Who needs fur & claws when you can have fibres & tentacles? Not Emrakul at least.
So mother Emrakul is on Innistrad and biological life is getting little weird... twisted to say. Werewolves are no exception so I present a new threat to the plane: The Dronepack.
This deck is a brew that I thought to be fun to play, using almost only new flip Werewolves from EMN and trying to skulk around their very high flip cost. I also find this deck very flavorful, the original idea came from the creepy art of Fibrous Entangler
.
The deck is build around evading the high flip costs of Dronepack Werewolves by playing cards like Waxing Moon and Geier Reach Bandit
. Since you can't always rely on pulling one of those, high ramp capability with Ulvenwald Captive
& Conduit of Storms
will help you to get there. Let their true nature burst out!
Very creature focused brew with lots of 2-3 drops. Geier Reach Bandit
being the highlighted main piece. Get it out as soon as possible, wait turn without spells and on the next start dropping your writhing mass of teeth & tentacles. You'll find that opponent will do everything in his power to remove Vildin-Pack Alpha
from table and for a good reason. That's why playing max copies.
Kessig Prowler
is a very fitting aggro pup, 2/1 for is good enough but flip cost is relatively easy to pay. Sinuous Predator
is a apex beast, 4/4 that can be blocked by only one creature at a time? Yes, please.
Real hard hitting workhorses of the deck are Howling Chorus
& Fibrous Entangler
. flip cost in Shrill Howler is manageable but recommended with Waxing Moon. Usually your "Weredrones" have Trample with one way or another so it's easy to get through with Howling Chorus
and spawn Eldrazi horror tokens. Flooding board with 3/2 tokens is simplest way to victory.
Tangleclaw Werewolf
is my personal favorite from the deck. 2/4 body with additional block against is superb but Fibrous Entangler
is outright insane! Flip it as soon as possible, it'll win you games just alone. Working as Vigilance guardian as also an board cleaner! (No wonder the flip cost.) Fibrous multitasking.
Decimator of the Provinces is self-explanatory here. Gives Trample, is quite easy to cast in the deck and usually ends the game in your favor.
Cos' Geier Reach Bandit
spends lots of time in graveyard and Waxing Moon comes only once a month, the alternative way to victory is ramp up your mana and simply pay the transform costs. There Ulvenwald Captive
& Conduit of Storms
come handy. Ulvenwald Captive
helps as Defender to block early aggro and pack to mana fix or pay flip costs. In it's flipped form, Ulvenwald Abomination
is a superior blocker and will accelerate your mana to overdrive. Note that you can tap it to pay its own flip cost. Conduit of Storms
works a bit similar way, though not as reliable in its mana ramp. 2/3 body isn't impressive among its kindred but flip price is decent.
Other spells for the deck are mainly buff & removal. Prey Upon is a cheap removal for most creatures since your "Weredrones" get deadly big and if that's not enough, Moonlight Hunt is sure to bring even the biggest baddie down. Waxing Moon is the key to victory, try to time it right since it gives Trample also to all your creatures. Not worth to transform Kessig Prowler
with Waxing Moon if you could do it with 5 mana on the next turn. Choose your flip target well.
No Werewolf deck is complete without Howlpack Resurgence. Buffs up your creatures and gives Trample and with Flash its easy to use it for nasty surprises. Neglected Heirloom
also worked so well during play tests that decided to add one more. Weredrones with daggers? You make Emrakul proud.
As for the lands goes; 4 Game Trails for maximum mana fixing. 12 Forests and 8 Mountains should keep you covered.
Recap: Bring Vildin-Pack Alpha
on the table, start dropping the Dronepack or ramp them out and bomb precision Waxing Moon. Buff up with Howlpack Resurgence and remove resistance with Prey Upon & Moonlight Hunt. Simple Enough.
Little shaping of the deck will take place after test runs as always. Join the hunt.
"Never thought I'd see the day I'd be wishing to see just a plain old werewolf. Heck, I'd settle for anything that even resembled a werewolf." -Raf Gyel of the Quiver of Kessig
