Best There Is by Brandonh62

Format: Commander

Commander: Wolverine, Best There Is

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Voltron strategy centered on Wolverine, Best There Is. Wolverine's Unrivaled Lethality doubles all damage he deals, meaning he requires only 11 base power—or 6 power with double strike—to deal the 21 commander damage required to eliminate a player. The deck ramps on Turns 1 and 2 to cast Wolverine ahead of curve, then equips him with evasive artifacts or enhances him with combat buffs. A deep suite of low-cost reactive green protection spells keeps him safe from targeted removal and sweepers. Secondary engines like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Chandra's Ignition convert single-target commander damage into table-wide lethal swings. If the combat damage route stalls, an alternate infinite-combat combo exists via Bear Umbra and Aggravated Assault. While the deck boasts explosive lethality and resilient protection, it remains reliant on combat steps and lacks proactive denial or stack-based countermagic.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aggravated Assault
  • 1 Ajani's Anguish
  • 1 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashroot Animist
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bitter Work
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Brotherhood Regalia
  • 1 Bushwhack
  • 1 Chandra's Ignition
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Gift
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Grafted Exoskeleton
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Haunted Cloak
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hunter's Axe
  • 1 Hunter's Bow
  • 1 Hunter's Insight
  • 1 Jeska, Thrice Reborn
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Monstrous Rage
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nature's Way
  • 1 Neyith of the Dire Hunt
  • 1 Nibelheim Aflame
  • 1 Overprotect
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Prizefight
  • 1 Psychotic Fury
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Royal Treatment
  • 1 Ruby, Daring Tracker
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Season of Growth
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shadowspear
  • 1 Sixth Sense
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Tail Swipe
  • 1 Talisman of Impulse
  • 1 Tamiyo's Safekeeping
  • 1 Temur Battle Rage
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Titanic Brawl
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Training Compound
  • 1 Trash the Town
  • 1 Tyvar's Stand
  • 1 Ulvenwald Tracker
  • 1 Unleash Fury
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 War Room
  • 1 Wild Defiance
  • 1 Wolverine, Best There Is
  • 1 Wolverine, Claws Out
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor