Animar's Favorite Letter is X

Commander / EDH* RUG (Temur) Stompy Voltron

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Creature (45)

• 1x AEthersnipe
• 1x Ainok Survivalist
• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Atarka, World Render
• 1x Balefire Dragon
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dream Stalker
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Farfinder
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Ivy Elemental
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Lightning Serpent
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Meteor Golem
• 1x Mistfire Weaver
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Rumbling Ruin
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Scrounging Bandar
• 1x Shrieking Drake
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Stratus Dancer
• 1x Surrak Dragonclaw
• 1x Temur Charger
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Willbender
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (35)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Botanical Sanctum
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Copperline Gorge
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fiery Islet
• 2x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 2x Island
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 1x Ketria Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Mossfire Valley
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Spirebluff Canal
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Yavimaya Coast

Commander (1)

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Primal Empathy
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Wild Growth

Artifact (6)

• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Portal of Sanctuary
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (5)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Raking Claws
• 1x Ram Through
• 1x Reverberate
• 1x Temur Battle Rage

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Glimpse of Nature
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith

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This is a semi-competitive take on Animar, originally built under $500 but now closer to $750. The crux of this deck's value engine is X-cost creatures and recurrable bounce effects that let you keep recasting those creatures at bigger and bigger X values, all while making Animar huge in the process. It wins either by going infinite, burning everyone to death with Purphoros, God of the Forge, or simply amassing an unstoppable army of big bois.

When playing with this deck, you generally want to cast Animar as fast as possible, and not cast any creatures (other than 1-drop dorks) until Animar is out, to maximize how many counters you get on him. You should try to get Animar out on turn 2 if possible, if not then turn 3. Never keep an opening hand that doesn't let you cast Animar by turn 3.

Turn 2 Animar can be achieved by casting a 1-drop dork with an untapped shock or check land, using X=0 Green Sun's Zenith to grab Dryad Arbor, or enchanting a dual land with one of the land enchantments that adds extra mana.

Notable card interactions: - Ancestral Statue is the essential Animar combo, going infinite as soon as Animar is at 4 or more. Once you have the loop, you can burn everyone to death with Purphoros, God of the Forge. You can also draw your deck with Hydroid Krasis or Beast Whisperer to find Purphoros, then use another bounce creature if necessary to avoid decking out. - Palinchron for infinite mana if you have four lands that can tap for blue. - Portal of Sanctuary to bounce X creatures to hand after Animar gets bigger and recast them. Substitute a Crystal Shard or Erratic Portal if you have one. - Shrieking Drake, AEthersnipe, and Dream Stalker all bounce themselves to hand on ETB. Once Animar is big enough, this means every blue mana you have = another Animar counter. - The Ozolith can absorb Animar's counters if he gets removed and let you put them back on when he's recast. You can also cast any X creature for X=Animar's current count, then bounce it and let the Ozolith put all those counters on Animar, doubling his size. - Fierce Empath tutors for different cards depending on the game state. Grab AEthersnipe if you need more Animar counters, Kozilek if you have a bunch already, or Rumbling Ruin if you have a bunch of big creatures and are ready to swing out and win.

Date added	3 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 47 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.82
Tokens	Morph 2/2 C