Prototyping is officially done.

The original plan of this deck was to get a few counters on Animar and pump out some cheap fatties to beat face with but this plan didn't last very long. I checked out the top 10 or so most viewed Animar decks for inspiration and after seeing the different options involving Ancestral Statue, not to mention already having 2 green/red heavy stompy decks (Mayael/Xenagos), combo seemed the way to go.

The one odd thing I noticed about the Ancestral Statue combos were that the vast majority of them involve 4 or 5 other cards, relying on the cliched Cloudstone Curio + "free" cards routine to go infinite using another card to win the game or some Imperial Recruiter route that involves shuffling your deck 30 times while your opponents contemplate what to do with the body after they're through with you post-game.
My first thoughts when seeing Ancestral Statue + Animar was 'Storm count infinite' and 'why use 2 additional cards to generate infinite mana, and need to rely on a 5th card to win the game with when Pandemonium effects exist?' So that's the direction this deck is going in.

Combos along this path include but aren't limited to:

Ancestral Statue + Grapeshot = Infinite Damage

Ancestral Statue + Impact Tremors or Outpost Siege = Infinite Damage

Ancestral Statue + Reckless Fireweaver = Infinite Damage

Ancestral Statue + Walking Ballista = Infinite Damage

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

Ancestral Statue + Beast Whisperer = Draw your entire deck

Ancestral Statue + Genesis Hydra = Choose your win condition

Ancestral Statue + Brain Freeze = Infinite Mill (Not in this iteration of the deck at this time)

Note: Most of the above can be tutored out with Muddle the Mixture.

There's also Dualcaster Mage + Heat Shimmer in the deck because why not?

If you find yourself in a more casual playgroup you can swap out the combo pieces for even more fatties and turn the deck into what the original spirit of an Animar deck was. Stompy.

Cut:

Ancestral Statue, Heat Shimmer, Fabricate, Outpost Siege, Beast Whisperer, Leyline of Vitality, Muddle the Mixture, Reckless Fireweaver, Grapeshot, Impact Tremors,

Add:

Nezahal, Primal Tide, Intet, the Dreamer, Bogardan Hellkite, Stormtide Leviathan, Garruk's Horde, Inkwell Leviathan, Myojin of Seeing Winds, Artisan of Kozilek, It That Betrays, Worldspine Wurm,

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99% Casual

Competitive

Date added 4 years
Last updated 1 year
Legality

This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

Rarity (main - side)

10 - 0 Mythic Rares

44 - 0 Rares

18 - 0 Uncommons

17 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 3.53
Tokens Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C
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