Anax, Hardened in the Forge is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Anax's power is equal to your devotion to red. (Eachin the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to red.) Whenever Anax or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a 1/1 red Satyr creature token with "This token can't block." If the creature had power 4 or greater, create two of those tokens instead.
How it works : Anax, Hardened in the Forge
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability that defines Anax's power works in all zones, not just the battlefield.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Anax dies at the same time as another nontoken creature you control, its ability triggers for each of them.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
To determine whether you create two tokens, check the power of the creature that died immediately before it died.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If you create a token that's a copy of Anax, its last ability triggers when it dies.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Colorless and generic mana symbols (
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, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #9· Wizards of the Coast
If you put an Aura on an opponent's permanent, you still control the Aura, and mana symbols in its mana cost count towards your devotion.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Viscera Seer + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding
. - 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Goblin Bombardment + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 4Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Reassembling Skeleton + Carrion Feeder + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 4Activate Carrion Feeder by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Carrion Feeder ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Woe Strider + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Reassembling Skeleton + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing Reassembling Skeleton.
- 2When Reassembling Skeleton dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 4Activate Woe Strider by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Woe Strider ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Reassembling Skeleton by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Squee, the Immortal + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Thermopod
- 1Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing Squee, adding .
- 2Squee dies, triggering Anax, creating a 1/1 Satyr creature token.
- 3Activate Thermopod's second ability by sacrificing the Satyr, adding .
- 4Cast Squee from your graveyard by paying .
- 5Birgi triggers, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Viscera Seer + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Bloodsoaked Champion + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion.
- 2When Bloodsoaked Champion dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 4Activate Viscera Seer by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Viscera Seer ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Squee, the Immortal + Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty + Phyrexian Altar
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Squee, adding .
- 2Squee dies, triggering Anax, creating a 1/1 Satyr creature token.
- 3Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing the Satyr, adding .
- 4Cast Squee from your graveyard by paying .
- 5Birgi triggers, adding .
- 6Repeat.
Goblin Bombardment + Anax, Hardened in the Forge + Bloodsoaked Champion + Pitiless Plunderer
- 1Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing Bloodsoaked Champion.
- 2When Bloodsoaked Champion dies, Pitiless Plunderer and Anax trigger, creating a creature token and a Treasure token.
- 3Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 4Activate Goblin Bombardment by sacrificing the creature token.
- 5When the creature token dies, Pitiless Plunderer triggers, creating a Treasure token.
- 6Resolve the Goblin Bombardment ability.
- 7Activate the Treasures by tapping and sacrificing them, adding .
- 8Activate Bloodsoaked Champion by paying , returning it from your graveyard to the battlefield.
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