[Primer] Hollow Earth Hunters - Hakbal EDH by Dusky90

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 45

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Simic Merfolk tribal tempo build led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The primary strategy focuses on establishing early low-cost Merfolk, ramping into Hakbal on turn 3 or 4, and utilizing repeated explore triggers to grow creature stats, fix draws, and ramp lands directly onto the battlefield. As the Merfolk army expands, evasion enablers such as Herald of Secret Streams, Lord of Atlantis, and Harbinger of the Seas turn the board into an unblockable combat clock that eliminates players in two to three combat steps. The deck backs up this aggressive creature strategy with efficient, low-mana interaction, instant-speed protection like Heroic Intervention and Fierce Guardianship, and a backup infinite turn combo utilizing Wanderwine Prophets and Deeproot Pilgrimage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Botanical Sanctum
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Daughter of the Deep
  • 1 Deepfathom Echo
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Eclipsed Realms
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Grove
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Forerunner of the Heralds
  • 3 Forest
  • 1 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Hedge Maze
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 8 Island
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Prismatic Vista
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Sage of Fables
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Silvergill Mentor
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Sphere Grid
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Stubborn Denial
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swan Song
  • 1 Talisman of Curiosity
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Three Tree City
  • 1 Three Visits
  • 1 Tide Shaper
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Tropical Island
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Willowrush Verge
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker