Hakbal by mhans913

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a Simic Merfolk tribal and +1/+1 counters strategy led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The game plan curves low-cost Merfolk on Turns 1 through 3 to prepare for Hakbal on Turn 4. When Hakbal enters, its beginning-of-combat trigger causes every Merfolk to explore, filtering the library, drawing lands, and placing +1/+1 counters across the board. The deck leverages tribal lords and evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams and Lord of Atlantis to make its massive creatures unblockable. Defensive tools like Vodalian Hexcatcher and Ripples of Potential protect the wide board from sweepers and removal. The deck creates a lethal attack on Turn 5 and systematically eliminates all three opponents by Turn 7 through unblockable combat damage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cenote Scout
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Historian
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Explore
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Forerunner of the Heralds
  • 9 Forest
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 9 Island
  • 1 Kami of Whispered Hopes
  • 1 Karn's Bastion
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 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 Skydiver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Rampant Growth
  • 1 Rapid Hybridization
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Roaming Throne
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Simic Ascendancy
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sodden Verdure
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Teferi's Ageless Insight
  • 1 Thassa, God of the Sea
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 2 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Tribute to the World Tree
  • 1 Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker