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Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
Legendary Creature — Human Warrior · {R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander
Desertwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Desert.)
You may play Desert lands from your graveyard.
Whenever a Desert you control enters, create two 1/1 red, green, and white Sand Warrior creature tokens.
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What Hazezon, Shaper of Sand 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 · etbWhenever a Desert you control enters, create two 1/1 red, green, and white Sand Warrior creature tokens.
- Static ability · restrictionYou may play Desert lands from your graveyard.
- Keyword · landwalklandwalk
- Keyword · desertwalkdesertwalk
What a Hazezon, Shaper of Sand deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 5× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 7× Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- 13× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
- 2× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
Best cards for Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
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 that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Dwarven Grunt1 mana
- Goblin Mountaineer1 mana
- Goblins of the Flarg1 mana
- Jukai Messenger1 mana
- Marsh Boa1 mana
- Mountain Goat1 mana
- Shanodin Dryads1 mana
- Willow Dryad1 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising2 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Mosswort Bridge0 mana
Put your own cards into your graveyard as a resource
- Aftermath Analyst2 mana
- Altar of Dementia2 mana
- Mindcrank2 mana
- Tibalt's Trickery2 mana
- Codex Shredder1 mana
- Smuggler's Surprise1 mana
- Six3 mana
- Argoth, Sanctum of Nature0 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Hornet Nest3 mana
- Pashalik Mons3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Final Showdown1 mana
- Vanquish the Horde8 mana
- Martyr's Cry2 mana
- Split Up3 mana
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Cathedral Membrane2 mana
- Citywide Bust3 mana
- Harsh Mercy3 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Refill your hand
- Esper Sentinel1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Archivist of Oghma2 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- Smothering Tithe4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Flowering of the White Tree2 mana
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Innkeeper's Talent2 mana
- Bastion Protector3 mana
- Greater Auramancy2 mana
- Sterling Grove2 mana
- Codsworth, Handy Helper3 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana