Animar, Soul of Evolution

Commander / EDH* Budget Combo Multiplayer RUG (Temur) Tempo

Soketsu

Land (37)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 9x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 8x Island
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

CardAdvantage (11)

• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Soul of the Harvest

Removal (3)

• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Reclamation Sage

Clone (2)

• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Spark Double

Recu (1)

• 1x Eternal Witness

Support (15)

• 1x Bond Beetle
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Tidal Barracuda
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

Combo (12)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
• 1x Kiri-Onna
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

CounterSpell (4)

• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant

CleanBoard (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Control (1)

• 1x Propaganda

Commander (1)

Mana (14)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Dockside Extortionist
• 1x Fertile Ground
• 1x Izzet Signet
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Somberwald Sage

Tutor (8)

• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Finale of Devastation
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Birthing Pod

---

Maybeboard

CardAdvantage (16)

• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Wilt
• 1x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Chemister's Insight
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Dreamtail Heron
• 1x Illuna, Apex of Wishes
• 1x Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Vivien Reid
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana

Mana (3)

• 1x Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Migratory Greathorn

Morph (2)

• 1x Ainok Survivalist
• 1x Stratus Dancer

Tutor (2)

• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

Damage (1)

• 1x Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast

DestroyArticfact (1)

• 1x Vandalblast

Other (14)

• 1x Abundant Growth
• 1x Ulvenwald Tracker
• 1x Joiner Adept
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Edric, Spymaster of Trest
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Haru-Onna
• 1x Nikya of the Old Ways
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1x Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Great Whale

Ramp (4)

• 1x Agitator Ant
• 1x Glowstone Recluse
• 1x Parcelbeast
• 1x Auspicious Starrix

RampCounter (3)

• 1x Bond Beetle
• 1x Pollenbright Druid
• 1x Forgotten Ancient

CapacityUnblockable (1)

• 1x Herald of Secret Streams

Counterspell (1)

• 1x Stratus Dancer

Recu (1)

• 1x Den Protector

Protection (6)

• 1x Neurok Stealthsuit
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Deflecting Swat
• 1x Fierce Guardianship
• 1x Slippery Bogbonder
• 1x Tidal Barracuda

Removal (5)

• 1x Fire Prophecy
• 1x Wilt
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Gemrazer
• 1x Sawtusk Demolisher

Combo (4)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant

Clone (3)

• 1x Altered Ego
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Stunt Double

CounterBooster (2)

• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Kalonian Hydra

MultiMana (2)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Temple of Mystery

TutorCreature (1)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

---

**IMPORTANT: Still acquiring & testing some cards, so, you may not see the best cards here.

English is not my native language, so you may find some errors here**

Toolbox version of my animar decks. My favorite one

Commander

Animar, Soul of Elements

It gain a +1/+1 counter for each time the controler cast a creature spell.

For each counter +1/+1, the creature spells cost less

It also have the protection against &

--> Thoughts on the commander's abilities

It would be better to play it on a deck with many creature spell to cast, Animar getting stronger and reducing the cost for casting creature spell, allowing even to cast some creature for sometime (uncolored card mostly) but in general, it will alow to play expensive creature way faster than most other deck if left uncheked.

Weaknesses

The commander is not targatable by & spell and abilities but will still to the mercy of the other spell.

While the & can't be underestimated, can be the most problematic for the entire duration of the game as no matter the Animar ability to wistand wound, any single blink on it will reset the counter number and will need to be restocked again, an antispell will force an expensive recast, wich may cost the most competitive games, and may even be taken away, thing that should not let be done unanswered (imagine yourself working hard to build something good and all the work is stole by that one **** in this case I recommand the total destruction of the player who did such an inhuman act, you have to make him/her lose no matter the cost ).

Under most cases, the Animar must stay on our board to powering up the deck and stay on the race against the other opponents.

Even hexproof or being indestructible might not be enought, some counter spell must be added to protect it from trouble in order to let the deck grow.

Deck goals & focus

The deck built around the Animar, Soul of Elements try to focus on a growth theme (typicaly simic deck by playing with many +1/+1 counter) and attacking the ennemy in end with an overwhelming power while disrupting their rank via counterspell, bounce & fire.

To do so, many combo are on the deck to provide wonderful effects:

Combo: 2 of them can either make us win or something close.

RampMana: Allow to cast more thing

Draw / CardAdvantage: Allow to cast more stuff

Tutor: Fetching piece of combo or protection according to opponent and our ability to cast the whole combo at once.

Protection: Here to protect the ability to play combo, but some combo transform our combo into combo abuser, like counter spell without spending cards (be careful at the number of card in the stack)

Recu: Allow to re use thing of our graveyard, combo abuser [infinite mana+bounce/blink] let us just cast everything we want, when we want. If only one card allows us to draw a card, It's a victory.

-Infinite Cast/ Giving Animar infinite counter:

-- Ancestral Statue --- When Animar reach 4 counter +1/+1, the Ancestral Statue cost 0 and the effect of this card is to bouncing 1 of our permanent, allowing to send back the statue in our hand and recast it, as many time as we want.

-Infinite Mana:

Blink Infinite Mana Show

--Peregrine Drake + Deadeye Navigator Make the bond between the drake and the navigator Use navigator soubound activatable abilitie to blink the drake for , the drake untap 5 land, don't forget to tap enough land for 3 manas.

We may have to produce more than 3 blue mana in order to be sure that the combo pass.

Cast Infinite Mana Show

--Peregrine Drake + Temur Sabertooth + Animar, Soul of Elements with at least 1 counter

allow infinite cast, infinite mana

Combo details Show

Will cost at least to use it if the temur sabertooth are already on the field, you may have to wait for animar to grow before use it.

With animar at 2, + will be demanded to fully cast the combo from the summoning to the use of the capacity (7 mana), but you animar will be at 4 wich may cost an additional if you have 1 to spare.

With animar at 3, + will be demanded to fully cast the combo from the summoning to the use of the capacity (5 mana). At this moment this combo is usable to start the mana engine.

Infinite Damage: Ancestral Statue + Purphoros, God of the Forge

Destroy every targeted permanent --Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre+ Cloudstone Curio + animar overloaded

High synergy: Deadeye Navigator+ any card with entering on the battlefield triggered ability.

Fierce Imperial Tutor Chain: Show

Recquirement for doing it in 1 turn: if Animar have 2 counter +1/+1,

Optionnal : Also have at least 1 in your land if you plan to go for alternative victory.

1 - Imperial Recruiter Cast the recruiter, Animar get a counter, if you follow the advice to start at 2 counter Animar reach 3 counters. fetch the Phyrexian Metamorph

Mana spent mini:

2 - Phyrexian Metamorph Cast the Metamorph, copy Imperial Recuiter, fetch the Kiri-Onna Mana spent mini:

3 - Kiri-Onna Cast kiri, bounce the Metamorph, cast the Metamorph, copy Kiri-Ona, bounce Kiri-Ona Mana spent mini:

When you cast an spirit spell (say kiri-Onna) Kiri-Onna will be bounced. Depending of remaining mana, you will have to chose to bounce the imperial recuiter or rebounce Kiri. You will come back to this moment often during the chain so remember it, you should have kiri-Onna and/or Phyrexian Metamorph in hand to keep tutoring things and casting stuff.

4 - Peregrine Drake Cast the Peregrine Drake.

You can stock some mana, now, with 3 blue, you should be able to cast enought time to get enought mana, and also get animar infinite. Right now you can go for a Kikki jiki + Pestermite, if no one (can) react it mean go for the win

Date added	6 years
Last updated	3 years
Exclude colors	WB
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Creature_Deck