Animar, Soul of the Bounce

Commander / EDH Multiplayer RUG (Temur) Toolbox Voltron

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Creature (40)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Anger
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Brutalizer Exarch
• 1x Coiling Oracle
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Elgaud Shieldmate
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Indrik Stomphowler
• 1x Inferno Titan
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Knollspine Dragon
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Mystic Snake
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phyrexian Ingester
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Spearbreaker Behemoth
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Steel Hellkite
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Tidespout Tyrant
• 1x Urabrask the Hidden
• 1x Voidmage Husher
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Land (37)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Homeward Path
• 6x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Kazandu Refuge
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Earthquake
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Search for Tomorrow

Commander (1)

Instant (7)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Rewind
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru

Artifact (6)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Crystal Shard
• 1x Erratic Portal
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Quest for the Gemblades
• 1x Wild Pair

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Maybeboard

Artifact (1)

• 1x Strionic Resonator

Creature (1)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek

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This deck loves to bounce things, especially its own things. The whole thing is to play as many creatures as possible as many times as possible to beef up Animar and swing in for the kill. Since we're going to be bouncing our own dudes I figured we might as well get value out of them with ETB triggers.

The bounce mechanisms are pretty straightforward; Equilibrium, Cloudstone Curio and Crystal Shard are the non-creature bounce effects along with Cyclonic Rift, but that doesn't bounce your own things. Man-o'-War and Dream Stalker basically say you can pump Animar for each blue mana you have untapped. And Tidespout Tyrant has a bunch of whacky combos and interactions and is one of the decks main win conditions besides straight Animar beatdown.

Because Animar is so important to the deck it's pretty important to protect him, aside from his inherent protections. Lightning Greaves and Swiftfoot Boots are the obvious ones, but a lot of people overlook Elgaud Shieldmate who is right on curve for this deck to drop the turn after Animar, pump him up, and protect him. Once he gets to 5/5 Spearbreaker Behemoth becomes an all-star. There are many ways to get card advantage in this deck; Genesis Hydra works great with Animar, Xenagos, God of Revels makes general damage a great win-con, and recurring Sphinx of Uthuun is a great way to refill your hand.

There are also a few ways to add some extra counters to Animar without creatures. Increasing Savagery is insane in this deck and I don't see many other people using Quest for the Gemblades , but both are ways to get that extra acceleration onto pumping Animar and lowering the cost of your stuff. Also, if you can activate Vorel of the Hull Clade on him it's hard to lose the game.

Because Animar accelerates you so fast you need a way to keep your hand full. Soul of the Harvest and Primordial Sage are the biggest proponents for this, but Knollspine Dragon and Fathom Mage can be very explosive.

Duplicant, and Phyrexian Ingester make-up the core creature based creature removal. There's also some counterspells and some ETB artifact and enchantment removal.

Because the deck is mostly creatures it's really easy to include a green creature-tutor package. The ones the deck is designed around are Birthing Pod and Wild Pair, which can be activated continuously to provide as much value as possible. Green Sun's Zenith is also a great targets in this deck.You also can tutor with Brutalizer Exarch and Fierce Empath, giving the deck a bit of a tool-box feel.

Always looking to improve so let me know what you think. I'm still a bit of a budget player so if you have any poor-man's tech let me know.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.89
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G
Folders	I like it, Animal