Animar, X creatures and protection edit 2026

Commander / EDH* Counters Hydra RUG (Temur) Trample

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Land (35)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 8x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Frostboil Snarl
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 3x Mountain
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Spire Garden
• 1x Stormcarved Coast
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Tidechannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Training Center

Draw (14)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Consecrated SphinxGC
• 1x Court of Garenbrig
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Geometer's Arthropod
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Ohran Frostfang
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x The Goose Mother
• 1x Zoanthrope

Protection (11)

• 1x Archetype of Endurance
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Inspiring Call
• 1x Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mutational Advantage
• 1x Plaza of Heroes
• 1x Ripples of Potential
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x Spellskite
• 1x Vigor

Deathtouch (1)

• 1x Ohran Frostfang

Win con (1)

• 1x Nanogene Conversion

Plus 1 (19)

• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Anduril, Narsil Reforged
• 1x Benevolent Hydra
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Court of Garenbrig
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Magus Lucea Kane
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Mutational Advantage
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Ripples of Potential
• 1x Slip Out the Back
• 1x The Ozolith
• 1x Vigor

X (17)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Benevolent Hydra
• 1x Goldvein Hydra
• 1x Hungering Hydra
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Ingenious Prodigy
• 1x Kurbis, Harvest Celebrant
• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x Magus Lucea Kane
• 1x Mistcutter Hydra
• 1x Nyxborn Hydra
• 1x Primordial Hydra
• 1x Rampaging Yao Guai
• 1x Shivan Devastator
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x The Goose Mother
• 1x Zoanthrope

Destroy or exile (9)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Chandra's Ignition
• 1x Decimate
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Nanogene Conversion
• 1x Rampaging Yao Guai
• 1x Steelbane Hydra
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Zoanthrope

Lifegain (2)

• 1x Lifeblood Hydra
• 1x The Goose Mother

Commander (1)

Trample flying evasion (19)

• 1x Aberrant
• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Consecrated SphinxGC
• 1x Goldvein Hydra
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Hydra Omnivore
• 1x Hydroid Krasis
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kodama of the West Tree
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Nyxborn Hydra
• 1x Rampaging Yao Guai
• 1x Shivan Devastator
• 1x The Goose Mother
• 1x Vigor
• 1x Voracious Hydra
• 1x Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
• 1x Winged Hive Tyrant
• 1x Zoanthrope

Mana generator (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bloom Tender
• 1x Fanatic of Rhonas
• 1x Gargos, Vicious Watcher
• 1x Goldvein Hydra
• 1x Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Magus Lucea Kane
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
• 1x Sol Ring

Other (5)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Glen Elendra Archmage
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mutagen Man, Living Ooze
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Tutor (1)

• 1x Fauna Shaman

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Sideboard

Other (6)

• 1x Clement, the Worrywort
• 1x Defiler of Dreams
• 1x Defiler of Instinct
• 1x Defiler of Vigor
• 1x Nightshade Dryad
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic

Destroy or exile (2)

• 1x All Will Be One
• 1x Whiptongue Hydra

Trample flying evasion (2)

• 1x Archetype of Aggression
• 1x Runadi, Behemoth Caller

X (1)

• 1x Savageborn Hydra

Plus 1 (2)

• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Savageborn Hydra

Draw (1)

• 1x Augur of Autumn

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Maybeboard

Other (42)

• 1x Biophagus
• 1x Bioshift
• 1x Bone Sabres
• 1x Broodlord
• 1x Clamavus
• 1x Collective Resistance
• 1x Cyclonic RiftGC
• 1x Draining Whelk
• 1x Fangs of Kalonia
• 1x Gaea's Gift
• 1x Incubation Druid
• 1x Inexorable Tide
• 2x Innkeeper's Talent
• 1x Mage Slayer
• 1x Magma Pummeler
• 1x March of Swirling Mist
• 1x Mawloc
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Nexos
• 1x Nimbus Swimmer
• 1x Nyxbloom Ancient
• 1x Ochre Jelly
• 1x Old One Eye
• 1x Overprotect
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Rosheen Meanderer
• 1x Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
• 1x Sporocyst
• 1x Stonecoil Serpent
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Sword of Wealth and Power
• 1x Talon Gates of Madara
• 1x Tamiyo's Safekeeping
• 1x Termagant Swarm
• 1x Tervigon
• 1x The Phasing of Zhalfir
• 1x The Skullspore Nexus
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Tyrant Guard
• 1x Unbound Flourishing
• 1x Uncivil Unrest

Better but expensive (3)

• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC
• 1x The Great Henge

Land (2)

• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip

Deathtouch (1)

• 1x Basilisk Collar

Destroy or exile (1)

• 1x Blasphemous Act

Mana generator (1)

• 1x Tangled Florahedron  ^Flip

Protection (3)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Dolmen Gate
• 1x Fierce GuardianshipGC

Plus 1 (2)

• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Power Fist

Lifegain (1)

• 1x Basilisk Collar

Trample flying evasion1x (1)

• 1x Power Fist

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Edit 2026 : more mana generators were needed. Ancestral statue added for a little bit more powerful.

Edit 2024 : X provides the opportunity with Animar, Soul of Elements, to create powerful creatures. Nanogene Conversion is considered a win condition because by using a copy of a 0/0 Hydra, enemy creatures die if they don't have +1/+1 counters, clearing the way to attack them with the powerful creatures. Special attention is given to protecting Animar, Soul of Elements in order to preserve the +1/+1 counters it accumulates. The Ozolith is an alternative for collecting the +1/+1 counters that Animar might lose if it is destroyed. The other advantage of this card is the ability to gather the +1/+1 counters from other destroyed creatures and place them on Animar.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 2 Mythic Rares 55 - 9 Rares 9 - 1 Uncommons 6 - 1 Commons
Cards	101
Avg. CMC	2.88
Tokens	City's Blessing, Copy Clone, Fanatic of Rhonas 4/4 B, Food, Morph 2/2 C, Mutagen, The Monarch, Treasure
Folders	Mander