Hakbal 10.08.26 by user5448523

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 as its primary engine. Every combat, Hakbal sends each Merfolk exploring, growing the board with +1/+1 counters while filtering draws and, on attack, dropping extra lands into play. A dense lord package - Lord of Atlantis, Master of the Pearl Trident, Merrow Reejerey, Attuma, Atlantean Warlord - plus token generators like Deeproot Waters, Deeproot Pilgrimage, and Emperor Mihail II builds a wide, evasive board. Counter synergy from Hardened Scales and Branching Evolution combines with Herald of Secret Streams to make countered creatures unblockable, while Craterhoof Behemoth - copyable via Sakashima of a Thousand Faces, Spark Double, and Mirrorpool - is the primary finisher. The deck wins through combat damage, with islandwalk and unblockable effects providing the evasion.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Decisive Denial
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dig Through Time
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Enduring Vitality
  • 1 Fade from History
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forensic Researcher
  • 1 Forerunner of the Heralds
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Incubation Druid
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 7 Island
  • 1 Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mindspring Merfolk
  • 1 Mirrorpool
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Tolaria West
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Willowrush Verge