Animar and the Big Boys

Commander / EDH* Counters Hydra RUG (Temur)

Protomantis

Creature (29)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Capricopian
• 1x Clamavus
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Grumgully, the Generous
• 1x Hooded Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus Lucea Kane
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Ornery Tumblewagg
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rampaging Yao Guai
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Termagant Swarm
• 1x Tervigon
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Winged Hive Tyrant

Instant (7)

• 1x Fuel for the Cause
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Momentous Fall
• 1x Plasm Capture
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Trap Essence

Land (35)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 10x Snow-Covered Forest
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Mountain
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Thriving Bluff
• 1x Thriving Grove
• 1x Thriving Isle
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Volcanic Island
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Biogenic Upgrade
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Full Steam Ahead
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Migration Path
• 1x Urban Evolution

Commander (1)

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Invigorating Hot Spring
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x The First Tyrannic War
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Uncivil Unrest

Artifact (7)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Elementalist's Palette
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Nyx Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph
• 1x Hangarback Walker
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kalonian Hydra

Enchantment (3)

• 1x All Will Be One
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Hell to Pay
• 1x Planewide Celebration

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Animar is my favorite commander of all time. Instead of going wide, I thought to myself "why not go big?" My favorite deck I've made so far. I might make a more optimized version later, but I don't like getting too sweaty, so this version will remain about how it is.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	11 months
Exclude colors	WB
Splash colors	URG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 2 Mythic Rares 51 - 6 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.22
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Citizen 2/2 WUBRG, Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 G, Thopter 1/1 C, Treasure, Tyranid 1/1 G