Animar's Counters EDH

Commander / EDH* Casual Counters Multiplayer Ramp RUG (Temur)

7MM3

Creature (32)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Cloudfin Raptor
• 1x Crocanura
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Experiment One
• 1x Ezuri, Claw of Progress
• 1x Fathom Mage
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Genesis Hydra
• 1x Goblin Razerunners
• 1x Gyre Sage
• 1x Hamletback Goliath
• 1x Heroes' Bane
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Shaman of the Great Hunt
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Toothy, Imaginary Friend
• 1x Walking Ballista

Land (35)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Castle Garenbrig
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 9x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Homeward Path
• 5x Island
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Llanowar Reborn
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Hull Breach
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rishkar's Expertise
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Vandalblast

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
• 1x Vivien of the Arkbow

Commander (1)

Instant (11)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Colossal Might
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Fling
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes

Artifact (6)

• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x The Great Henge

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Primal Vigor

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Creature (23)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Elusive Krasis
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Ironscale Hydra
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Plaxcaster Frogling
• 1x Predator Ooze
• 1x Preyseizer Dragon
• 1x Realm Seekers
• 1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
• 1x Renegade Krasis
• 1x Sage of Hours
• 1x Savageborn Hydra
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Spike Rogue
• 1x Spike Weaver
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 1x Simic Ascendancy

Land (17)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Flamekin Village
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Novijen, Heart of Progress
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Raging Ravine
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Instant (5)

• 1x Lead by Example
• 1x Mutant's Prey
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Soul's Fire
• 1x Strength of the Tajuru

Artifact (10)

• 1x Astral Cornucopia
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Clearwater Goblet
• 1x Contagion Clasp
• 1x Dragon Blood
• 1x Lux Cannon
• 1x Mirage Mirror
• 1x Temur Banner

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Biogenic Upgrade
• 1x Calming Verse
• 1x Clan Defiance
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Give / Take
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Soul's Might
• 1x Verdant Confluence

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Domri, Chaos Bringer
• 1x Domri Rade
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Xenagos, the Reveler

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The Goal

So I like big things, and I like interactive things. So lets take things, put interactive dice on them, and make them big!

Kill Conditions

We're going to be mostly just smashing things in the face with big things.

• Animar, Soul of Elements is pretty easy to get large enough to punch a hole into some Commander damage.
• Apocalypse Hydra and Triskelion can be used to convert counters to direct damage.
• Chasm Skulker and Mycoloth can quickly flood the field and get out of hand with tokens.
• If the game goes long, Comet Storm will be able to easily finish it.
• Worst case scenario, in a long stalemate, Jace, Memory Adept can end the game with Mill.

Ramp

Astral Cornucopia pulled up for 3 mana(We will be proliferating this later), Sol Ring, and Gilded Lotus will be what we are using to get ahead on the artifact mana.

Birds of Paradise, Gyre Sage, Omnath, Locus of Mana, and Rattleclaw Mystic is going to be our creature based mana acceleration.

Xenagos, the Reveler puts out a lot more mana than you would expect as well.

Animar, Soul of Elements works as psuedo accelleration as he lows costs of consecutive creatures.

We will be pulling through our deck faster with Tezzeret's Gambit, Fathom Mage, Domri Rade, Jace, Memory Adept, and Sarkhan Unbroken.

Don't be afraid to drop an early Green Sun's Zenith on a Birds of Paradise or Gyre Sage for mana early or even better a Fathom Mage.

Dealing with Counters

The majority of our creatures will be generating their own counters by default, but we need to be able to manipulate them.

Llanowar Reborn, Increasing Savagery, Soul's Might, Ezuri, Claw of Progress, Forgotten Ancient, Master Biomancer, Simic Fluxmage, Simic Guildmage, Spike Rogue, Spike Weaver, Bioshift, and Strength of the Tajuru let us get counters on the creatures that are otherwise difficult to get started, such as Master Biomancer.

Once counters are on the things we want, we have some powerful tools for increasing them. Contagion Engine, Contagion Clasp, and Inexorable Tide are going to be pumping proliferate constantly, which also affects our Planeswalkers.

Doubling Season, Primal Vigor and Kalonian Hydra make counters get out of hand real fast.

Staying Alive

We are running some enchantment and artifact hate with Calming Verse, Hull Breach, Vandalblast, and Naturalize. All of which should allow us to keep our Doubling Season, Inexorable Tide, and the rest of our own tools alive.

We have only two Counterspells in the deck, so hold on to them and only use them if something really nasty is hitting the table, or our win is being severly threatened.

Cyclonic Rift can either end a game, or just get rid of all the nastys temporarily.

Asceticism, Chasm Skulker, and Experiment One help against sweepers.

Clearwater Goblet is the only real life gain this deck has, but with proliferate it can get out of hand quickly if it goes undealt with.

Lux Cannon with proliferate is ridiculously strong at controlling the board.

Spike Weaver is a repeatable Fog. Beautiful.

Homeward Path keeps our creatures under our own control.

Maze of Ith can shut down a heavy hitter every turn.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.32
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Experience Token, Saproling 1/1 G, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	edh