The Howling Abomination

The Howling Abomination is a spellslinger creature that rewards you for casting multiple spells in a single turn. It comes down early with haste and a solid 5/5 body, but the real payoff is triggering its damage ability whenever it becomes a spell target—and ramping up your spell count to unlock trample. Your gameplan is to load your deck with cheap instants and sorceries that either target the Abomination directly or advance your board state, turning each spell into incremental damage and evasion. Every spell becomes double duty: advancing your gameplan while pumping your commander and pinging the table.

You'll want mana acceleration to chain spells together, especially instant-speed cantrips and combat tricks that target your creature. Cards that trigger on spellcasting or create spell-casting triggers amplify your damage output. The deck plays as a mid-range beater that pivots into a spell-slinging tempo machine by turn 3–4, dealing 2 damage per spell while growing your commander and unlocking trample when you're ready to attack. Win through commander damage and incremental pinging from your spellcasting triggers.

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