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Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Legendary Creature — Zombie Knight
You may cast this card from your graveyard, but not from anywhere else. As long as Haakon is on the battlefield, you may cast Knight spells from your graveyard. When Haakon dies, you lose 2 life.
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“Recur Knights from your graveyard for endless value and a growing army.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Graveyard, Tokens, Aristocrats
Strategy
Haakon, Stromgald Scourge is a graveyard-focused commander that turns your discard pile into a second hand. The core gameplan is simple: fill your graveyard with Knights (especially cheap ones), then cast them repeatedly from the bin while Haakon sits on the battlefield. You're essentially getting a ton of value from cards that would normally be dead, generating incremental advantages through Knight lords, sacrifice outlets, and aristocrat synergies.
Your deck wants to lean into self-mill and discard effects to stock the graveyard quickly—cards like Faithless Looting, Stitcher's Supplier, and Optimism help you dig toward Knights while setting up explosive turns. Once you have a critical mass of Knights in the yard and Haakon online, you start recurring them for threats on the board. The deck wins through either a wide Knight token army that attacks for lethal, or by chaining Knights into sacrifice outlets for incremental damage and card advantage until opponents fall behind.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Use budget Knights like Knight of the Ebon Legion and Venerable Knight instead of pricey lords; Faithless Looting and Stitcher's Supplier are both under $2 and fuel your graveyard perfectly.
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