[EDH] Temur Combo by user7262317

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This deck is a high-power Temur combo strategy led by Animar, Soul of Elements. The primary objective is deploying Animar on turn 2 using efficient 1-drop mana dorks, then chaining cheap utility creatures to rapidly build +1/+1 counters. Once Animar reaches four counters, Ancestral Statue reduces to zero mana and repeatedly bounces itself to generate infinite counters and storm triggers. Drawing through the library via cast and enter-the-battlefield draw permanents like Guardian Project and Soul of the Harvest delivers Walking Ballista, which ends the game immediately via direct damage. Animar's innate protection from white and black dodges format-standard spot removal, while counterspells and Rhythm of the Wild safeguard the winning turn. An independent backup line featuring Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker and Pestermite provides redundancy if Animar is neutralized.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ainok Survivalist
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beastcaller Savant
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bond Beetle
  • 1 Bonders' Enclave
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Caustic Caterpillar
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Den Protector
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Glen Elendra Archmage
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Manglehorn
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 3 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Myr Scrapling
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pestermite
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Siren Stormtamer
  • 1 Snapcaster Mage
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stratus Dancer
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Creativity
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Weird Harvest
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast