Hakbal, Simic Merfolk by keaton223

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a focused Simic Merfolk tribal deck helmed by Hakbal of the Surging Soul, designed to explode through combat-driven explore triggers. The primary game plan combines a wide Merfolk board with lords, token generators, and draw engines, while Hakbal provides explosive ramp and card advantage each combat. The deck wins through overwhelming combat damage (often unblockable via islandwalk or Herald of Secret Streams) and a repeatable extra-turn loop with Wanderwine Prophets championing a Merfolk and sacrificing one each combat. The commander acts as the engine, accelerating land drops and filtering draws, while the 99 supplies the tribal synergy and protection to close out games.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancient Tomb
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Bala Ged Recovery // Bala Ged Sanctuary
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cryptic Command
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deepchannel Mentor
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fog
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 2 Forest
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Guardian Project
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 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 Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Rhythm
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pit of Offerings
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Shapers' Sanctuary
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spreading Seas
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempest Caller
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Three Steps Ahead
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Tishana, Voice of Thunder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker