Wolves come out to play by Techfire80

Format: Commander

Commander: Chief of the Wilds

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This Golgari Wolf tribal deck is commanded by Chief of the Wilds, focusing on exponential creature scaling, trigger duplication, and combat overruns. The deck leverages its commander's passive abilities to double the triggered abilities of Wolves and Battles while rapidly inflating its own power whenever another Wolf enters the battlefield. Early turns prioritize efficient mana acceleration through mana dorks, rocks, and land search to deploy Chief of the Wilds by Turn 3 or 4. Once assembled, the deck cascades value using token generators like Chief Warg's Company, Hollowhenge Overlord, and Nightpack Ambusher, alongside double-triggering Battles such as Invasion of Ikoria and Invasion of Zendikar. Card advantage engines like The Chief Warg, Beast Whisperer, and Return of the Wildspeaker keep hand sizes full. The deck reaches critical onset by Turn 6, translating its wide board and massive commander into game-ending combat steps using Craterhoof Behemoth, Overwhelming Stampede, or unblockable trample assaults.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Adaptive Automaton
  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chief Warg's Company
  • 1 Chief of the Wilds
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Disciple of Bolas
  • 1 Duskwatch Hunter
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
  • 1 Garruk's Packleader
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Geier Reach Sanitarium
  • 1 Golgari Rot Farm
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Hell's Caretaker
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Invasion of Fiora // Marchesa, Resolute Monarch
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Master of the Wild Hunt
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Ranger Class
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Silverfur Partisan
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 12 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 The Chief Warg
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Timeless Witness
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Volrath's Stronghold
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger
  • 1 Wolfcaller's Howl
  • 1 Wolfir Silverheart
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Wren's Run Packmaster