MerMerMer by chunchlord

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This Simic deck is a dedicated Merfolk kindred strategy commanded by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The game plan revolves around deploying efficient Merfolk creatures in the early turns, establishing Hakbal to trigger team-wide explore mechanics, and rapidly growing the board while accelerating land drops and sculpting card quality. The deck converts this mass of +1/+1 counters into decisive combat victories using unblockability from Herald of Secret Streams or Islandwalk granted by Lord of Atlantis and Master of the Pearl Trident, aided by Harbinger of the Seas turning nonbasic lands into Islands. A comprehensive suite of tempo countermagic (Fierce Guardianship, Force of Will, Vodalian Hexcatcher) and protective spells (Heroic Intervention, Mutational Advantage) shields the creature engine from sweepers. One-sided bounce spells such as Wave Goodbye and Raise the Palisade clear opposing blockers, allowing the deck to close games through combat by Turn 7.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cenote Scout
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Patchwork Banner
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tide Shaper
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Turbulent Wilderness
  • 1 Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth