Hazezon Tamar, Godfather

Commander / EDH Lands RGW (Naya) Tokens

Hagdorm

Lands (38)

• 1x Alpine Meadow
• 1x Arctic Treeline
• 1x Battlefield Forge
• 1x Brushland
• 1x Canopy Vista
• 1x Cinder Glade
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 9x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Highland Forest
• 1x Karplusan Forest
• 5x Mountain
• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 5x Plains
• 1x Sacred Foundry
• 1x Sanctum of Eternity
• 1x Scattered Groves
• 1x Sheltered Thicket
• 1x Stomping Ground
• 1x Temple Garden
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Recursion (5)

• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Nature's Spiral
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Recollect
• 1x Regrowth

Haste (4)

• 1x Concordant Crossroads
• 1x Fervor
• 1x Fires of Yavimaya
• 1x Hammer of Purphoros

Interaction (12)

• 1x Aura Shards
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Lapse of Certainty
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Shields of Velis Vel
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Wrath of God

Ramp (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Circuitous Route
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Farseek
• 1x Harrow
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Sol Ring

Protection (7)

• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Lithoform Engine
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Tawnos's Coffin
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Sac Outlets (4)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blasting Station
• 1x Goblin Bombardment

Commander (1)

Buffs & Wincons (9)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Impact Tremors
• 1x Knight of New Alara
• 1x Lovisa Coldeyes
• 1x Mirror Entity
• 1x Ogre Battledriver
• 1x Purphoros, God of the Forge

Card Draw & Tutors (8)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Faithless Looting
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Harmonize
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sylvan Library

Token Support (3)

• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Phylath, World Sculptor
• 1x Rhys the Redeemed

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Hazezon Tamar is a unique legendary creature, and one of the original legendaries way back from Legends. I've always wanted to build a deck with him at the helm, and I acquired an Italian copy to do just that (that, along with the fact that Hazezon is the head of a very big family, gives the deck its name :P ).

While a 2/4 body isn't exactly thrilling in Commander, especially for the hefty sum of 7 mana, it's Hazezon's ability to make tokens based on the number of lands I control that intrigues me. It struck me at first as an odd hybrid concept, being a lands theme with a token payoff. However, Avenger of Zendikar exists and does this nicely, so there's definitely a precedent for the archetype. Phylath, World Sculptor gives me another Avenger, albeit worse, but still useful. I'm running 50% basics because of him. The biggest drawbacks for Hazezon are that his Sand Warriors enter the next upkeep, and are exiled if he leaves the battlefield...but only if the tokens already exist when he leaves. Since Hazezon sets up a delayed trigger, if he leaves before they're created, the Sand Warriors get to stick around.

The strategy for this deck is to win either by creating a token army, buffing them, and giving them haste, or killing my opponents through incidental damage when the tokens enter the battlefield, such as with Purphoros, God of the Forge . Hazezon himself is a bit of a liability once we've set up his delayed trigger, so I can remove him with a sac outlet such as Ashnod's Altar - he can even be sacrificed to Eldrazi Monument in a pinch, since I can stack the triggers how I want. Alternatively, cards like Lightning Greaves and Whispersilk Cloak protect him from spot removal so I can keep him around.

Two cards I'm really looking forward to trying out are Earthcraft and Tawnos's Coffin. Even without infinite combos, Earthcraft can as much as double my mana, and Tawnos's Coffin has so much versatility, whether it be protecting an important creature, getting rid of Hazezon, or doubling the tokens off Avenger or Phylath. The deck can certainly function without them, but I fully expect them to be all-stars.

Date added	2 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.06
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Copy Clone, Elf Warrior 1/1 GW, Enchantment Golem 3/3 C, Plant 0/1 G, Sand Warrior 1/1 RGW