Animated Army Precon Upgrade: 32 Budget Swaps for $22.56

Upgraded Decklist

Your upgraded Animated Army.

100 / 100 cards · 32 new

Creatures 15$15.24

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Instants 6$2.21

Sorceries 7$2.61

Artifacts 15$11.56

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Enchantments 19$13.97

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Lands 37$13.27

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Upgrade Guide

Swap these cards.

10 swaps · All suggested swaps

Cards to swapMaximum per added card · USD

About 22% of the recorded Bello, Bard of the Brambles decks are this precon almost unchanged.

All suggested swaps: 32 swaps. No further swaps meet the model’s play-rate, role, and price criteria.

Spells 24

$18.75

Spells to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Gruul War Chant Theme/Synergy synergy staple	$0.19	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Eidolon of Blossoms Card Draw synergy staple	$1.90	Brightcap Badger // Fungus Frolic Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Swiftfoot Boots Protection synergy staple fills a gap	$1.54	Spine of Ish Sah Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Goblin Anarchomancer Ramp synergy staple	$0.37	Grothama, All-Devouring Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Nevinyrral's Disk Board Wipes synergy fills a gap	$0.35	Burnished Hart Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Sight of the Scalelords Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.54	Evercoat Ursine Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Mana Reflection Ramp synergy	$1.93	Etali, Primal Storm Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Solemn Simulacrum Ramp synergy staple	$0.26	Grumgully, the Generous Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Llanowar Elves Ramp synergy staple	$0.24	Tendershoot Dryad Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Skitterbeam Battalion Theme/Synergy synergy	$1.88	Rampaging Baloths Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Overlord of the Boilerbilges Tgt Removal synergy	$1.91	Domri, Anarch of Bolas Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Fog Protection synergy staple fills a gap	$0.23	Teapot Slinger Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Sandwurm Convergence Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.33	Llanowar Loamspeaker Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Collective Resistance Tgt Removal synergy staple	$0.73	Prosperous Bandit Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Threefold Thunderhulk Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.30	Harmonize Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
16	Hoard Hauler Ramp synergy	$0.39	Big Score Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
17	Collective Inferno Board Wipes synergy fills a gap	$1.79	Alchemist's Talent Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
18	Enchantress's Presence Card Draw synergy	$1.05	Ghalta, Primal Hunger Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
19	Street Riot Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.16	Lotus Cobra Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
20	Chain Reaction Board Wipes synergy staple fills a gap	$0.20	Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
21	Abundance Card Draw synergy	$1.13	Outpost Siege Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
22	Elvish Mystic Ramp synergy staple	$0.38	Mind Stone Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
23	Leyline of Combustion Protection synergy fills a gap	$0.45	Rain of Riches Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
24	Skysovereign, Consul Flagship Tgt Removal synergy	$0.50	Bootleggers' Stash Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card

Lands 8

$3.81

Lands to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Rockfall Vale Lands synergy staple	$0.71	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Fire-Lit Thicket Lands synergy staple	$0.86	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Kessig Wolf Run Lands synergy staple	$0.32	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Fabled Passage Lands synergy staple	$0.77	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Buried Ruin Lands synergy	$0.36	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Temple of the False God Lands synergy staple	$0.19	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Rogue's Passage Lands synergy staple	$0.34	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Myriad Landscape Lands synergy staple	$0.26	Mountain Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card

To change a swap, select another addition or keep the proposed cut, then update suggestions. Open each card to read its abilities.

Lands. 38 lands as sold, 37 after these swaps; typical builds run 37. Change the number of basics in the deck workspace.

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Compare deck statistics

What the upgrade changes.

The deck as sold compared with the upgraded deck
Statistic	As sold	Upgraded
Singles value	$79.24	$61.62
Average mana value	4.02	3.90
Game Changers	0	0
Combos	1	0
Deck match	92%	86%

Mana curve

Mana value 0: 0 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 1: 1 as sold, 4 upgraded
Mana value 2: 16 as sold, 16 upgraded
Mana value 3: 9 as sold, 6 upgraded
Mana value 4: 13 as sold, 14 upgraded
Mana value 5: 12 as sold, 12 upgraded
Mana value 6: 7 as sold, 6 upgraded
Mana value 7+: 4 as sold, 5 upgraded

Each pair of bars is the deck as sold (gray) and the upgraded deck (blue). The curve and the average cover Bello, Bard of the Brambles and every nonland card. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that the 100 cards hold every piece of. Deck match says how much of what this commander’s decks usually play the list captures.

Roles

Cards per role: as sold, typical for this commander, and upgraded
Role	As sold	Typical	Upgraded
Lands	38	37	37
Ramp	30	26	23
Card draw	11	9	10
Targeted removal	7	6	9
Board wipes	1	2	4
Counterspells	0	0	0
Protection	0	5	3
Tutors	0	0	0

Typical is the median count across this commander’s decks. Each card counts toward its main role only. A swap never takes a role below 80% of its typical count unless the new card fills the same role.