Animar, Soul of Elements - Commander Deck Tech

[@juanotero6963]

Instead of placing a Cloudstone Curio (which is more than 50$), you can put a Hullbreaker Horror and a Tidespout Tyrant. When you cast a spell you can use their triggers to bounce one of your creatures, play it free, return another creature, and so on.

[@Crymble]

I just built a tyranid deck for Animar. Definitely recommend looking into those cards :) The Ravenous keyword works wonders with animar. Short explanation: tyranids often have X costs. If X is 5 or higher, when the creature with ravenous etbs you draw a card. That way your big creatures replace themselves while also having scaling effects with Animar. You got Mawloc essentially being a creature spot removal that exiles, Sporocyst being able to fetch you 5 lands or more and a lot of other nice creatures. I did lean more into a X-cost theme though, with cards like magus cane and my only mana rock: elementalists palette. If anyone is interested, i could post my decklist

[@krscrossfit7803]

I’d like to see the decklist. I’m just now getting around to building him.

[@Yooitsbran]

I’m literally doing this and checked this vid out and seen your comment haha

[@Ghost-Toast819]

I was just brewing a deck for animar and ended up with most of these cards (if not similar ones) already. Wild

[@AzNZinc]

Built this deck recently! My current spicy tech for Animar is the Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant. While yes, they could just bait out the inherent counter from him by just playing any other instant or sorcery or artifact, it means that they have to burn mana they might not actually have in order to clear him or the board, thus protecting Animar. He kinda acts like a lightning rod in those instances and I feel like he ends up working really well as he ends up being cast for only two blue pips.

[@TOOSWEETMTG]

Sounds very cool!!

[@lazercat6077]

With how animar works and how I built him I prefer to only use card draw engines that say ‘may’ draw a card otherwise you have to completely play through a combo, you can’t cast your ancestral statue infinite times otherwise you deck out

[@DatShepTho]

Then just have laboratory maniac in your deck for an auto-win. All you need is an untapped island.

[@The_Sage_Rage]

@@DatShepThovery solid point and i love it

[@danielprivate8038]

Check this out if you like Animar and draw :p 1 Animar, Soul of Elements 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower 1 Dreamtide Whale 1 Roaming Throne 1 Spark Double 1 Forgotten Ancient 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 1 Imperial Recruiter 1 Painter’s Servant 1 K-9, Mark I 1 Champion of Lambholt 1 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Ogre Battledriver 1 Urabrask the Hidden 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 1 Apex Devastator 1 Shadowspear 1 Legion Loyalist 1 Pathbreaker Ibex 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Kodama of the West Tree 1 Mana Crypt 1 Sol Ring 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Delighted Halfling 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Cloud of Faeries 1 Nature’s Lore 1 Dockside Extortionist 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist 1 Vizier of the Menagerie 1 Sowing Mycospawn 1 Saryth, the Viper’s Fang 1 Defiler of Vigor 1 Mirri’s Guile 1 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Faerie Mastermind 1 Pollywog Prodigy 1 Sylvan Library 1 Rhystic Study 1 Twenty-Toed Toad 1 Shaman of the Great Hunt 1 Guardian Project 1 Beast Whisperer 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Ohran Frostfang 1 Shamanic Revelation 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 1 Consecrated Sphinx 1 Disciple of Freyalise 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1 Evolution Witness 1 Siren Stormtamer 1 Spellskite 1 Azure Beastbinder 1 Hydroelectric Specimen 1 Hope-Ender Coatl 1 Tranquil Frillback 1 Endurance 1 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Terror of the Peaks 1 Silverback Elder 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Balefire Dragon 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 1 Command Tower 1 City of Brass 1 Mana Confluence 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Prismatic Vista 2 Forest 2 Island 2 Mountain 1 Urza’s Cave 1 Gaea’s Cradle 1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge 1 Yavimaya Hollow 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Strip Mine 1 Shifting Woodland 1 Cinder Glade 1 Breeding Pool 1 Stomping Ground 1 Steam Vents 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Fire-Lit Thicket 1 Flooded Grove 1 Dreamroot Cascade 1 Rockfall Vale 1 Stormcarved Coast

[@mattp.2259]

Love these deck techs!

[@izelda16]

Thanks a ton, it looks amazing

[@marcfeltman170]

How does the walking Batista work on this?

[@bR0T42]

how many standard lands of each color would you put in

[@kyleashby882]

In decks like this call of the wild would be really good

[@danielprivate8038]

1 Animar, Soul of Elements 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower 1 Dreamtide Whale 1 Roaming Throne 1 Spark Double 1 Forgotten Ancient 1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker 1 Imperial Recruiter 1 Painter’s Servant 1 K-9, Mark I 1 Champion of Lambholt 1 Sun Quan, Lord of Wu 1 Karlach, Fury of Avernus 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Ogre Battledriver 1 Urabrask the Hidden 1 Maelstrom Wanderer 1 Apex Devastator 1 Shadowspear 1 Legion Loyalist 1 Pathbreaker Ibex 1 Craterhoof Behemoth 1 Kodama of the West Tree 1 Mana Crypt 1 Sol Ring 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Delighted Halfling 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Cloud of Faeries 1 Nature’s Lore 1 Dockside Extortionist 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist 1 Vizier of the Menagerie 1 Sowing Mycospawn 1 Saryth, the Viper’s Fang 1 Defiler of Vigor 1 Mirri’s Guile 1 Sensei’s Divining Top 1 Faerie Mastermind 1 Pollywog Prodigy 1 Sylvan Library 1 Rhystic Study 1 Twenty-Toed Toad 1 Shaman of the Great Hunt 1 Guardian Project 1 Beast Whisperer 1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor 1 Ohran Frostfang 1 Shamanic Revelation 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 1 Consecrated Sphinx 1 Disciple of Freyalise 1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth 1 Evolution Witness 1 Siren Stormtamer 1 Spellskite 1 Azure Beastbinder 1 Hydroelectric Specimen 1 Hope-Ender Coatl 1 Tranquil Frillback 1 Endurance 1 Glen Elendra Archmage 1 Terror of the Peaks 1 Silverback Elder 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Balefire Dragon 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger 1 Command Tower 1 City of Brass 1 Mana Confluence 1 Exotic Orchard 1 Cavern of Souls 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 1 Misty Rainforest 1 Wooded Foothills 1 Scalding Tarn 1 Prismatic Vista 2 Forest 2 Island 2 Mountain 1 Urza’s Cave 1 Gaea’s Cradle 1 Minamo, School at Water’s Edge 1 Yavimaya Hollow 1 Kessig Wolf Run 1 Strip Mine 1 Shifting Woodland 1 Cinder Glade 1 Breeding Pool 1 Stomping Ground 1 Steam Vents 1 Cascade Bluffs 1 Fire-Lit Thicket 1 Flooded Grove 1 Dreamroot Cascade 1 Rockfall Vale 1 Stormcarved Coast

[@frankyphanthum]

Fallaji wayfarer is one of the better cards to consider 😊

[@corvoattano9244]

So no Sol Ring or Arcane Signet in that Deck?

[@Crymble]

What I did for my deck is cut almost all Mana rock artifact and included land fetch creatures. There are many upsides: - They give Animar a counter - their cost is reduced - they are a body for blocking - they fetch lands, which are board wipe resistant - they trigger other creatures matter effects like beast whisperer - they remove land cards from your deck, so the cards you will draw will be more likely to be creatures or the big creatures you're looking for I just ordered all the cards, I hope this works as well on tabletop as it did while playtesting it online. Hope this is interesting to you :)

[@Crymble]

I also prioritized creatures that fetch lands above creatures that tap for Mana because of what I mentioned before: board wipes. Because of animars protection against the best spot removal colors board wipes will be your nightmare, especially if your Mana base is removed as well. Also fun to not include Sol Ring in a deck for once

[@Crymble]

The creature I included: - Ulvenwald Hydra - Primeval Herald - Sporocyst (Please, just include that guy, I'm not through the video yet but damn) - and the ones mentioned in the video

[@stevenaldrich]

Its an expensive card, but, ragavan nimble pilferer would do wonders for this deck. Constantly creating treasure and exiling cards, and being played over and over for 1 red mana is amazing for animar