Animar ElDrawzi-Hydras (EDH)

Commander / EDH* Lands Lifegain RUG (Temur)

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Lands (36)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Guildmages' Forum
• 7x Island
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Primal Beyond
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Soaring Seacliff
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Vivid Grove

Ramp (11)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Smokebraider
• 1x Sylvan Caryatid
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Risen Reef
• 1x Kruphix, God of Horizons
• 1x Nissa, Who Shakes the World
• 1x Nissa, Nature's Artisan
• 1x Nissa, Genesis Mage

MC Reduction Benefit (3)

• 1x Apocalypse Hydra
• 1x Biomass Mutation
• 1x Altered Ego

Other (17)

• 1x Curiosity
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Creeping Trailblazer
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 1x Crater Elemental
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Scatter to the Winds
• 1x Vizier of the Menagerie
• 1x Thicket Elemental
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar
• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Magmatic Force
• 1x Tidal Force
• 1x Verdant Force *f-pre*

WinCon (10)

• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 2x Mage Slayer
• 1x Overgrowth Elemental
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Malignus
• 1x Xenagos, God of Revels
• 1x Humbler of Mortals
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Life Gain (3)

• 1x Fruit of the First Tree
• 1x Horizon Chimera
• 1x Nissa's Renewal

Commander (1)

Counters (14)

• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Vastwood Hydra
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Overgrowth Elemental
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 1x Trap Essence
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Increasing Savagery
• 1x Ivy Lane Denizen
• 1x Omnath, Locus of the Roil
• 1x Vigor

Card Draw (6)

• 1x Temur Ascendancy
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Regal Force
• 1x Tishana, Voice of Thunder
• 1x The Great Henge

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Sideboard

Other (24)

• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Harvester Druid
• 1x Negate
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Trail of Mystery *f-pre*
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Encrust
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Lifespring Druid
• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Bioessence Hydra
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Grave Sifter
• 1x Guile
• 1x Primordial Sage
• 1x Thousand Winds
• 1x Tornado Elemental
• 1x Wave of Vitriol
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog

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Maybeboard

Other (13)

• 1x Bond Beetle
• 1x Forced Adaptation
• 1x Chandra's Embercat
• 1x Domri's Ambush
• 1x Ironshell Beetle
• 1x Solidarity of Heroes
• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Overgrowth Elemental
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Oblivion Sower
• 1x Ugin, the Ineffable
• 1x Void Winnower

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STILL IN PROGRESS--Any input is welcome!!!

Using Animar, Soul of Elements +1/+1 mana cost reduction, this deck ramps into formiddable elementals, eldrazi, and hydras. Plan is to get Animar out turn 3 and put +1/+1 counters on him as early as possible to start benefiting from card draw, life gain, and big elementals early on.

Courser of Kruphix, Risen Reef, and Nissa, Nature's Artisan fetch lands while Beast Whisperer, Soul of the Harvest, Regal Force, Tishana, Voice of Thunder, and Horizon Chimera allow card draw and life gain.

Various cards provide more +1/+1 counters on Animar, Soul of Elements moving forward, including Vastwood Hydra, Rishkar, Peema Renegade, Kalonian Hydra, Vigor, Trap Essence, Increasing Savagery, Hardened Scales, and The Great Henge to name a few.

WIN CONDITION #1: After Animar is big enough, using Animar, Soul of Elements + Winged Temple of Orazca allows a swift blow to your opponent for enough commander damage to end the game within 1 or 2 turns. Alternatively, Malignus is a solid alternative to target with Winged Temple of Orazca. Kalonian Hydra helps with the 'increasing savagery' of Animar.

WIN CONDITION #2: Casting Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger for free and causing your opponent to exile their library at the end of the game.

Cards in the 'maybeboard' are being considered to be added to the deck eventually...

I am also debating adding colorless Eldrazi to drop for free from Animar, Soul of Elements... any recommendations would be great! So far I am thinking Void Winnower, Oblivion Sower, Kozilek, the Great Distortion, and Spawnsire of Ulamog.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Animar, Soul of Elements + Winged Temple of Orazca
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	18 - 0 Mythic Rares 32 - 14 Rares 15 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 8 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.23
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 5/3 G, Emblem Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Morph 2/2 C, Saproling 1/1 G