animar final by user7262317

Format: Commander

Commander: Animar, Soul of Elements

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 64

Deck overview

This deck is a high-powered Temur creature storm and combo strategy led by Animar, Soul of Elements. The deck accelerates out Animar on Turn 2 using one-mana mana dorks, then rapidly accumulates +1/+1 counters by casting low-cost utility creatures. Each counter reduces the generic mana cost of future creature spells, turning card-draw engines like Beast Whisperer and Soul of the Harvest into explosive velocity chains. The primary win condition is a compact infinite loop with Ancestral Statue, which costs zero mana once Animar has four counters and bounces itself indefinitely to generate infinite creature casts and enters-the-battlefield triggers. This fuels lethal payoffs such as Walking Ballista or Purphoros, God of the Forge on the same turn. Animar's innate protection from white and black, backed by free defensive spells like Deflecting Swat and Fierce Guardianship, makes the primary execution remarkably resilient to opposing disruption.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Ancestral Statue
  • 1 Ancient Ziggurat
  • 1 Animar, Soul of Elements
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Beastcaller Savant
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Chord of Calling
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 Cloud of Faeries
  • 1 Cloudstone Curio
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Deflecting Swat
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Eldritch Evolution
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Elvish Spirit Guide
  • 1 Endurance
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Empath
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Forgotten Ancient
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Imperial Recruiter
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karplusan Forest
  • 1 Ketria Triome
  • 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Maelstrom Wanderer
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Nature's Claim
  • 1 Nulldrifter
  • 1 Pathbreaker Ibex
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Phyrexian Metamorph
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Primordial Sage
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
  • 1 Rattleclaw Mystic
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Shivan Reef
  • 1 Shrieking Drake
  • 1 Simian Spirit Guide
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soul of the Harvest
  • 1 Spellseeker
  • 1 Spellskite
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steam Vents
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temur Sabertooth
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Training Center
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast