Animar the Animist (experimental) by FaithfulFailure

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Animar, Soul of Elements is a mana-dork-heavy combo deck that uses Animar's cast trigger to make creature spells cost zero. The primary line is Ancestral Statue: once Animar has enough +1/+1 counters, the Statue is free, returns to hand, and Animar becomes arbitrarily large; Walking Ballista then deals lethal damage with a huge X. Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy is the hidden commander, doubling every dork's output and accelerating the whole plan. Secondary paths include Finale of Devastation to tutor and give haste, Hullbreaker Horror as a control/combo backup, and commander-damage swings from a 21+ power Animar. The deck is fast and consistent but heavily dependent on keeping Animar alive.

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 Command Tower
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 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 Force of Vigor
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Formidable Speaker
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Gemstone Caverns
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Hexing Squelcher
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Island
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Legolas's Quick Reflexes
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Mox Amber
  • 1 Myr Scrapling
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Neoform
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 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 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 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 Tarnished Citadel
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Transit Mage
  • 1 Ulamog, the Defiler
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vizier of the Menagerie
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wall of Roots
  • 1 Wan Shi Tong, Librarian
  • 1 Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast