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Anax, Hardened in the Forge
Legendary Enchantment Creature — Demigod · {1}{R}{R} · Red commander
Anax's power is equal to your devotion to red. (Each {R} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.)
Whenever Anax or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." If the creature had power 4 or greater, create two of those tokens instead.
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What Anax, Hardened in the Forge 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 · deathWhenever Anax or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." If the creature had power 4 or greater, create two of those tokens ins
What an Anax, Hardened in the Forge deck needs
Plays as aristocrats. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- permanents heavy in red mana pips (its text counts your devotion to red)
- expendable creatures and free sacrifice outlets (its payoff is creatures dying)
- token payoffs — anthems, sacrifice outlets and go-wide finishers (it makes tokens on repeat)
- creatures with power 4 or greater (its text only counts them)
The Anax, Hardened in the Forge deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 14× A creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)
- 14× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 7× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 6× Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- 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
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Anax, Hardened in the Forge
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A creature at or above the commander's power floor — its text only counts them (dossier vet 2026-09-26: Bugenhagen, Gwenna, Ruby)
- Ancient Stone Idol10 mana
- Emrakul, the Promised End13 mana
- Phyrexian Soulgorger3 mana
- Nova Chaser4 mana
- Leveler5 mana
- Metalwork Colossus11 mana
- Eater of Days4 mana
- Kozilek, Butcher of Truth10 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Hanweir Garrison3 mana
- Sarkhan, Fireblood3 mana
- Field of the Dead0 mana
- Fountainport0 mana
- Phyrexian Triniform9 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Castle Embereth0 mana
- Great Train Heist1 mana
- Heraldic Banner3 mana
- Rising of the Day3 mana
- Purphoros, God of the Forge4 mana
- Kavaron, Memorial World0 mana
- Chief of the Foundry3 mana
- Caged Sun6 mana
Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Goblin Bombardment2 mana
- Spawning Pit2 mana
- Ashnod's Altar3 mana
- Betrothed of Fire2 mana
- Phyrexian Altar3 mana
- Bogardan Dragonheart3 mana
- High Market0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
- Titan's Presence3 mana
- Abrade2 mana
- Untimely Malfunction2 mana
- Chaos Warp3 mana
- Kozilek's Command2 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Imperial Recruiter3 mana
- Shield-Wall Sentinel4 mana
- Skyship Weatherlight4 mana
- Moonsilver Key2 mana
- Pattern Matcher4 mana
- Gamble1 mana
- Hoarding Dragon5 mana
- Shrine Steward5 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Apocalypse5 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty3 mana
- Adaptive Omnitool2 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
- Mithril Coat3 mana
- Akroma's Memorial7 mana
- The Walls of Ba Sing Se8 mana
Combos with Anax, Hardened in the Forge
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Anax, Hardened in the Forge is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Viscera Seer + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer881 decks
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Goblin Bombardment + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer724 decks
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer559 decks
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Woe Strider + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer442 decks
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Viscera Seer + Bloodsoaked Champion + Pitiless Plunderer256 decks
- Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Squee, The Immortal + Birgi, God Of Storytelling + Thermopod254 decks
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