Hak & bal Torture by QuDodger

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Hakbal of the Surging Soul leads a dedicated Simic Merfolk tribal deck focused on aggressive board development, continuous card filtering, and explosive counter scaling. Hakbal turns every creature into an explore engine at the start of combat, rapidly drawing lands, loading the graveyard, and growing the board. The primary win condition is overwhelming unblockable combat damage powered by anthem lords like Lord of Atlantis and evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams or Wonder. As an alternate path, the deck can assemble an infinite token engine using Deeproot Pilgrimage alongside untap creatures like Kiora's Follower and clone effects.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abstergo Entertainment
  • 1 Abundant Countryside
  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cenote Scout
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Champions of the Shoal
  • 1 Chomping Changeling
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Disruptor of Currents
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Echo of Eons
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Floodpits Drowner
  • 1 Forensic Researcher
  • 1 Forest
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herd Heirloom
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 1 Into the Flood Maw
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 3 Island
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merfolk Windrobber
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mindspring Merfolk
  • 1 Mutable Explorer
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Namor, Scourge of the Seas
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Streambed Aquitects
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temporal Trespass
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Waterfront Bouncer
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast