Boom by VanCortlandt

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 39

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Temur creature deck piloted by Animar, Soul of Elements. The strategy accelerates on Turns 1 and 2 with mana dorks to deploy Animar early. Once on the battlefield, every creature cast adds +1/+1 counters to Animar, discounting future creature spells. On Turn 4, the deck layers draw engines such as Beast Whisperer or Temur Ascendancy to chain cheapened creature spells. By Turn 5, it pivots into massive threats like Apex Devastator and Maelstrom Wanderer, or executes an infinite counter loop with Ancestral Statue. Opponents face lethal combat swings backed by trample and haste. Built-in protection from white and black shields Animar against premier spot removal, though the deck remains susceptible to board sweepers and counterspells due to a light reactive suite.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Acidic Slime
• 1 Aethersnipe
• 1 Ancestral Statue
• 1 Ancient Ziggurat
• 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
• 1 Annoyed Altisaur
• 1 Apex Devastator
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Aurora Phoenix
• 1 Beast Whisperer
• 1 Beast Within
• 1 Bloodbraid Elf
• 1 Boarding Party
• 1 Botanical Sanctum
• 1 Champion of Lambholt
• 1 Chaos Warp
• 1 Chromatic Lantern
• 1 Coiling Oracle
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Copperline Gorge
• 1 Cultivate
• 1 Dreamroot Cascade
• 1 Eldritch Evolution
• 1 Elemental Bond
• 1 Elven Chorus
• 1 Elvish Mystic
• 1 Eternal Witness
• 1 Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Farseek
• 1 Fathom Mage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Fierce Empath
• 8 Forest
• 1 Forgotten Ancient
• 1 Frontier Bivouac
• 1 Fyndhorn Elves
• 1 Game Trail
• 1 Garruk's Uprising
• 1 Hardened Scales
• 1 Herald of Secret Streams
• 1 Heroic Intervention
• 1 Hinterland Harbor
• 1 Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
• 1 Inspiring Call
• 5 Island
• 1 Kalonian Hydra
• 1 Karplusan Forest
• 1 Kessig Wolf Run
• 1 Leafkin Druid
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Llanowar Elves
• 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
• 3 Mountain
• 1 Paradise Druid
• 1 Path of Ancestry
• 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Primordial Sage
• 1 Quartzwood Crasher
• 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
• 1 Rapid Hybridization
• 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1 Rhythm of the Wild
• 1 Rockfall Vale
• 1 Rootbound Crag
• 1 Samut, Hazoret's Champion
• 1 Shardless Agent
• 1 Shivan Reef
• 1 Simic Ascendancy
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Somberwald Sage
• 1 Soul of the Harvest
• 1 Spirebluff Canal
• 1 Stormcarved Coast
• 1 Sulfur Falls
• 1 Sweet-Gum Recluse
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Sylvan Caryatid
• 1 Temple of Abandon
• 1 Temple of Mystery
• 1 Temur Ascendancy
• 1 Temur Sabertooth
• 1 Tribute to the World Tree
• 1 Violent Outburst
• 1 Yavimaya Coast
• 1 Zhur-Taa Druid