Conjure Animals 5e Who Chooses. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. It’s not necessarily that the spell is excessively powerful;
As long as the creature has been dead not than 10 days, the spell forms a replacement figure for it then calls the soul to enter that body. Blink dogs, boggles (vgtm), pixies, and/or sprites. Conjure animals, conjure celestial, conjure minor elementals, and conjure woodland beings are just a few examples.
The main problem with the spell is that for the cr 1/4 animals, there's a handful of them that are just really, really good in groups.
Conjure animals is a very powerful spell, but that’s by design. Some spells of this sort specify that the spellcaster chooses the creature conjured. Given that conjure animals only lets the player choose the beast's challenge rating, this would be one of the spells where the dm decides exactly what creature is conjured. Given that conjure animals only lets the player choose the beast's challenge rating, this would be one of the spells where the dm decides exactly what creature is conjured.
