EDH Optimizer
Animated Army precon: decklist, bracket and price
Animated Army is the Bello, Bard of the Brambles precon (BLC, August 2, 2024). Here is its list as it comes in the box, what the EDH Optimizer analysis says about it and how it starts over 10,000 simulated games.
Commander: Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Color identity: Red · Green
Product: Animated Army (BLC, released on August 2, 2024)
Bracket: 2
Deck health: C+ (62/100)
Reference price of the list: €57.59
Paste your box list (or the upgraded one) and see what it lacks, what it has too much of and how it starts over 10,000 games.
📥 Analyze my preconHow the box starts over 10,000 games
EDH Optimizer goldfish simulation of the list as it comes: hands, lands, curve and commander. It does not model opponents; it measures whether the plan gets going.
Deck health axes · C+ (62/100)
- Consistency72
- Speed50
- Interaction25
- Resilience60
- Closing100
EDH Optimizer analysis data as of August 25, 2026.
Why it is bracket 2
Per the official Commander bracket rules, applied to the box list.
What it runs, by role
The full precon decklist
The cards exactly as they come in the box, by type. Cards with a page link to it.
Creatures (21)
- Sakura-Tribe Elder
- Rampaging Baloths
- Lotus Cobra
- Garruk's Packleader
- Burnished Hart
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Etali, Primal Storm
- Tendershoot Dryad
- Grothama, All-Devouring
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
- Grumgully, the Generous
- Kodama of the East Tree
- Llanowar Loamspeaker
- Teapot Slinger
- Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic
- Evercoat Ursine
- Prosperous Bandit
- Wildsear, Scouring Maw
- Pyreswipe Hawk
- Trailtracker Scout
- Wandertale Mentor
Planeswalkers (1)
- Domri, Anarch of Bolas
Instants (5)
- Starstorm
- Beast Within
- Chaos Warp
- Abrade
- Big Score
Sorceries (7)
Artifacts (14)
- Sol Ring
- Fellwar Stone
- Mind Stone
- Thran Dynamo
- Talisman of Impulse
- Gilded Lotus
- Gruul Signet
- Spine of Ish Sah
- Hedron Archive
- Thought Vessel
- Arcane Signet
- Esika's Chariot
- Bootleggers' Stash
- Rolling Hamsphere
Enchantments (13)
- Greater Good
- Gratuitous Violence
- Warstorm Surge
- Primeval Bounty
- Outpost Siege
- Berserkers' Onslaught
- Sunbird's Invocation
- Path of Discovery
- Garruk's Uprising
- Unnatural Growth
- Rain of Riches
- Thickest in the Thicket
- Alchemist's Talent
Lands (38)
- 8× Mountain
- 10× Forest
- Karplusan Forest
- Mossfire Valley
- Forgotten Cave
- Tranquil Thicket
- Terramorphic Expanse
- Gruul Turf
- Mosswort Bridge
- Reliquary Tower
- Exotic Orchard
- Rootbound Crag
- Raging Ravine
- Evolving Wilds
- Copperline Gorge
- Command Tower
- Temple of Abandon
- Cinder Glade
- Game Trail
- Sheltered Thicket
- Path of Ancestry
- Wooded Ridgeline
Frequently asked questions
What bracket is the Animated Army precon?
Bracket 2 per the official Commander rules, applied to the box list: 0 game changers, 0 fast mana cards, 2 tutors and 0 two-card combos.
How much is the Animated Army precon worth in singles?
About €57.59 adding the reference price of its 100 cards (cheapest English printing, changes daily). It is the figure to compare against the box price, not the box price itself.
How many lands does the Animated Army precon run, and does it get stuck?
It runs 38 lands. Over 10,000 simulated games it misses at least one land drop in the first six turns 14 % of the time and floods 4 %; the commander comes down on turn 3.1 on average.
How do I upgrade the Animated Army precon?
Paste the box list into EDH Optimizer and hit Optimize: the AI suggests swaps that fit the per-card price cap you pick (€2, €10 or no cap), with the analysis and the 10,000 games before and after. To start with, the box runs 28 ramp cards, 17 draw and 8 removal: that is where the first swaps usually go.