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Animar, Soul of Elements
Legendary Creature — Elemental
Protection from white and from black Whenever you cast a creature spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Animar. Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar.
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“Snowballing creature-caster that discounts spells with counters.”
Aggro
Intermediate
Combat damage, Commander damage, Combo
Tokens, Sacrifice, Spellslinger
Strategy
Animar, Soul of Elements is a mana-efficient commander that snowballs into a cost-reduction engine. Every creature you cast pumps Animar with a counter, and those counters discount your future creature spells—creating a powerful feedback loop where your spells get cheaper and cheaper as the game progresses. You're essentially playing a creatures-matter deck that aims to flood the board with cheap threats while Animar grows into a formidable threat itself.
The deck thrives on casting lots of creatures, ideally creatures with enters-the-battlefield effects or card draw to maximize value. Creatures with persist, undying, or other repeatable triggers that care about casting stack beautifully with Animar's discount engine. Your win condition is typically swinging in with an oversized Animar supported by a board of creatures, though you can also pivot into combo lines with creatures that generate infinite mana or triggers when cast repeatedly.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Replace pricey creature tutors like Green Sun's Zenith with Chord of Calling or Eladamri's Call; use utility creatures like Mulldrifter instead of expensive card draw.
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