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Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

Legendary Creature — Eldrazi · {3} · Black/Green/Red/Blue/White commander

Whenever Azlask or another colorless creature you control dies, you get an experience counter. {W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Creatures you control get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of experience counters you have. Scions and Spawns you control gain indestructible and annihilator 1 until end of turn.
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What Azlask, the Swelling Scourge actually does

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What an Azlask, the Swelling Scourge deck wants

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Best cards for Azlask, the Swelling Scourge

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A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one

  1. Artisan of Kozilek9 mana
  2. Flayer of Loyalties10 mana
  3. It That Betrays12 mana
  4. Kozilek, Butcher of Truth10 mana
  5. Nulldrifter7 mana
  6. Pathrazer of Ulamog11 mana
  7. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre11 mana
  8. Breaker of Creation8 mana

A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality

  1. Elder Spawn7 mana

Sacrifice a creature for no mana, repeatably

  1. Phyrexian Tower0 mana
  2. High Market0 mana
  3. Grim Backwoods0 mana
  4. Lazotep Quarry0 mana
  5. Susur Secundi, Void Altar0 mana
  6. Scavenger's Talent1 mana
  7. Hostile Hostel // Creeping Inn0 mana
  8. Miren, the Moaning Well0 mana

Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide

  1. Chasm Skulker3 mana
  2. Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
  3. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
  4. Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
  5. Hornet Nest3 mana
  6. Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
  7. Pashalik Mons3 mana
  8. Caesar, Legion's Emperor4 mana

Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it

  1. Assassin's Trophy2 mana
  2. Path to Exile1 mana
  3. Swords to Plowshares1 mana
  4. Reality Shift2 mana
  5. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  6. Pongify1 mana
  7. Rapid Hybridization1 mana
  8. Resculpt2 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Final Showdown1 mana
  2. Vanquish the Horde8 mana
  3. Amalia Benavides Aguirre2 mana
  4. Do or Die2 mana
  5. Martyr's Cry2 mana
  6. Pest Control2 mana
  7. Force of Despair3 mana
  8. Split Up3 mana

Answer a spell or ability before it resolves

  1. Pact of Negation0 mana
  2. Counterspell2 mana
  3. Three Steps Ahead1 mana
  4. Long River's Pull2 mana
  5. Force of Will5 mana
  6. Abjure1 mana
  7. Archmage's Charm3 mana
  8. Cancel3 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Demonic Tutor2 mana
  2. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  3. Vampiric Tutor1 mana
  4. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  5. Imperial Seal1 mana
  6. Insatiable Avarice1 mana
  7. Diabolic Intent2 mana
  8. Nature's Rhythm2 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Esper Sentinel1 mana
  2. Mystic Remora1 mana
  3. Skullclamp1 mana
  4. Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
  5. Curiosity1 mana
  6. Wizard Class1 mana
  7. Black Market Connections3 mana
  8. Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana

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