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Hansk, Slayer Zealot

Hansk, Slayer Zealot

Legendary Creature — Human Archer · {2}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander

At the beginning of your upkeep, target opponent creates three Walker tokens. (They're 2/2 black Zombie creatures.) {T}: Hansk, Slayer Zealot deals 2 damage to target creature. Whenever a Zombie an opponent controls dies, draw a card.
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What Hansk, Slayer Zealot actually does

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What a Hansk, Slayer Zealot deck needs

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

The Hansk, Slayer Zealot deck plan

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

Best cards for Hansk, Slayer Zealot

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Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise

  1. Rising of the Day3 mana
  2. Thousand-Year Elixir3 mana
  3. The Fire Crystal4 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Urabrask the Hidden5 mana
  7. Fervor3 mana
  8. Hammer of Purphoros3 mana

Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot

  1. Aggravated Assault3 mana
  2. Bear Umbra4 mana
  3. Sting, the Glinting Dagger2 mana
  4. Umbral Mantle3 mana
  5. Genji Glove5 mana
  6. Copperhorn Scout1 mana
  7. Éomer, Marshal of Rohan4 mana
  8. Honor-Worn Shaku3 mana

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

  1. Wild Magic Surge2 mana
  2. Beast Within3 mana
  3. Nature's Claim1 mana
  4. Crush1 mana
  5. Emerald Charm1 mana
  6. Naturalize2 mana
  7. Origin of Metalbending2 mana
  8. Natural State1 mana

Find the exact card the plan needs

  1. Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
  2. Nature's Rhythm2 mana
  3. Worldly Tutor1 mana
  4. March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
  5. Archdruid's Charm3 mana
  6. Chord of Calling3 mana
  7. Eldritch Evolution3 mana
  8. Summoner's Pact0 mana

Answer a whole board at once

  1. Blasphemous Act9 mana
  2. Chain Reaction4 mana
  3. Street Spasm1 mana
  4. Selective Obliteration5 mana
  5. Mizzium Mortars2 mana
  6. Delete2 mana
  7. Earthquake1 mana
  8. Needle Storm3 mana

Refill your hand

  1. Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
  2. Skullclamp1 mana
  3. Sylvan Library2 mana
  4. Garruk's Uprising3 mana
  5. Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
  6. Beast Whisperer4 mana
  7. The One Ring4 mana
  8. Sticky Fingers1 mana

Keep a permanent you control alive through removal

  1. Hexing Squelcher2 mana
  2. Guardian Augmenter3 mana
  3. Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
  4. Lightning Greaves2 mana
  5. Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
  6. Asceticism5 mana
  7. Eldrazi Monument5 mana
  8. Commander's Plate1 mana

Get ahead on mana

  1. Sol Ring1 mana
  2. Gruul Signet2 mana
  3. Incubation Druid2 mana
  4. Palladium Myr3 mana
  5. Worn Powerstone3 mana
  6. Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
  7. Heritage Druid1 mana
  8. Llanowar Tribe3 mana

Combos with Hansk, Slayer Zealot

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Hansk, Slayer Zealot is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

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