Wolverine by tommitommi

Format: Commander

Commander: Wolverine, Best There Is

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul Voltron build centered on Wolverine, Best There Is. The game plan revolves around casting Wolverine on Turn 2 using efficient 1-mana accelerators, then augmenting his innate damage-doubling ability with power multipliers, evasion, and trample. By pairing Wolverine with cards like Jeska, Thrice Reborn, Berserk, and Two-Handed Axe, the deck routinely achieves 21+ commander damage knockouts as early as Turn 4. Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Chandra's Ignition allow single-target damage bursts to wipe out the entire table simultaneously. Dedicated fight spells such as Ulvenwald Tracker and Cartouche of Strength double as removal and counter engines, taking advantage of Wolverine's regeneration. The deck protects its commander through an extensive suite of low-cost spells including Deflecting Swat, Heroic Intervention, and Overprotect, ensuring that Wolverine connects reliably while sustaining card flow through power-scaling draw spells like Return of the Wildspeaker.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Arena of Glory
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boreal Druid
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Cartouche of Strength
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Exponential Growth
  • 1 Flamekin Village
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kazuul's Fury // Kazuul's Cliffs
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Keen Sense
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Khalni Ambush // Khalni Territory
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
  • 1 Open the Way
  • 1 Overpowering Attack
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Power Fist
  • 1 Psychotic Fury
  • 1 Rancor
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scythecat Cub
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Seize the Day
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 The Reaver Cleaver
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Witch's Clinic
  • 1 Wolverine, Best There Is
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth