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Hakbal of the Surging Soul Commander Deck
Hakbal of the Surging Soul leads a Merfolk tribal deck built around the explore mechanic, triggering mass exploration at the start of each combat to flood the board with +1/+1 counters while filtering through the library and accelerating land drops. The deck leverages this counter accumulation to fuel card draw engines and push through damage, with Herald of Secret Streams making all counter-laden Merfolk unblockable and Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca tapping the wide board for additional card draw or to place even more counters. Multiple bounce effects clear the way for the Merfolk army by returning enemy creatures without counters, and untap effects on Merrow Commerce and Xolatoyac keep the team ready to activate tap abilities repeatedly.
Decklist
- Rapid Hybridization
- Murkfiend Liege
- Treasure Cruise
- Merrow Commerce
- Inspiring Call
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Jungleborn Pioneer
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Deeproot Waters
- Merfolk Branchwalker
- Bred for the Hunt
- Inundate
- Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins
- Three Visits
- Counterspell
- Realmwalker
- Decisive Denial
- Command Tower
- Hardened Scales
- Wash Out
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Beast Within
- Emperor Mihail II
- Merfolk Sovereign
- River Sneak
- Wild Growth
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Meeting of Minds
- Simic Growth Chamber
- Raise the Palisade
- Cenote Scout
- Jadelight Spelunker
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Nicanzil, Current Conductor
- Merfolk Cave-Diver
- Deepfathom Echo
- Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
- Singer of Swift Rivers
- Topography Tracker
- Mist Dancer
- Wave Goodbye
- Ripples of Potential
- Benthic Biomancer
- Deeproot Elite
- Herald of Secret Streams
- Kopala, Warden of Waves
- Seafloor Oracle
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Unclaimed Territory
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
- Zegana, Utopian Speaker
- Thieving Skydiver
- Cold-Eyed Selkie
- Flooded Grove
- Overflowing Basin
- Hinterland Harbor
- Collective Resistance
- Hydroelectric Specimen // Hydroelectric Laboratory
- Arcane Signet
- Tezzeret's Gambit
- Growth Spiral
- Secluded Courtyard
- Vineglimmer Snarl
- Dreamroot Cascade
- Exotic Orchard
- Herd Heirloom
- Summon: Leviathan
- Breeding Pool
- Mutable Explorer
- Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
- Chomping Changeling
- Sodden Verdure
- Namor, Scourge of the Seas
- 15× Island
- 10× Forest