Hashaton v3 (copy) by albl

Format: Commander

Commander: Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

Hashaton, Scarab's Fist leads an Esper reanimator and token-cheating strategy that converts discarded creature cards into 4/4 Zombie copies for three mana. The deck leverages an ultra-dense suite of low-cost discard outlets and looters, such as Putrid Imp, Tireless Tribe, and Merfolk Looter, to bypass the exorbitant casting costs of legendary praetors, elder dragons, and game-ending monsters. By deploying Hashaton on turn two or three, the deck reliably creates a 4/4 token copy of a catastrophic threat like Archon of Cruelty, Sire of Stagnation, or Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite by turn four. Traditional reanimation spells like Reanimate, Animate Dead, and Living Death provide robust redundancy that operates completely independently of the commander. Once an overwhelming board of asymmetric stax monsters and evasive beaters is established, the deck systematically strips opposing resources and closes the game across three combat cycles through devastating evasive combat damage.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Abyssal Harvester
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 Ancient Silver Dragon
  • 1 Angel of the Ruins
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archon of Cruelty
  • 1 Ardyn, the Usurper
  • 1 Armaggon, Future Shark
  • 1 Ashen Rider
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Bitter Triumph
  • 1 Bog Witch
  • 1 Bone Shards
  • 1 Careful Study
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Circular Logic
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Enclave Cryptologist
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Ghostly Pilferer
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 2 Hidden Lair
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Likeness Looter
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lord of the Void
  • 1 Luminate Primordial
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Massacre Wurm
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Merfolk Looter
  • 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nesting Dovehawk
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Peregrine Drake
  • 1 Persist
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Psychic Frog
  • 1 Putrid Imp
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Riptide Gearhulk
  • 1 Rites of Refusal
  • 1 Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sphinx of the Second Sun
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Talisman of Progress
  • 1 The Underworld Cookbook
  • 1 Thought Courier
  • 1 Tireless Tribe
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
  • 1 Watery Grave