Can Werewolf tribal be viable?
Modern forum
Posted on Feb. 23, 2014, 6:03 p.m. by kintighd
I know werewolves can't make it into a top tier deck. But I just bought a bunch of bulk werewolves on mtgo yesterday and the base deck i threw together isn't doing terrible. Do you guys think its possible to build a werewolf tribal deck that could actually be decent?
I have one. It's the first deck I've ever built, and in it current form I believe it has served me well. Not so sure about the Huntmaster of the Fells Flip , but I've never owned him, so I don't know. The key is to have the deck dominate when you get your wolves to flip, but still have it perform well if they don't. Putting too much reliance on one card like Moonmist or Immerwolf can be your downfall. I hope this helps.
Metalzarak says... #2
In Modern, it's tough to say. By that I mean you can truly build a "decent" deck, but the key point is that werewolves rely too heavily on your opponent's actions to be consistent. Immerwolf is a reliable lord, but in saving all your other werewolves, he hinders the strongest one: the almighty Huntsmaster. Otherwise your opponent controls the tempo of your deck, and moonmist has been around so much, it's hard to surprise people with it. Werewolves are fun, unique, and in the right formats competitive, but modern just isn't the scene in my experience. All this coming from someone who absolutely loves the tribal, and won his first few FNM's with a Werewolf tribal deck. Hope this helped, and PLEASE let me know if I turn out to wrong. I'd love to see a werewolf deck eat some faces.
February 23, 2014 6:14 p.m.