Chief of the Wilds by RinLoch

Format: Commander

Commander: Chief of the Wilds

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 37

Deck overview

This Golgari Wolf Tribal deck uses Chief of the Wilds to maximize triggered abilities across Wolf creatures and Battle sieges. The deck establishes early ramp on Turn 2, deploys the commander on Turn 3, and begins doubling powerful enter-the-battlefield and upkeep triggers by Turn 4. Critical onset arrives on Turn 5 through haymakers like Tovolar's Huntmaster, which enters to produce four 2/2 Wolves and grants eight +1/+1 counters to Chief of the Wilds, instantly creating a 12/12 menace attacker. The deck turns this explosive board into a three-player finish by Turn 7 through focused commander damage and wide pack attacks buffed by Return of the Wildspeaker or Howlpack Resurgence. A robust interaction suite featuring Assassin's Trophy, Tear Asunder, and one-sided sweepers like Kindred Dominance disrupts opposing strategies while Heroic Intervention and Bloodline Bidding ensure resilient recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Ascendant Packleader
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Bayou
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Black Market Connections
  • 1 Bloodline Bidding
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chief Warg's Company
  • 1 Chief of the Wilds
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Crippling Fear
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Festering Thicket
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Invasion of Innistrad // Deluge of the Dead
  • 1 Invasion of Ravnica // Guildpact Paragon
  • 1 Invasion of Zendikar // Awakened Skyclave
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Night's Whisper
  • 1 Nighthowl Pursuer
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Parallel Lives
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ravening Warg
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Season of Gathering
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sign in Blood
  • 1 Silverfur Partisan
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spirit of the Hunt
  • 1 Summon: Fenrir
  • 2 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 Tear Asunder
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Chief Warg
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Turbulent Fen
  • 1 Underground Mortuary
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Vorrac Battlehorns
  • 1 Wicked Wolf
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Witchstalker
  • 1 Wolfir Silverheart
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth