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Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Temur creature storm and combo strategy commanded by Animar, Soul of Elements. It leverages dense 1-drop mana dorks to deploy Animar on Turn 2, then rapidly stacks +1/+1 counters using cheap utility creatures and bounce effects like Shrieking Drake. Animar's cost reduction accelerates the board into a decisive Turn 4 win using Ancestral Statue. Once Animar holds four counters, Ancestral Statue enters for free and bounces itself indefinitely, creating infinite counters and storm count. The deck then immediately eliminates all three opponents on the same turn using Walking Ballista or Purphoros, God of the Forge. Animar's built-in protection from white and black shields it from premier spot removal, while free spells like Fierce Guardianship and Deflecting Swat protect critical setup windows. If the commander is removed, the deck smoothly transitions into a formidable creature beatdown plan powered by Avenger of Zendikar and Craterhoof Behemoth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Allosaurus Shepherd
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Visionary
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Grove of the Burnwillows
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Kogla, the Titan Ape
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shrieking Drake
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth