Sandfall
Format: Commander
Commander: Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
Bracket: 3
DeckCheck Threat Index: 42
Deck overview
Hazezon, Shaper of Sand commands a focused Naya lands and token-swarm deck that leverages Deserts as repeatable fuel. The primary strategy accelerates mana through early land enablers, casts Hazezon by turn 3, and loops Deserts through the graveyard using sacrifice outlets, cycling lands, and land tutors. Each Desert entry generates pairs of 1/1 Sand Warrior tokens, quickly creating a massive board presence. The deck converts this wide creature swarm into a decisive win between turns 5 and 6 through explosive finishers such as Jetmir, Nexus of Revels, Beastmaster Ascension, Cathars' Crusade, or direct burn via Purphoros, God of the Forge and Scapeshift. Inherent engine recursion and protective tools like Sylvan Safekeeper and Heroic Intervention grant the deck resilience against standard sweepers and removal. While vulnerable to mass exile effects and dedicated graveyard hate, the deck exerts rapid combat pressure and persistent board control through repeatable utility like Aura Shards and Constant Mists.
Decklist (100 cards)
- 1 Abraded Bluffs
- 1 Amulet of Vigor
- 1 Ancient Greenwarden
- 1 Annie Joins Up
- 1 Anointed Procession
- 1 Arcane Signet
- 1 Arid Mesa
- 1 Aura Shards
- 1 Austere Command
- 1 Azusa, Lost but Seeking
- 1 Beastmaster Ascension
- 1 Bloom Tender
- 1 Bountiful Promenade
- 1 Bristling Backwoods
- 1 Burgeoning
- 1 Cathars' Crusade
- 1 Clifftop Retreat
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Constant Mists
- 1 Courser of Kruphix
- 1 Crop Rotation
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
- 1 Desert Warfare
- 1 Desert of the Indomitable
- 1 Desert of the True
- 1 Doubling Season
- 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
- 1 Dune Chanter
- 1 Dunes of the Dead
- 1 Elvish Reclaimer
- 1 Enduring Vitality
- 1 Exotic Orchard
- 1 Exploration
- 1 Explore
- 1 Fabled Passage
- 1 Flawless Maneuver
- 5 Forest
- 1 Goblin Anarchomancer
- 1 Harrow
- 1 Hashep Oasis
- 1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
- 1 Hedge Shredder
- 1 Heroic Intervention
- 1 Hour of Promise
- 1 Icetill Explorer
- 1 Impact Tremors
- 1 Intangible Virtue
- 1 Jeska's Will
- 1 Jetmir, Nexus of Revels
- 1 Knight of New Alara
- 1 Lotus Cobra
- 1 Mondrak, Glory Dominus
- 3 Mountain
- 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
- 1 Overgrown Farmland
- 1 Parallel Lives
- 5 Plains
- 1 Purphoros, God of the Forge
- 1 Rampaging Baloths
- 1 Ramunap Excavator
- 1 Realms Uncharted
- 1 Rite of Harmony
- 1 Rockfall Vale
- 1 Roiling Regrowth
- 1 Rootbound Crag
- 1 Sacred Foundry
- 1 Sand Scout
- 1 Scapeshift
- 1 Scavenger Grounds
- 1 Scute Swarm
- 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
- 1 Shefet Dunes
- 1 Sol Ring
- 1 Spectator Seating
- 1 Spire Garden
- 1 Springbloom Druid
- 1 Stomping Ground
- 1 Sundown Pass
- 1 Sunpetal Grove
- 1 Sunscorched Desert
- 1 Swords to Plowshares
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1 Temple Garden
- 1 Tiller Engine
- 1 Tireless Provisioner
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 World Shaper
- 1 Yuma, Proud Protector
- 1 Zuran Orb