Exploring Merfolk by user2505091

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 33

Deck overview

This Simic deck is a dedicated Merfolk tribal engine led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. It curves out with low-cost Merfolk in the early turns, establishing a wide presence before casting Hakbal on Turn 4. Hakbal's team-wide explore trigger provides immediate card selection, draws extra lands, and rapidly grows creatures with +1/+1 counters. The deck converts this resource velocity into a lethal board state through evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams, Lord of Atlantis, and Deepchannel Mentor. Asymmetric board wipes such as Raise the Palisade and Wave Goodbye clear opposing defenses while leaving the Merfolk army intact. Protection spells like Heroic Intervention and Ripples of Potential shield key pieces from opposing interaction as the deck eliminates opponents over successive combat turns.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Bygone Marvels
  • 1 Cephalid Coliseum
  • 1 Champions of the Shoal
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Dawn-Blessed Pennant
  • 1 Deepchannel Mentor
  • 1 Deepfathom Echo
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Doubling Season
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fog
  • 8 Forest
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Looter
  • 1 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Namor, Scourge of the Seas
  • 1 Nature's Will
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Rain-Slicked Copse
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rimewood Falls
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Shamanic Revelation
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 The Ooze
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thrasios, Triton Hero
  • 1 Thriving Grove
  • 1 Thriving Isle
  • 1 Unnatural Growth
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wizard Class
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker