This Deck Will Make you Howl

Hello Everyone! One of the easiest ways to make decks is to look for the themes in a set and build around them. Innistrad has many themes, but I haven't really built around any of them yet. There's a strong tribal theme, but it's not overly dominant. Werewolves have obviously made a howl with their transform mechanic, and Humans have been huge as they are the centerpiece of the story. But Vampires, Zombies, and Spirits are fairly lacking. I saw a facebook group yeaterday where a bunch of toys players were trying to force a BR Vampires list, but without identifying a true increntive to play Vampires.

Now, I don't necessarily know the real incentive to play Werewolves besides the cool factor, but when all your wolves have been flipped, it is a very dominant force. The trickiest part of the Werewolf deck is trying to figure out how to consistantly flip your cards. Obviously we have Moonmist for that, but I wanted something more than a one time shot. Last week I was trading with a couple guys, and this card flipped by and a huge lightbulb in my head lit up:

That's right! With Grand Abolisher in play, your opponent can't cast spells on your turn, so as long as you don't cast any spells either, all your Werewolves will transform on your opponent's upkeep. Maybe you cast Silence on their upkeep to ensure 2 spells aren't cast together and you will have a Werewolf army crashing in next turn. Werewolves are a GR tribe though, and their land is probably the best there is from the spell-land cycle. So here are our heavy hitting cards for the deck across the Naya colors:

White
Silence
Grand Abolisher

Green
Mayor of Avabruck // Howlpack Alpha
Full Moon's Rise
Moonmist

Red
Instigator Gang // Wildblood Pack
Kruin Outlaw // Terror of Kruin Pass

Land
Kesseg Wolf Ruin

These are the essential cards, but there are a couple other good value Werewolves that aren't absolutely required:

Gatstaf Shephard // Gatstaf Howler

Village Ironsmith // Ironfang
Lead the Stampede

My first raw idea for a deck would look something like this:

4x Grand Abolisher
4x Mayor of Avabruck
4x Instigator Gang
4x Kruin Outlaw
4x Gatstaf Shephard
4x Village Ironsmith

4x Moonmist
3x Full Moon's Rise
3x Silence
2x Lead the Stampede

4x Kesseg Wolf Ruin
4x Copperline Gorge
4x Razorverge Thicket
3x Clifftop Retreat
3x Plains
3x Forest
3x Mountain

One thing that is essential to mention, is that if you compare the spoiler to the flip card token, there are 2 more flip cards that have not been released yet. The first is called Cloistered Youth and it costs 1W, and the other is called Reckless Waif and costs R. Both of those would fit very well into our curve, so if their flip side is good enough, I can see this deck getting a quick update to include them. I am very excited for Reckless Waif, because I can just imagine curving that into Mayor of Avabruck, into insanity! This deck does actualy have a nice low curve with just 1 card at 4, and everything goes down from there. Could this deck be the new Zoo deck? I believe it could be!

Until next time, stay classy!

Ryan Lackie
Ryan.Lackie92@gmail.com
@ThingsILack