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Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Legendary Creature — Elephant Warrior

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{G}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Commander Legends
Price
$0.29
EDHREC rank
#3279
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Hamza, Guardian of Arashin card art
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin turns a board of counters-laden creatures into a cost-reduction engine, shaving one generic mana per creature with a +1/+1 counter until the whole squad hits the table for free. The catch is that Hamza himself costs seven mana without setup — but in any shell that already wants Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener or Ancestral Statue, that setup happens naturally and Hamza becomes the glue that makes the late game absurd.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

55.9% of decks · synergy 0.53

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener proliferates and distributes counters aggressively enough that Hamza, Guardian of Arashin can hit the board several mana ahead of schedule — and once both are in play, each new creature with a counter costs less while growing the board further.

02
Reyhan, Last of the AbzanYoshimaru, Ever Faithful

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

54.4% of decks · synergy 0.52

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful generates counters naturally on both halves, so Hamza, Guardian of Arashin's cost reduction kicks in almost immediately and the late game becomes a cascade of undercosted threats.

03
Lae'zel, Vlaakith's ChampionMaster Chef

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef

50.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion // Master Chef puts extra counters on every permanent entering the battlefield, meaning Hamza, Guardian of Arashin's discount condition is met by the entire creature base rather than just a few dedicated payoffs.

04
Shalai and Hallar

Shalai and Hallar

40.4% of decks · synergy 0.38

Shalai and Hallar distribute counters at scale whenever you cast spells with kicker, letting Hamza, Guardian of Arashin slash costs across a wide board of counters-laden creatures that Shalai and Hallar is already making enormous.

05
Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam

Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam

42.0% of decks · synergy 0.36

Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam doubles triggered abilities, which stacks explosively with Hamza, Guardian of Arashin's cost-reduction trigger and any enters-the-battlefield counter effects, collapsing the mana requirements of the entire deck.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Hamza, Guardian of Arashin — the 99-card singleton format gives you the density of +1/+1 counter synergies needed to make the cost reduction relevant before turn seven, and a single Hamza on the board can bend an entire game's economy. In Legacy and Vintage, where the format is legal, Hamza is too slow and too dependent on board state to compete; those formats end before a counters-based setup pays off. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting: as a signature spell target or companion piece, Hamza, Guardian of Arashin can still find a home in a focused shell, though the smaller deck size cuts the redundancy it needs.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.29 bulk tier

At $0.29, Hamza, Guardian of Arashin is firmly bulk — you can pick up copies without a second thought and slot it into any counters build. Bulk rares with genuine combo potential tend to spike when they get a popular commander partner, so it's worth grabbing extras now rather than hunting them down after the next Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener-adjacent precon drops.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.