Wolf Friends Unite! Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves

Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya)

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Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Command Tower
• 9x Forest
• 1x Fortified Village
• 1x Gavony Township
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 7x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Sungrass Prairie
• 1x Sunpetal Grove
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Windbrisk Heights
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Instant (9)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Congregation at Dawn
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Generous Gift
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Nature's Chant
• 1x Predator's Howl
• 1x Sundering Growth

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Ajani Unyielding
• 1x The Wanderer

Enchantment (19)

• 1x Anointed Procession
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Elemental Bond
• 1x Howlpack Resurgence
• 1x Into the Wilds
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Privileged Position
• 1x Raised by Wolves
• 1x Righteous Aura
• 1x Smothering Tithe
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Wolfcaller's Howl

Artifact (9)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Tamiyo's Journal
• 1x Wolfrider's Saddle

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explore
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Chameleon Colossus
• 1x Ferocious Pup
• 1x Master of the Wild Hunt
• 1x Mayor of Avabruck  ^Flip
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Nightpack Ambusher
• 1x Nightshade Peddler
• 1x Nylea, God of the Hunt
• 1x Primal Forcemage
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Silverfur Partisan
• 1x Tolsimir Wolfblood
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Wolfbriar Elemental
• 1x Wren's Run Packmaster
• 1x Young Wolf

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Maybeboard

Creature (3)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Hermit of the Natterknolls  ^Flip
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Path of Discovery

Artifact (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Spear of Heliod

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Terminus

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Welcome friends to my first deck building experience! I saw Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves in this last set and fell in love with the idea of lots and lots of wolf friends. As you can guess, this deck tries its best to take Tolsimir's ETB fight mechanic to keep opponents boards clear and keeps yours thriving. We will be leveraging some buffs from creatures, enchantments, etc to boost the fight damage of our incoming wolf friends, as well as token doublers to give us even more wolf friends!

Some interesting things to note:

Our token doublers will work on things you might not immediately expect like Tamiyo's Journal and Smothering Tithe.

The wolf token created on Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves ETB is legendary, and as such, if a doubler is on the battlefield, both tokens will ETB, legend rule will destroy one, you will gain 6 life, but you will only have 1 fight trigger, as the other is an invalid target.

The fight trigger for Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves says may so we can still have our small or important creatures (Mirror Entity, Metallic Mimic, Chameleon Colossus, etc) come into the battlefield without any worry about them dying to bigger creatures.

This deck is not reinventing the wheel, as I am sure many people have built something similar, however, I would love to hear your feedback as this deck is in early construction and it is my first attempt at an EDH deck.

Ramp

List of all ramp cards (15):

Cultivate, Explore, Earthcraft, Cryptolith Rite, Nature's Lore, Ashnod's Altar, Smothering Tithe, Chromatic Lantern, Commander's Sphere, Cryptolith Fragment  , Selesnya Signet, Sol Ring, Into the Wilds, Mirari's Wake, Krosan Verge

Draw

List of all draw cards (8):

Harmonize, Explore, Elemental Bond, Commander's Sphere, Tamiyo's Journal, Sylvan Library, Ajani Unyielding

Removal

List of all removal cards (12):

Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves, Master of the Wild Hunt, Wren's Run Packmaster, Reclamation Sage, Austere Command, Beast Within, Generous Gift, Nature's Chant, Sundering Growth, Aura Shards, The Wanderer, Ajani Unyielding

Tutors

List of all tutors (6):

Any (1): Tamiyo's Journal

Creature (3): Congregation at Dawn, Eladamri's Call, Finale of Devastation

Enchantment (2): Enlightened Tutor (or artifact), Sterling Grove

Wolf Token Generation

List of all wolf token generation cards (13):

Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves, Master of the Wild Hunt, Mayor of Avabruck  , Ferocious Pup, Silverfur Partisan, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Wolfbriar Elemental, Wren's Run Packmaster, Nightpack Ambusher, Wolfrider's Saddle, Raised by Wolves, Wolfcaller's Howl, Predator's Howl

List of all token doubling (3):

Anointed Procession, Doubling Season, Parallel Lives

Wolf Buffs

List of all creature (specifically wolf) buffs (14):

Adaptive Automaton, Mayor of Avabruck  , Metallic Mimic, Primal Forcemage, Tolsimir Wolfblood, Nightpack Ambusher, Vigor, Overwhelming Stampede, Gavony Township, Cathars' Crusade, Howlpack Resurgence, Mirari's Wake

These sort of count...

Wren's Run Packmaster (deathtouch), Concordant Crossroads (haste), Nylea, God of the Hunt (trample), The Wanderer (no damage from fighting)

Finishers/Combos

Finale of Devastation with 12 mana

Chameleon Colossus + lots of mana (4 mana -> 8/8, 8 mana -> 16/16, 12 mana -> 32/32, 16 mana -> 64/64) + trample (Howlpack Resurgence) = ggwp

Mirror Entity + some mana + lots of creatures = overrunning opponents

Wolfbriar Elemental (essentially an x spell) + Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves = board wipe

Vigor + Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves + almost any wolf/wolf token gen = lots of big wolves

Overwhelming Stampede + lots of wolf tokens on board = overrunning opponents

Any token doubler + Ashnod's Altar + Earthcraft / Cryptolith Rite and Concordant Crossroads + Wren's Run Packmaster = infinite wolf tokens

Aetherflux Reservoir + life gained from Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves = KO on one opponent

Wren's Run Packmaster will most likely champion Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves, sending her to the command zone to be re-cast, but championing Reclamation Sage would be possible for a second ETB trigger

Concordant Crossroads, while being a double-edge sword, can give you a lot more bang for your buck from cards like Primal Forcemage and Cryptolith Rite

Top Ranked	Achieved #25 position overall 5 years ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH GW (Selesnya) 5 years ago
Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Clue, Elephant 3/3 G, Human 2/2 G, Treasure, Voja, Voja, Friend to Elves, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Cool Stuff, Hounds, Dogs, Canines, Wolves, etc, Acid Wolfpack