Animar, Soul of Elements
URGLegendary Creature — Elemental · from $18.71
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.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
61 of 100 at $5 or less · 41 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Counterspell | Instant | 2 | $1.33 |
| 10 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 11 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 12 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 13 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 14 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 15 | Blasphemous Act | Sorcery | 9 | $0.72 |
| 16 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 17 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 18 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 19 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 20 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 21 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 22 | Chaos Warp | Instant | 3 | $0.32 |
| 23 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 24 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 25 | An Offer You Can't Refuse | Instant | 1 | $3.01 |
| 26 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 27 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 28 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 29 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 30 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 31 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 32 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 33 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 34 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 35 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 36 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 37 | Rhystic Study | Enchantment | 3 | $61.06 |
| 38 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 39 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 40 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 41 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 42 | Arcane Denial | Instant | 2 | $1.88 |
| 43 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 44 | Negate | Instant | 2 | $0.12 |
| 45 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 46 | Cyclonic Rift | Instant | 2 | $29.75 |
| 47 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 48 | Breeding Pool | Land | 0 | $9.15 |
| 49 | Steam Vents | Land | 0 | $9.63 |
| 50 | Swan Song | Instant | 1 | $10.72 |
| 51 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 52 | Brainstorm | Instant | 1 | $0.56 |
| 53 | Deflecting Swat | Instant | 3 | $70.85 |
| 54 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 55 | Sulfur Falls | Land | 0 | $0.20 |
| 56 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 57 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 58 | Fierce Guardianship | Instant | 3 | $59.21 |
| 59 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 60 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 61 | Cinder Glade | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 62 | Otawara, Soaring City | Land | 0 | $26.57 |
| 63 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 64 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 65 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 66 | Hinterland Harbor | Land | 0 | $0.28 |
| 67 | Faithless Looting | Sorcery | 1 | $0.36 |
| 68 | Frantic Search | Instant | 3 | $0.82 |
| 69 | Mystic Remora | Enchantment | 1 | $10.97 |
| 70 | Vandalblast | Sorcery | 1 | $1.74 |
| 71 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 72 | Jeska's Will | Sorcery | 3 | $39.58 |
| 73 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 74 | Propaganda | Enchantment | 3 | $1.84 |
| 75 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 76 | Shivan Reef | Land | 0 | $0.22 |
| 77 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 78 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 79 | Mana Drain | Instant | 2 | $50.65 |
| 80 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 81 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 82 | Talisman of Creativity | Artifact | 2 | $0.45 |
| 83 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 84 | Rootbound Crag | Land | 0 | $0.23 |
| 85 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 86 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 87 | Yavimaya Coast | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 88 | Big Score | Instant | 4 | $0.41 |
| 89 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 90 | Abrade | Instant | 2 | $0.17 |
| 91 | Ponder | Sorcery | 1 | $1.82 |
| 92 | Rejuvenating Springs | Land | 0 | $4.12 |
| 93 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 94 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 95 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 96 | Training Center | Land | 0 | $17.67 |
| 97 | Pongify | Instant | 1 | $2.21 |
| 98 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 99 | Lightning Bolt | Instant | 1 | $0.75 |
| 100 | Windfall | Sorcery | 3 | $4.78 |
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Most played with Animar, Soul of Elements
The 25 most-played cards in 39 settled top-16 lists running Animar, Soul of Elements at 16+ player events since Mar 8, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birds of Paradise | 100% · 39 of 39 | 4 |
| 2 | Breeding Pool | 100% · 39 of 39 | 4 |
| 3 | Command Tower | 100% · 39 of 39 | 4 |
| 4 | Imperial Recruiter | 100% · 39 of 39 | 4 |
| 5 | Stomping Ground | 100% · 39 of 39 | 4 |
| 6 | Ancestral Statue | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 7 | Cloud of Faeries | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 8 | Elvish Spirit Guide | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 9 | Mana Confluence | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 10 | Misty Rainforest | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 11 | Simian Spirit Guide | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 12 | Steam Vents | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 13 | Wooded Foothills | 97% · 38 of 39 | 4 |
| 14 | Chrome Mox | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 15 | City of Brass | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 16 | Delighted Halfling | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 17 | Fierce Guardianship | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 18 | Phyrexian Metamorph | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 19 | Walking Ballista | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 20 | Worldly Tutor | 95% · 37 of 39 | 4 |
| 21 | Formidable Speaker | 92% · 36 of 39 | 4 |
| 22 | High Fae Trickster | 92% · 36 of 39 | 4 |
| 23 | Lotus Petal | 92% · 36 of 39 | 4 |
| 24 | Spellskite | 92% · 36 of 39 | 4 |
| 25 | Bloom Tender | 90% · 35 of 39 | 4 |
Combos with Animar, Soul of Elements
The 10 most popular of 36 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Animar, Soul of Elements + Hullbreaker Horror
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Creature with Morph or Megamorph
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animar, Soul of Elements + Palinchron
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite storm count
Animar, Soul of Elements + Primordial Mist
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Endless One + Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Endless One + Ugin's Conjurant
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Eternal Scourge + Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count
Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Endless One + Eternal Scourge
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite storm count · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
Animar, Soul of Elements + Ashnod's Altar + Myr Retriever + Scrap Trawler
Infinite artifact ETB · Infinite artifact LTB · Infinite artifact sacrifice triggers · Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colorless mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite storm count
Top finishes
The 8 most recent of 40 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 4th of 16 — Battle for Bononia I : cEDH tournament on Topdeck.ggOct 10, 2026 · 1–2–2 · by Riccardo Guerra
- 6th of 30 — Commander - EU CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Mathieu LEAUTEY
- 9th of 20 — NJcEDH Low-Stakes @ Gilded Raven Games on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Robert John Negron
- 7th of 32 — Mana & Mochas CEDH Tournament on Topdeck.ggSep 18, 2026 · 1–1–1 · by Sam Lukens
- 5th of 429 — BREACH THE BAY 2 - cEDH 25K - AUGUST 22nd & 23rd on Topdeck.ggAug 22, 2026 · 6–1–1 · by [BFF] Benimar
- 16th of 29 — A león regalado no le mires el ojo. Cuarto torneo de cEDH en El Trastero Mágico. cEDH Canarias on Topdeck.ggAug 15, 2026 · 0–2–2 · by Riquelme
- 7th of 47 — CHOP CHARITY CEDH EVENT w/ Guaranteed Volcanic Island on Topdeck.ggJul 26, 2026 · 2–3–1 · by Patrick Serino
- 15th of 16 — VG+ Cedh Melee LXXII Single Elimination on Topdeck.ggJul 23, 2026 · 0–1–0 · by Paul Osborne
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.