With the exception of Excalipoor, whose origins are not explained, and Bashosen, which was created in Cocoon, each of his swords are said to come from another Final Fantasy game: Excalibur comes from a hidden room in Alexandria in Final Fantasy IX , Muramasa was recovered from the ruins of Zanarkand in Final Fantasy X , Masamune was fished out of Doma's poisoned river in Final Fantasy VI , and the Zantetsuken is apparently not Odin's sword in this incarnation, but a nail shed by Chaos from Dissidia Final Fantasy
How would you build Animar
Getting up to three treasures from Olivia, you just need another treasure producer creature, or doublestrike, and you can get the five you need
Extraplanar Lens Extraplanar Lens is a pretty unique card, and it can provide a lot of ramp in even non-green decks
A 4-mana 4/2 isnt exactly a world beater, but it is the kind of stat-line that does trade pretty well with bigger creatures, so thats nice too
they were a good way to go wide and convert damage, and they were a way to accrue a board state with minimal card investment, which is kind of necessary in mono white
