Merfolk by user5739613

Format: Commander

Commander: Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 42

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Sea Monster Tribal and Big Mana Midrange strategy commanded by Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep. The deck accelerates its mana base in the early turns using efficient ramp spells and rocks to deploy Kiora ahead of curve on Turn 3. Once Kiora is active, casting large Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents triggers pseudo-cascade effects, putting additional high-impact spells onto the battlefield for free. The deck achieves critical onset on Turn 5 by flooding the board with massive bodies that generate overwhelming token armies, tap down opposing defenses, or grant total unblockability. Supported by an infinite colorless mana combo with Basalt Monolith and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, the deck closes games on Turn 6 by overwhelming all three opponents with massive combat damage or an overloaded Cyclonic Rift. Built-in ward and indestructible abilities offer solid protection against targeted interaction.

Decklist (97 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Altered Ego
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Benthic Anomaly
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Breaching Leviathan
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Castle Garenbrig
  • 1 Cloak of the Bat
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Depths
  • 1 Deep-Sea Kraken
  • 1 Defense of the Heart
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
  • 1 Grozoth
  • 1 Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
  • 1 Kiora, the Crashing Wave
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Monster Manual // Zoological Study
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 Nyxbloom Ancient
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Palinchron
  • 1 Quicksilver Amulet
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Reshape the Earth
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sin, Unending Cataclysm
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spawning Kraken
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Toski, Bearer of Secrets
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Unruly Krasis
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Vivid Grove
  • 1 Whirlwind
  • 1 Whispersilk Cloak
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast