Animar, Soul of Value (EDH / Commander) [Revisión 91]

Animar, Soul of Elements + Ancestral Statue, that's how we win :). The main strategy is to be able to cast Ancestral Statue for free (when Animar has 4 or more counters) and then win the game through Walking Ballista or Purphoros, God of the Forge. Infinite draw is also an option with glimpse of nature or beast whisperer.

Generally, you want to try to get Animar out by turn 3 at the latest, start your value engine and figure out how to get Imperial Recruiter in your hand. Once you have Imperial Recruiter, you can kick off 2 different win lines.

Throw in are plenty of ways to counter or stop your opponent (such as gilded drake or collector ouph) that almost always are at your disposal.

Protecting Animar is crucial to winning any game. Use creatures like painter's servant to make all spells white and use protection spells like veil of summer wisely.

Opening hand:
Having the right opening hands is essential. Typically you want to cast Animar, Soul of Elements no later than turn 3, have the tools required to pump Animar, Soul of Elements, draw through your deck/tutor for what you need and combo off.
A great hand will include 2 Lands, a Turn 1 Mana Ramp, some form of draw, tutor & interaction.

Win lines:

(Dockside and Barron)
Dockside Extortionist (with 4+ Artifacts or Enchantments in play) + Barrin, Master Wizard = infinite ETBs and infinite Animar counters, often infinite mana. This combo effectively does the same thing as Ancestral Statue , but adds the powerful mana-generation ability of Dockside Extortionist . Notably, when the combo generates infinite mana, it can be used to blink any other cards we have on board, making it trivially easy to with with Walking Ballista or Purphoros, God of the Forge
Barrin is also a Recruiter target, but, for a very steep mana investment, it's actually possible to chain Recruiter into Barrin, use Barrin to bounce the Recruiter, then re-cast Recruiter and tutor for Dockside, thus assembling this combo with only a single tutor.

(Imperial Recruiter + Neoform Line)
If Animar, Soul of Elements has 2 Counters on it, this line only requires 1 , 1 & 2 to kick off.
Cast Imperial Recruiter (for 1) fetching Phyrexian Metamorph
Cast Phyrexian Metamorph (for 2 life) copying Imperial Recruiter fetching Spellseeker
Cast Spellseeker (for 1) fetching Neoform
Cast Neoform for (1 & 1) sacrificing Spellseeker to grab Ancestral Statue, with the Statue ETB trigger on the stack, bounce itself.
Cast Ancestral Statue (for free) Until You've created "Infinite" Counters On Animar, bounce Phyrexian Metamorph with the last trigger on the stack.
Cast Phyrexian Metamorph (for 2 life) copying Imperial Recruiter fetching Walking Ballista > cast Walking Ballista for lets say 500/500 to win.