Animar Combo Deck

Commander / EDH

jmck

Land (34)

• 1x Ancient Ziggurat
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Highland Lake
• 6x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 4x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Shimmering Grotto
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Transguild Promenade
• 1x Vivid Crag
• 1x Vivid Creek
• 1x Vivid Grove

Wincon (6)

• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels

Singledestroy (2)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Reclamation Sage

Ramp (1)

• 1x Coiling Oracle

Destroy (1)

• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Recursion (1)

• 1x Eternal Witness

Ramp (13)

• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Sylvan Ranger

Other (11)

• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie

Bounce (5)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Shrieking Drake
• 1x Temur Sabertooth

Bounce (1)

• 1x Ancestral Statue

Life (1)

• 1x Essence Warden

Morph (1)

• 1x Stratus Dancer

Wipe (1)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift

Commander (1)

Draw (12)

• 1x Horizon Chimera
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Kraum, Ludevic's Opus
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary
• 1x Mulldrifter
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sphinx of Uthuun
• 1x Sylvan Library

Control (6)

• 1x Elder Deep-Fiend
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Platinum Angel
• 1x Prowling Serpopard
• 1x Void Winnower

Tutor (5)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Trophy Mage

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Sideboard

Other (2)

• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

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This is my combo animar deck.

It combos off by turn 6 with a lot of ramp and card draw to gain advantage. Will be updating this in the coming weeks with all the animar combos that are in this deck, but definitely interested to hear what should be pulled out and whether I've missed any must haves.

Win Conditions 1. Walking balista + infinite mana combo - Ulamog = destroy all opponents lands 2. Laboratory Maniac = win when you draw your entire deck 3. Psychosis Crawler = blow up all opponents while drawing your whole deck 4. Purphoros, God of the Forge = destroy all opponents while bouncing creatures 5. Xenagos, God of Revels = big damage creatures to kill an opponent

Combo's Cloudstone Curio + Animar + 1 colorless creature + .......1. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth (Draw entire deck) 2. Ulamog the Ceaseless Hunger (destroy all permanents) 3. Soul of the Harvest + Morph creature = draw entire deck4. Artisan of Kosilek = unlimited graveyard recursion5. Solemn Simulacrum = play all basic lands in your deck6. Primordial Sage + morph or colorless creature = draw entire deck 7. Peregrine Drake = unlimited mana

1. Man'O'War or Shrieking Drake + Animar = as many counters as you have blue mana

2. Peregrine drake + Deadeye Navigator = infinite mana.

3. The simplest loop: Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements = infinitely large Animar

On his own is a bounce engine with a cost that can be reduced to 0. If Animar has no counters and you only have Ancestral Statue in hand you need 10 mana to go infinite.

This is a basic overview of how the deck works and what it intends to do. I'll update this with more of the infinite combos and the toolbox effects, but for now the next steps for this are to pilot the deck and see where the holes are while increasing the consistency through added tutors. Just need to get my hands on some of the better ones!!

Thanks for reading, let me know if you have feedback other than my land base being slow haha.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WB
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 2 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 19 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.04
Tokens	Copy Clone, Morph 2/2 C, Spirit 1/1 C