Liora of the Sea by user6963798

Format: Commander

Commander: Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 36

Deck overview

This Simic stompy deck is built around Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep, leveraging tribal synergies with Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents. The early game establishes rapid mana acceleration through 1-drop mana dorks and land-ramp sorceries, setting up a Turn 4 Kiora. Once operational, every large Sea Monster cast triggers Kiora's pseudo-cascade ability to cheat additional high-impact spells into play for free. The deck sustains exceptional card advantage via power-based draw engines like Garruk's Uprising and Elemental Bond. Interaction focuses on devastating asymmetric board wipes—such as Whelming Wave and Scourge of Fleets—which clear opposing creature boards while leaving the pilot's behemoths untouched. Lethality is achieved through massive trampling and unblockable combat swings orchestrated by Serpent of Yawning Depths, Spawning Kraken, or Overwhelming Stampede. Although soft to well-timed sweepers, the commander's ward protection and heavy ramp ensure consistent mid-game resilience.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arboreal Grazer
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
  • 1 Bident of Thassa
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Destiny Spinner
  • 1 Elemental Bond
  • 1 Elvish Pioneer
  • 1 Enter the Unknown
  • 1 Far Wanderings
  • 1 Fertile Ground
  • 1 Fisher's Talent
  • 20 Forest
  • 1 Frilled Sea Serpent
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Garruk's Uprising
  • 1 Gift of Paradise
  • 1 Glacier Godmaw
  • 1 Grappling Kraken
  • 1 Gyre Engineer
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 High Tide
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Kefnet's Monument
  • 1 Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner
  • 1 Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Koma, World-Eater
  • 1 Kozilek's Unsealing
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Long River's Pull
  • 1 Monstrosity of the Lake
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 New Horizons
  • 1 Nissa's Pilgrimage
  • 1 Overrun
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Return of the Wildspeaker
  • 1 Rishkar's Expertise
  • 1 Scourge of Fleets
  • 1 Sea-Dasher Octopus
  • 1 Serpent of Yawning Depths
  • 1 Shrouded Serpent
  • 1 Simic Charm
  • 1 Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
  • 1 Spawning Kraken
  • 1 Spell Pierce
  • 1 Starwinder
  • 1 Stormsurge Kraken
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
  • 1 Tidal Terror
  • 1 Tolarian Kraken
  • 1 Troyan, Gutsy Explorer
  • 1 Unruly Krasis
  • 1 Urban Evolution
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Verdant Kraken
  • 1 Whelming Wave