Commander

Animar, Soul of Elements

Global commander stats {G} {U} {R} All Temur commanders
Win Rate 33%
2200 Wins
4326 Losses
Overview

Summary

Animar, Soul of Elements is a Magic: The Gathering commander tracked across 6,620 recorded Playgroup games, winning 33% of them (2200–4326) at an Elo of 1,647, ranking #248 globally.

Wins average 8 turns, with 1266568 damage dealt and 0.72 player kills per game on average.

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Sources Scryfall · EDHREC · JSON API

Frequently Asked

What is Animar, Soul of Elements's win rate?
Animar, Soul of Elements has a 33% win rate across 6620 recorded Playgroup games (2200 wins, 4326 losses).
How long do winning games with Animar, Soul of Elements take?
Wins with Animar, Soul of Elements take on average 8 turns. Total tracked play time: about 2 months.
How many decks use Animar, Soul of Elements?
1,991 decks list Animar, Soul of Elements as their commander on Playgroup, of which 1,119 have played at least one recorded game.
Global rank
248
Wins by turn (avg.)
8
Elo rating
1647
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Averages

Misc. stats

Average damage per game 1266568
Average commander damage per game 3078775
Average poison counters given per game 6
Average kills per game 0.72
Average turn length 2 minutes
No. decks for this commander 1991
No. decks with at least one game for this commander 1119
No. games played with this commander 6620
Total hours played about 2 months
Community

Top 5 public decks

Rank Elo User Games Wins
1 1730 AskUv 25 16
2 1698 Zoejja 14 9
3 1650 kevin G 9 6
4 1623 Dexler 17 8
5 1607 Luggage 9 6
Outcomes

How does this commander win?

When Animar, Soul of Elements wins, 52.0% of wins come via combat across tracked games with a recorded win condition.

Combat
52.0%
Commander Damage
17.77%
Non Combat Damage
12.39%
Combo
12.2%
Alternative
4.0%
Mill
1.05%
Poison
0.59%
Avg win turn 7.7 based on 2251 wins with recorded turn counts
Measured

Staples that win games for Animar, Soul of Elements

Cards that raise this deck's measured win rate the most, compared with Animar, Soul of Elements decks that leave them out.

+10.7 pp
Top card: Temur Sabertooth
Show 5 more (ranks 11-15)
# Card Lift
11
Lotus Cobra
Lotus Cobra 34 games · Signature build
+4.0 pp
12
Spellskite
Spellskite 303 games
+3.2 pp
13
Apex Devastator
Apex Devastator 382 games
+3.1 pp
14
Shrieking Drake
Shrieking Drake 138 games
+3.0 pp
15
Wood Elves
Wood Elves 217 games
+2.9 pp

Measured win-rate lift against decks on the same commander without the card, ranked by the 95% lower bound. How this is measured

Table position

Does seating order matter?

Animar, Soul of Elements wins 41.46% of games from position 1 and 19.05% from position 6 across tracked games.

1
Seat 1
41.46% n=1979
2
Seat 2
34.18% n=1975
3
Seat 3
28.29% n=1474
4
Seat 4
22.17% n=911
5
Seat 5
30.16% n=126
6
Seat 6
19.05% n=21
Opening hands

Do mulligans hurt this commander?

Across tracked games, Animar, Soul of Elements wins 32.65% after 0 mulligans and 0.0% after 5 mulligans.

0
0 mulligans
32.65% n=2876
1
1 mulligan
34.29% n=955
2
2 mulligans
30.3% n=396
3
3 mulligans
26.09% n=115
4
4 mulligans
14.06% n=32
5
5 mulligans
0.0% n=9
Player reports

How do players rate games with this commander?

Pilot rating

Pilots rate their own games with Animar, Soul of Elements 3.63/5 on average, across 4361 self-reports.

3.63 / 5
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Opponent salt

When Animar, Soul of Elements wins, opponents flag the game as salty 38.4% of the time across 2260 tracked wins.

38.4 \%
Head to head

Best and worst matchups

Opposing commanders with at least ten tracked games against Animar, Soul of Elements. Pairs with fewer than 25 games are shown in italics; treat those as suggestive, not statistical.

Top 5 best matchups

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69.23%
Kasla, the Broken Halo commander art
69.23%

Top 5 worst matchups

Perrie, the Pulverizer commander art
0.0%
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers commander art
0.0%
Grolnok, the Omnivore commander art
5.88%
Fire Lord Zuko commander art
Fire Lord Zuko 13 games
7.69%
Gyruda, Doom of Depths commander art
8.33%