First printed in Commander 2011 (2011)
All 9 prints
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2760, 2026
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1891, 2024
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Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #171, 2022
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Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #470, 2022
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The List (PLST) #A25-196, 2019
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Masters 25 (A25) #196, 2018
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Legendary Cube Prize Pack (PZ1) #93, 2015 (digital)
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Commander 2011 (CMD) #181, 2011
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Commander 2011 Oversized (OCMD) #181, 2011
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 
less to cast for each +1/+1 counter on Animar.
1/1
- Illustrated by
- Peter Mohrbacher
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Animar's triggered ability resolves before the creature spell that causes it to trigger. The ability will resolve even if that spell is countered.
- To determine the total cost of a creature spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the creature remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- Animar's triggered ability triggers only when a creature spell is cast, after costs are paid. The counter put on Animar for a creature spell won't affect the cost of that creature spell, only future ones.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.03 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
118 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Ashling, the Limitless + Greenwarden of Murasa
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Ancestral Statue + Animar, Soul of Elements
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Hullbreaker Horror
- Each opponent returns all creature cards from their graveyard to their hand, Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Ashling, the Limitless + Grave Sifter
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Ashling, the Limitless + Graveshifter
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Palinchron
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Primordial Mist
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Endless One + Wandering Archaic // Explore the Vastlands
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures, Infinite creature ETB…: Animar, Soul of Elements + Cloudstone Curio + Endless One + Ugin's Conjurant
