Enter Sandman by m3hi

Format: Commander

Commander: Hazezon, Shaper of Sand

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 30

Deck overview

This deck is a dedicated Naya lands and token-swarm strategy commanded by Hazezon, Shaper of Sand. The primary game plan revolves around playing, sacrificing, and cycling Deserts, then recasting them directly from the graveyard using Hazezon to flood the board with 1/1 Sand Warrior tokens. The deck accelerates into play with additional land drops from cards like Dryad of the Ilysian Grove and Exploration, while capitalizing on landfall triggers via Scute Swarm and Felidar Retreat. Once an army is established, it closes the game through overwhelming combat overruns provided by Beastmaster Ascension, Moraug, Fury of Akoum, or massive multi-land drops using Scapeshift. Additionally, the deck contains an infinite token loop using Kodama of the East Tree and Arid Archway alongside Hazezon. While resilient against single-target disruption due to easy commander recast loops, the deck remains vulnerable to mass exile sweepers and targeted graveyard hate.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abraded Bluffs
  • 1 Ancient Greenwarden
  • 1 Anointed Procession
  • 1 Arid Archway
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Beastmaster Ascension
  • 1 Bess, Soul Nourisher
  • 1 Blasphemous Act
  • 1 Boros Garrison
  • 1 Boseiju Reaches Skyward // Branch of Boseiju
  • 1 Bramblewood Paragon
  • 1 Bristling Backwoods
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Champion of Lambholt
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Court of Bounty
  • 1 Cradle of the Accursed
  • 1 Creeping Renaissance
  • 1 Creosote Heath
  • 1 Crop Rotation
  • 1 Dance of the Tumbleweeds
  • 1 Desert
  • 1 Desert of the Fervent
  • 1 Desert of the Indomitable
  • 1 Desert of the True
  • 1 Dragonmaster Outcast
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Dualcaster Mage
  • 1 Dunes of the Dead
  • 1 Emeria Angel
  • 1 Endless Sands
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Felidar Retreat
  • 1 Fire-Lit Thicket
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Fresh Meat
  • 1 Gavony Township
  • 1 Genesis
  • 1 Grasping Dunes
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Gruul Turf
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Hashep Oasis
  • 1 Hazezon, Shaper of Sand
  • 1 Hour of Promise
  • 1 Hour of Reckoning
  • 1 Huatli, Radiant Champion
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Jetmir's Garden
  • 1 Kodama of the East Tree
  • 1 Kogla and Yidaro
  • 1 Krosan Verge
  • 1 Lotus Field
  • 1 Magus of the Wheel
  • 1 Mana Tithe
  • 1 Manascape Refractor
  • 1 Moraug, Fury of Akoum
  • 1 Mossfire Valley
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Nahiri's Lithoforming
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Painted Bluffs
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pest Infestation
  • 1 Plains
  • 1 Primal Vigor
  • 1 Rabble Rousing
  • 1 Ramunap Excavator
  • 1 Ramunap Ruins
  • 1 Reclamation Sage
  • 1 Reiterate
  • 1 Retreat to Emeria
  • 1 Rootweaver Druid
  • 1 Rugged Prairie
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Rumor Gatherer
  • 1 Scapeshift
  • 1 Scavenger Grounds
  • 1 Scute Swarm
  • 1 Selesnya Sanctuary
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Shefet Dunes
  • 1 Sunscorched Desert
  • 1 Survivors' Encampment
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tempt with Discovery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Turntimber Sower
  • 1 Venom Connoisseur
  • 1 Verdant Command
  • 1 Vigor
  • 1 Wayward Swordtooth
  • 1 Weathered Wayfarer
  • 1 Welcoming Vampire
  • 1 Wildest Dreams
  • 1 Wooded Bastion
  • 1 Wrenn and Realmbreaker
  • 1 Zacama, Primal Calamity