Monster Energy is Just Energy to a Freak Like Me by Mjennings

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a focused Gruul aggro strategy centered on Werewolf and Wolf tribal synergies led by Tovolar, Dire Overlord. The primary plan curves out with efficient 1- and 2-drop creatures into a Turn 3 Tovolar, immediately turning combat connections into steady card advantage. On Turn 4 upkeep, Tovolar forces the game into Night, transforming the entire pack into aggressively statted threats. The deck capitalizes on this midgame power spike on Turn 5 using mass overrun spells like Overwhelming Stampede, Triumph of the Hordes, and Unnatural Growth, or by channeling mana into Tovolar's built-in pump ability. High card velocity from combat damage keeps the hand filled with low-cost protection spells such as Heroic Intervention and Tamiyo's Safekeeping, shielding the board from sweepers and spot removal. The deck wins by overwhelming opposing blockers and closing out the table over consecutive combat phases.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker
  • 1 Burly Breaker // Dire-Strain Demolisher
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Defend the Rider
  • 1 Destructive Revelry
  • 1 Disrupt Decorum
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Fearful Villager // Fearsome Werewolf
  • 13 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gatstaf Shepherd // Gatstaf Howler
  • 1 Geier Reach Bandit // Vildin-Pack Alpha
  • 1 Gruul Charm
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Gruul War Chant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Highland Forest
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Hookhand Mariner // Riphook Raider
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
  • 1 Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Forgemaster // Flameheart Werewolf
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Mondronen Shaman // Tovolar's Magehunter
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Packsong Pup
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Quest for Pure Flame
  • 1 Reckless Waif // Merciless Predator
  • 1 Relentless Assault
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sage of Ancient Lore // Werewolf of Ancient Hunger
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Spinerock Knoll
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Tibalt's Trickery
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Village Messenger // Moonrise Intruder
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Wear Down
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
  • 1 Wolfbitten Captive // Krallenhorde Killer
  • 1 Wolfkin Outcast // Wedding Crasher
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor