Is Animist's Might good in Commander?

Animist's Might in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Animist's Might puts a land directly into play from the top of your library — no mana spent, no end-of-turn clause, just acceleration stapled to a spell that already does something. The cost is real context-dependence: it needs Legolas, Master Archer or a similar tap-to-deal creature on board to function, which makes it a blank in opening hands.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Legolas, Master Archer

69.5% of decks · synergy 0.67

Legolas, Master Archer is the deck where Animist's Might stops being a conditional card and becomes an engine piece — Legolas taps to deal damage as a cost, so every activation is a potential land drop, letting the deck accelerate mana while picking off small creatures or planeswalkers.

02

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator

27.3% of decks · synergy 0.27

Maarika, Brutal Gladiator deals damage to opponents on attack, which satisfies the 'a creature you control dealt damage' trigger and turns Animist's Might into free ramp every combat step — exactly the kind of incidental acceleration a fighting-forward Gruul deck wants.

03

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra

16.6% of decks · synergy 0.16

Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra cares about tapping creatures and generating value off incidental damage, so Animist's Might slots in as a land-acceleration payoff that fires naturally during the normal game loop without asking for dedicated setup.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	not legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Animist's Might is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. In 60-card formats the conditional — a creature you control must have dealt damage this turn — is too unreliable to build around when Green already has unconditional two-mana ramp at every power level. Commander is the sweet spot: games go longer, commanders like Legolas, Master Archer deal damage repeatedly as a built-in mechanic, and a free land drop off a tap ability compounds quickly over a four-player table. Oathbreaker can support it if the planeswalker and signature spell synergize with a damage-dealing creature, but that's a narrower build constraint.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data for Animist's Might isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figure before buying. Given its narrow synergy profile — strongest in Legolas, Master Archer builds specifically — expect it to sit in budget territory rather than command a premium.