Animated Army Commander Deck Upgrade Guide

Burnished Hart is a three-mana artifact creature that sacrifices itself for two basic lands. At mana value 3, Bello does not animate it, and it is played in about one Bello deck in eleven.

Gruul War Chant costs {2}{R}{G}: attacking creatures you control get +1/+0 and have menace. It is an enchantment with mana value 4, so Bello makes it a 4/4 attacker, and its menace makes every attacker harder to block.

Etali, Primal Storm is a six-mana 6/6 that casts spells from the top of each library when it attacks. It is played in about one Bello deck in five.

Glorious Sunrise costs {3}{G}{G}: at the beginning of combat on your turn, choose one: creatures get +1/+1 and trample, a land taps for {G}{G}{G}, draw a card if you control a creature with power 3 or greater, or gain 3 life. A mana value 5 enchantment that is also a 4/4 on your turn, and makes your team bigger or draws every combat.

Grumgully, the Generous gives each other non-Human creature you control a +1/+1 counter as it enters. It is a good card, but it is played in about one Bello deck in six.

Eidolon of Blossoms is a 2/2 for {2}{G}{G}: whenever it or another enchantment you control enters, you draw a card. In an enchantment-heavy deck, it is a card for each one.

Harmonize draws three cards for four mana and does nothing else. It is played in about one Bello deck in four.

Sight of the Scalelords costs {4}{G}: at the beginning of combat on your turn, creatures you control with toughness 4 or greater get +2/+2 and vigilance. Every animated 4/4 Elemental is a 6/6 with vigilance, so each swing is much bigger.

Rampaging Baloths is a six-mana 6/6 trampler that makes a 4/4 Beast for every land. It is a fine card, but it is played in about one Bello deck in four.

Raiding Schemes costs {3}{R}{G}: each noncreature spell you cast has conspire, so you can tap two untapped creatures that share a color with the spell to copy it. A mana value 5 enchantment, and a copy of every removal spell, ritual or enchantment you cast.

Brightcap Badger is a 3/4 for {3}{G} that makes a Saproling each end step. It is played in about one Bello deck in five, and the deck has no other Fungus or Saproling support.

Collective Inferno costs {3}{R}{R} with convoke: choose a creature type as it enters, and all damage dealt by sources you control of that type is doubled. Choose Elemental and every animated artifact and enchantment hits twice as hard.

Grothama, All-Devouring is a 10/8 for {3}{G}{G} that forces every other creature to fight it when it attacks. It is played in about one Bello deck in five.

Skitterbeam Battalion is an artifact creature with prototype {3}{R}{R} as a 2/2 trampler with haste: when you cast it, you create two tokens that are copies of it. Three hasty attackers for five mana, and an artifact for Bello.

Domri, Anarch of Bolas is a three-mana planeswalker that gives your creatures +1/+0, adds mana or fights. It is played in about one Bello deck in four.

Case of the Locked Hothouse costs {3}{G}: you may play an additional land each turn, and once you control seven lands you may look at the top card of your library any time and play lands and cast creature and enchantment spells from the top. A mana value 4 enchantment that is also a card advantage engine.

Evercoat Ursine is a 6/5 trampler for {4}{G} with two hideaway abilities. It is played in about one Bello deck in five.

Asceticism costs {3}{G}{G}: creatures you control have hexproof, and for {1}{G} you regenerate a creature. It is a mana value 5 enchantment, so Bello makes it a 4/4 indestructible attacker on your turn, and every animated permanent is protected from removal.

Spine of Ish Sah is a seven-mana artifact that destroys a permanent and returns to your hand when it dies. It is played in about one Bello deck in five.

Nature's Will costs {2}{G}{G}: whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, you tap all lands that player controls and untap all of yours. A mana value 4 enchantment that Bello animates, and every connecting attack untaps your lands for a second main phase.

Tendershoot Dryad is a five-mana 2/2 that makes a Saproling at each upkeep. It is played in about one Bello deck in five.

Sanctum Weaver is a 0/2 enchantment creature for {1}{G} that taps for X mana of one color, where X is the number of enchantments you control. In a deck of Auras, Sagas and big enchantments it pays for the four- and five-drops that Bello turns into attackers.