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Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
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You can't spend mana to cast this spell. Convoke, delve (Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's color. Each card you exile from your graveyard pays for {1}.) You may cast this card from your graveyard. Trample
8 / 8
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“Cheat an 8/8 trampler into play via convoke and delve, then smash face repeatedly.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Tokens swarm
Tokens, Sacrifice, Graveyard
Strategy
Hogaak is all about cheating a massive 8/8 trampler into play without paying mana the traditional way. You're filling your graveyard early with cheap creatures and self-mill effects, then using convoke (tapping your dorks) and delve (exiling graveyard cards) to cast Hogaak for almost nothing. The beauty is you can cast it from the graveyard repeatedly, turning it into a recurring threat that's hard to answer permanently.
Your game plan revolves around ramping into early creature tokens or cheap creatures, then using those bodies to convoke out Hogaak while fueling the delve cost. Once Hogaak connects with its trample damage, you're swinging for 8 unblockable every turn. Backup strategies include making tokens to apply pressure alongside Hogaak, or using sacrifice outlets to rebuy Hogaak from the graveyard repeatedly for extra combat damage.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
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