Howling Moon by PCaine

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 49

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul tribal aggro strategy led by Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge. The primary game plan curves low-cost Wolves and Werewolves on Turns 1 and 2, casts Tovolar on Turn 3, and attacks immediately to draw cards from Tovolar's combat damage ability. On Turn 4 upkeep, controlling three or more Wolves automatically transitions the game to night, transforming human Werewolves into formidable beaters with enhanced stats and abilities. From Turn 5 onward, the deck generates overwhelming combat pressure through tribal lords, trample enablers, and Tovolar's built-in pump ability, while continuously refilling the hand. The list features dense ramp to guarantee curve execution and includes flexible permanent removal like Beast Within and Chaos Warp. While vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and countermagic, the deck's steady card draw allows rapid recovery from standard board wipes, steadily overwhelming the table across two to three combat steps.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Afflicted Deserter // Werewolf Ransacker
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bower Passage
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cult of the Waxing Moon
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Familiar Ground
  • 1 Fangblade Brigand // Fangblade Eviscerator
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fires of Yavimaya
  • 16 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Hermit of the Natterknolls // Lone Wolf of the Natterknolls
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Icon of Ancestry
  • 1 Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Into the Night
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Krosan Grip
  • 1 Lifecrafter's Bestiary
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 12 Mountain
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Oviya, Automech Artisan
  • 1 Packsong Pup
  • 1 Ram Through
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger Class
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Return to Nature
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sage of Ancient Lore // Werewolf of Ancient Hunger
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Silverfur Partisan
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit of the Hunt
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 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 Wolfbitten Captive // Krallenhorde Killer
  • 1 Wolfkin Outcast // Wedding Crasher