New Untitled Deck by Linker183

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 48

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Simic Merfolk tribal and +1/+1 counters aggro-engine commanded by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The strategy revolves around deploying efficient low-cost Merfolk during the opening turns, followed by resolving Hakbal on Turn 3 or 4 to immediately trigger team-wide explore abilities at combat. This engine accelerates mana by directly dropping explored lands onto the battlefield while accumulating massive +1/+1 counters and filtering through the library. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by Turn 5 through synergistic evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams, Islandwalk lords paired with Harbinger of the Seas, or one-sided asymmetric bounce from Raise the Palisade. It also packs a compact infinite turn combo with Wanderwine Prophets and Deeproot Pilgrimage. Supported by resilient instant-speed protection like Ripples of Potential and Heroic Intervention, along with on-board tax and counter magic from Vodalian Hexcatcher, the deck provides relentless pressure and robust recovery.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aqueous Form
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Disruptor of Currents
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Exploration
  • 4 Forest
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Ink Dissolver
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Midnight Clock
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Primal Rage
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Supreme Will
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Syncopate
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Terramorphic Expanse
  • 1 Tezzeret's Gambit
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Tributary Instructor
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unnatural Restoration
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Voidslime
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Winged Boots
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker