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Hakbal of the Surging Soul Commander Deck
Hakbal of the Surging Soul leads a Merfolk tribal deck that leverages the explore mechanic to simultaneously grow the board with +1/+1 counters and accelerate land drops, with counter-doublers like Branching Evolution, Hardened Scales, and Doubling Season turning each explore trigger into an exponential threat. The deck floods the board with large, often unblockable Merfolk through lords granting islandwalk and abilities that let creatures with counters or blue creatures bypass blockers entirely, while Kindred Discovery and similar effects keep the hand full. The deck wins through a critical-mass combat assault powered by Craterhoof Behemoth's team-wide pump, or through Triumph of the Hordes delivering a lethal infect strike.
Decklist
- Lord of Atlantis
- 13× Island
- 12× Forest
- City of Brass
- Guardian Project
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
- Exploration
- Hardened Scales
- Doubling Season
- Craterhoof Behemoth
- Heroic Intervention
- Beast Within
- Chronicle of Victory
- Command Tower
- Deepchannel Mentor
- Deeproot Elite
- Emperor Mihail II
- Evolution Sage
- Fierce Guardianship
- Herald of Secret Streams
- Hinterland Harbor
- Kopala, Warden of Waves
- Merfolk Mistbinder
- Merrow Commerce
- Germination Practicum
- Burgeoning
- Farseek
- Cyclonic Rift
- Arcane Signet
- Herald's Horn
- Ripples of Potential
- Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Mist Dancer
- Namor, Scourge of the Seas
- Otawara, Soaring City
- Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
- Nicanzil, Current Conductor
- Pongify
- Rapid Hybridization
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Rejuvenating Springs
- Terrasymbiosis
- Rhystic Study
- Secluded Courtyard
- Sol Ring
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Swan Song
- Talisman of Curiosity
- Tatyova, Benthic Druid
- Unclaimed Territory
- Seedborn Muse
- Zegana, Utopian Speaker
- Merrow Reejerey
- Reflections of Littjara
- Raise the Palisade
- Nature's Lore
- Three Visits
- Urza's Incubator
- Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
- Wild Growth
- Cavern of Souls
- Karn's Bastion
- Metallic Mimic
- Worldly Tutor
- Jadelight Spelunker
- Path of Discovery
- Forerunner of the Heralds
- Roaming Throne
- Nev, the Practical Dean
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Triumph of the Hordes
- Mindspring Merfolk
- Benthic Biomancer
- An Offer You Can't Refuse
- Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- Kindred Discovery
- Branching Evolution
- Merrow Harbinger
- Secret Tunnel
- Loading Zone
- Snakeskin Veil
- Silkguard
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Cold-Eyed Selkie
- Attuma, Atlantean Warlord