animar soul of elements by 19tnickell

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur +1/+1 counters and creature stompy strategy led by Animar, Soul of Elements. The primary game plan revolves around casting Animar on Turn 3 and rapidly accumulating +1/+1 counters through cheap creature spells and counter enhancers like Hardened Scales and Branching Evolution. As Animar grows, its generic mana reduction enables the rapid deployment of massive threats such as Kalonian Hydra, Goldvein Hydra, and Ascendant Acolyte well ahead of curve. The deck incorporates evasion pieces like Herald of Secret Streams and Archetype of Aggression to push through lethal combat damage, eliminating opponents sequentially by Turn 7. It also contains an infinite combo via Ancestral Statue, which costs zero mana with four counters on Animar and bounces itself repeatedly to create an arbitrarily large commander. Supported by card draw engines like Beast Whisperer and resilient protection spells, the deck generates high creature momentum while remaining vulnerable to board sweepers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Apocalypse Hydra
  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Archetype of Aggression
  • 1 Archetype of Endurance
  • 1 Ascendant Acolyte
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Badgermole
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bow of Nylea
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Clamavus
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterflux
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Darksteel Plate
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Elven Chorus
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolutionary Leap
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hull Breach
  • 1 Hungering Hydra
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Innkeeper's Talent
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 2 Island
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Izzet Boilerworks
  • 1 Kalonian Hydra
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Khenra Charioteer
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Lakeside Shack
  • 1 Loyal Guardian
  • 1 Managorger Hydra
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhythm of the Wild
  • 1 Rugged Highlands
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Devastator
  • 1 Simic Guildgate
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Steelbane Hydra
  • 1 Stormcarved Coast
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Surrak Dragonclaw
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tam, Mindful First-Year
  • 1 Tanglepool Bridge
  • 1 Taurean Mauler
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Winged Hive Tyrant
  • 1 Wizard Class