Decklist: Tovolar Transform in Commander Tovolar, Dire Overlord | Illustration by Chris Rahn Commander (1) Planeswalker (2) Arlinn Kord Arlinn, the Pack's Hope Creature (33) Afflicted Deserter Avabruck Caretaker Breakneck Rider Cemetery Prowler Child of the Pack Cult of the Waxing Moon Daybreak Ranger Duskwatch Recruiter Geier Reach Bandit Hermit of the Natterknolls Hollowhenge Overlord Hound Tamer Howlpack Piper Huntmaster of the Fells Ill-Tempered Loner Immerwolf Instigator Gang Kessig Naturalist Kruin Outlaw Mayor of Avabruck Mondronen Shaman Nightpack Ambusher Outland Liberator Reckless Stormseeker Sage of Ancient Lore Scorned Villager Silverfur Partisan Tovolar's Huntmaster Ulrich of the Krallenhorde Village Watch Volatile Arsonist Weaver of Blossoms Werewolf Pack Leader Instant (8) Bala Ged Recovery Blasphemous Act Cultivate Kodama's Reach Rampant Growth Relentless Assault Three Visits Unnatural Moonrise Sorcery (7) Beast Within Chaos Warp Heroic Intervention Moonlight Hunt Moonmist Return of the Wildspeaker Waxing Moon Enchantment (8) Beastmaster Ascension Berserkers' Onslaught Full Moon's Rise Howling Moon Howlpack Resurgence Rhythm of the Wild Shadow in the Warp Unnatural Growth Artifact (7) Arcane Signet Gruul Signet Herald's Horn Lightning Greaves Sol Ring Swiftfoot Boots The Celestus Land (34) Cinder Glade Command Tower Cragcrown Pathway Game Trail Kessig Wolf Run Path of Ancestry Reliquary Tower Rockfall Vale Rootbound Crag Secluded Courtyard Stomping Ground Temple of Abandon Thornspire Verge Wooded Ridgeline Mountain x5 Forest x15 If you want to build a deck based around transform then theres really one best direction that you can go, and thats werewolves
playable and highly valued
If youre especially wary of counterspells, you can also throw a Vedalken Orrery in this deck and just cast any big spells you have during the combat phase
A lot of very conscious compositional choices were required to make these illustrations work on the cards, and as such, I wanted to catch up with the artist, Andreas Zafiratos, and see how he brought these micro-fiction in miniature to life
Its actually a pretty sweet commander, and this is sort of where the rankings start to hit an upward trend
It's just pure Aggression
