THE TIDE RISES by xX_UvvU_Xx

Format: Commander

Commander: Rikala, Homarid King

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This Simic deck helmed by Rikala, Homarid King revolves around accumulating tide counters to generate mana advantage and pump creatures. The primary game plan is to deploy the commander early, use proliferate effects (Evolution Sage, Thrummingbird, Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus) to accelerate counter growth, and convert Island-heavy mana into casting oversized sea monsters like Koma, Cosmos Serpent, Stormtide Leviathan, and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait. Land-typing effects (Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, Realmwright, The Flood of Mars) turn the board into Islands, enabling High Tide and the commander's mana boost for explosive turns. Wins come through combat damage from evasive, high-power creatures supported by value engines like Beast Whisperer and O'aka, Traveling Merchant. The deck lacks fast combo lines, relying on incremental advantage and overwhelming board presence.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Berta, Wise Extrapolator
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Bounty of the Luxa
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Charix, the Raging Isle
  • 1 Chisei, Heart of Oceans
  • 1 Clockspinning
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Desynchronization
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Dreamtide Whale
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Eaten by Piranhas
  • 1 Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Evolving Wilds
  • 1 Expand the Sphere
  • 1 Experimental Augury
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Ferropede
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Goldvein Hydra
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hexavus
  • 1 High Tide
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroid Krasis
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Koma, Cosmos Serpent
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Mathemagics
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nadir Kraken
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nesting Grounds
  • 1 Nezahal, Primal Tide
  • 1 O'aka, Traveling Merchant
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Paradox Zone
  • 1 Pollywog Prodigy
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Power Conduit
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Quicksilver Fountain
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwright
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rikala, Homarid King
  • 1 Rimewood Falls
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sin, Unending Cataclysm
  • 1 Snap
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Song of the Dryads
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Stormtide Leviathan
  • 1 Tangled Islet
  • 1 Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 The Flood of Mars
  • 1 The Pride of Hull Clade
  • 1 Through the Forest Gate
  • 1 Thrummingbird
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth