Hazezon Tamar

Commander / EDH*

klove85

Creature (18)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Knight of New Alara
• 1x Lovisa Coldeyes
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Rampaging Baloths
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Land (38)

• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x City of Shadows
• 1x Command Tower
• 13x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 10x Mountain
• 10x Plains

Enchantment (15)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cathars' Crusade
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Feed the Pack
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Intangible Virtue
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Artifact (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Instant (8)

• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Return to Dust
• 1x Secure the Wastes
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Animist's Awakening
• 1x Boundless Realms
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Explosive Vegetation
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Flicker
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Hour of Reckoning
• 1x Martial Coup
• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Rampant Growth
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Sylvan Scrying
• 1x Wrath of God

Commander (1)

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I first saw Hazezon Tamar played a little while back at my local game store and was curious about him. At first glance he seemed like just another horrible expensive legendary from Legends. Why play something that expensive with so many restrictions? Aren't there better Naya generals? While that deck didn't do much of anything, it got me thinking, and the deeper I went, the more janky his playstyle seems to be. If there's one thing I love, it's definitely playing weird things and janky combos, so I decided to build a Hazezon of my own.

This deck has 3 goals:

1. Drop as much land as possible, as quickly as possible. Mana ramp does nothing for Hazezon's ETB trigger, so no mana doublers in this deck. Just straight up land that I can tutor for, which is why I'm primarily running basics.
2. Abuse Hazezon's ETB trigger. I want him to ETB as much as possible in one turn and put him back in the command zone before my next upkeep.
3. Go bonkers with tokens. Token doublers, buffs, and ETB damage effects to get the most value out of them.

Wincons in this deck include straight up aggro strategies with the tokens or pinging everyone to death when they ETB.

To that end, I've broken my deck down into a few categorizes and am always looking for more/better options.

Land Ramp

• Harrow: While the sacrificing of one land is a bummer, I'm still coming out with one additional land, and depending on my board state, 2 landfall triggers.
• Realms Uncharted: I'm a little on the fence with this, as I have to find up to 4 seperate lands, and I'm automatically going to lose 2 of them. If there's other better ways to tutor non-basics, this will likely be replaced
• Animist's Awakening: because getting to filter more land out of this deck is just good stuff.
• Boundless Realms: 7 mana to double my land count? Definitely useful, especially considering it will allow at least one activation of Hazezon Tamar, netting me 14 tokens on the next upkeep. It's the land version of Doubling Season.
• Cultivate
• Explosive Vegetation
• Farseek
• Nature's Lore
• Rampant Growth
• Skyshroud Claim
• Tempt with Discovery
• Expedition Map
• Farhaven Elf: Nature's Lore on a stick. Land and a body for an equal cost.
• Sakura-Tribe Elder: Cheap chump blocker and free land.
• Solemn Simulacrum: Free land, chump blocker, and a free card out of it all? I'd marry this thing if I could.
• Wood Elves: Another Farhaven Elf for redundancy.
• Yavimaya Elder: Guarantees I don't miss land drops. Also self sacrifices for card draw.

ETB Abuse

• Strionic Resonator: for a copy of Hazezon's trigger? Why not!
• Minion Reflector: for a copy of Hazezon (and his trigger) that ensures neither is around for the next turn.
• Conjurer's Closet: Another free Flicker, especially with another sac outlet on the board.
• Flicker: . Seeing the trend yet? 2 mana for yet another activation of Hazezon's trigger.
• Cloudshift: Just for another 7+ Sand Warrior tokens is the definition of value

Sac Outlets

• City of Shadows: Just another sac outlet for Hazezon.
• High Market: Sacrifice Hazezon for 1 life? Sure!
• Ashnod's Altar: Has helped pay the commander tax to recast Hazezon and also provides a way to remove him before the tokens land.
• Evolutionary Leap: Gets me a creature in hand to help with the Craterhoof or Lovisa lottery that I'll need to close the game out when the tokens ETB.
• Feed the Pack: Sacrificing Hazezon nets me a few wolf tokens. Can do wonders with a buffed Sand Warrior as well if I wasn't able to win the turn they ETB.
• Goblin Bombardment: Cheap way to get rid of Hazezon and give someone the finger at the same time. Also used to close out the game after swinging with the tokens.
• Oblivion Ring: Certainly not ideal, but it can take Hazezon out of play if need be. And if someone destroys it, he still reenters the battlefield, hitting another trigger.
• Perilous Forays: Sac outlet +free land? Why not?!

Token Synergy

• Doubling Season: No introduction needed here.
• Parallel Lives: Doubling Season's little brother. Not particularly worried about the lack of +1/+1 counter doubling, so Parallel Lives is in.
• Rhys the Redeemed: Auto-include in a deck where tokens matter.
• Lovisa Coldeyes: Gives the tokens haste and a buff. Great support and should knock at least one opponent out.
• Mirror Entity: When the tokens hit, I'll already be sitting on at least 7 open mana. This bad boy turns them all into 7/7s.
• Craterhoof Behemoth: Just like Rhys, this baby is an auto include in a deck like this.
• Knight of New Alara: gives all my Sand Warrior tokens +3/+3.
• Ogre Battledriver: Another haste enabler like Lovisa, and with a minor buff to boot.
• Mentor of the Meek: lets me draw when the tokens hit, hopefully finding me something to haste the tokens and swing for victory.
• Cathars' Crusade: This thing will net each Sand Warrior +X/+X, where X is the number of Sand Warriors entering the battlefield. Can't go wrong there, especially with a Doubling Season on board.
• Fires of Yavimaya: Haste and a buff.
• Beastmaster Ascension: A buff that will trigger the first time I move to combat with the tokens. +5/+5 to each token is no laughing matter.

General Shenanigans

• Shields of Velis Vel: For just one extra , Hazezon becomes a targeted board wipe for your opponent when he gets sacrificed.
• Vicious Shadows: Punish the blue player for his massive hand. Or really just anyone once the tokens hit the board with a repeatable sac outlet.
• Warstorm Surge: A more expensive Purphoros that is REALLY going to hurt with any of the buffs out.
• Purphoros, God of the Forge: Pinging everyone for at least 14 when the tokens hit seems like a good thing.
• Pandemonium: Potentially bonkers in this deck with some of the token buffs out, but also a potential backfire on me as well. Considering swapping this out for Impact Tremors.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 15 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.42
Tokens	Beast 4/4 G, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Human 2/2 G, Plant 0/1 G, Sand Warrior 1/1 RGW, Soldier 1/1 W, Warrior 1/1 W, Wolf 2/2 G
Folders	EDH - Hazezon