Big Bou by WhatIsStack42

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Temur Animar, Soul of Elements stompy deck that leverages the commander's cost-reduction engine to slam oversized creatures far ahead of curve. Early dorks and land ramp grow Animar, Soul of Elements while fixing mana; once the Elemental is large, the deck dumps Eldrazi, Hydras, and value engines such as Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant, Blightsteel Colossus, and Etali, Primal Storm for free or nearly free. Secondary pressure comes from Purphoros, God of the Forge turning creature waves into direct damage and from annihilator/infect finishers. The list is light on tutors and stack interaction, relying instead on raw board presence, landfall value (Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Cultivator Colossus), and a handful of bounce/removal pieces to close multiplayer games through combat.

Decklist (102 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Armorcraft Judge
  • 1 Beorn's Hospitality
  • 1 Blightsteel Colossus
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Breaker of Creation
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivator Colossus
  • 1 Dancing from Dark to Dawn
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
  • 1 Dryad Arbor
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Emil, Vastlands Roamer
  • 1 Etali, Primal Storm
  • 1 Famished Worldsire
  • 1 Farseek
  • 18 Forest
  • 1 Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
  • 1 Ghalta, Stampede Tyrant
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Khalni Hydra
  • 1 Kiora's Dambreaker
  • 1 Lifeblood Hydra
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Meteor Golem
  • 6 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nasty Little Rabbit
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Pathrazer of Ulamog
  • 1 Pollenbright Druid
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Quilled Greatwurm
  • 1 Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
  • 1 Renegade Krasis
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Sakiko, Mother of Summer
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sire of Seven Deaths
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Snakeskin Veil
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thranduil's Company
  • 1 Titanic Brawl
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Troll Negotiations
  • 1 Troop of Ponies
  • 1 True-Name Nemesis
  • 1 Turbulent Springs
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Waker of Waves
  • 1 Wilderland Scrounger
  • 1 Wildwood Scourge
  • 1 Wood Elves