Hakbal of the Surging Soul by user9147844

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

Hakbal of the Surging Soul is a combat-focused Merfolk +1/+1 counter engine: the deck drops small Merfolk, plays Hakbal on turn 3, and uses his explore trigger every combat to grow the board while converting lands into extra draws and land drops. Secondary paths are lords and unblockable effects (Herald of Secret Streams, Master of the Pearl Trident, Mist Dancer) to finish through combat, and Simic Ascendancy as a slower counter-based alternate win. Hakbal is the central engine; Emperor Mihail II serves as a secondary value piece that casts and creates Merfolk, but no hidden commander exists. The deck is designed to lean on Hakbal's exploration rather than either face of a transforming commander.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Broken Bond
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Evendo, Waking Haven
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Forerunner of the Heralds
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Jadelight Spelunker
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Llanowar Reborn
  • 1 Loading Zone
  • 1 Lush Oasis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Prime Speaker Zegana
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Ruinous Intrusion
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Summer Bloom
  • 1 Surgespanner
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Temple of Mystery
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Thornwood Falls
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Tide Shaper
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Tishana, Voice of Thunder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Tributary Instructor
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker