Suffering by user4229502

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Simic Merfolk tribal deck helmed by Hakbal of the Surging Soul, built around the explore mechanic to generate explosive value and board presence. The primary game plan is to deploy a critical mass of Merfolk, use Hakbal's combat-triggered explore to stack +1/+1 counters and flood the board with lands, then overwhelm opponents with unblockable threats via islandwalk, Herald of Secret Streams, or Rogue's Passage. Secondary win conditions include Simic Ascendancy's alternate condition and Overwhelming Stampede to turn a wide board into lethal damage. The deck lacks infinite combos, relying instead on a synergistic value engine that grows incrementally each turn.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Avengers Monitoring Station
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Filter Out
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Fog
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Discovery
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempest Caller
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Earth Crystal
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker