Werewolf by ruetbeer

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Gruul Werewolf tribal deck helmed by Tovolar, Dire Overlord, built to flood the battlefield with Wolves and Werewolves, convert combat damage into card advantage, and close games with an overwhelming trampling board. Tovolar's front face draws a card for every Wolf/Werewolf that connects and, once three or more are on board, forces night to transform your Human Werewolves into their stronger nightbound forms; the back face turns him into a repeatable pump engine. The primary win condition is wide-board combat: lords like Immerwolf, Nightpack Ambusher, and Kessig Naturalist grow the team, while Unnatural Growth, Beastmaster Ascension, and Shared Animosity turn a modest board lethal in a single swing, with Savage Beating providing extra combats. Secondary reach comes from Runebound Wolf's direct damage and Return of the Wildspeaker as a finisher. This is a classic midrange tribal beatdown deck - no infinite combos, just relentless pressure backed by Tovolar's draw engine.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
  • 1 Amonkhet Raceway
  • 1 Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Creeping Renaissance
  • 1 Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Encroaching Wastes
  • 1 Fog
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Geier Reach Bandit // Vildin-Pack Alpha
  • 1 Great Hall of the Citadel
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 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 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liquimetal Torque
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Master of the Wild Hunt
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Muraganda Raceway
  • 1 Necklace of Girion
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pause for Reflection
  • 1 Racers' Ring
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rising of the Day
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runebound Wolf
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Savage Beating
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shared Animosity
  • 1 Spellbinder
  • 1 Storm the Festival
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unnatural Moonrise
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Werewolf Pack Leader
  • 1 Wild Growth