The King of the Ocean by Drako91

Format: Commander

Commander: Namor the Sub-Mariner

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue Merfolk token-control deck built around Namor the Sub-Mariner. The primary game plan is to turn every blue-pipped noncreature spell into extra Merfolk tokens while deploying tribal lords, unblockable effects, and card draw to build an overwhelming battlefield. It can win either through a giant Banner of Kinship/Coat of Arms alpha strike or by chaining extra turns with Wanderwine Prophets. In the meantime, a dense countermagic package - including five free counterspells - keeps the board clear and protects the critical turn. The commander is best understood as a force multiplier: he makes the deck's instants and sorceries also produce chump-blocking, card-drawing, lord-pumped bodies, but he is not the only token engine in the list.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Banner of Kinship
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Coat of Arms
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Deepchannel Mentor
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Disallow
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Eldrazi Monument
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm
  • 1 Impostor Syndrome
  • 1 Inundate
  • 19 Island
  • 1 Junk Winder
  • 1 Kiora, the Rising Tide
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Lotus Petal
  • 1 Lullmage Mentor
  • 1 Mana Drain
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Mister Fantastic, Reed Richards
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Mystic Reflection
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Namor, Scourge of the Seas
  • 1 Narset's Reversal
  • 1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
  • 1 Opposition
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Reality Shift
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Rite of Replication
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Sapphire Medallion
  • 1 Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Seat of the Synod
  • 1 Secret Tunnel
  • 1 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Throne of Eldraine
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Treasure Cruise
  • 1 Urza's Saga
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Windfall