bears and wolves oh my by Renny665

Format: Commander

Commander: Chief of the Wilds

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a Golgari typal midrange strategy led by Chief of the Wilds, focusing on Wolf synergies, token multiplication, and +1/+1 counter growth. The early game establishes rapid mana development through a robust suite of two-mana ramp spells, followed by deploying draw engines like Elemental Bond and Garruk's Uprising. Once Chief of the Wilds is on the battlefield, every entering Wolf expands the commander's power while doubling the triggered abilities of other Wolves such as Hollowhenge Overlord and Nightpack Ambusher. The deck controls opposing threats with high-efficiency removal like Assassin's Trophy and Snuff Out. After establishing a wide board of augmented Wolf tokens and large beaters by Turn 5 or 6, the deck closes the game decisively in a single combat step using explosive overrun finishers like Overwhelming Stampede, Triumph of the Hordes, or Unnatural Growth. While vulnerable to mass sweepers due to limited protective spells, strong graveyard recursion and standalone token generators provide reliable recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abrupt Decay
  • 1 Anara, Wolvid Familiar
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archdruid's Charm
  • 1 Assassin's Trophy
  • 1 Ayula, Queen Among Bears
  • 1 Baleful Mastery
  • 1 Barren Moor
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bejeweled Warg
  • 1 Beorn the Fierce
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Cemetery Prowler
  • 1 Chief Warg's Company
  • 1 Chief of the Wilds
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Deathcap Glade
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Feed the Swarm
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Garruk Relentless // Garruk, the Veil-Cursed
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Cursed Huntsman
  • 1 Golgari Signet
  • 1 Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Head of the Hunt
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Infernal Grasp
  • 1 Kindred Dominance
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Master of the Wild Hunt
  • 1 Mother Bear
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Necroblossom Snarl
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Packsong Pup
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger Class
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhovanion Rampager
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Sarulf, Realm Eater
  • 1 Snuff Out
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Wood
  • 1 The Chief Warg
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Toxic Deluge
  • 1 Tranquil Thicket
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Witch's Oven
  • 1 Wolfcaller's Howl
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Young Wolf