Sandbagging with Hazezon

Commander / EDH Ramp RGW (Naya) Tokens

clayperce

Land (36)

• 1x City of Shadows
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Ghost Town
• 1x Kessig Wolf Run
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 6x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Naya Panorama
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 5x Plains
• 1x Plateau
• 1x Savannah
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Taiga
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Winding Canyons

Direct Damage (8)

• 1x Aurelia's Fury
• 1x Comet Storm
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Goblin Sharpshooter
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Vicious Shadows
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Sac Outlet (6)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Spawning Pit

Recursion (4)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Sun Titan

Ramp (15)

• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nissa's Pilgrimage
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Perilous Forays
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Tempt with Discovery
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Utility (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Mana Echoes
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Naya Charm
• 1x Parallel Lives
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Removal (7)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Grasp of Fate
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Reap and Sow
• 1x Shivan Harvest
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Draw (5)

• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Seer's Sundial
• 1x Skullclamp

Commander (1)

ETB Abuse (9)

• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Eldrazi Displacer
• 1x Flameshadow Conjuring
• 1x Flickerwisp
• 1x Liberate
• 1x Minion Reflector
• 1x Saffi Eriksdotter
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Pump (7)

• 1x Anger
• 1x Champion of Lambholt
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Goblin Bushwhacker
• 1x Mirari's Wake
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
• 1x Retreat to Emeria

Additional Tokens (5)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Chancellor of the Forge
• 1x Emeria Angel
• 1x Retreat to Emeria
• 1x Secure the Wastes

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Maybeboard

Other (3)

• 1x Eerie Interlude
• 1x Miren, the Moaning Well
• 1x Second Harvest

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Hazezon wants to drop sandbags on your opponents' heads. LOTS of sandbags. This deck can help!

Why Hazezon?

Because Hazezon Tamar has something for everyone! For the Johnnys and Jennys, he's got these completely bizarre and utterly abusable triggered and then delayed triggered abilities. Sweet! For the Timmys and Tammys, he generates tons of Naya tokens which can be turned sideways or used to fuel ridiculous amounts of direct damage. Boo-ya! For the Spikes? Well, nobody will ever mistake Haz' for a Tier 1 commander, but in the right deck (not saying this is it yet!) he's a solid Tier 3 who can hold his own in most metas. FTW! And for the Vorthos types, well, he's an original Dominaria Legend with three books worth of lore, ending with the downfall of the evil mage Johan. 'Nuf said.

General strategy

• Land-ramp like mad. Exploit Landfall triggers along the way.
  
• Set up for and cast Haz'
  
• Get as many ETB triggers out of Haz' as possible, then sac' him or return him to hand that same turn (so he can't accidentally exile all his dudes).
  
• Get a bunch of Sand Warriors on the next turn.
  
• In a perfect world, generate enough direct damage to kill everyone right then.
  
• In a less-than-perfect world, beat on people with Sand Warriors and other tokens; sac' for value; bring Haz' back to generate more Sand Warriors; rinse-and-repeat.
  
• Answer threats as needed.
  

I've listed cards by category (some are in more than one), and I think most of them are self-explanatory. But here's more info on a few:

Some key cards

Land

• This deck wants as many basic Lands as possible, to feed the basic fetches.
• City of Shadows: A great early fetch, if I don't yet have a sac' outlet for Haz'.
• Ghost Town: So I can always get a Landfall trigger.
• Winding Canyons: Especially nice as Seedborn Muse + Winding Canyons

Ramp

• Any-land fetches: Expedition Map; Reap and Sow; Tempt with Discovery.
• Life from the Loam: To recover fetch-lands (for additional Landfall triggers) and needed utility Lands.

ETB Abuse and Utilities

• Flameshadow Conjuring and Minion Reflector: An option here is to copy Haz' and immediately exile the original due to the Legend rule. The copy then exiles/sacs at End of Turn.
• Mana Echoes: Completely bonkers in a token deck. Someday I'm going to cast Hazezon Tamar with 10 lands and Mana Echoes up, and Secure the Wastes + Aurelia's Fury in my hand. On my next Upkeep, I'll get 10 Sand Warriors ... then cast Secure the Wastes for 100 and Aurelia's Fury for 11,000. Someday :-)
• Strionic Resonator: Copy triggered ("when, whenever, or at") abilities. Especially amazing as Hazezon Tamar + Strionic Resonator , to copy his initial triggered ability (Gatherer text: "When Hazezon Tamar enters the battlefield") and/or his delayed trigger ability (Gatherer text: "at the beginning of your next upkeep").

Sand Warrior Tokens

• There are no "official" Sand Warrior tokens for Haz' (he's an original Legend, from before Wizards started publishing tokens as part of sets).
• I generally use the background art from Haz', though sometimes I'll throw in this fun one.
• I also have a single Unhinged Soldier Token. I like the Old School look, plus it's one of the first six tokens Wizards ever produced.
• Here are a number of other options as well.

I'm aiming for a 75% build, with very heavy ETB and direct damage effects and very light token pump, compared to a typical Hazezon deck. And no tutors please, except for land-fetchers.

The deck is in a really weird place budget-wise. I had a few of the pricey cards already, and made a couple big trades to get Hazezon and the others. But from here on out, I'm back to my normal budget: Any card over $5 has to be really good, and $15 is my absolute max.

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Thanks in advance for your comments and suggestions! I don't mind reexamining cards at all, but everything I've previously considered is at: Full Maybeboard (Sandbagging w/ Hazezon).

I'd also love your thoughts on what I should use for Sand Warrior tokens, over on this thread: Sand Warrior tokens ... help please!

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The original inspiration for the deck came from a thread about building Haz' and some of the great Haz' decks here on TappedOut.

If you get a chance, please check out my other Naya deck sometime: Smashface Gardening with Rith. I'd appreciate your comments there too!

And please don't forget to +1 Upvote if you like it :-)

Thanks much!

Top Ranked	Achieved #11 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Key combos	Seedborn Muse + Winding Canyons Hazezon Tamar + Strionic Resonator
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.33
Tokens	2/2 C Artifact Creature Spawn, Bird 1/1 W, Copy Clone, Goblin 1/1 R, Kor Ally 1/1 W, Plant 0/1 G, Sand Warrior 1/1 RGW, Warrior 1/1 W
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