Animar combo deck. Pretty simple ancestral statue combo. Sub theme:Free Eldrazi ramp
I need criticism and advice on how to make the deck better. The Eldrazi titans have to stay. Everything else is free game.
This deck sees a lot of counter magic in my playgroup so if you experience the same thing this deck is for you.
Let’s go through the cards of the deck:
Ainok survivalist: Gets rid of pesky enchantments, and for possibly a free cast with animars cost reduction.
Cyclonic rift: every blue deck should run this no exception
Ancestral Statue: the main combo piece
Ancient Ziggurat: tap for any mana, no brainer
Animar, Soul of Elements: Your commander that reduces the cost of generic mana in your creatures ie free eldrazis
Artisan of Kozilek: eldrazi recursion
Barrin, Master Wizard: Can bounce your stuff which is a staple of this deck being able to recast stuff with etb or cast triggers, can go infinite with dockside extortionist if opponents have 3-4 enchantments and or artifacts
Beast Whisperer: prime card draw abuse
Beastcaller Savant: hasty mana dork or first blood for league
Birds of Paradise: birbs are always a must have gor tri color decks and for one green mana???? Amazing choice
Bloom Tender:you’re a fool if you don’t choose to have this guy in any tri color deck. If you have Animar out it’s 3 mana
Bond Beetle:part of the turn 4 wincon, this underwhelming creature can put 2 counters on Animar when put onto the battlefield/cast
Botanical Sanctum:dual color land
Breeding Pool: Shock lands are great in general
Chrome Mox: this car is amazing, better than the mox diamond for Animar because it doesn’t eat a land on cast, it provides true mana ramp just for throwing away a useless card
City of Brass:tap for any mana but pings you
Cloudstone Curio: A combo piece, it bounces stuff you control on etb. You can bounce generic mana creatures you control like eldrazi for infinite memes and lolz
Collector Ouphe:this is a must, it prevents pesky kinnan and urza players from screwing up your game with a bs infinite combo with the basalt monolith or other artifact combos. Downside is you become a target for their rage although you’re playing Animar any half logical player should know not to underestimate you
Command Tower: tri mana land
Conduit of Ruin: mini ulamog ceaseless hunger plus cost reduction, it’s a great choice
Consecrated Sphinx: No brainer it’s great card draw with possible cost reduction. Downside is any locust god or any draw theme commanders will mill you out quickly if not careful
Den Protector: graveyard recursion
Dockside Extortionist: combos with barrin plus is a cast trigger plus is an awesome mana ramp card
Domri, Anarch of Bolas: creatures cannot be countered and mana ramp. Plus fighting pesky annoying creatures it’s a solid choice
Eldritch Evolution:a tutor spell for a combo piece
Elvish Mystic: mana dork
Emrakul, the Promised End: He’s the worst titan in this deck but he’s in there because I adore the eldrazi. You can screw over a player with a sac outlet so easily with this card
Exotic Orchard: mana of any color
Eye of Ugin: Cost reduction and tutor for nasty colorless things
Ezuri, Claw of Progress: this one I’m not sure of yet (stay tuned)
Finale of Devastation:tutor for nasty things
Forest: Basic land
Frontier Bivouac: temur tri land
Gilded Drake:This doesn’t have to be in here for the deck to work it’s just a great card. Cast trigger for Animar plus steal a threat or someone’s commander.
Glen Elendra Archmage: a counter themed combo piece.
Glimpse of Nature: Card draw spell
Hardened Scales:Part of the turn 4 wincon. Doubles cast triggers for Animar for one green mana???? It’s an amazing card
Heroic Intervention:hexproof and indestructible, takes care of destroy all creatures board wipes
Imperial Recruiter: Tutors for a threat piece, usually either the spellseeker, ancestral statue, or painters servant
Island:Basic land
It That Betrays:This is more of a meme than anything else. Any sacrificed stuff belongs to me
Ketria Triome: temur tri land
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth: this is my fav eldrazi. It not only prevents you from getting milled out but it gives card draw on CAST and has annihilator 4
Thrasios: scry and land ramp
Llanowar Elves: mana dork
Lotus Cobra: this if used wisely can lead to major ramp
Mountain:basic land
Neoform: it’s a low cost tutor card
Opal Palace: This is the best land for us. Because every time we cast Animar from the command zone he comes in with additional counters. It’s almost better to not counter him because it’ll make things worse if you’re an opponent. It allows Animar to rebuild very quickly
Oracle of Mul Daya: in combination with the visier of the menagerine, you can play your whole library if lucky
Painter's Servant: the best protection for Animar
Palinchron: Infinite mana combo
Panharmonicon: doubles triggers
Pathrazer of Ulamog:annihilator 3
Phyrexian Metamorph: copy’s a threat or useful card
Phyrexian Revoker:Shuts down any card name
Prowling Serpopard: counter protection
Purphoros, God of the Forge: Is part of the turn 4 wincon
Reliquary Tower:No max hand size
Rhythm of the Wild: part of the glen eldrana infiniteish counter combo plus anti counter protection
Rogue's Passage: can be useful in some situations
Rootbound Crag:Dual land
Sakura-Tribe Elder:great card for Animar. Cast trigger plus fetching a land it’s a win-win
Scavenging Ooze:gets rid of pesky graveyard recursion players and black sacrifice nonsense
Shrieking Drake:bounces itself for many Animar triggers
Siren Stormtamer:protection for Animar
Selvala, heart of the wilds: gives a ton of mana
solemn simulacrum: land ramp with generic mana which adds counters to animar and acts as a blocker
Spellseeker:tutors your creature tutor spells definitely pick the weird harvest
Spellskite: Animar protection
Steam Vents: shock land
Stomping Ground:shock land
Stratus Dancer: protection for Animar
Survival of the Fittest: good lord this is a good card, it lets you tutor for creatures
Sylvan Library: addition card draw at the expense of your health
Vorinclex: a game ender if it lives through a turn
Temur Sabertooth:bounces stuff combos with palinchron
The Ozolith: Animar counter protection
Thran Quarry:any mana land, but you need a creature out first
Tinder Wall: creature cast trigger and mana ramp
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger: and insane eldrazi already can cast for free with animar
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre:prevents milling out, plus annihilator 4
Urabrask the Hidden:is an interesting choice. Gives my creatures haste and there’s nothing deadlier in magic than a hasty eldrazi. Why don’t I run temur ascendency??? Idk I just like urabrask lol.
Vizier of the Menagerie: combos with oracle of mul daya. Plus played creatures off the top of your library
Void Winnower: this is one nasty eldrazi. It pretty much denies most ways of dealing with your threats
Walking Ballista: combos with the cloudstone curio for infinite pings
Waterlogged Grove: dual lands all day long
Weird Harvest: your go to tutor spell, you will x=3 pick the sheopard or any other anti counter creature, the ancestral statue, and purphuros
Wheel of Fortune: it’s a wheel it draws you 7 new cards
Wood Elves: mana dork
Worldly Tutor: your second go to tutor for the statue
Yavimaya Coast:dual land
Stay tuned I’ll have the deck strategy out soon.
Thanks for giving my pride and joy of mtg a look. Please leave a comment and maybe even a like to help improve my child of magic,
-Superscrub
