Hazoret, Godseeker 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
Indestructible, haste Start your engines! (If you have no speed, it starts at 1. It increases once on each of your turns when an opponent loses life. Max speed is 4.),
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn. Hazoret can't attack or block unless you have max speed.
Complete guide
Hazoret, Godseeker is a powerful, indestructible engine of war that demands momentum before she can join the fray. As a legendary God, she provides utility for smaller creatures until you achieve 'max speed' to unleash her full combat potential. Mastering her mechanics requires a keen eye on your speed tracker and your opponent's life total.
Understanding Speed Mechanics
When you control Hazoret, Godseeker, you immediately 'start your engines.' If you had no speed previously, your speed becomes 1 as a state-based action. During each of your turns, if an opponent loses life, your speed increases by 1, up to a maximum of 4. Note that losing control of Hazoret does not reset your speed; it is a permanent tracker for you as a player.
Resolving the Evasion Ability
Hazoret features an activated ability that costs one mana and tapping her to make a creature with power 2 or less unblockable. This check only happens as you activate the ability. If the target creature's power increases to 3 or more after the ability has resolved, it will remain unblockable for the rest of the turn. However, you must activate this before the 'Declare Blockers' step to have any effect.
Combat Restrictions
Despite having haste and being indestructible, Hazoret, Godseeker cannot attack or block unless your speed is 4. This is a static restriction. Even if she is crewed, modified, or given other abilities, she remains stationary on the battlefield until your engine is fully revved up. Once you hit max speed, she becomes a formidable attacker and blocker indefinitely.
Common Pitfalls
A common mistake is forgetting that speed only increases once per turn. Dealing damage to multiple opponents simultaneously or multiple times in a turn will still only result in one speed increase. Additionally, remember that Hazoret's unblockable ability is separate from her combat restriction; she can use her tap ability to help other creatures even if your speed is only 1.
Interaction examples
Hazoret, Godseeker
Ornithopter of ParadiseYou play Hazoret, Godseeker, and your speed becomes 1. You then tap Ornithopter of Paradise for mana and pay one to activate Hazoret's ability, targeting the Ornithopter. Since Ornithopter of Paradise has 0 power (which is 2 or less), it becomes unblockable. If the Ornithopter deals combat damage to your opponent, your speed will increase to 2 at the end of that combat sequence.
Professional Face-BreakerWith Hazoret and Professional Face-Breaker on the field, you attack with the Face-Breaker. Because it has menace, it is harder to block. If it deals combat damage to an opponent, two things happen: Professional Face-Breaker triggers to create a Treasure token, and your speed increases by 1 for the turn because an opponent lost life. You can then use that Treasure's mana to activate Hazoret's ability on your next turn.
If your speed is currently 3 and you cast a spell that causes an opponent to lose life during your turn, your speed increases to 4. Hazoret, Godseeker now has 'max speed.' She can immediately be declared as an attacker if it is your declare attackers step, or she can stand ready to block during your opponent's next turn, utilizing her indestructible keyword to survive combat.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Hazoret, Godseeker
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Hazoret’s activated ability must be used prior to declaring blockers to be effective. Activating it targeting a creature that has already been blocked will not cause that creature to become unblocked.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
After the activated ability resolves, the creature can’t be blocked this turn even if its power later increases to 3 or greater.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Start your engines! isn’t a triggered ability. Increasing your speed to 1 is something that happens as a state-based action as soon as you control a permanent with the ability. Notably, this includes gaining control of a permanent with the ability that another player controls.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Your speed doesn’t change until a spell or ability says so, such as the inherent triggered ability that cares about opponents losing life during your turn. Notably, losing control of permanents with start your engines! doesn’t affect your speed.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Each player tracks their speed (or lack thereof) separately. Increasing your speed has no effect on whether another player has speed.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect needs to know what a player’s speed is and that player doesn’t have a speed, their speed is considered 0.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
A player “has max speed” if their speed is 4.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
“Max speed — [ability]” means “As long as you have max speed, this object has [ability].” If the granted ability functions in a zone other than the battlefield, the max speed ability does too.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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