I hate sand by GordonRamsaysFury

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 21

Deck overview

Hazezon, Shaper of Sand turns every Desert entry into six Sand Warriors and lets the deck reuse Deserts from its graveyard. The deck supports this plan with extra-land effects such as Exploration, Azusa, Lost but Seeking, and Oracle of Mul Daya, land recursion from Ramunap Excavator and Ancient Greenwarden, and land tutors including Harrow, Crop Rotation, and Hour of Promise. Its main finish is a wide token board enhanced by Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, Intangible Virtue, Warleader's Call, or Impact Tremors. Ordinary setup becomes operational around turn six, and a must-answer combat board appears around turn seven. The deck usually needs several attacks and further landfall triggers to eliminate all three opponents, producing an ordinary finish around turn ten. It has useful spot removal and some protection, but many tapped lands, expensive payoffs, and limited access to specific finishers make the plan vulnerable to sweepers, graveyard hate, and disruption before combat.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bolt Bend
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Bristling Backwoods
  • 1 Cactus Preserve
  • 1 Cataclysmic Prospecting
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Colossal Rattlewurm
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit Pylons
  • 1 Cradle of the Accursed
  • 1 Creosote Heath
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Desert Warfare
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Desert of the Indomitable
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Dune Chanter
  • 1 Dunes of the Dead
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Elvish Reclaimer
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Exploration Broodship
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Grasping Dunes
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hashep Oasis
  • 1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
  • 1 Hew the Entwood
  • 1 Hostile Desert
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Impact Tremors
  • 1 Intangible Virtue
  • 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
  • 1 Jungle Shrine
  • 1 Knight of New Alara
  • 1 Lazotep Quarry
  • 1 Lotus Cobra
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 1 Maja, Bretagard Protector
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Mina and Denn, Wildborn
  • 1 Mirage Mesa
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 On Wings of Gold
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Outcaster Greenblade
  • 1 Painted Bluffs
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 2 Plains
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Realms Uncharted
  • 1 Return the Favor
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Sand Scout
  • 1 Sandstorm Verge
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shefet Dunes
  • 1 Six
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Sprouting Goblin
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Tannuk, Memorial Ensign
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Warleader's Call
  • 1 Yuma, Proud Protector
  • 1 Zuran Orb