Animar - So you want to play bracket 4 by Shepjk

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 67

Deck overview

This deck is a competitive creature combo strategy commanded by Animar, Soul of Elements. The primary game plan accelerates Animar onto the battlefield on Turn 2, accumulates +1/+1 counters using cheap utility creatures on Turn 3, and executes a deterministic infinite loop on Turn 4 with Ancestral Statue. When Animar has four counters, Ancestral Statue costs zero mana and repeatedly returns itself to hand, creating infinite +1/+1 counters and infinite creature enter-the-battlefield triggers. This fuels an immediate lethal Walking Ballista for zero mana or lethal burn triggers from Purphoros, God of the Forge and Terror of the Peaks to defeat all three opponents at once. An extensive tutor package featuring Imperial Recruiter, Spellseeker, Neoform, and Eldritch Evolution provides consistent access, while free interaction like Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Veil of Summer shields the winning turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Barrin, Master Wizard
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Birthing Pod
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Fiery Islet
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Gitaxian Probe
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Goblin Cratermaker
  • 1 Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Vault
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mezzio Mugger
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Phyrexian Revoker
  • 1 Professional Face-Breaker
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Riverglide Pathway // Lavaglide Pathway
  • 1 Saryth, the Viper's Fang
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Shield Broker
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Thran Quarry
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Weird Harvest
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Yusri, Fortune's Flame