Desert by i1_iu

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 31

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Naya lands deck commanded by Hazezon, Shaper of Sand. The primary game plan revolves around stocking the graveyard with Deserts via cycling, fetchlands, and self-mill, then playing them repeatedly through Hazezon's static ability. Each Desert generates two 1/1 Sand Warrior tokens, steadily building a wide board presence. High-impact mass recursion spells like Scapeshift, Splendid Reclamation, and Aftermath Analyst provide explosive turns, flooding the battlefield with Deserts to produce overwhelming armies alongside landfall burn from Sabotender and Ark of Hunger. Sylvan Safekeeper and Constant Mists turn the deck's expendable land base into powerful defensive shields. If Hazezon is kept off the board, secondary engines like Yuma, Proud Protector and Desert Warfare ensure the deck continues generating heavy token pressure and attrition.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abandoned Outpost
  • 1 Abeyance
  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Abundant Growth
  • 1 Advanced Reconstruction
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Aggressive Mining
  • 1 Akki Scrapchomper
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Amulet of Vigor
  • 1 Anger
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archaeological Dig
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Arid Mesa
  • 1 Ark of Hunger
  • 1 Aura Fracture
  • 1 Avenging Druid
  • 1 Beast Hunt
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Book Burning
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Brawn
  • 1 Bristling Backwoods
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Beacon
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Constant Mists
  • 1 Cosmic Intervention
  • 1 Creosote Heath
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Crucible of Worlds
  • 1 Crystal Vein
  • 1 Demon Bolt
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Desert Warfare
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Desert of the Indomitable
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Destructive Digger
  • 1 Doomskar
  • 1 Dune Chanter
  • 1 Dust Bowl
  • 1 Dwarven Ruins
  • 1 Emergence Zone
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Genesis
  • 1 Grapple with the Past
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
  • 1 Highway Robbery
  • 1 Hostile Desert
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Key to the City
  • 1 Magmatic Insight
  • 1 Map the Frontier
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marwyn, the Clearcutter
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Outcaster Greenblade
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Perpetual Timepiece
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Riftstone Portal
  • 1 Ripchain Razorkin
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sabotender
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Scalding Tarn
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Seismic Monstrosaur
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Slagdrill Scrapper
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Splendid Reclamation
  • 1 Sprouting Goblin
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Valor
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 World Shaper
  • 1 Yuma, Proud Protector
  • 1 Zuran Orb