EldrAniMyr (Maximum Overdrive Version)

Commander / EDH

RexStrangelove

Creature (48)

• 1x Alloy Myr
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Blisterpod
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Copper Myr
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Eldrazi Skyspawner
• 1x Elvish Aberration
• 1x Emrakul's Hatcher
• 1x Etherium-Horn Sorcerer
• 1x Eyeless Watcher
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Garruk's Horde
• 1x Garruk's Packleader
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Herald of Kozilek
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Krosan Drover
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Myr Superion
• 1x Palladium Myr
• 1x Pathrazer of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Plague Myr
• 1x Rapacious One
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Sea Scryer
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Utopia Tree
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger

Land (38)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Fire-Lit Thicket
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 7x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 3x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Commander (1)

Instant (5)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Hunger of the Howlpack
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Peel from Reality
• 1x Plasm Capture

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thran Dynamo

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Garruk, Caller of Beasts

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Show and Tell

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Temur Ascendancy

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My goal with this deck was to make a competitive deck that is still fun to play/play against. As such, all my U/R insta-win combos are sitting this one out in favor of good, old-fashioned, creature-based M:tG--the way your parents used to play it.

Most of the Animar decks I've seen on here seem to rely chiefly on bouncing your own creatures back to your hand so you can play them again and grow Animar. This is a sound mechanic, and I have incorporated elements of it into this deck (see Peel from Reality , Grinning Ignus, etc.), but taken a largely different direction with it.

Cheap, mana-producing creatures. Myr are my favorite, mostly because their low and colorless mana costs mean that you can more-often-than-not play them for free. Myr Superion is the only exception, in that it produces no mana. A free 5/6 is just a cool thing to have.

Besides the Myr, we have Birds of Paradise and several of its variations, along with a bunch of the cheaper Eldrazi dudes who make sacrificial mana tokens. While these tokens obviously will not trigger Animar's ability, they don't really have to.

The meat and potatoes is just a bunch of massive Eldrazi. I tried to avoid colored mana symbols as much as possible, and those crazy interdimensional monsters fit the bill. I mostly stuck to the older Eldrazi, just because Annihilator is completely insane and Ingest seems only so-so.

The Hydras were all selected for utility beyond being vastly underprice big creatures in Animar's presence. Kalonian Hydra turns a middling Animar into a monster in no time, while Vastwood Hydra and Lifeblood Hydra provide serious disincentives against their own destruction. Genesis Hydra offers competitive bang for your buck, and Savageborn Hydra and Apocalypse Hydra have the potential to do the most damage-per-mana-spent of any creature in the deck.

Add in some Praetors, a pinch of Cascade, and a Surrak Dragonclaw to keep your dudes safe from the counter game, and I think this deck can totally hold its own in a competitive game of cards.

In the interest of keeping things interesting, I've tried to avoid the all-too predictable staples--although Whispersilk Cloak, Mask of Avacyn and Lightning Greaves may well make their way into this deck once I get sick of having my Animar killed all the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 12 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.40
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Domri Rade, Emblem Garruk, Caller of Beasts