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Animar, Soul of Elements — Commander Hub · Mythicwyrm
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▸ Infinite damage via Walking Ballista with a free-cast loop ▸ Infinite ETB triggers (Purphoros, Impact Tremors , blood artist effects) draining the table ▸ Overwhelming creature swarm built from near-free casts Archetypes Combo — Free creature casts plus Ancestral Statue or Cloudstone Curio loops produce infinite ETBs and lethal Walking Ballista . Creature Tribal/Midrange — Cost reduction lets you flood the board with value creatures faster than anyone else. Blink/ETB Value — Cheap creatures and bounce engines abuse enter-the-battlefield triggers for snowballing advantage. Combos No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
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Protection from white and from black
Whenever you cast a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Animar.
Creature spells you cast cost Resolve Animar early, then snowball +1/+1 counters off every creature you cast until your creatures become nearly free, letting you chain your whole deck in a single explosive turn. You win by deploying an overwhelming board, abusing cast-triggers and ETB value, or assembling an infinite-creature combo. Protection from white and black makes Animar resilient to most spot removal.
Insane cost reduction enables huge turns and explosive combo finishes
Protection from white and black dodges the most common targeted removal (Swords, Path, most edicts dodged by counters)
Self-protecting commander that snowballs quickly and grinds value off ETBs
Heavily commander-dependent; loses tempo badly to repeated Animar removal
Board wipes and creature-light recovery hurt since the engine is creatures
Vulnerable to counterspells protecting the combo turn since it's all-in
Bounce and tuck effects reset counters or set you back hard
With three or more counters it bounces a land/permanent for free, recasting infinitely to grow Animar and pump combo enablers.
Free recursion target and a payoff that machine-guns the table for the win once creatures cost nothing.
Bounce-and-recast loops with cheap creatures generate infinite casts and ETB triggers.
Stand-in for card advantage; Animar wants cheap card draw and tutors like Imperial Recruiter to find combo pieces. Protects your commander and creature spells from counter-heavy control decks.
Legendary Creature — Elemental
less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar.