---
name: "Head of the Hunt"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Wolf"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "224"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Benjamin Ee"
oracle_id: "0523e271-5e0b-4e4b-9eac-86f915d18952"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/head-of-the-hunt-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Head of the Hunt
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Wolf
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Flash

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

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ambush Wolf](/printing/ambush-wolf-fdn.md) — Creature — Wolf
2. [Spirit of the Hunt](/printing/spirit-of-the-hunt-sir.md) — Creature — Wolf Spirit
3. [Pack Guardian](/printing/pack-guardian-inr.md) — Creature — Wolf Spirit
4. [Hollowhenge Overlord](/printing/hollowhenge-overlord-voc.md) — Creature — Wolf
5. [Briarpack Alpha](/printing/briarpack-alpha-m14.md) — Creature — Wolf
6. [Nightpack Ambusher](/printing/nightpack-ambusher-m20.md) — Creature — Wolf

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #224
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Benjamin Ee
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`