Big Splash by RCG

Format: Commander

Commander: Nezahal, Primal Tide

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

Helmed by Nezahal, Primal Tide, this is a mono-blue big-mana control/value deck. It plans to chain card draw - Rhystic Study, Consecrated Sphinx, Kindred Discovery, and the commander itself - into a hand full of counterspells and haymakers. The primary path to victory is overwhelming the table with Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Emrakul, the Promised End, Stormtide Leviathan, and other high-end threats, often under Wonder flying or islandwalk. Secondary wins include Psychosis Crawler drain and a Laboratory Maniac/Jace, Wielder of Mysteries decking line, plus a Hullbreaker Horror + Sol Ring infinite-mana engine. The deck is patient: it trades early pressure for card advantage and countermagic, then wins through sheer mana and card volume.

Decklist (99 cards)

  • 1 Arc Reactor
  • 1 Arcane Adaptation
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Back to Basics
  • 1 Consecrated Sphinx
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cresting Mosasaurus
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dour Port-Mage
  • 1 Drownyard Behemoth
  • 1 Elder Deep-Fiend
  • 1 Emrakul, the Promised End
  • 1 Etherium Sculptor
  • 1 Evacuation
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flood of Tears
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 33 Island
  • 1 Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Laboratory Maniac
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Maskwood Nexus
  • 1 Metalwork Colossus
  • 1 Mulldrifter
  • 1 Myr Battlesphere
  • 1 Myr Enforcer
  • 1 Mystic Confluence
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 Ominous Seas
  • 1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation
  • 1 Phyrexian Triniform
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Psychosis Crawler
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Remote Isle
  • 1 Resculpt
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thran Dynamo
  • 1 Torrential Gearhulk
  • 1 Treasure Mage
  • 1 Twisted Riddlekeeper
  • 1 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vexing Scuttler
  • 1 Windfall
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Wretched Gryff