Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This Simic Merfolk tribal deck leverages Hakbal of the Surging Soul as a relentless value engine, turning each combat into a cascade of explore triggers that grow the board, drop extra lands, and refill the hand. The primary win condition is combat damage via an overwhelming army of Merfolk sporting +1/+1 counters, evasion from islandwalk, Herald of Secret Streams (unblockable), or Wonder (flying), and a finisher like Overwhelming Stampede. The deck eschews infinite combos, relying on dense tribal synergy, counter doubling, and repeatable card advantage to grind out games through incremental advantage.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Aquitect's Will
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Branching Evolution
  • 1 Bred for the Hunt
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Court of Garenbrig
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Danny Pink
  • 1 Deeproot Elite
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 For the Ancestors
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Halimar Depths
  • 1 Harbinger of the Tides
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 12 Island
  • 1 Jadelight Spelunker
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kodama's Reach
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merfolk Skydiver
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merrow Commerce
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Metallic Mimic
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mosswort Bridge
  • 1 Mystic Sanctuary
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Overwhelming Stampede
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Raise the Palisade
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Reflections of Littjara
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Ripples of Potential
  • 1 Sage of Fables
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Simic Growth Chamber
  • 1 Singer of Swift Rivers
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spreading Seas
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid
  • 1 Tempest Caller
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
  • 1 Titan of Littjara
  • 1 Topography Tracker
  • 1 Tributary Instructor
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wave Goodbye
  • 1 Wildgrowth Walker
  • 1 Wonder
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker