Where wolf? Oh, there wolf! by user5430542

Format: Commander

Commander: Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This Gruul aggressive deck is built around Tovolar, Dire Overlord, utilizing low-cost Werewolf and Wolf creatures to generate card draw and apply combat pressure. The deck establishes an early board on Turns 1 and 2, casts Tovolar on Turn 3, and immediately draws cards upon dealing combat damage. Controlling three or more tribal creatures automatically turns Day into Night during your upkeep, transforming human Werewolves into larger, more potent threats. Mid-game turns scale up combat output using power doublers like Unnatural Growth, Shared Animosity, and Collective Inferno, backed by token generation from Tovolar's Huntmaster and Arlinn, the Pack's Hope. The deck lacks stack interaction and mass protection against board wipes, but Tovolar's steady card draw keeps the hand full, allowing rapid rebuilding after removal and ensuring relentless combat steps toward a Turn 7 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Aggressive Instinct
  • 1 Aim High
  • 1 Ambush Wolf
  • 1 Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
  • 1 Arlinn, Voice of the Pack
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Biosynthic Burst
  • 1 Bird Admirer // Wing Shredder
  • 1 Blazing Torch
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Burly Breaker // Dire-Strain Demolisher
  • 1 Burn Down the House
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Collective Inferno
  • 1 Conduit of Storms // Conduit of Emrakul
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dire-Strain Rampage
  • 1 Domri Rade
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 End the Festivities
  • 1 Fangblade Brigand // Fangblade Eviscerator
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Caller of Beasts
  • 1 Giant Growth
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hanweir Watchkeep // Bane of Hanweir
  • 1 Harvesttide Infiltrator // Harvesttide Assailant
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Hazardous Blast
  • 1 Hookhand Mariner // Riphook Raider
  • 1 Horrid Vigor
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Hungry Ridgewolf
  • 1 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
  • 1 Joraga Invocation
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Neglected Heirloom // Ashmouth Blade
  • 1 Oakenform
  • 1 Primal Adversary
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Restorative Technique
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant Smasher
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Smoldering Werewolf // Erupting Dreadwolf
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul Sear
  • 1 Spellrune Painter // Spellrune Howler
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 Tavern Ruffian // Tavern Smasher
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Tireless Hauler // Dire-Strain Brawler
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Village Messenger // Moonrise Intruder
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Villagers of Estwald // Howlpack of Estwald
  • 1 Violent Urge
  • 1 Wargling
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger
  • 1 Wolf Strike
  • 1 Young Wolf