Werewolves by Sampson13

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This Gruul Werewolf deck led by Tovolar, Dire Overlord executes an aggressive tribal strategy combining rapid deployment, combat-driven card advantage, and Day/Night transformation. Early turns prioritize efficient mana dorks and low-curve Werewolves like Birds of Paradise, Kessig Naturalist, and Mayor of Avabruck. Casting Tovolar on Turn 2 or 3 weaponizes the board, drawing extra cards whenever pack members connect and automatically transforming all Human Werewolves into their potent Nightbound forms on upkeep once three pack creatures are assembled. The midgame converts card advantage into lethal table pressure using powerful force multipliers like Unnatural Growth, Beastmaster Ascension, and Tovolar's Huntmaster. Heroic Intervention, Full Moon's Rise, and Defense Grid shield your attackers from sweepers and interaction. While vulnerable to mass bounce and exile effects, the deck's card velocity and mana efficiency provide resilient combat pressure across multiplayer games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Augur of Autumn
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bird Admirer // Wing Shredder
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breakneck Rider // Neck Breaker
  • 1 Child of the Pack // Savage Packmate
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cryptolith Rite
  • 1 Defense Grid
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
  • 1 Jeska's Will
  • 1 Kessig Forgemaster // Flameheart Werewolf
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kessig Prowler // Sinuous Predator
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Lambholt Elder // Silverpelt Werewolf
  • 1 Lambholt Raconteur // Lambholt Ravager
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Mondronen Shaman // Tovolar's Magehunter
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Packsong Pup
  • 1 Primal Adversary
  • 1 Pyreheart Wolf
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Runebound Wolf
  • 1 Scorned Villager // Moonscarred Werewolf
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Smoldering Werewolf // Erupting Dreadwolf
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 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 Underworld Breach
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vildin-Pack Outcast // Dronepack Kindred
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth