Temur - Animar/Me by Musicalmed77

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a Temur creature-centric midrange build piloted by Animar, Soul of Elements. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early mana acceleration to deploy Animar on Turn 2 or 3, then chaining low-cost utility and mana creatures to rapidly accumulate +1/+1 counters. As Animar grows, its generic cost-reduction ability enables explosive turns where large threats like Defiler of Vigor, Thor, Asgard's Avenger, and Archetype of Imagination can be deployed at minimal mana investment. Animar leverages its built-in protection from white and black to pressure opponents with lethal commander damage, supported by trample and unblockable equipment. The list also houses infinite combo potential via Ancestral Statue for infinite counters and Grand Architect with Pili-Pala for infinite colored mana. However, the deck suffers from a lack of dedicated creature tutors, minimal repeatable card draw engines, and an absence of instant-speed interaction and countermagic, leaving it vulnerable to opposing combo finishes and board wipes.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adventure Awaits
  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Archetype of Imagination
  • 1 Axebane Guardian
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Bonds of Mortality
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Claim the Kingdom
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Contentious Plan
  • 1 Cream of the Crop
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Defiler of Vigor
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Flesh Burrower
  • 1 Follow the Lumarets
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Frontier Bivouac
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Gatecreeper Vine
  • 1 Gongaga, Reactor Town
  • 1 Gorgon Flail
  • 1 Gorgon's Head
  • 1 Grand Architect
  • 1 Gratuitous Violence
  • 1 Great Forest Druid
  • 1 Growth Curve
  • 1 Halana and Alena, Partners
  • 1 Hawkeye's Bow
  • 1 Instrument of the Bards
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Ivy Lane Denizen
  • 1 Izzet Staticaster
  • 1 Jhessian Infiltrator
  • 1 Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture
  • 1 Karametra's Acolyte
  • 1 Knight of Wundagore
  • 1 Knockout Maneuver
  • 1 Koth, the Geomancer
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Loot, the Nexus
  • 1 Me, the Immortal
  • 7 Mountain
  • 1 Nature's Spiral
  • 1 Nightshade Peddler
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 One with Nature
  • 1 Overgrown Arch
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pili-Pala
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quietus Spike
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Red XIII, Proud Warrior
  • 1 Replication Technique
  • 1 Revive the Shire
  • 1 Rite of Passage
  • 1 Satyr Hedonist
  • 1 Seeker of Skybreak
  • 1 Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu
  • 1 Snake Umbra
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stuffy Doll
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thor, Asgard's Avenger
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Thriving Bluff
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Trailblazer's Boots
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vibrant Cityscape
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Worldsoul's Rage
  • 1 Yuna's Decision
  • 1 Zhur-Taa Druid