Animar (in hand) by SmkeMadTreesSon

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur creature combo-aggro list built around Animar, Soul of Elements. The primary strategy focuses on ramping Animar into play on Turn 2 or 3, accumulating +1/+1 counters rapidly through low-cost creatures and counter doublers, and executing an infinite loop with Ancestral Statue. Because Animar reduces generic creature costs by {1} for each counter, having four counters allows Ancestral Statue to be cast for {0} mana and bounce itself repeatedly. When paired with enter-the-battlefield pingers such as Impact Tremors, Molten Gatekeeper, or Terror of the Peaks, this loop immediately deals lethal damage to all opponents. If the combo is delayed, the deck transitions into an overwhelming beatdown plan using Craterhoof Behemoth, Railway Brawler, and All Will Be One. Built-in protection from white and black shields Animar against premier removal spells, while cheap countermagic guards the combo turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 All Will Be One
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Biophagus
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Broodguard Elite
  • 1 Broodlord
  • 1 Brush Off
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Combat Tutorial
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Contagion Engine
  • 1 Cori Mountain Monastery
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dissipation Field
  • 1 Double Major
  • 1 Eshki, Temur's Roar
  • 1 Fangs of Kalonia
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hawkeye, Young Avenger
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Malevolent Hermit // Benevolent Geist
  • 1 Mana Geyser
  • 1 Molten Gatekeeper
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Ohran Frostfang
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Quest for Pure Flame
  • 1 Railway Brawler
  • 1 Realmwright
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sages of the Anima
  • 1 Scorched Geyser
  • 1 Scour for Scrap
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Shocking Sharpshooter
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Slash, Reptile Rampager
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solidarity of Heroes
  • 1 Spider-Sense
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stock Up
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Telepathy
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Terror of the Peaks
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Thermo-Alchemist
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Warden of the Grove
  • 1 Weftstalker Ardent
  • 1 Witty Roastmaster