Wolverine - Gruul Combat by allaboutduncan

Format: Commander

Commander: Wolverine, Best There Is

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 32

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Gruul Voltron build centered on Wolverine, Best There Is. Wolverine features a native static ability that doubles all damage he deals, alongside a built-in regeneration shield. This makes power buffs, double strike, and fight effects exponentially more lethal than in standard aggro lists. The primary strategy accelerates mana in the first two turns, deploys Wolverine on turn 3, equips evasion or ward on turn 4, and unleashes lethal commander damage on turn 5 using cards like Berserk, Unleash Fury, or Two-Handed Axe. While the deck excels at rapidly eliminating individual opponents in one blow, table-wide finishers like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Chandra's Ignition allow it to burn out all three opponents simultaneously. A dense suite of low-cost protection spells shields Wolverine from interaction, while fight spells act as efficient spot removal by utilizing Wolverine's doubled combat damage to control opposing boards.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Animus
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Berserk
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Commercial District
  • 1 Contest of Claws
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Epic Fight
  • 1 Exponential Growth
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Hanweir Battlements
  • 1 Harmonize
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inscription of Abundance
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 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 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 1 Mjölnir, Hammer of Thor
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 4 Mountain
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Obscuring Haze
  • 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 Rite of Passage
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Skarrg, the Rage Pits
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Sundering Eruption // Volcanic Fissure
  • 1 Super State
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Valakut Awakening // Valakut Stoneforge
  • 1 Vines of Vastwood
  • 1 Warg Tactics
  • 1 Wheel of Fortune
  • 1 Wolverine, Best There Is
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth