Tovolar, midnight fun by Xathieros

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul tribal aggro build commanded by Tovolar, Dire Overlord. The primary strategy focuses on curving out aggressive early Wolves and Werewolves, deploying Tovolar on Turn 3, and using combat triggers to maintain high card velocity. By hitting three pack creatures by Turn 4 upkeep, Tovolar automatically transitions the game to night, transforming Human Werewolves into oversized beaters with enhanced abilities. The midgame converts this tempo and card advantage into lethal attacks using high-impact force multipliers like Unnatural Growth, Tovolar's Huntmaster, and Avabruck Caretaker. While the deck excels at generating steady card flow through combat, it operates strictly via creature-based damage across multiple turns, leaving it vulnerable to well-timed board wipes and heavy pillowfort or stax boards. Its interactive package focuses on efficient permanent removal in red and green while maintaining board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Grudge
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Ascendant Packleader
  • 1 Atarka's Command
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Bleeding Woods
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Cult of the Waxing Moon
  • 1 Doors of Durin
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Field of Ruin
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Friendly Rivalry
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Harvest Season
  • 1 Hermit of the Natterknolls // Lone Wolf of the Natterknolls
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Horn of the Mark
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
  • 1 Into the Night
  • 1 Jaheira's Respite
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Omenpath Journey
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pyrewood Gearhulk
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Retrieve
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Road of Return
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Savage Twister
  • 1 Sheltered Thicket
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Spirit of the Hunt
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unnatural Moonrise
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist
  • 1 Waxing Moon
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
  • 1 Werewolf Pack Leader
  • 1 Wild Magic Surge
  • 1 Wildfire Howl
  • 1 Wolfcaller's Howl
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Yeva, Nature's Herald
  • 1 Zenith Festival
  • 1 Zoyowa's Justice