First printed in Urza's Saga (1998)
Creature — Dog
At the beginning of your upkeep, if a player has more life than each other player, the player with the most life gains control of this creature.
Cycling (
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
2/1
- Illustrated by
- Terese Nielsen
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Ruling (1)
- Wild Dogs’s first ability will check life totals as your upkeep begins, before any player has the opportunity to take any actions. If no one player has more life than all other players at that time (i.e., if two or more players are tied for the most life), the ability won’t trigger at all. If the ability does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If no player has more life than all others by that point, the ability won’t have any effect. The player who had the most life as the ability triggered doesn’t have to be the same player as the one who has the most life as the ability resolves.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
8 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Infinite Reflection + Phyrexian Altar + Wild Dogs
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Infinite Reflection + Verdant Eidolon + Wild Dogs
- Infinite blue mana, Infinite death triggers…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Infinite Reflection + Treva's Attendant + Wild Dogs
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Infinite Reflection + Rith's Attendant + Wild Dogs
- Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Darigaaz's Attendant + Infinite Reflection + Wild Dogs
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Overwhelming Splendor + Phyrexian Altar + Wild Dogs
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Dress Down + Phyrexian Altar + Wild Dogs
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Abandoned Sarcophagus + Humility + Phyrexian Altar + Wild Dogs