Ancient Animus
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- Commander Legends #215 (common)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control if it's legendary. Then it fights target creature an opponent controls. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Ancient Animus has 2 printings, first in Dominaria (2018). EDHREC ranks it #5,060 among Commander cards. It appears most in Wolverine, Best There Is decks (6,443 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Ancient Animus most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Wolverine, Best There Is: 6,443 decks
- Maarika, Brutal Gladiator: 3,060 decks
- Skullbriar, the Walking Grave: 1,726 decks
- Legolas, Master Archer: 1,643 decks
- Indoraptor, the Perfect Hybrid: 1,144 decks
- Thrun, Breaker of Silence: 928 decks
- Kosei, Penitent Warlord: 849 decks
- Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied: 751 decks
Often played with Ancient Animus
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the creature you control is an illegal target as Ancient Animus tries to resolve, you won't put a +1/+1 counter on it. If that creature is a legal target but the creature you don't control isn't, you'll still put the counter on the creature you control if it's legendary.
- : If either target is an illegal target as Ancient Animus tries to resolve, neither creature will deal or be dealt damage.
- : You can't cast Ancient Animus unless you choose both a creature you control and a creature you don't control as targets.
- : The creature you control doesn't have to be legendary. It simply won't receive a +1/+1 counter before it fights if it isn't legendary.