Animated Army
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- Commander
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $105.06
- Grade
- B-
How it grades
Fundamentals 74/100. Plays like Lands-matter and Tokens.
This reads as Lands-matter · Tokens, built around Bello, Bard of the Brambles. Lands are the engine, not the tax: extra land drops and landfall triggers turn every land into ramp, bodies, and card advantage at once. The land count runs deliberately high, recursion makes fetches replayable, and the late game wins through land-fueled payoffs the table can't interact with easily. Its strongest fundamental is ramp (27 ramp effects (want 9+ for this curve for Lands-matter, Goreclaw's discount counted)); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 22 of 61 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw, enchantment, Vehicles support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Enchantress, Artifacts, Vehicles; from EDHREC).
- A+Mana reliability
- BLand count
- A-Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- ACard draw
- AInteraction
- C+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BLand count38 lands. About 42 fits this curve for Lands-matter, with Goreclaw's discount counted.
- C+Commander synergyOnly 22 of 61 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want card-draw, enchantment, Vehicles support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Enchantress, Artifacts, Vehicles; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
85 cards graded: A- 12, B+ 31, B 42. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Animated Army from B- to B.
Psychosis Crawler5$2.54
In place of Bootleggers' Stash: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (61/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Unwinding Clock4$22.79
In place of Alchemist's Talent: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (15 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Reckless Fireweaver1R$0.51
In place of Rain of Riches: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Fuels your go-wide payoffs (5 in deck). Pays off your artifact engine (15 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders.
Scrap Trawler3$3.08
In place of Gilded Lotus: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (15 producers). Fits the artifact build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Springheart Nantuko1G$6.95
In place of Thran Dynamo: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (62/100)
Pays off your land engine (8 producers). Fuels your token payoffs (6 in deck). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
Impact Tremors1R$2.52
In place of Sunbird's Invocation: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your token engine (6 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (13 producers). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
Elemental Bond2G$4.67
In place of Berserkers' Onslaught: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fuels your enchantment payoffs (3 in deck). Pays off your go-wide engine (13 producers). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
Tribute to the World TreeGGG$14.69
In place of Gratuitous Violence: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Pays off your token engine (6 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (13 producers). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
Purphoros, God of the Forge3R$27.83
In place of Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (66/100)
Pays off your token engine (6 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (13 producers). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
Underworld Breach1R$10.93
In place of Greater Good: weakest slot in the deck (66/100)
WotC game-changer. Fuels your enchantment payoffs (3 in deck). Feeds the commanders' enchantment payoff.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 21
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Planeswalkers 1
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Instants 5
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 14
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Enchantments 13
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Lands 38
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