
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist Commander Deck
Hashaton turns discarding into a reanimator engine. Looters, rummagers and discard outlets throw huge creatures into the graveyard, and each time a creature card is discarded Hashaton can pay {2}{U} to make a tapped 4/4 Zombie token copy that keeps the original's abilities, so discarding a Praetor or Archon puts a copy into play right away. The real card then stays in the graveyard as a target for classic reanimation spells. A heavy package of opponent-punishing card draw fuels the looting and pays for repeated triggers. How it wins: It builds a board of copied and reanimated fatties like Elesh Norn, Sheoldred, Archon of Cruelty, Toxrill and Jin-Gitaxias that shrink or strip opposing boards and grind out card advantage until big fliers and Zombies attack for the win, with Summon: Bahamut's Mega Flare or Living Death mass-reanimation as explosive finishers. Key roles: - Discard outlets and looters: Repeatable rummaging and free discard costs pitch creature cards on demand, triggering Hashaton and filling the graveyard (Obsessive Stitcher, Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, Tortured Existence) - Big creature payload: Expensive game-warping creatures are meant to be discarded rather than cast, so Hashaton copies come with board-wiping static effects, recurring edicts or massive draw (Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite, Archon of Cruelty, Toxrill, the Corrosive) - Reanimation: Spells and recursive creatures put the discarded originals back onto the battlefield, doubling up on each threat, with Living Death as a mass return (Animate Dead, Reanimate, Living Death) - Discard payoffs: Cards that reward every discard add damage, treasure and card flow beyond Hashaton's copies (Archfiend of Ifnir, Monument to Endurance, Psychic Frog) - Tax-based card advantage: Draw and treasure engines punish opponents for casting spells or drawing, keeping a steady supply of cards to loot away and mana for {2}{U} payments (Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, Orcish Bowmasters) - Free interaction: Commander-enabled free spells and cheap counters protect the engine and the reanimated threats at low mana cost (Fierce Guardianship, Mana Drain, Deadly Rollick)
Hashaton, Scarab's Fist decklist
- Island
- Swamp
- Animate Dead
- Reanimate
- Putrid Imp
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Arcane Signet
- Command Tower
- Swan Song
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
- Frantic Search
- Living Death
- Path to Exile
- Rhystic Study
- Sol Ring
- Swords to Plowshares
- Teferi's Protection
- Ghostly Pilferer
- Obsessive Stitcher
- Fellwar Stone
- Dimir Signet
- Exotic Orchard
- Underground River
- Mana Drain
- Adarkar Wastes
- City of Brass
- Cephalid Coliseum
- Bloodstained Mire
- Flooded Strand
- Godless Shrine
- Watery Grave
- Morphic Pool
- Sea of Clouds
- Sire of Stagnation
- Jace, Vryn's Prodigy // Jace, Telepath Unbound
- Ancient Tomb
- Hallowed Fountain
- Smothering Tithe
- Arid Mesa
- Cyclonic Rift
- Marsh Flats
- Misty Rainforest
- Scalding Tarn
- Verdant Catacombs
- Mana Confluence
- Polluted Delta
- Windswept Heath
- Caves of Koilos
- Talisman of Progress
- Talisman of Dominance
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Archfiend of Ifnir
- Consecrated Sphinx
- Avacyn, Angel of Hope
- Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
- Tortured Existence
- Nezahal, Primal Tide
- Tireless Tribe
- Vault of Champions
- Opposition Agent
- Angel of the Ruins
- Serra's Emissary
- The Underworld Cookbook
- Esper Sentinel
- Archon of Cruelty
- Toxrill, the Corrosive
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
- Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
- Raffine's Tower
- Ledger Shredder
- Vohar, Vodalian Desecrator
- The One Ring
- Rona, Herald of Invasion // Rona, Tolarian Obliterator
- Orcish Bowmasters
- Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
- Likeness Looter
- Psychic Frog
- Spymaster's Vault
- Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
- Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
- Kitsa, Otterball Elite
- Pollywog Prodigy
- Valgavoth, Terror Eater
- Gloomlake Verge
- Floodfarm Verge
- Metamorphosis Fanatic
- Bleachbone Verge
- Riptide Gearhulk
- Monument to Endurance
- Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
- Will of the Abzan
- Summon: Bahamut
- The Queen of Dale
- Gleaming Splendor
- Deadly Rollick
- Fierce Guardianship
- Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
- Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
