Animar, Soul of Elements
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- Commander
- Animar, Soul of Elements
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $939.68
- Grade
- B-
How it grades
Fundamentals 68/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters and Voltron.
This reads as +1/+1 counters · Voltron, built around Animar, Soul of Elements. Every creature is a mana sink for growth: counters snowball across the board, doublers turn increments into avalanches, and payoffs convert size into evasion, draw, or the kill. The deck's weakness is exponential dependence: protect the doublers and watch out for clean board resets. Animar, Soul of Elements sits on the cEDH tier list, so the ceiling here is tournament-grade, and experienced tables will treat it that way. Its strongest fundamental is ramp (23 ramp effects, counting Animar (want 10+ for this curve for +1/+1 counters, Animar's discount counted)); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 12 of 66 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want +1/+1 counter, morph support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Morph; from EDHREC).
- AMana reliability
- C+Land count
- B+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- AInteraction
- DCommander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- A+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- C+Land count33 lands. About 38 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters, with Animar's discount counted.
- B+Mana curve41% of spells cost ≤2, 21% cost 6+.
- DCommander synergyOnly 12 of 66 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want +1/+1 counter, morph support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Morph; from EDHREC).
Strong on mana reliability, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions, card quality and legality & size.
89 cards graded: A- 11, B+ 31, B 47. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of Fierce Empath: weakest slot in the deck (62/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (26 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of Spellskite: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Top-5% staple by play data. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your go-wide engine (26 producers).
Tribute to the World TreeGGG$14.69
In place of Vizier of the Menagerie: weakest slot in the deck (63/100)
Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. Pays off your go-wide engine (26 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck).
Wizard ClassU$3.12
In place of Eternal Witness: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (14 producers). Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan.
Evolution Sage2G$3.22
In place of Phyrexian Metamorph: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Pays off your land engine (8 producers). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Evolution Witness2G$0.32
In place of Surrak Dragonclaw: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Managorger Hydra2G$1.55
In place of Rhythm of the Wild: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Halana and Alena, Partners2RG$0.35
In place of Deflecting Swat: weakest slot in the deck (64/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Feeds the commanders' +1/+1 counter payoff. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple.
Thundering Raiju2RR$0.45
In place of Primordial Sage: weakest slot in the deck (65/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple.
Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute3R$0.32
In place of The Great Henge: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (66/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (4 in deck). Pays off the commanders' +1/+1 counter plan. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 40
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Instants 8
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Sorceries 5
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Artifacts 6
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Enchantments 7
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Lands 33
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