead.


(29/06/2026)
If Head of the Hunt would leave the battlefield at the same time as one or more creatures an opponent controls would die, those creatures will still be exiled.


(29/06/2026)
While Head of the Hunt is on the battlefield, creatures your opponents control are exiled instead of dying, and abilities that would trigger when those creatures die won't trigger.


Artist
Benjamin Ee

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