Hakbal Merfolk by user1936484

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 40

Deck overview

This Simic deck is a dedicated Merfolk kindred build commanded by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The strategy establishes early board presence with low-cost Merfolk, then curves into Hakbal to trigger team-wide explore at the beginning of combat. This engine accelerates mana by putting revealed lands into hand and cheating them directly onto the battlefield with Hakbal's attack trigger, while simultaneously distributing +1/+1 counters across the army. The deck transitions into a lethal threat by stacking traditional Merfolk lords like Lord of Atlantis and Master of the Pearl Trident alongside absolute evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams. Supporting pieces such as Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca and Emperor Mihail II offer secondary card advantage and token generation, while Mutational Advantage and Steely Resolve defend the board against opposing interaction. The deck reliably closes games through overwhelming, unblockable combat damage by Turn 7.

Decklist (101 cards)

  • 1 Amphibian Downpour
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Capsize
  • 1 Case of the Locked Hothouse
  • 1 Chain of Vapor
  • 1 Chronicle of Victory
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Collective Resistance
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Earthcraft
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Equilibrium
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fade Away
  • 1 Fallowsage
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Floodpits Drowner
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 5 Forest
  • 1 Gaea's Skyfolk
  • 1 Gemstone Mine
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Tides
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 18 Island
  • 1 Journey of Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Muddle the Mixture
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Namor, Scourge of the Seas
  • 1 Novijen, Heart of Progress
  • 1 Oko, Lorwyn Liege // Oko, Shadowmoor Scion
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reef Shaman
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Rivendell
  • 1 Sakashima the Impostor
  • 1 Sea Scryer
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Sensei's Divining Top
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Soldevi Excavations
  • 1 Steely Resolve
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Temporal Spring
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 True-Name Nemesis
  • 1 Umezawa's Jitte
  • 1 Voidslime
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast