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Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

Legendary Artifact Creature — Insect · {1} · Red/White commander

Modular 1 If a modular triggered ability would put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead. {R}: Destroy target artifact you control. {W}: Zabaz gains flying until end of turn.

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What Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Activated ability{R}: Destroy target artifact you control.
• Activated ability{W}: Zabaz gains flying until end of turn.
• Replacement effect · counter_doublerIf a modular triggered ability would put one or more +1/+1 counters on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
• Keyword · modularmodular

What a Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp deck needs

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

• artifacts (its text counts them)
• counter producers and proliferate (every counter placed is multiplied)
• creatures that grow with +1/+1 counters and counter payoffs (it spreads counters across your team)

The Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp deck plan

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

• 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
• 8× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
• 22× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
• 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
• 11× Get ahead on mana

Best cards for Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

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.

Combos with Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp

Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp is a piece of, and how many decks list them.

• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Together Forever + Ashnod's Altar1,112 decks
• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Arcbound Reclaimer + Mystic Forge + Ashnod's Altar680 decks
• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Arcbound Reclaimer + Mystic Forge + Krark-Clan Ironworks478 decks
• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Yomiji, Who Bars The Way + Ashnod's Altar7 decks
• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Yomiji, Who Bars The Way + Krark-Clan Ironworks6 decks
• Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp + Eirdu, Carrier Of Dawn5 decks

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