Michi Meervolk by Frank5530

Format: Commander

Commander: Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This deck is a high-synergy Merfolk tribal build centered on Hakbal of the Surging Soul. The strategy establishes a low-cost creature base on turns 1 through 3, then uses Hakbal's combat trigger on Turn 4 to explore with the entire team. This explore engine ensures continuous land drops, filters the library, and places +1/+1 counters on your creatures. On Turn 5, the deck deploys evasion enablers like Herald of Secret Streams or islandwalk lords paired with Harbinger of the Seas, transforming the growing Merfolk into an unblockable combat force. The deck also contains an infinite extra-turn combo using Wanderwine Prophets and Deeproot Pilgrimage. Solid protection spells defend the board from sweepers, while dense card flow provides fast recovery if the commander is removed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alchemist's Refuge
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Auroral Procession
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Deepchannel Mentor
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Door of Destinies
  • 1 Dreamroot Cascade
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Farseek
  • 7 Forest
  • 1 Germination Practicum
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Growth Spiral
  • 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul
  • 1 Harbinger of the Seas
  • 1 Hardened Scales
  • 1 Harmonized Crescendo
  • 1 Herald of Secret Streams
  • 1 Herald's Horn
  • 1 Hinterland Harbor
  • 1 Inspiring Call
  • 13 Island
  • 1 Kid Loki
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kiora's Follower
  • 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 Cave-Diver
  • 1 Merfolk Mistbinder
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mist Dancer
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Multiversal Incursion
  • 1 Murkfiend Liege
  • 1 Mutational Advantage
  • 1 Namor the Sub-Mariner
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Path of Discovery
  • 1 Pongify
  • 1 Primal Command
  • 1 Realmwalker
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Secluded Courtyard
  • 1 Sentinel of the Nameless City
  • 1 Shared Roots
  • 1 Shifting Woodland
  • 1 Simic Signet
  • 1 Smuggler's Surprise
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Temple of the False God
  • 1 Unclaimed Territory
  • 1 Unstoppable Plan
  • 1 Urza's Incubator
  • 1 Vineglimmer Snarl
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wanderwine Prophets
  • 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker