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Format: Commander

Commander: Nicanzil, Current Conductor

Bracket: 2

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Merfolk explore tribal strategy helmed by Nicanzil, Current Conductor. The primary game plan is to chain explore triggers to put lands into play, grow a board of +1/+1 counter-laden Merfolk, and overwhelm opponents through combat or an alternate win condition. The commander rewards each explore: hitting a land lets you put another land onto the battlefield, hitting a nonland puts a +1/+1 counter on Nicanzil. Secondary engines like Hakbal of the Surging Soul and Path of Discovery compound the value by turning every attack or creature entry into an explore. The deck wins via Craterhoof Behemoth for a massive trample swing, Simic Ascendancy accelerated by Evolution Sage and proliferate effects, or simple islandwalk beatdown with Master of the Pearl Trident. This is a durdly, value-oriented list that relies on incremental advantage rather than speed or combo density.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
  • 1 Cenote Scout
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Deepfathom Echo
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Druid Class
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Enter the Unknown
  • 1 Eureka Moment
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 12 Forest
  • 1 Glowcap Lantern
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 10 Island
  • 1 Ixalli's Diviner
  • 1 Jadelight Ranger
  • 1 Jadelight Spelunker
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Over the Edge
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Discovery
  • 1 Pathfinding Axejaw
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Ride the Shoopuf
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 River Herald Guide
  • 1 River Herald Scout
  • 1 River Heralds' Boon
  • 1 Seeker of Sunlight
  • 1 Sentinel of the Nameless City
  • 1 Shadowed Caravel
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Siren Lookout
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spyglass Siren
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Subterranean Schooner
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker