*RETIRED* The Gathering Storm: Animar EDH

Commander / EDH

Daedalus19876

Creature (45)

• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bomat Courier
• 1x Copper Myr
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Epochrasite
• 1x Etched Champion
• 1x Etherium Sculptor
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Filigree Familiar
• 1x Foundry Inspector
• 1x Hope of Ghirapur
• 1x Illusory Ambusher
• 1x Iron Myr
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Lodestone Golem
• 1x Merchant's Dockhand
• 1x Myr Retriever
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Pilgrim's Eye
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Riddlesmith
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sandstone Oracle
• 1x Scrap Trawler
• 1x Shimmer Myr
• 1x Signal Pest
• 1x Silver Myr
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Vedalken Archmage
• 1x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wizard Replica
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 8x Forest
• 1x Grand Coliseum
• 1x Holdout Settlement
• 7x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Instant (4)

• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Whir of Invention
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (7)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Slate of Ancestry
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Glimpse of Nature
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Windfall

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Creature (25)

• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Bomat Courier
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Memnite
• 1x Orcish Lumberjack
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Orochi Leafcaller
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phyrexian Walker
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Somberwald Sage
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Tinder Wall
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wild Cantor
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Equilibrium

Instant (2)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall

Artifact (2)

• 1x Dragon Throne of Tarkir
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Glimpse of Nature

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HELP AND +1s NEEDED! :) Animar Storm/Eldrazi deck, with a major artifacts subtheme.

Very much a work in progress (both the main cards and the mana base).

Note: This is a list parallel to the cards I have IRL. I know there are a lot of cards I need to acquire and add (like Kozilek, Butcher of Truth or Jin-Git) - feel free to suggest them anyway, though, in case I forgot one!

DESCRIPTION

The deck plays in a pseudo-stormy manner. It's mostly creatures with entirely colorless costs, and I can chain them for free if I stack the mana costs correctly. As in, I cast a 1-cost creature then 2-cost creature then a 3-cost creature, etc, and pay zero mana total (off of an Animar with only 1 counter). This is also really "cute" with Paradoxical Outcome.

There are also five viable infinite storm combos in those colors that I'm aware of: Cloudstone Curio+two non-artifact creatures that are free with Animar; Cloudstone Curio+Aluren; Aluren+self bounce creature; Palinchron with seven lands and Animar at 4 counters; or Ancestral Statue if Animar has 4 counters.

All of these also have the side effect of making Animar into a LARGE/LARGE, so I could win by giving Animar trample, or just playing Aetherflux Reservoir. And of course if the combo doesn't go off, there's always a Blightsteel Colossus or Emrakul, the Promised End to close out the game :)

Are there any cards that you could think of that could help with this strategy? Primarily in giving Animar counters faster, cheap and strong creatures that happen to be colorless in cost, or giving me the draw that's required for a storm deck...

+1s highly appreciated!! :)

...and Animar may have mercy.

Top Ranked	Achieved #10 position overall 7 years ago
Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	Decks I like, Animar