Animar the Animist by FaithfulFailure

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Animar, Soul of Elements is the engine of a fast creature-combo deck. The plan is to play one-mana mana dorks and artifact acceleration, cast Animar early, then chain cheap creatures so his -1 cost reduction makes Ancestral Statue free. Ancestral Statue loops make Animar arbitrarily large; with Enduring Vitality the same loop creates infinite mana for Walking Ballista. Hullbreaker Horror plus Cloud of Faeries/Peregrine Drake is a backup infinite-untap line. There is no hidden commander-the list is built entirely around Animar, with a deep tutor package to find the pieces.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Collector Ouphe
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fanatic of Rhonas
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Myr Scrapling
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Slithermuse
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Summoner's Pact
  • 1 Survival of the Fittest
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Sylvan Tutor
  • 1 Taiga
  • 1 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Tinder Wall
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Volcanic Island
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wild Cantor
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast