Replay the Past with The Animus

The Animus translates Assassin lore into a tidy artifact that rewards patient pilots. As a two mana legendary artifact it lets you tuck a legendary creature card into exile each turn and hold it with a memory counter. The printed ability builds a deliberate combo axis rather than a tempo play. You use the stored legendary as a template and tap The Animus to have one of your legends become that creature until your next turn, but you can only do this when the stack is quiet like a sorcery player would expect.

The play pattern is straightforward and precise. The Animus is a tool for value and inevitability in a legends focused shell; it protects key late game pieces from graveyard hate by moving them to exile and it gives you flexible copying on demand. If you pilot commander or constructed lists that lean on named legends this foil light play English print is both functional and collectible. Consider it for toolbox strategies where cloning one card at the right time closes a game. Add it to your deck and start scripting those memory plays.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {2}
• Card Type – Legendary Artifact
• Subtypes –
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one target legendary creature card from a graveyard with a memory counter on it. {T}: Until your next turn, target legendary creature you control becomes a copy of target creature card in exile with a memory counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery.
• Power / Toughness – N A