Animar V8 [5] by leon_bulminot

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 78

Deck overview

This deck is a high-velocity Temur combo engine centered on Animar, Soul of Elements. It leverages dense, low-mana acceleration to cast Animar on Turn 2, rapidly accumulating +1/+1 counters by deploying efficient utility creatures. The primary game plan seeks to assemble a deterministic infinite loop on Turn 3 using Ancestral Statue, which costs zero mana once Animar has four counters. The infinite cast and enter-the-battlefield triggers immediately eliminate all three opponents via direct damage outlets such as Agate Instigator, Weftstalker Ardent, or Walking Ballista. If Animar is disrupted or unavailable, the deck pivots seamlessly into robust non-commander win conditions, including Food Chain with Eternal Scourge or Squee, the Immortal, and Birgi, God of Storytelling with Grinning Ignus. A premier protection suite featuring Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Force of Will ensures critical combo turns resolve smoothly through opposing disruption.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Aluren
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concordant Crossroads
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eternal Scourge
  • 1 Ezuri, Claw of Progress
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Food Chain
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Frenzied Baloth
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Grapeshot
  • 1 Grinning Ignus
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Magus Lucea Kane
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Diamond
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nico Minoru, Runaway
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Prime Speaker Vannifar
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Runaway Steam-Kin
  • 1 Sage of Hours
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Squee, the Immortal
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 The Vision and Scarlet Witch
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Trinket Mage
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Ugin's Conjurant
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Ultima, Origin of Oblivion
  • 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth