wolf by user1196836

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is an aggressive tribal build commanded by Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge. The deck focuses on deploying low-cost Wolves and Werewolves during the opening turns to quickly establish board presence. Casting Tovolar on Turn 3 immediately converts combat damage into substantial card advantage while transforming the entire pack into their powerful Nightbound forms on the following upkeep. Once flipped, the Werewolves boast inflated stats, evasion, and utility abilities that overwhelm opposing defenses. The deck scales its damage output using potent combat multipliers like Shared Animosity, Beastmaster Ascension, and Unnatural Growth, while Tovolar's built-in mana sink provides trample and power boosts to punch through blockers. Although vulnerable to mass creature removal and lacking instant-speed stack interaction, the deck sustains momentum through Tovolar's repeatable draw engine. It excels at applying early, compounding combat pressure and closing out games through decisive alpha strikes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Ascendant Packleader
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chain Reaction
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cult of the Waxing Moon
  • 1 Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Dire-Strain Rampage
  • 1 Domri, Anarch of Bolas
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geier Reach Bandit // Vildin-Pack Alpha
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hermit of the Natterknolls // Lone Wolf of the Natterknolls
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
  • 1 Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Into the Night
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primal Adversary
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Runebound Wolf
  • 1 Sage of Ancient Lore // Werewolf of Ancient Hunger
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Storm the Festival
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha
  • 1 Ulrich's Kindred
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unnatural Moonrise
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist
  • 1 Waxing Moon
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf