Timber Shredder

Creature — Werewolf

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player, planeswalker or battle this is attacking if lethal combat damage would be dealt to all blocking creatures.)

At the beginning of each upkeep, if a player cast two or more spells last turn, transform this.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

Simplelife21 on

8 years ago

First Thoughts:

Really solid looking deck. The mana curve is awesome and I like your creature choices.

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Play-Test 1 of 2

Opening Hand: Confront the Unknown, Convicted Killer  ^Flip, Solitary Hunter, Forest, Howlpack Resurgence, Rush of Adrenaline, Mountain. I like to play on the draw so I'll keep.

Turn 1: Draw Forest. Play Forest

Turn 2: Draw Mountain. Play Mountain

Turn 3: Draw Howlpack Resurgence. Play Forest, tap 3 mana, play Howlpack Resurgence*

*Depending on opponent's board state, might have played Convicted Killer  ^Flip instead.

Turn 4: Draw Hinterland Logger  ^Flip. Play Mountain, tap 4 mana, play Solitary Hunter

Turn 5: Draw Convicted Killer  ^Flip. Combat Phase: Swing in with Solitary Hunter. End Turn. Opponent's upkeep transform Solitary Hunter into One of the Pack  ^Flip

Turn 6: Draw Hinterland Logger  ^Flip. Play Convicted Killer  ^Flip. Combat Phase: Swing in with One of the Pack  ^Flip.

Turn 7+: I think the game would have gone in our favor, with combat tricks such as Rush of Adrenaline and Confront the Unknown. Not to mention the other Howlpack Resurgence and 4 Werewolf cards sitting in hand. Good job with your deck.

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Play-Test 2 of 2

Opening Hand: Magmatic Chasm, Mountain, Forest, Forest, Hinterland Logger  ^Flip, Solitary Hunter, Convicted Killer  ^Flip. Once again, I like to play on the draw, so I'll keep. Good mana, good plays for turns 2, 3, and 4, and playing on the draw gives me more answers sooner.

Turn 1: Draw Forest. Play Forest

Turn 2: Draw Forest. Play Mountain, tap 2 mana, play Hinterland Logger  ^Flip

Turn 3: Draw Mountain. Play Forest, tap 3 mana, play Convicted Killer  ^Flip.

Turn 4: Draw Mountain. Play Mountain. End Turn. Opponents upkeep transform Hinterland Logger  ^Flip and Convicted Killer  ^Flip into Timber Shredder and Branded Howler.

Turn 5: Draw Forest. Combat Phase: Swing with Branded Howler.* Main Phase 2: Play Forest, tap 4 mana, cast Solitary Hunter.

*Depending on opponent's board state, I might have had Timber Shredder attack too.

Turn 6: Draw Confront the Unknown. Combat Phase: Swing with Branded Howler and possibly Timber Shredder. Main Phase 2: Play Mountain. End Turn. Opponent's Upkeep transform Solitary Hunter into One of the Pack  ^Flip

Turn 7+: Once again, this deck looks phenomenal as we continue to add threats and pound the opponent's life down to 0. I really love this deck.

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Final Thoughts:

I love your deck construction. The creature count is a little low but I never had problems finding them as you see above. I would have liked to see some removal, opting to drop the combat tricks. Howlpack Resurgence does plenty, and with 5 of them in the deck, a 12.5% chance of seeing one looks good to me! So drop the combat tricks in place of some removal spells, and this deck looks like it could take 1st place! Good job!

FatherLiir on Can you Silkwrap any transformed …

8 years ago

So I was looking at SOI cards and realized that none of the transformed creatures, whether Incited Rabble  ^Flip, Timber Shredder  ^Flip, Skin Shredder  ^Flip or Ormendahl, Profane Prince  ^Flip, have a converted mana cost (CMC) in their transformed state. Does this mean that their CMC is 0 And therefore can be targeted by Silkwrap?

JWiley129 on April 2016: Shadows over Innistrad

8 years ago

one thing to note, we now have two 4 power Werewolves for in Timber Shredder and the Butcher. Maybe Werewolf aggro can be a thing?

clayperce on Gruul ZadaWolves (EMN - Retired)

8 years ago

Jehomovah,
Yeah, Hinterland Logger / Timber Shredder looks really good. If I wasn't trying to cast a couple Instants every turn myself, I would look at her much closer. Of course, as you point out, we don't have all the tech yet ... maybe we'll see something like Immerwolf which prevents Werewolves from flipping back over again!

MurderHood,
Thanks tons! And yeah, I love Naya (I run both Rith, the Awakener and Hazezon Tamar in EDH)! I can see maybe splashing Black with Deathcap Cultivator, but I'm a little too chicken to try a three-color deck otherwise. :-)

HairyManBack,
I totally agree, but after spotting the Silverfur, I just couldn't wait any more to start brewing! Please ping me when your deck starts coming together; I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Thanks again to you all!