Anafenza, the Hate Bear

Commander / EDH BGW (Abzan, Junk) Death and Taxes Hatebears

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•1• Hate Cards (16)

• 1x Authority of the Consuls *f-pre*
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Drannith Magistrate
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Gaddock Teeg
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hushbringer
• 1x Spirit of the Labyrinth
• 1x Torpor Orb
• 1x Aven Mindcensor *f-pre*
• 1x Eidolon of Rhetoric
• 1x Kambal, Consul of Allocation *f-pre*
• 1x Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Sigarda, Host of Herons

•2• Tax (7)

• 1x Damping Sphere
• 1x Kataki, War's Wage
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Aura of Silence
• 1x Vryn Wingmare *f-pre*

•3• Mass/Spot Removal (8)

• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy *f-pre*
• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Retribution of the Meek

•4• Tutors (8)

• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Eladamri's Call
• 1x Finale of Devastation *f-pre*
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Eldritch Evolution *f-pre*
• 1x Academy Rector

•5• Draw (5)

• 1x Compost
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Guardian Project *f-pre*

•6• Recursion (8)

• 1x Athreos, God of Passage
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Immortal Servitude
• 1x Lurrus of the Dream-Den
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will
• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth
• 1x Living Death

•7• Mana Fixing (9)

• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Avacyn's Pilgrim
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Llanowar Elves

•8• Utility (5)

• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Peacekeeper
• 1x Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

• Lands • (33)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bountiful Promenade
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 2x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Horizon Canopy
• 1x Indatha Triome
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Scrubland
• 1x Silent Clearing
• 1x Sunpetal Grove *f-pre*
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Bastion

Commander (1)

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Hate Bear \'hāt 'ber\ n. A creature with an ability that is disruptive. Usually Hate Bear refers to a 2/2 creature (a bear) with an ability, but not always. Some examples of Hate Bears are Gaddock Teeg, Ethersworn Canonist.

•1• Hate Cards

Authority of the Consuls

• Kismet effects (i.e Loxodon Gatekeeper, Blind Obedience) are not very aggressive options in my opinion. I included this one because of the gaining 1 life when a creature enters the battlefield - it helps against Gishath, Prossh and Shu Yun. Them entering the battlefield tapped is a nice Tempo play also. Going deep on the resource-denial strategies are effective in fast-combo metas and along with Winter Orb / Static Orb cards like Blind Obedience / Imposing Sovereign / Kismet / Loxodon Gatekeeper can be winners.
• Best Against: Combo (Artifact based), Ramp

Aven Mindcensor

• Tutors are in mostly every single deck to get consistency. Even something like Path to Exile becomes stronger because you're no longer giving away tempo to your opponents. Fetch Lands become inconsistent. Survival of the Fittest can turn into sheer card disadvantage for our opponents. It is important to know that this only effects our opponents. This may be the only card we need to beat a all-in turn 3 combo deck that cannot assemble their pieces at all.
• Best Against: Any deck that runs Tutors, Combo, Control, Pillowfort, Ramp, Reanimator, Toolbox/Blink

Collector Ouphe

• Mostly every deck in Commander/EDH uses some kind of artifact: Artifact Lands, Artifact acceleration, Equipment, and creatures. Preventing them from doing anything is the type of hate we're talking about. Very few discussions about hate cards do not include Stony Silence/Collector Ouphe near the top of the list. Does it hurt our strategy? Sort of kills Skullclamp or activating Treasure tokens. But we still get acceleration from Mana Dorks, even though they're slower they can play around Suppression Field and Stony Silence.

• Best Against: Aggro, Combo, Control, Pillowfort, Ramp, Stax, Storm, Toolbox/Blink

• Containment Priest - Commander has a foundation in cheating creatures into play. Kaalia of the Vast is entirely based around cheating the mana system by getting huge, evasive, oppressive creatures into play. The list of things that Containment Priest can stop is exhaustive. Being how effective Priest is at just shutting those decks off is worth including and should be among our first considerations when talking about Hate Bears. You could potentially exile a win condition like Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron . While it does shut our deck down somewhat, it can effectively prevent losing the game.

• Best Against: Any deck that cheats things into play, Reanimator, Toolbox/Blink

• Eidolon of Rhetoric / Ethersworn Canonist - Our Rule of Law effects are pretty universally successful in stopping nearly all strategies. Narset, Enlightened Master wins by playing a million free spells, these cards prevent that. Canonist will allow them to play mana rocks and whatever sort of Artifact combos they want. Overall these two creatures are more annoying than they are a complete hindrance. Canonist falls victim to both Creature AND Artifact removal. Eidolon falls victim to both Creature AND Enchantment removal.

• Best Against: Aggro, Combo, Control, Ramp, Storm, Tokens, Toolbox/Blink, Voltron

• Gaddock Teeg - This is worth building around just by itself. is nothing to spend for being able to shut off nearly every archetype. Since it does so much, it most likely to be shut down quickly. We want it to be a tutor target for us and a way to win after we've stabilized. This protects us greatly from board wipes, besides nearly all of them being over 4 CMC (Wrath of God), our boardwipes (ex. Toxic Deluge) comes in under it.

• Best Against: Aggro, Combo, Control, Lifegain, Pillowfort, Ramp, Reanimator, Stax, Storm, Tokens, Toolbox/Blink, Voltron

• Grand Abolisher - Like Eidolon of Rhetoric / Ethersworn Canonist restricting the things our opponents can do on our turn is vital for a prolonged game. Grand Abolisher is almost the complete package in Commander. We don't want to be vulnerable to combat tricks or any type of flash shenanigans. It also prevents Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth or Grim Monolith + Power Artifact infinite combos that Storm decks use - although they are not likely to kill someone not on their turn.

• Best Against: Combo, Control, Storm

• Hushbringer

• Hushwing Gryff
• Kambal, Consul of Allocation
• Kunoros, Hound of Athreos
• Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• Sigarda, Host of Herons
• Spirit of the Labyrinth
• Torpor Orb

•2• Tax

1. Aura of Silence
2. Damping Sphere
3. Smothering Tithe
4. Sphere of Resistance
5. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
6. Thorn of Amethyst
7. Vryn Wingmare

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Date added	7 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Deadeye Navigator + Palinchron Basalt Monolith + Rings of Brighthearth Grim Monolith + Power Artifact
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 0 Mythic Rares 64 - 0 Rares 10 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.42
Tokens	Companion Zone, Experience Token