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Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard · {W}{B} · Black/Blue/White commander
Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
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What Hashaton, Scarab's Fist 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 · discardWhenever you discard a creature card, you may pay {2}{U}. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
What a Hashaton, Scarab's Fist deck needs
Plays as copy engine. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- creature cards with strong enter or static abilities to discard (each becomes a 4/4 Zombie copy for {2}{U})
- looting and discard outlets
The Hashaton, Scarab's Fist deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 12× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 10× Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- 12× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× 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
- 2× Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
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 permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Orcish Bowmasters2 mana
- Accursed Marauder2 mana
- Baleful Strix2 mana
- Knight of the White Orchid2 mana
- Spirited Companion2 mana
- Solemn Simulacrum4 mana
- Cauldron Familiar1 mana
- Thousand-Faced Shadow1 mana
Lets YOU discard on demand — looting, rummaging, discard costs — for a commander that rewards your own discards
- Geier Reach Sanitarium0 mana
- Fomori Vault0 mana
- Spymaster's Vault0 mana
- Ledger Shredder2 mana
- Cryptbreaker1 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Tortured Existence1 mana
- Baral, Chief of Compliance2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Kozilek's Unsealing3 mana
- Replicating Ring3 mana
- Elspeth, Storm Slayer5 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
- Andúril, Flame of the West3 mana
- Cosmogrand Zenith3 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Gideon's Memorial2 mana
- Hildibrand Manderville // Gentleman's Rise2 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Reality Shift2 mana
- Pongify1 mana
- Rapid Hybridization1 mana
- Resculpt2 mana
- Defile1 mana
- Tragic Slip1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Demonic Tutor2 mana
- Diabolic Intent2 mana
- Vampiric Tutor1 mana
- Imperial Seal1 mana
- Demonic Consultation1 mana
- Grim Tutor3 mana
- Tainted Pact2 mana
- Scheming Symmetry1 mana
Answer a spell or ability before it resolves
- Mindbreak Trap4 mana
- Fierce Guardianship3 mana
- Force of Negation3 mana
- Force of Will5 mana
- Flare of Denial3 mana
- Pact of Negation0 mana
- An Offer You Can't Refuse1 mana
- Arcane Denial2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Damn2 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Toxic Deluge3 mana
- Damnation4 mana
- Supreme Verdict4 mana
- Wrath of God4 mana
- Day of Judgment4 mana
- Bontu's Last Reckoning3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Mystic Remora1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Curiosity1 mana
- Wizard Class1 mana
- Black Market Connections3 mana
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare3 mana
- Morbid Opportunist3 mana
Combos with Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Hashaton, Scarab's Fist is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Peregrine Drake7,237 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Sharuum The Hegemon2,917 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Palinchron1,379 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Tortured Existence + Great Whale792 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Mind Over Matter + Gilded Lotus + Graveshifter5 decks
- Hashaton, Scarab's Fist + Mind Over Matter + Nyx Lotus + Possessed Skaab1 decks