#3.) Best There Is, Bub! by Grimm_323

Format: Commander

Commander: Wolverine, Best There Is

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Voltron strategy that weaponizes Wolverine, Best There Is through fight mechanics, +1/+1 counters, and damage multiplication. Wolverine's Unrivaled Lethality static ability doubles all damage he deals, turning modest power increases and one-sided fight spells into devastating removal and lethal commander damage. The deck accelerates through low-cost mana dorks and land ramp to establish Wolverine on Turn 2 or 3, follows up with counter support like Innkeeper's Talent and Hardened Scales, and converts board control into lethal pressure by Turn 5 using explosive multipliers like Raised by Giants, Xenagos, God of Revels, Jeska, Thrice Reborn, and Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar. While Wolverine's built-in regeneration protects him against combat trades and destruction sweepers, the deck relies on combat damage and natural draws, leaving it vulnerable to instant-speed exile, edicts, and spell-based combos.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arena
  • 1 Arni Slays the Troll
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastie Beatdown
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hunter's Talent
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Mage Slayer
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Mutant's Prey
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Ornery Tumblewagg
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Pit Fight
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Predatory Urge
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Raised by Giants
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rite of Passage
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Titanic Brawl
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Waltz of Rage
  • 1 Wolverine, Best There Is
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth