Merfolks by vincenava

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Merfolk typal and +1/+1 counters strategy led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The game plan establishes a fast board of cheap, synergistic Merfolk on early turns, followed by deploying Hakbal on Turn 4. At the beginning of combat, Hakbal triggers explore for every Merfolk you control, drawing lands into hand and loading nonland cards with +1/+1 counters while curating your library. The deck converts this steady flow of resources into an evasive combat victory using lords like Lord of Atlantis and Master of the Pearl Trident, unblockable enablers like Herald of Secret Streams, and land-altering disruption like Harbinger of the Seas. Protection spells like Ripples of Potential and Svyelun of Sea and Sky safeguard your wide board against opposing sweepers. The deck delivers resilient midgame beatdown through overwhelming card flow and compounding board growth.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Agna Qel'a
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Bear Umbra
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Blossoming Defense
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Curse of the Swine
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Descendants' Path
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 16 Island
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kindred Summons
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 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 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Namor, Scourge of the Seas
  • 1 Namora, the Sea Queen
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Quandrix Command
  • 1 Ravenform
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Saw It Coming
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spreading Seas
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tide Shaper
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Wave Goodbye