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Hazoret the Fervent
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Hazoret the Fervent
- Amonkhet

Reviewed June 12, 2017

Constructed: 3.25
Casual: 4.25
Limited: 4.13
Multiplayer: 3.50
Commander [EDH]: 3.50

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David Fanany

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Hazoret the Fervent
 
The main thing that unifies Magic's creatures with the God type is that they don't get involved very easily in ordinary combat - which kind of makes sense, if you think about how these things operate in other fantasy settings. The only sort-of exception is Karona, and she of course is not really a god at all. 
 
Hazoret has an interesting sort of tension in his design where his abilities are good for a "Big Red" type of strategy while making him a creature is much easier in a Sligh-style mana curve. He does work well with madness and, if you go back all the way to Ravnica, hellbent (which is actually a minor conceptual mismatch because he seems very deliberate and controlled, especially for a red creature). Note also that unlike Theros' gods, he is still a creature even if he's not "active", meaning that he can be equipped with a Basilisk Collar and make a mono-red life gain deck in Commander.
 
Constructed: 3/5
Casual: 4/5
Limited: 4/5
Multiplayer: 3/5
EDH/Commander: 3/5 

James H. Hazoret the Fervent (6/12)
 
The theme of the Amonkhet gods is that they require a condition to come online, but they’re able to meet them themselves. Hazoret asks you to be “heckbent" (almost hellbent), and you get a hasty 5/4 with indestructible for your trouble. It's a decent bit of damage if you can get her going on turn 4 (which happens, since red is known for having an empty hand a lot of the time), and indestructible makes her hard to dispose of.
 
Her activated ability is also actually pretty good: extra cards turn into damage, which allows you to turn on her ability to get into the fray. It's pretty synergistic, and it gives a bit of late-game inevitability. She's pretty strong late, but she can be weak early.
 
Constructed: 3.5
Casual: 4.5
Limited: 4.25
Multiplayer: 4
Commander: 4

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