Enemy Unknown 4 by Hybridfenyx

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck leverages Animar, Soul of Elements to reduce the casting cost of morph, disguise, and manifest creatures to zero mana. Once Animar accumulates three +1/+1 counters, face-down creatures enter without generic mana costs, triggering card-draw engines like Beast Whisperer and Guardian Project to churn through the library. The primary win condition relies on overwhelming opponents with an unblockable, massive Animar and a wide board of buffed morphs granted evasion by Herald of Secret Streams or Wonder. A secondary combo route uses Cloudstone Curio to bounce two morph creatures infinitely, growing Animar indefinitely and triggering Pyrotechnic Performer for lethal burn. The deck protects its strategy with morph redirection effects like Willbender and spells like Heroic Intervention, while disrupting opponents with tempo tools like Brine Elemental and Ixidron.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abhorrent Oculus
  • 1 Ainok Survivalist
  • 1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Asceticism
  • 1 Ashcloud Phoenix
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Berserkers' Onslaught
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boltbender
  • 1 Branch of Vitu-Ghazi
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brine Elemental
  • 1 Cabaretti Courtyard
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromeshell Crab
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Coat
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Experiment Twelve
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fauna Shaman
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hauntwoods Shrieker
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hooded Hydra
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Ixidron
  • 1 Kadena's Silencer
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Maestros Theater
  • 1 Master Biomancer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mithril Coat
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Primordial Mist
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Pyrotechnic Performer
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Riveteers Overlook
  • 1 Sagu Mauler
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scroll of Fate
  • 1 Secret Plans
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stratus Dancer
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Temur War Shaman
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Trail of Mystery
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Ugin, the Ineffable
  • 1 Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Whisperwood Elemental
  • 1 Willbender
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
  • 1 Yedora, Grave Gardener
  • 1 Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
  • 1 Zoetic Cavern