Competitive Animar
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Posted on Oct. 31, 2015, 8:32 a.m. by DVLuca
hello guy, i'm searching for suggestion for my Animar, Soul of VictoriousThanks to everyone!!
1-card combo with Animar. Throw in every creature tutor green has to offer, Mystical Tutor to fetch those and conterspells, a few ways to give animar trample, and bam, competitive Animar.
Is this for 1 on 1 play?
October 31, 2015 9:56 a.m.
Ender666666 says... #4
Cloudstone Curio is great. Endless One is a must add. Give it haste and BAM!
October 31, 2015 10:15 a.m.
I'm not too sure about Endless One. It's a large beater with no trample, evasion, or useful abilities. I don't see how it fits a role that Animar doesn't already cover more effectively.
October 31, 2015 10:27 a.m.
yes i've forgot the link....and yes that is my deck Ender666666!!!Thanks sonnet666 i want to exclude cards without other interaction like Endless One.
October 31, 2015 10:30 a.m.
JoshRigone says... #10
Not sure what your budget is but Imperial Recruiter is absolutely great. He can find Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, which can copy Imperial Recruiter to go find Deceiver Exarch. It's another 1-card combo!
Similarly, i'd suggest Fierce Empath - he can go find Deadeye Navigator, then be flickered to find Palinchron.
If you're interested, here's my Animar List:
Animar, the Foil Menace Playtest
Commander / EDH
SCORE: 5 | 10 COMMENTS | 708 VIEWS
October 31, 2015 12:11 p.m.
What JoshRigone said. Imperial Recruiter is perhaps the single strongest card in an Animar deck. It enables multiple extremely strong combos. I personally run the 1v1-oriented variant in which Imperial recruiter is used to tutor Phyrexian Metamorph into Shrieking Drake into Fierce Empath into Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, which is a same-turn win if Animar is on the field. The one Josh listed is also incredibly devastating (in fact, I may have to look more closely into that.)
Aside from obvious one-card combos, Animar plays best in a creature oriented deck that plays almost like a Storm list. He likes creatures that net him mana on casting like Cloud of Faeries and Tinder Wall, along with cheap draw spells that enable explosive plays like Glimpse of Nature and to a lesser extent Edric, Spymaster of Trest. Played correctly, Imperial Animar lists can consistently reach an infinite Cloudstone loop on Animar by turn 5 every time, if it hasn't already combo'd out with Imperial Recruiter on turn 3.
Link to my list:
Imperial Animarch Playtest
Commander / EDH*
SCORE: 2 | 0 COMMENTS | 422 VIEWS
November 1, 2015 1:01 a.m.
Thanks NarejED and JoshRigone, Imperial Recruiter, that damned card XD, is the only one card that i'm realy searching for.... for the Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger question is that I do not support this combo because where i play commander Bribery is everywhere so......Thanks anyway i appreciate for your suggestion!!!
November 2, 2015 5:26 a.m.
You're usually comboing into Newlamog every game by turn four, so Bribery shouldn't be a huge issue. Besides, his exile effect only triggers on casting. If someone cheats him into play, all they get is a big dumb indestructible beater that mills-- no double exile triggers.
November 2, 2015 11:10 a.m.
Yes, i know that, i'm a little conflicted to put ulamog in or not because i realy don't the opponent find a fine creature in my deck and build a good game with it and say: but there is.....anything!!! we can't forget the existence of Gilded Drake, a realy annoyance!!!
Ender666666 says... #2
Hi, do you mean that you're looking for advice on your deck, Animar, Soul of Victorious?
It's always best to use an actual link. If you don't know how to do it, I'll be happy to show you how.
When asking for deck help, it's often helpful to indicate what you need help with, or what kind of advice you seek.
October 31, 2015 9:02 a.m.