Hashaton Scarabs Fist by bluebird2023

Format: Commander

Commander: Hashaton, Scarab's Fist

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Esper deck is a value-oriented discard-token strategy helmed by Hashaton, Scarab's Fist. The core game plan is to deploy cheap looting effects to fill the graveyard with creature cards, then use the commander's ability to convert each discarded creature into a 4/4 black Zombie token for a modest mana investment. The token army is supported by a dense suite of zombie tribal payoffs-Kindred Discovery for card advantage, Corpse Knight and Wayward Servant for drain, and Caretaker's Talent for token doubling and pump. The deck also features a robust reanimation package to recur high-impact creatures like Avacyn, Angel of Hope and The Scarab God, and a handful of stax pieces (Angelic Arbiter, Archon of the Triumvirate) to slow opponents. The primary win condition is incremental combat damage from the zombie horde, supplemented by drain effects and the occasional big reanimation target. The deck is resilient but slow, lacking explosive speed or instant-speed combo protection.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Adarkar Wastes
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Angelic Arbiter
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archfiend of Ifnir
  • 1 Archon of the Triumvirate
  • 1 Ash Barrens
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Caretaker's Talent
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Champion of Wits
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Corpse Knight
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptbreaker
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Dreadwing Scavenger
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Eternal Skylord
  • 1 Eumidian Wastewaker
  • 1 Fetid Pools
  • 1 Forgotten Creation
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Gleaming Overseer
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Grave Titan
  • 1 Gravespawn Sovereign
  • 1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
  • 1 Grimoire of the Dead
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
  • 1 Irrigated Farmland
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kitsa, Otterball Elite
  • 1 Kozilek, the Great Distortion
  • 1 Lazotep Chancellor
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Lost Monarch of Ifnir
  • 1 Macabre Waltz
  • 1 Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core
  • 1 Medomai the Ageless
  • 1 Merfolk Looter
  • 1 Monastery Siege
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Oversold Cemetery
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Prognostic Sphinx
  • 1 Prophet of the Scarab
  • 1 Rhet-Tomb Mystic
  • 1 Rootborn Defenses
  • 1 Rune-Scarred Demon
  • 1 Sam's Desperate Rescue
  • 1 Sire of Stagnation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Strix Lookout
  • 1 Sunken Hollow
  • 1 Supreme Verdict
  • 11 Swamp
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Hierarchy
  • 1 Temmet, Naktamun's Will
  • 1 Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
  • 1 The Scarab God
  • 1 Thirst for Identity
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wayward Servant
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Zombie Master