Just Like Animals, Tovolar by user6330626

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Gruul tribal strategy led by Tovolar, Dire Overlord. The primary objective is to curve out with low-mana Wolves and Werewolves on the first two turns, cast Tovolar on Turn 3, and immediately begin drawing cards through combat damage triggers. Once three or more Wolves or Werewolves are assembled, Tovolar forces the game into Night during your upkeep, transforming all Human Werewolves into their larger, high-impact Nightbound forms without requiring you to pass a turn without casting spells. The deck translates this early card advantage and superior creature sizing into a decisive combat clock using powerful scaling anthems like Shared Animosity, Coat of Arms, and Unnatural Growth, alongside Tovolar’s built-in pump and trample ability. While highly explosive and capable of overwhelming tables through sheer card volume and creature pressure, the deck remains vulnerable to board wipes, exile effects, and opponents casting two spells in a single turn to revert the game to Day.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrade
  • 1 Abundant Harvest
  • 1 Adventurous Impulse
  • 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 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Child of the Pack // Savage Packmate
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cult of the Waxing Moon
  • 1 Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Demolition Field
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Duel for Dominance
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Geier Reach Bandit // Vildin-Pack Alpha
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 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 Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lunar Frenzy
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Mizzium Mortars
  • 1 Mondronen Shaman // Tovolar's Magehunter
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primal Might
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Reckless Waif // Merciless Predator
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sage of Ancient Lore // Werewolf of Ancient Hunger
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 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 Training Compound
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unnatural Moonrise
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
  • 1 Werewolf Pack Leader
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Winter Moon
  • 1 Wolfbitten Captive // Krallenhorde Killer
  • 1 Wolfkin Outcast // Wedding Crasher