Animar +1

Commander / EDH RUG (Temur)

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Creature (38)

• 1x Feral Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Protean Hydra
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fertilid
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Sage of Fables
• 1x Scourge of Skola Vale
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fungal Behemoth
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Polukranos, World Eater
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Ulasht, the Hate Seed
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Plaguemaw Beast
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Hydra Broodmaster
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Oran-Rief Hydra
• 1x Regal Behemoth
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Siege Behemoth

Land (33)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 9x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 5x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Mountain Valley
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (7)

• 1x Implement of Ferocity
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Evolution Vat
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x The Great Henge

Instant (5)

• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Fling
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Bred for the Hunt
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Warstorm Surge
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Traverse the Outlands

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

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Sideboard

Creature (10)

• 1x Chronomaton
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Diamond Knight
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Dodecapod
• 1x Viral Drake
• 1x Clockwork Hydra
• 1x Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Clockwork Dragon

Artifact (3)

• 1x Animation Module
• 1x Blade of the Bloodchief
• 1x Embercleave

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Curse of Stalked Prey
• 1x Curse of Predation

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Maybeboard

Creature (6)

• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Domesticated Hydra
• 1x Sprouting Phytohydra
• 1x Nessian Wilds Ravager
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Archetype of Endurance

Instant (2)

• 1x Trap Essence
• 1x Plasm Capture

Artifact (4)

• 1x Emerald Medallion
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Caged Sun

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Asceticism

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World

Land (10)

• 5x Island
• 5x Mountain

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Increasing Savagery

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Copied this deck from drewdy23. I replaced 28 cards, you can see what I removed on the maybe-board. The cards I added are indicated as FOIL.

I’ve also added a side-board

Card Swaps

Caged Sun replaced with Regal Behemoth creature>artifact w/Animar + Monarch emblem permanent

Cultivate replaced with Fertilid repeatable permanent > 1 time sorcery

Rhystic Study replaced with Worldly Tutor get the right creature > maybe draw some cards

Gruul Signet replaced with Arcane Signet obvious

Strategy

Animar, Soul of Elements is our Commander. His effect really helps you get out creatures, but you have to get +1/+1 counters on him first. Sure, casting creatures does this, but if you’ve looked at the decklist, they’re aren't a ton of low cost creatures. Implement of Ferocity and Cycle of Life are jank cards: not that great in most situations, but fantastic in a few. If you’re holding either of these, and Animar is in the Command Zone, cast them before you summon him, while holding onto your creatures in hand. After Animar enters the battlefield, or etb, sac the implement immediately targeting Animar(and don’t forget to draw). That cost only which is easy enough to spare on the turn you cast Animar. If Cycle of Life is in play, return it to your hand, again targeting Animar. Having two +1/+1 counters on Animar the very next turn even though you've not yet cast a creature means you’ll benefit from Animar exponentially quicker. The first creature you cast will cost less, the second less, and so on. So that mana you spent on Cycle of Life was well spent, and you can do it again should Animar return to the Command Zone! It’s like it was made for Animar, though being a much older card, I suppose that would mean Animar was made for it.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 3 Mythic Rares 49 - 6 Rares 15 - 6 Uncommons 7 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.43
Tokens	Hydra X/X G, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G, Servo 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 G, Monarch Emblem
Based on	Animar Hydras Galore drewdy23 EDH