Art by Filip Burburan
Commander deckGRU
Animar, Soul of Elements
Accelerate Animar early with cheap mana dorks, protect him with efficiency spells, and rapidly cast game-ending stompy threats for massive creature discounts.
Asked for“green , red and blue deck for bruce banner bracket 3 that has protection and ramps him up fast”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 60 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Animar, Soul of Elements
GURLegendary Creature — Elemental
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10
Birds of Paradise
GCreature — Bird
turns one mana into any color for early Animar
Sakura-Tribe Elder
1GCreature — Snake Shaman
creature-based land ramp that triggers Animar
Somberwald Sage
2GCreature — Human Druid
taps for three mana of any color for creatures
Card Draw
10
Beast Whisperer
2GGCreature — Elf Druid
draws a card whenever a creature spell is cast
Soul of the Harvest
4GGCreature — Elemental
draws cards whenever non-token creatures enter
Return of the Wildspeaker
4GInstant
massive instant-speed card draw or lethal buff
Consecrated Sphinx
4UUCreature — Sphinx
massive card draw engine every opponent's turn
Removal
9
Reclamation Sage
2GCreature — Elf Shaman
destroys artifact or enchantment on a creature body
Terastodon
6GGCreature — Elephant
destroys up to three noncreature target permanents
Duplicant
6Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter
exiles creature threat and copies its stats
Threats/Wincons
23
Ancestral Statue
4Artifact Creature — Golem
bounces itself to generate infinite counters on Animar
Peregrine Drake
4UCreature — Drake
untaps lands to produce net positive mana with Animar
Shrieking Drake
UCreature — Drake
cheap self-bounce creature to stack Animar quickly
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
un-counterable instant-speed board bounce control
Terror of the Peaks
3RRCreature — Dragon
deals damage whenever other creatures enter play
End-Raze Forerunners
5GGGCreature — Boar
budget team pump and vigilance trampling finisher
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
10GGLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
massive 12/12 trampler cast for almost free
Etali, Primal Storm
4RRLegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
steals free spells from top of every player's deck
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
huge eldrazi draw spell cast cheap via Animar
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
10Legendary Creature — Eldrazi
exiles two permanents on cast and mill attacker
Artisan of Kozilek
9Creature — Eldrazi
reanimates a creature from graveyard on cast
Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
6GGLegendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor
doubles your mana and locks opponent lands
Xenagos, God of Revels
3RGLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
doubles power and gives haste every combat
Purphoros, God of the Forge
3RLegendary Enchantment Creature — God
burns opponents whenever creatures enter play
Balefire Dragon
5RRCreature — Dragon
one-sided creature board wipe on combat damage
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
3GLegendary Creature — Bear
additional cost reduction and trample enabler
Surrak Dragonclaw
2GURLegendary Creature — Human Warrior
prevents spells from being countered and adds trample
Roaming Throne
4Artifact Creature — Golem
doubles triggered abilities of chosen creature type
Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
5Creature — Avatar // Sorcery
copies opponent instant and sorcery spells
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
4RRRLegendary Creature — Dragon
massive flying dragon that destroys smaller boards
Hydra Omnivore
4GGCreature — Hydra
deals combat damage to all opponents simultaneously
Utility
8
Lightning Greaves
2Artifact — Equipment
grants haste and shroud to protect Animar
Rhythm of the Wild
1RGEnchantment
makes creature spells uncounterable and gives riot
Tamiyo's Safekeeping
GInstant
cheap instant hexproof and indestructible protection
Veil of Summer
GInstant
protects spells and creatures from blue and black interaction
