Wolverine, Best There Is - Decklist

I have that Secret Lair Wolverine card.

I have built a deck for him.

I have not won many games of Commander with him.

Sad times. I'm letting the Ol' Canucklehead down, I'm sure.

My newest and bestest commander, all hail the hairy little Canadian death monster!

For those who wish to know or want to see the terrible deck I've cobbled together, I'm listing out its contents here so I can remember what's in it and why you can see what's cooking.

Spoiler alert, it's mostly doubling down on +1/+1 counters and sending the Canuck in to do as much damage as is physically possible To. Your. Face! Genuinely want to kill you purely through commander damage here, that only takes 9 added +1/+1 counters and Rogue's Passage!

Quick abbreviations: Comm. = Commander, creat. = creature, opp. = opponent, ench. = enchantment, sac. = sacrifice

Struck-through cards have been removed, they're still here as reference and in case I need to swap them back in.

Italicised cards are something I still need to find/buy, but they're planned for inclusion in this deck.

Hence, this stupidly long table of cards. Enjoy: 

  Name Type Purpose Rules Text
1-8 Forest Basic Mana (None, but 6 of 8 of them are currently full art LCI lands!)
9-14 Mountain Basic Mana (None, but all 6 of them are full art LCI lands!)
15 Copperline Gorge Land Mana  or
16 Game Trail Land Mana  or
17 Rockfall Vale Land Mana  or
18 Gongaga, Reactor Town Land Mana  or
19 Wooded Ridgeline Land Mana  or
20 Gruul Guildgate Land Mana  or
21 Rugged Highlands Land Mana  or , +1 Life
22 Cinder Glade Land Mana  or
23 Thornspire Verge Land Mana  or
24 Spire Garden Land Mana  or
25 Rootbound Crag Land Mana  or
26 Temple of Abandon Land Mana

 or , Scry 1
27 Mossfire Valley Land Mana Spend to get  AND
28 Command Tower Land Mana  or (Commander's colours)
29 Commercial District Land Mana  or , Surveil 1
30 Gruul Turf Land Mana AND (yay!)
31 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Land Mana , all lands are also Forests
32 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood Land

Mana, places counters

 or put a +1/+1 on all creatures that entered this turn
33 Crossroads Village Land Mana One of chosen colour
34 Opal Palace Land Mana, places counters or any colour in Comm. colours. Adds +1/+1 counters  to Comm. on cast where is no. times Comm. cast from Comm. zone
35 Tyrite Sanctum Land Mana, places counters, protection

Target creat. becomes a God, gets a +1/+1 counter.

Make target God indestructible
36 Kessig Wolf Run Land Mana, power boost, trample

Add + power and give trample for + cost
37 Rogue's Passage Land Mana, unblockable attack

Pay to make target creat. unblockable for turn
38 Herd Heirloom Artifact Mana, card draw, trample

One of any colour mana, only to cast creat.

Give one creat. of P greater than 4 trample, draw a card on that creat. dealing player damage
?? Gilded Lotus Artifact Mana Rock Three of any colour mana
39 Sol Ring Artifact Mana Rock  
40 Arcane Signet Artifact Mana Rock One mana in Comm. colours
  Armillary Sphere Artifact Mana Rock (ish) Pay , sac. for two basic lands to hand 
41 Adamantium Bonding Tank Artifact Counter preservation (AKA The Ozolith) Catches the counters of creat. leaving battlefield, lets you move them to another creat. at start of combat. My counters stay mine. Always.
42 Basilisk Collar Artifact Abilities Deathtouch, lifelink
43 Leyline Axe Artifact Abilities +1/+1, double strike, trample
44 Swiftfoot boots Artifact Protection Haste, hexproof
45 Mage Slayer Artifact Extra damage Deals damage (attacking power) to player when attacking them/their stuff. Who even needs trample?
46 Ride the Shoopuf Enchantment Counters, extra creat.

+1/+1 on one creat. landfall

: Shoopuf becomes 7/7 creat.
47 Myth Unbound Enchantment Cost cut, card draw

Comm. costs 1 less to cast for each time cast from comm. zone. On move of comm. into comm. zone, draw card.

STOP pricing me out of my own commander!!!
48 Concord with the Kami Enchantment Counters +1/+1 counter on end step (plus sometimes card draw)
49 Hydra's Growth Enchantment Counters Doubles +1/+1s on upkeep
50 Roaring Earth Enchantment Counters +1/+1 on landfall
51 Bear Umbra Enchantment Mana, protection Untap lands when ench. creat. attacks. Destroy instead of ench. creat.
52 Unnatural Growth Enchantment Power + toughness boost Double P/T on combat through to end of turn
53 Well Rested Enchantment Counters, life, card draw On ench. creat. untap, add 2 +1/+1 counters, +2 life, draw 1 card. Works great with Seedborn Muse and Kami of Whispered Hopes!
54 Rhythm of the Wild Enchantment Counters/Haste Creat. cannot be countered, creat. all have riot: +1/+1 or haste on entry to field)
55 Rite of Passage Enchantment Counters +1/+1 on any creat. dealt damage
56 Doubling Season Enchantment Counters Doubles any tokens made or counters placed. The power is mine!
57 Bushwhack Sorcery Land, damage Basic land into hand or make 1 creat. fight another
58 Rampant Growth Sorcery Land Land tapped onto field
59 Roamer's Routine Sorcery Lands Basic land tapped onto field, but can be cast from graveyard for once then exiled as a last-ditch land fetch
  Cultivate Sorcery Lands Two lands revealed, one to hand, one tapped onto field
  Kodama's Reach Sorcery Lands Two lands revealed, one to hand, one tapped onto field
60 Animist's Might Sorcery Damage 1 creat. deals double damage to creat. or planeswalker. Buh-bye now.
61 Felling Blow Sorcery Damage +1/+1 counter, creat. fights another
62 Decimate Sorcery Removal Destroy artifact, creat., ench., and land
63 Chandra's Ignition Sorcery Damage 1 creat. deals double damage to each other creat. and each opponent. Ouchie, lol 😈
64 Praetor's Counsel Sorcery Recursion Return all cards from graveyard to hand, no more max. hand size. A hail Mary, really, for the cost!
65 Gaea's Gift Instant Protection, buffs +1/+1 counter, reach, trample, hexproof and indestructible until end of turn
 66 Worldly Tutor Instant Tutoring Find. Any. Creature. (Reveal, then they go to top of deck)
  Ram Through Instant Damage 1 creat. deals  damage to creat., trampled excess goes to opponent. For extra salt in the wound
67 Berserk Instant Power boost, abilities Doubled power and trample until end of turn, destroy on next end step. Or do you? I'll take regen for please!
 68 Snakeskin Veil Instant Protection +1/+1 counter, hexproof until end of turn
  Chaos Warp Instant Removal Opponent shuffles target creat. into deck, reveal top card, if permanent it goes to field
69 Prishe's Wanderings Instant Land, counters Basic land/Town tapped onto field, +1/+1 counter.
70 Heritage Reclamation Instant Removal Destroy artifact or ench.; or exile one card from a graveyard and draw one
71 Sarkhan's Resolve Instant Removal, power boost

Target creat. gets +3/+3 for turn; or destroy target flying creat.

No more going over the top all the time, stop hitting me!
72 Atarka's Command Instant Denial, removal, boost Opponents can't gain life for turn; or 3 damage to each opponent; or land to field; or give all creat. +1/+1 and reach for turn
73 Loot, Exuberant Explorer Creature Landfall Two lands per turn
74 Imperial Recruiter Creature Tutoring Find a low-power creature (like Scythecat Cub or Loot?!!)
75 Birds of Paradise Creature Mana, flying Flying, tap for
76 Primeval Protector Creature Counters +1/+1 counter on all other creat. on entry to field
77 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar Creature Damage Comm. deals damage to all other opponents on damage to one opp.
78 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower Creature Counters +1/+1 counter on target creat. on landfall, to double all +1/+1 counters
79 Scythecat Cub Creature Counters +1/+1 counter on creat. on landfall, double +1/+1 counters on creat. on 2nd landfall of turn. Hence the need for Loot!
 80 Sakura-Tribe Elder Creature Land Sac. for basic land onto field tapped
  Ornery Tumblewagg Creature Counters At start of combat, +1/+1 counter on target creat. or double +1/+1's on creat. if Tumblewagg is saddled.
81 Champion of Lambholt Creature Defense Weaker (re.: P) creats. cannot block your creats., +1/+1 to Champ on creat. entry to field
82 Kami of Whispered Hopes Creature Counters, mana Extra +1/+1 on counter placement, taps for P mana Well Rested, extra two counters every untap, yeah? Beaucoup mana.
83 Oran-Rief Ooze Creature Counters +1/+1 counter to another creat. on its entry to field, add +1/+1 count to other attackers when Ooze attacks. Doubling Season and a Kami too, anyone?
84 Anzrag, the Quake-Mole Creature Double combat steps When blocked: untaps creats., second combat phase after. and Anzag must be blocked each combat for turn. Hello. Meet the endless death grinder that clears the way for commander damage to the face!
 85 Ashroot Animist Creature Power boost On attack, gives other creat. trample and +4/+4 for turn.
  Chishiro, the Shattered Blade Creature Counters Tokens on Aura/Equipment entry but mainly: +1/+1 on all modded creats. at end step
 86 Forgotten Ancient Creature Counters On player spell cast, put +1/+1 counter on FA, on your upkeep, move any # +1/+1's from FA onto other creats. Little counter generator over here.
  Halana and Alena, Partners Creature Counters First strike, reach, on combat place P +1/+1 counters on another creat. and give haste
87 Kodama of the West Tree Creature Trample, lands Reach, all creat. with counters or auras have trample, on one of those creat. dealing damage to a player - search for basic land, tapped onto field
88 Warden of the Grove Creature Counters Gains +1/+1 on end step, other creat. on entry get the same no. of +1/+1 counters as the Warden has!
89 Goobue Gardener Creature Mana Cheap two-drop that gives , noice.
89 Sage of the Fang Creature Counters

On this creat. entry, give one other creat. +1/+1. For , exile this from graveyard, give one creat. +1/+1, then double that creat.'s counters!

Wham. Bam. Thank you, ma'am. Doubling down from beyond the grave!
91 Kalonian Hydra Creature Counters Trample, enters with 4 +1/+1 counters, on attack doubles all +1/+1s on all creats.
  Loyal Guardian Creature Counters On combat, put a +1/+1 on all creats. if Comm. is out.
92 Seedborn Muse Creature Untaps All permanents untap during each player's untap step. Lol. Never undefended.
93 Twinflame Tyrant Creature Damage Flying. Damage to an opponent or permanent is doubled. Sucks to be you.
94 Xenagos, God of Revels Creature Power boost Indestructible. On combat, another creat gets +P/+P and haste. Stompy x2!
95 Quilled Greatwurm Creature Counters On a creat. dealing combat damage, add that many +1/+1 counters to it. can be cast from graveyard for 6 counters and too, for endless fun!
96 Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider Creature Counters/Denial Trample, haste, double all your own counters and tokens, halve everyone else's but: Round. Theirs. DOWN. Ha, eat it. No counters. None for you. All mine.
97 Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus Creature Power boost Reach, on combat double the P/T of all your creats for turn. Pay for indestructible Zoppy, for a lasting impression!
98 Benevolent Hydra Creature Counters Extra +1/+1 counter on placement for all creats., and tap to move +1/+1 from hydra to another creat.
99 Wildwood Scourge Creature Stompy On placement of any +1/+1 counters on another creat., Scourge gets one too! Share the fun around!
100 Wolverine, Best There Is Creature God? Punch yous inna face verr hard.

 

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