EsperLegendary Creature — Zombie WizardHashaton, Scarab's Fist
Mana value2Rank#3,575
The Commander
Whenever you discard a creature card, you may pay 
. If you do, create a tapped token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie.
Guide
Gameplan
Cheat huge creatures into play as 4/4 Zombie copies by discarding them and paying , abusing their enter-the-battlefield triggers and abilities while ignoring their mana cost. You loot, rummage, and reanimate your way through the deck, flooding the board with copied bombs that win through value or sheer size.
Strengths
- Two-mana commander that converts any discarded creature into a body, turning loot effects into a combo engine
- Copies keep abilities and ETBs, so discarding creatures with powerful enter triggers generates massive value
- Esper colors give the best card draw, removal, tutors, and reanimation support
- Discard-based 'cheating' dodges much of the cheat-into-play hate aimed at reanimation spells
Weaknesses
- Heavily commander-dependent; without Hashaton on the field the discard engine does nothing
- Needs both discard outlets AND big payoff creatures in hand, leading to nonbo hands
- Token copies are summoning-sick and the tax adds up across multiple activations
- Vulnerable to graveyard hate and to board wipes that erase your token army
Key Cards
- Faithless Looting — Cheap repeatable discard outlet that fuels Hashaton while digging for action.
- Agent of Treachery — Discarding it copies a 4/4 that steals any permanent, repeatable with reuse.
- Cavalier of Dawn — Each copy destroys a permanent on entry and leaves a 4/4 plus a token behind.
- Windfall — Mass discard refills your hand while throwing creatures into the bin for copies.
- Grand Abolisher — Protects your engine turn, though the real all-stars are big ETB creatures like Massacre Wurm and Sun Titan.
- Buried Alive — Loads the graveyard for backup reanimation when you can't pay Hashaton's cost.
Upgrade Path
Add free or repeatable discard outlets (Putrid Imp, Tortured Existence, Bone Miser) so you aren't reliant on one-shot rummaging, and pack the deck with high-impact ETB creatures worth copying. Tighten the mana with fast rocks and dual lands to consistently afford the tax twice a turn, and include protection like Heroic Intervention or counterspells to keep Hashaton and your token board alive through wipes.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Overwhelm with an army of 4/4 copied bombs with relevant abilities
- ▸Lock the board via repeated steal/destroy ETBs like Agent of Treachery and Massacre Wurm
- ▸Assemble an ETB combo (e.g. copying creatures alongside sacrifice/recursion loops) for infinite value or damage
- ▸Reanimate and copy a single game-ending threat then close with combat
Archetypes
- Reanimator — Discard outlets pitch fatties that Hashaton recurs as 4/4 copies instead of paying their cost.
- Value/ETB Blink — Copying creatures with strong enter-the-battlefield triggers generates repeatable advantage.
- Combo — Discardable creatures with infinite or near-infinite ETB loops can be assembled with Hashaton plus a free discard engine.
- Control — Esper removal, counters, and wraths stall the game until your copied bombs take over.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (BUW), by popularity.
