The Companions by Vinheo

Format: Commander

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

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This Gruul deck is an aggressive, creature-centric combat engine built around Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge. The primary game plan curves low-cost Wolves and Werewolves on the early turns, establishing board presence before casting Tovolar on Turn 3. Once Tovolar is in play, every creature that connects with an opponent draws a card, converting early attacks directly into substantial card advantage. On Turn 4, Tovolar's upkeep trigger shifts the game state to night, transforming human werewolves into their high-stat Nightbound forms. The deck then deploys potent team-wide buffs like Beastmaster Ascension, Unnatural Growth, and Tovolar's Huntmaster on Turns 4 and 5 to threaten lethal combat swings across the table. While the deck relies heavily on combat damage and remains vulnerable to well-timed board wipes, its massive card velocity and token engines provide steady recovery. It closes games by overrunning opponents through sheer stat superiority, trample, and menace.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Grudge
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arlinn Kord // Arlinn, Embraced by the Moon
  • 1 Arlinn, the Pack's Hope // Arlinn, the Moon's Fury
  • 1 Ascendant Packleader
  • 1 Avabruck Caretaker // Hollowhenge Huntmaster
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Bird Admirer // Wing Shredder
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cult of the Waxing Moon
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Daybreak Ranger // Nightfall Predator
  • 1 Decimate
  • 1 Duskwatch Recruiter // Krallenhorde Howler
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Full Moon's Rise
  • 1 Gruul Signet
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hollowhenge Overlord
  • 1 Hound Tamer // Untamed Pup
  • 1 Howl of the Night Pack
  • 1 Howling Moon
  • 1 Howlpack Piper // Wildsong Howler
  • 1 Howlpack Resurgence
  • 1 Huntmaster of the Fells // Ravager of the Fells
  • 1 Ill-Tempered Loner // Howlpack Avenger
  • 1 Immerwolf
  • 1 Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
  • 1 Into the Night
  • 1 Kessig Naturalist // Lord of the Ulvenwald
  • 1 Kessig Wolf Run
  • 1 Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass
  • 1 Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
  • 1 Mondronen Shaman // Tovolar's Magehunter
  • 1 Moonlight Hunt
  • 1 Moonmist
  • 8 Mountain
  • 1 Neglected Heirloom // Ashmouth Blade
  • 1 Nightpack Ambusher
  • 1 Outland Liberator // Frenzied Trapbreaker
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pyreheart Wolf
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Ranger Class
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reckless Stormseeker // Storm-Charged Slasher
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Sage of Ancient Lore // Werewolf of Ancient Hunger
  • 1 Silverfur Partisan
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Temple of Abandon
  • 1 The Celestus
  • 1 Thornspire Verge
  • 1 Torgal, A Fine Hound
  • 1 Tovolar's Huntmaster // Tovolar's Packleader
  • 1 Tovolar, Dire Overlord // Tovolar, the Midnight Scourge
  • 1 Ulrich of the Krallenhorde // Ulrich, Uncontested Alpha
  • 1 Ulvenwald Captive // Ulvenwald Abomination
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Unnatural Moonrise
  • 1 Village Watch // Village Reavers
  • 1 Volatile Arsonist // Dire-Strain Anarchist
  • 1 Weaver of Blossoms // Blossom-Clad Werewolf
  • 1 Werewolf Pack Leader
  • 1 Wolfkin Outcast // Wedding Crasher
  • 1 Wooded Foothills