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Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead

Legendary Creature — Bat God // Land · {3}{B}{B} · Black commander

Flying, lifelink Whenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card. Whenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying. When Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control. (Transforms from Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal.) {T}: Add {B}. {2}{B}, {T}: Transform this land. Activate only if a player has one or fewer cards in hand and only as a sorcery.

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What Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · attackWhenever Aclazotz attacks, each opponent discards a card. For each opponent who can't, you draw a card.
• Triggered ability · discardWhenever an opponent discards a land card, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
• Triggered ability · deathWhen Aclazotz dies, return it to the battlefield tapped and transformed under its owner's control.
• Activated ability{T}: Add {B}.
• Activated ability{2}{B}, {T}: Transform this land. Activate only if a player has one or fewer cards in hand and only as a sorcery.
• Keyword · flyingflying
• Keyword · lifelinklifelink

What an Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead deck needs

Plays as combat trigger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• cards that make opponents discard (its payoff is their discards)
• token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
• haste, evasion and protection for the commander, and extra combats (its own attack is the engine)

The Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal // Temple of the Dead deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 10× Makes opponents discard — the fuel a discard-punishing commander feeds on
• 6× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 4× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
• 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
• 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand

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