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Zar Ojanen, Scion of Efrava
WGSelesnyaLegendary Creature — Cat Warrior

Zar Ojanen, Scion of Efrava

Mana value5Rank#17,534
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The Commander

Domain — Whenever Zar Ojanen becomes tapped, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with toughness less than the number of basic land types among lands you control.

Guide

Gameplan

Zar Ojanen wants you to attack wide with creatures and snowball +1/+1 counters every combat, using multiple basic land types to make Domain count high enough to buff a whole board. Ramp into basics across the spectrum, deploy go-wide token producers and counter synergies, and turn sideways while Zar pumps your team each time it taps. You close games by overwhelming with anthem-fueled creatures or pivoting buffed tokens into damage.

Strengths

  • Repeatable, free board-wide buffs that scale with your token count
  • GW gives access to elite ramp, tutoring for lands, and protection
  • Counter payoffs and anthems make small tokens lethal fast
  • Cheap to recast at 5 mana with high incremental value

Weaknesses

  • Domain caps buff at toughness threshold, so high basic-land-type counts are needed to matter
  • Relies on Zar attacking/tapping, so removal or tap-down disrupts the engine
  • Board wipes punish the go-wide plan hard
  • No card advantage or evasion baked in—can stall behind blockers

Key Cards

  • Prismatic Omen — Makes every land all five basic types, maxing out Domain so Zar buffs nearly your whole board.
  • Doubling Season — Doubles every +1/+1 counter Zar places, exponentially growing your team each tap.
  • Branching Evolution — Cheaper counter doubler that turns each Domain trigger into a massive swing.
  • Skullclamp — Converts your small tokens into relentless card draw, refilling the board Zar pumps.
  • Cathars' Crusade — Stacks even more counters whenever you make tokens, compounding with Domain triggers.
  • Intangible Virtue — Anthem that turns wide token boards into immediate pressure alongside Zar's counters.

Upgrade Path

Add land-type fixers like Prismatic Omen, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and fetch-shuffle dual basics to keep Domain near maximum. Layer in counter doublers (Doubling Season, Branching Evolution) and token engines, then top with a finisher like Craterhoof Behemoth or Overwhelming Stampede. Tighten ramp (Three Visits, Nature's Lore fetching dual-type basics) and add protection like Heroic Intervention to guard against wipes.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

  • ▸Alpha strike with an anthem-boosted, counter-pumped token army
  • ▸Overrun-style finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Pathbreaker Ibex
  • ▸Grind incremental value until your board outclasses everyone and crash in

Archetypes

  • +1/+1 Counters — Domain naturally feeds counter payoffs and doublers for explosive growth.
  • Tokens — Going wide maximizes how many creatures each Domain trigger pumps.
  • Domain/Five-Color Lands — Building basic land type density is the core lever that makes Zar's ability hit harder.
  • Aggro Go-Wide — Buffed creatures attack as a swarm to overwhelm opponents.

Combos

No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.

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