Ok lol first off... yes, I've read Gelf's Primer and while there's similarities, my deck focuses more on combat while still having several ways to combo.
Here's my baby. I've been playing Animar for a few years now and he (it?) is my favorite commander. Anyways the deck can win off of combo or good ol' fashioned turning dudes sideways. I figured I'd post the deck for criticism. I'm always looking for ideas. Thanks in advance.
Ok so one very significant change made to the deck.
Out: Void Winnower
In: Imperial Recruiter
I'm still looking for any feedback or ideas. Thanks in advance.
Why Deceiver Exarch particularly? I would rate Pestermite as better since it gives you more political opportunities (such as untapping a team members permanent), or Zealous Conscripts which is a great card on its own.
The major advantage of Deceiver Exarch is its 4 toughness, which is only relevant if you expect Lightning Bolts. Of course you know your meta better than I do.
I'm hoping for suggestions on 1 cut to make room for Vizier of the Menagerie when it comes out and I'm always looking for any kind of feedback or suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Ok, I'll try thassa as a cut along with 1 land. I've come to the realization that my manabase is rather ugly... 9 fetches with 12 fetchable lands isn't very optimal so I'm dropping the 3 painlands and 3 checklands for basics.
Ok, I lied. After looking through the list I realized how little synergy my list has with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker after the many many changes this deck has gone through.
I've tried several walkers here including xenagos, og Garruk, jtms, and Domri. None have made the cut. a: they're mana intensive and get no discount from Animar, b: they're rather low impact with only 1 activation on each of my turns, and c: I can do a LOT more with 4 mana here. Ty for the suggestion though.
Omg, ALL THE YES (x100), I'll take Gaea's Cradle #2!
I need to make a cut for this beauty, any suggestions?
My first thought is Food Chain which is an amazing card, but I rarely have dudes I want to sac. It does keep those 30 minute game-ending turns going when I need it to though, so I'm on the fence here.
Walking Ballista is another possibility... again an amazing card but it sucks to flip off of Maelstrom Wanderer (which seems to happen more often than odds should allow).
Last consideration I have is Rhystic Study... amazing draw power thats usefulness fades as the game progresses.
Cuts are getting really really hard here, suggestions please!
Here's my baby. I've been playing Animar for a few years now and he (it?) is my favorite commander. Anyways the deck can win off of combo or good ol' fashioned turning dudes sideways. I figured I'd post the deck for criticism. I'm always looking for ideas. Thanks in advance.
1 Animar, Soul of Elements
Non Creature Spells: 12
1 Glimpse of Nature
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Crop Rotation
1 Hardened Scales Foil
2 Sylvan Library
2 Earthcraft
2 Survival of the Fittest
2 Heroic Intervention
3 Cloudstone Curio
3 Food Chain
3 Fabricate
3 Equilibrium Foil
Creatures: 53
1 Birds of Paradise
2 Ainok Survivalist
2 Cloud of Faeries
2 Phantasmal Image
2 Fauna Shaman
2 Spellskite
2 Stratus Dancer
2 Den Protector
2 Bloom Tender
2 Gilded Drake
2 Sylvan Caryatid Foil
2 Rattleclaw Mystic Foil
2 Beastcaller Savant
2 Walking Ballista
3 Rhonas the Indomitable Foil
3 Thassa, God of the Sea
3 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
3 Shaman of Forgotten Ways
3 Somberwald Sage
3 Imperial Recruiter Foil
3 Fierce Empath Foil
3 Eternal Witness
3 Rishkar, Peema Renegade Foil
4 Stunt Double
4 Clever Impersonator Foil
4 Ogre Battledriver Foil
4 Temur Sabertooth Foil
4 Phyrexian Metamorph Foil
4 Solemn Simulacrum
4 Vizier of the Menagerie
4 Oracle of Mul Daya
4 Purphoros, God of the Forge
4 Ancestral Statue Foil
4 Dack's Duplicate
5 Xenagos, God of Rebels
5 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
5 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary Foil
5 Urabrask, the Hidden
5 Peregrine Drake Foil
6 Primordial Sage
6 Soul of the Harvest
6 Prime Speaker Zegana
6 Pathbreaker Ibex
7 Palinchron
7 Great Whale
8 Craterhoof Behemoth
8 Maelstrom Wanderer
9 Void Winnower Foil
10 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
11 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
12 Blightsteel Colossus
Lands: 34 (by count)
1 Volcanic Island
1 Tropical Island
1 Taiga
1 Arid Mesa
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Flooded Strand
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Bloodstained More
1 Windswept Heath
1 Polluted Delta
1 Command Tower
1 Ancient Ziggurat Foil
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Mana Confluence
1 City of Brass
1 Stomping Ground
1 Breeding Pool
1 Steam Vents
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Kessig Wolf Run Foil
3 Mountain Foil
4 Forest Foil
4 Island Foil
Out: Void Winnower
In: Imperial Recruiter
I'm still looking for any feedback or ideas. Thanks in advance.
*edit* meant Brutalizer Exarch, not Deceiver.
The major advantage of Deceiver Exarch is its 4 toughness, which is only relevant if you expect Lightning Bolts. Of course you know your meta better than I do.
I'd be inclined to cut clones, since you run a fair few, maybe Clever Impersonator and Progenitor Mimic?
A clone is only ever as good as the other creatures on the battlefield. If you want a specific effect, run the card that gives it.
Out: Progenitor Mimic and Dack's Duplicate
In: Temur Sabertooth and Brutalizer Exarch
I'm just too fond of clever impersonator to drop it.
Out: Tolaria West
In: Great Whale
In: Scalding Tarn
In: Food Chain
I'm hoping for suggestions on 1 cut to make room for Vizier of the Menagerie when it comes out and I'm always looking for any kind of feedback or suggestions. Thanks in advance.
Stratus Dancer or Spellskite could also be cuts.
Out: 3x Painlands, 3x Checklands Thassa, God of the Sea, and Mossfire Valley.
In: 2x Forest, 2x Island, 2x Mountain, Heroic Intervention, and Vizier of the Menagerie.
Out: Kiki-Jiki
In: Thassa, God of the Sea
Out: Master Biomancer and Venser, Shaper Savant
In: Song of the Dryads and Birthing Pod
Out: Birthing Pod, 1x Each Basic Land
In: Rhystic Study, Taiga, Tropical Island, and Volcanic Island
Out: Vesuvan Shapeshifter
In: Equilibrium
P.s. I apparently like talking to myself. 14/17 posts here are just me. Can I get a little more discussion here after almost 1400 views... jebus.
Padeem, Consul of Innovation - Artifact value/combo.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Sultai zombie reanimator.
Ummm that's a link to an Alesha list, not animar... better link por favor?
Padeem, Consul of Innovation - Artifact value/combo.
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant - Sultai zombie reanimator.
In: Rhonas the Indomitable
Omg, ALL THE YES (x100), I'll take Gaea's Cradle #2!
I need to make a cut for this beauty, any suggestions?
My first thought is Food Chain which is an amazing card, but I rarely have dudes I want to sac. It does keep those 30 minute game-ending turns going when I need it to though, so I'm on the fence here.
Walking Ballista is another possibility... again an amazing card but it sucks to flip off of Maelstrom Wanderer (which seems to happen more often than odds should allow).
Last consideration I have is Rhystic Study... amazing draw power thats usefulness fades as the game progresses.
Cuts are getting really really hard here, suggestions please!