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Format: Commander

Commander: The Howling Abomination

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This deck is an explosive Gruul spellslinger and storm archetype built around The Howling Abomination. The strategy revolves around ramping into the commander by turn 4 and immediately targeting it with dense 1-mana cantrips such as Ancestral Anger, Crimson Wisps, and Expedite. Each spell cast targeting the commander buffs its power by +2/+2 and burns each opponent for 2 damage. When paired with draw engines like Keen Sense, Snake Umbra, or Season of Growth, every cantrip replaces itself multiple times over, creating semi-storm sequences that deal massive non-combat damage across the table while threatening one-shot commander damage via trample. Protection spells double as offensive triggers, ensuring the deck defends its primary engine efficiently. Although vulnerable to mass creature removal and lacking nonland tutors, the sheer volume of velocity cards enables rapid recovery and consistent turn 5 finishes.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Aggressive Urge
• 1 Ancestral Anger
• 1 Ancient Tomb
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Atalan Jackal
• 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
• 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
• 1 Chandra's Ignition
• 1 Charge Through
• 1 Cinder Glade
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commercial District
• 1 Copperline Gorge
• 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
• 1 Crimson Wisps
• 1 Deflecting Swat
• 1 Dragon's Rage Channeler
• 1 Electro, Assaulting Battery
• 1 Embiggen
• 1 Expedite
• 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1 Fists of Flame
• 8 Forest
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Gift of the Viper
• 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
• 1 Grapeshot
• 1 Ground Rift
• 1 Gut Shot
• 1 Hidden Hideout
• 1 Hunter's Insight
• 1 Invigorate
• 1 Irresistible Prey
• 1 Jeska's Will
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
• 1 Keen Sense
• 1 Krark, the Thumbless
• 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
• 1 Leyline of Resonance
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Manamorphose
• 1 Might of the Meek
• 8 Mountain
• 1 Mutagenic Growth
• 1 Nature's Lore
• 1 Needle Drop
• 1 Orcish Lumberjack
• 1 Poison the Blade
• 1 Ram Through
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Renegade Tactics
• 1 Rile
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Season of Growth
• 1 Shadowspear
• 1 Slickshot Show-Off
• 1 Snake Umbra
• 1 Snakeskin Veil
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Spire Garden
• 1 Stomping Ground
• 1 Storm-Kiln Artist
• 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
• 1 Sunset Strikemaster
• 1 Sylvan Library
• 1 Taiga
• 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 The Howling Abomination
• 1 The Last Agni Kai
• 1 The Vision and Scarlet Witch
• 1 Three Visits
• 1 Treasonous Ogre
• 1 Twinferno
• 1 Two-Handed Axe // Sweeping Cleave
• 1 Tyvar's Stand
• 1 Untimely Malfunction
• 1 Veil of Summer
• 1 Viridescent Wisps
• 1 Wild Defiance
• 1 Will of the Jeskai
• 1 Witch's Clinic
• 1 Zada, Hedron Grinder
• 1 Zhur-Taa Druid