KRAKEN by bonniewankenobi

Format: Commander

Commander: The Watcher in the Water

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a mono-blue draw-go control strategy helmed by The Watcher in the Water. The primary game plan revolves around deploying the commander on Turn 4 or 5 and casting instant-speed draw spells on opponents' turns to generate an army of 1/1 Tentacle tokens. These tokens fuel asymmetric tap-down engines such as Opposition and Junk Winder, effectively locking opponents out of their mana base and combat steps. Card advantage compounds through engines like Teferi's Ageless Insight, Archmage Emeritus, and Wavebreak Hippocamp, while interactive countermagic protects the board. The deck closes games around Turn 8 through wide Tentacle combat, 8/8 Krakens from Ominous Seas, table-wide life drain with Psychosis Crawler, or self-mill laboratory finishes via Laboratory Maniac and Jace, Wielder of Mysteries.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archmage Emeritus
  • 1 Archmage's Charm
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brainsurge
  • 1 Chasm Skulker
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Decanter of Endless Water
  • 1 Faerie Mastermind
  • 1 Flow of Knowledge
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Idol of Oblivion
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 34 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Lost in the Maze
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Meeting of Minds
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nexus Mentality
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Opposition
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Perilous Research
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Pull from Tomorrow
  • 1 Refute
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stroke of Genius
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Symmetry Matrix
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 The Golden Throne
  • 1 The Watcher in the Water
  • 1 Thirst for Discovery
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tolarian Winds
  • 1 Triskaidekaphile
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Verity Circle
  • 1 Wavebreak Hippocamp
  • 1 Whelming Wave
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wizard Class