Animar by user7796948

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Temur aggro strategy piloted by Animar, Soul of Elements. The game plan revolves around rapidly casting Animar, Soul of Elements on Turn 3 and leveraging its cost-reduction ability to flood the board with massive creature threats. By combining dense +1/+1 counter amplifiers like Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, and Bristly Bill, Spine Sower with explosive creature-based card draw engines such as Beast Whisperer, Guardian Project, and Temur Ascendancy, the deck continually refills its hand while discounting future spells. The primary win condition transitions into lethal combat damage by Turn 5 or 6, utilizing evasive enablers like Herald of Secret Streams, counter-doublers like Kalonian Hydra, or global burn multipliers like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar and Eshki, Temur's Roar. Robust defensive spells, including Fierce Guardianship, Deflecting Swat, and Heroic Intervention, safeguard the board from removal while closing out the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Agate Instigator
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Benevolent Hydra
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Buster Sword
  • 1 Cancel
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Dispel
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Enduring Curiosity
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eshki, Temur's Roar
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Frostcliff Siege
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Grumgully, the Generous
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Loyal Apprentice
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mana Leak
  • 1 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mossborn Hydra
  • 5 Mountain
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ouroboroid
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Radagast of Rhosgobel
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Rockfall Vale
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tainted Observer
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temur Ascendancy
  • 1 Temur Battlecrier
  • 1 The Astonishing Ant-Man
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Thirteenth Doctor
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Trygon Predator
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
  • 1 Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy