Counter (like the spell) Blitz by TsulKalu

Format: Commander

Commander: Morska, Undersea Sleuth

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 58

Deck overview

This Bant deck uses Morska, Undersea Sleuth as a steady card-advantage and clue-generating commander for a midrange creature stompy strategy. The primary game plan accelerates early mana through efficient dorks, rocks, and enchantments like Bloom Tender, Faeburrow Elder, and Smothering Tithe, quickly transitioning into high-velocity card draw engines such as Rhystic Study, Guardian Project, and Beast Whisperer. After building a wide creature board and substantial mana reserves, the deck pivots into decisive combat finishers, leveraging Craterhoof Behemoth, Moonshaker Cavalry, or Avenger of Zendikar to eliminate all opponents in a single swing. Robust reactive interaction, headlined by Fierce Guardianship, Mana Drain, and Cyclonic Rift, disrupts opposing win attempts, while proactive shields like Grand Abolisher, Teferi's Protection, and Heroic Intervention safeguard your board. An alternate infinite mana combo with Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and Basalt Monolith provides explosive non-combat utility.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
  • 1 Avenger of Zendikar
  • 1 Basalt Monolith
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Canopy Vista
  • 1 Chromatic Orrery
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Warden
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Faeburrow Elder
  • 1 Farewell
  • 1 Felidar Guardian
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flickering Hound
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Flusterstorm
  • 1 Forensic Gadgeteer
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Grand Abolisher
  • 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 1 Mirari's Wake
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Moonshaker Cavalry
  • 1 Morska, Undersea Sleuth
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Omnipresence
  • 1 Omniscience
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Overgrown Farmland
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Pia, Aether Ascetic
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Prairie Stream
  • 1 Privileged Position
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Samut, Tyrant of Naktamun
  • 1 Savannah
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sigarda, Font of Blessings
  • 1 Simulacrum Shaper
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solemn Simulacrum
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Spara's Headquarters
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tidus, Blitzball Star
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Tundra
  • 1 Windswept Heath