Animar: What's a mana cost?

Commander / EDH

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Creature (45)

• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Beastcaller Savant
• 1x Blightsteel Colossus
• 1x Conduit of Ruin
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Etali, Primal Storm
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Grand Architect
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Pili-Pala
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Progenitor Mimic
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of New Phyrexia
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Trophy Mage
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (32)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 3x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Artifact (3)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Abundance
• 1x Cream of the Crop
• 1x Death's Presence
• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Sunbird's Invocation
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Instant (3)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift

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This is my Animar deck. The deck abuses bounce and ETB effects while cheating mana costs using Animar while also pumping him up for possible lethal commander damage. The thing about this deck is that most creatures have a possibility of comboing off with very little setup. For example, using Deadeye Navigator with Peregrine Drake for infinite mana. Why not Palinchron? Great question! I like having friends and dont care to spend $35 on him for something that is still easy to do with the deck. Another combo is with Ancestral statue for lethal commander damage or in the case of having a Soul of the Harvest, drawing out your deck.

Side note on Thespian's Stage: My play group is very black heavy and I can't remember the last time Urborg/Cabal Coffers wasn't in a game.

I am aware that there are stronger ways to build him, but I like having friends to play with so I tried to tone him down a little bit while still being able to do some shenanigans. I am always open for suggestions and would like to hear any criticism.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 52 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.26
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C