Unda Da Sea (Explorers of the Deep) by user1984961

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a Simic Merfolk "explore-and-crack" tempo deck built around Hakbal of the Surging Soul. Every Merfolk on board becomes a repeatable source of land filtering and +1/+1 counters, while Hakbal's attack trigger turns those explored lands into free ramp or a card drawn. The 99 is a tribal shell of lords, token engines, counter synergies, and a strong instant-speed interaction suite that turns a wide board of explored Merfolk into an unblockable swarm. The fastest closing line is Herald of Secret Streams plus Triumph of the Hordes, with Wanderwine Prophets extra turns and Simic Ascendancy serving as secondary win paths. This is not an infinite-combo deck; it is a value-midrange deck that overwhelms through redundant creatures, card flow, and a few high-impact one-shot finishers.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abjure
  • 1 Aquitect's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Disdainful Stroke
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 1 Irma, Part-Time Mutant
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Savor the Moment
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starting Town
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Fire and Ice
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Triumph of the Hordes
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Wilderness Reclamation
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker