Hakbal by basbas

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 52

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Simic Merfolk tribal strategy led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The game plan establishes a wide board of efficient Merfolk in the opening turns, then utilizes Hakbal's combat trigger to explore across the entire team. This engine filters draws, rapidly accelerates land deployment, and accumulates +1/+1 counters on attackers. The deck multiplies this clock using non-legendary clone spells like Spark Double and Irenicus's Vile Duplication alongside triggered ability doublers like Roaming Throne, causing explore triggers to compound exponentially. Evasion enablers such as Lord of Atlantis, Master of the Pearl Trident, and Tide Shaper provide unblockable attacks against opponents with Islands, while one-sided sweepers like Raise the Palisade and Wave Goodbye clear opposing blockers. A robust suite of free and efficient counterspells protects the board against sweepers, allowing the deck to close out the game through overwhelming combat damage by Turn 6.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Chameleon, Master of Disguise
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cursecatcher
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flesh Duplicate
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Floodpits Drowner
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Green Sun's Zenith
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Tides
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Invasion of Ikoria // Zilortha, Apex of Ikoria
  • 1 Irenicus's Vile Duplication
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kodama of the West Tree
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Masked Vandal
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Looter
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Michelangelo, Weirdness to 11
  • 1 Mindspring Merfolk
  • 1 Mistcaller
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mockingbird
  • 1 Multiversal Passage
  • 1 Multiversal Recruitment
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overflowing Basin
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Phantasmal Image
  • 1 Quantum Misalignment
  • 1 Quasiduplicate
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sakashima of a Thousand Faces
  • 1 Sea Scryer
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tide Shaper
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth