Animar, don't bring bullshit to the table!

Commander / EDH Counters Infinite Combo RUG (Temur)

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Creature (44)

• 1x Ainok Survivalist
• 1x Ancestral Statue
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Broodlord
• 1x Crystalline Crawler
• 1x Desolation Twin
• 1x Destiny Spinner
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Endless One
• 1x Eternal Scourge
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Fierce Empath
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Grinning Ignus
• 1x Imperial Recruiter
• 1x Karametra's Acolyte
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kiri-Onna
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
• 1x Maelstrom Wanderer
• 1x Marang River Prowler
• 1x Marauding Raptor
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
• 1x Polyraptor
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Radagast, Wizard of Wilds
• 1x Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
• 1x Rattleclaw Mystic
• 1x Red Death, Shipwrecker
• 1x Skitterbeam Battalion
• 1x Somberwald Beastmaster
• 1x Spellseeker
• 1x Stunt Double
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Ugin's Conjurant
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Vexing Shusher
• 1x Voidwielder
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Wild Cantor

Land (32)

• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 2x Forest
• 1x Frontier Bivouac
• 1x Gruul Guildgate
• 1x Gruul Turf
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 2x Island
• 1x Izzet Boilerworks
• 1x Mosswort Bridge
• 2x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rockfall Vale
• 1x Rootbound Crag
• 1x Rugged Highlands
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Shrine of the Forsaken Gods
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Abandon
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thornwood Falls
• 1x Thriving Grove

Instant (4)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Dissipate
• 1x Void Shatter
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Equilibrium
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Ominous Roost
• 1x Rhythm of the Wild
• 1x Utopia Sprawl
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (6)

• 1x Cloudstone Curio
• 1x Gruul Signet
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Temur Banner

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Farseek
• 1x Insist
• 1x Neoform
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Weird Harvest

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Creature (2)

• 1x Den Protector
• 1x Spellskite

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Hardened Scales

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A version of my Animar Eldrazi deck prepped with combo bullshit.

Combos:

1. Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements - Cast Ancestral Statue to build counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. Infinite counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. Infinite ETB triggers.

• Ancestral Statue Becomes free to cast and return to hand when Animar, Soul of Elements has 4 +1/+1 counters.

• Once free, can be done infinitely.

1.2 With: Imperial Recruiter + Spellseeker + Neoform + Phyrexian Metamorph - Reliable way to fetch the combo. Mad props and credit to Last_Laugh.

• Animar, Soul of Elements out on the battlefield, with at least 2 +1/+1 counters. Imperial Recruiter in hand.

• Cast Imperial Recruiter to pull Phyrexian Metamorph into hand.

• Cast Phyrexian Metamorph with life and copy Imperial Recruiter, to pull Spellseeker into hand.

• Cast Spellseeker to pull Neoform into hand.

• Cast Neoform and sacrifice Spellseeker to pull Ancestral Statue into hand.

• Cast Ancestral Statue infinite into ETB trigger win OR

• Cast Ancestral Statue as needed for enough counter for Animar, Soul of Elements to use Walking Ballista for the win.

• Cast Ancestral Statue on final time to bring Phyrexian Metamorph back to hand

• Cast Phyrexian Metamorph with life and copy Imperial Recruiter, to pull Walking Ballista into hand.

Into:

Walking Ballista

• Walking Ballista summons for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. This can be infinite with the above.

Impact Tremors

• Summon Ancestral Statue infinity.

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge

• Summon Ancestral Statue infinity.

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• Summon Ancestral Statue infinity.

• ETB trigger deals damage.

2. Animar, Soul of Elements + Phyrexian Altar - Infinite counters on [Animar, Soul of Elements]. Infinite ETB triggers. Infinite Death triggers. Infinite Sacrifice triggers.

2.1 With: Marang River Prowler

• Free combo once Animar, Soul of Elements has 2 +1/+1 counters.

• Phyrexian Altar sacrifices Marang River Prowler for 1 Blue mana.

• Use Blue mana to recast Marang River Prowler and sacrifice for 1 Blue mana

2.2 With: Somberwald Beastmaster + Temur Sabertooth - Infinite Green mana.

• Free combo once Animar, Soul of Elements has 6 +1/+1 counters.

• Cast Somberwald Beastmaster to generate 3 token creates

• Use Temur Sabertooth mana ability to return Somberwald Beastmaster to hand.

• Phyrexian Altar sacrifices token for 1 Green mana each.

• Recast Somberwald Beastmaster for token creatures.

2.3 With: Skitterbeam Battalion + Temur Sabertooth - Infinite Green mana. Infinite token creatures.

• Free combo once Animar, Soul of Elements has 9 +1/+1 counters.

• Cast Skitterbeam Battalion to generate 2 token creatures.

• Use Temur Sabertooth mana ability to return Skitterbeam Battalion to hand.

• Phyrexian Altar sacrifices both token creatures for 1 Green mana and X mana as needed.

• Recast Skitterbeam Battalion for tokens.

2.4 With: Kiri-Onna + Radagast, Wizard of Wilds OR Radagast, Wizard of Wilds + Voidwielder - Infinite token creatures.

• Animar, Soul of Elements , Phyrexian Altar, Radagast, Wizard of Wilds out on the field.

• Animar, Soul of Elements has 4 +1/+1 counters.

• Cast Kiri-Onna/Voidwielder, Radagast, Wizard of Wilds creates a token. Kiri-Onna/Voidwielder returns itself to your hand.

• Phyrexian Altar sacrifices the token creature for 1 Blue mana.

• Recast Kiri-Onna/Voidwielder

Into:

Ominous Roost

• When Ominous Roost is out on the battlefield, casting Marang River Prowler from graveyard, creates more ETB triggers and token creatures.

Impact Tremors

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge - ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Goblin Bombardment

• With infinity token creatures, sacrifice each to deal damage without risking board wipe or combat.

3. Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio - Infinite counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. Infinite ETB triggers.

3.1 With: Endless One + Ugin's Conjurant

• Can be done with 1 mana if Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio are already out.

• Cast Endless One for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements.

• Cast Ugin's Conjurant for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements.

• Use Cloudstone Curio to send Endless One back to hand.

• Cast Endless One for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements.

• Use Cloudstone Curio to send Ugin's Conjurant back to hand.

• Repeat.

3.2 With: Any creature which only costs generic mana to cast. [Wandering Archaic] and [Eternal Scourge] seem to be popular.

• Same as the above.

• Animar, Soul of Elements needs enough +1/+1 counters to cast the 2 creature spells infinity.

Into:

Walking Ballista

• Walking Ballista summons for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements.

Impact Tremors

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

4. Animar, Soul of Elements + Temur Sabertooth - Infinite ETB triggers. Infinite counters on Animar, Soul of Elements

4.1 With: Karametra's Acolyte + Temur Ascendancy - Infinte Green mana.

-- Animar, Soul of Elements, Temur Sabertooth, Temur Ascendancy out on the field already.

-- Cast Karametra's Acolyte and tap for mana. Minimum will be 4.

-- Use Temur Sabertooth mana ability to return Karametra's Acolyte to hand.

-- Recast Karametra's Acolyte and tap for mana. Minimum will be 4.

-- Once Animar, Soul of Elements has enough +1/+1 counters combo will be cheap enough to generate infinite mana.

4.2 With: Broodlord + Crystalline Crawler - Infinite ETB triggers. Infinite counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. Infinite Colour Mana. Infinite card draw.

-- Animar, Soul of Elements, Temur Sabertooth and Crystalline Crawler out on the battlefield already, 6 +1/+1 counters are needed on Animar, Soul of Elements. Mana can be spent before this.

-- Cast Broodlord where X is at least 3. Put the +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.

-- Activate Crystalline Crawler second ability three times, for 3 mana, 2 of which are Green.

-- Use Temur Sabertooth mana ability to return Broodlord to hand.

-- Use the other Green mana to recast Broodlord where X is at least 3. Put the +1/+1 counters on Crystalline Crawler.

-- Repeat.

Into:

Impact Tremors

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge - ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

5. Animar, Soul of Elements + Palinchron - Infinite counters on Animar, Soul of Elements. Infinite ETB triggers. Infinite mana based on Lands.

-- Animar, Soul of Elements out on the battlefield already. 5 +1/+1 counters on Animar, Soul of Elements unless extra mana can be spent.

-- Untapped Lands which can produce 7 mana, 4 of which is Blue.

-- Cast Palinchron and untaps 7 Lands.

-- Use Palinchron and return it to hand.

-- Repeat

Into:

Walking Ballista

• Walking Ballista summons for the number of counters on Animar, Soul of Elements.

Impact Tremors

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge - ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

6. Marauding Raptor + Polyraptor - Marauding Raptor hurts Polyraptor. Infinite ETB triggers.

• Marauding Raptor out on the field already

• Polyraptor takes damage and creates a copy

• Marauding Raptor hurts the new copy

• Not Commander dependent, but Animar, Soul of Elements can help make it cheaper.

• Ends the game in a draw (Mandatory Infinite Loop) unless one of the below is already out.

Into:

Impact Tremors

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Warstorm Surge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

Purphoros, God of the Forge

• ETB trigger deals damage.

7. Freed from the Real + Red Death, Shipwrecker with Chromatic Orrery - Mill win con - Fun.

• Red Death, Shipwrecker and Chromatic Orrery on the field. Red Death, Shipwrecker does not have summoning sickness.

• Enchant Red Death, Shipwrecker with Freed from the Real

• Tap Red Death, Shipwrecker to goad the target opponent's creature, and you gain 1 red mana. They draw a card.

• Chromatic Orrery allows you to use the red mana as blue to trigger Freed from the Real's ability to untap Red Death, Shipwrecker.

• Repeat

• Not Commander dependent

Date added	2 months
Last updated	3 weeks
Key combos	Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements Animar, Soul of Elements + Palinchron Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio Marauding Raptor + Polyraptor Animar, Soul of Elements + Phyrexian Altar Somberwald Beastmaster + Temur Sabertooth Skitterbeam Battalion + Temur Sabertooth Endless One + Ugin's Conjurant Animar, Soul of Elements + Temur Sabertooth Kiri-Onna + Radagast, Wizard of Wilds Radagast, Wizard of Wilds + Voidwielder Karametra's Acolyte + Temur Ascendancy Broodlord + Crystalline Crawler Freed from the Real + Red Death, Shipwrecker
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 22 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.68
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Beast 4/4 G, Bird 1/1 U w/ High Flying, Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Eldrazi 10/10 C, Morph 2/2 C, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	Custom EDH, CouldBuild
Based on	Animar, Soul of Eldrazi girthy_bill EDH