Hakbal and Chill (Hakbal of the Surging Soul)

Commander / EDH Counters GU (Simic) Merfolk Trample

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Creature (42)

• 1x Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Coralhelm Commander
• 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
• 1x Cursecatcher
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Deepglow Skate
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Forensic Researcher
• 1x Forgotten Ancient
• 1x Harbinger of the Seas
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kalonian Hydra
• 1x Kami of Whispered Hopes
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Managorger Hydra
• 1x Master Biomancer
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Skyscout
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Mist Dancer
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Seahunter
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero
• 1x Thunderfoot Baloth
• 1x Tide Shaper
• 1x Vodalian Hexcatcher
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade
• 1x Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
• 1x Zimone, Paradox Sculptor
• 1x Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Land (35)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 10x Island
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Three Tree City
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Artifact (4)

• 1x Banner of Kinship
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x The Ozolith

Instant (2)

• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Mana Drain

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Ascended Animist

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Commander (1)

Enchantment (14)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Court of Garenbrig
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Garruk's Uprising
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Innkeeper's Talent
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Primal Vigor
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Sylvan Anthem
• 1x Tribute to the World Tree
• 1x Unnatural Growth

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I got complained at, at my local LGS that my decks were too powerful just because of the presence of the black tutors and chrome mox. So I made this entirely casual deck. No combos (that I know of or intentionally put in), no 0 cost ramp, no infinite mana, almost no tutors, just barely enough interaction to stop a few board wipes. Originally, I had thought to make a generic Merfolk deck that would durdle around and not really have any of the fast win cons my other decks do...then I decided to make it a counters based deck and to make everything big and stompy to overrun my opponents....this is the result

Super fun plays

Use Empress Galina to steal a commander, then use Forensic Researcher to untap and do it again then use Kiora's Follower to untap and do it again. with 6 mana and two creatures you can steal all 3 other opponents commanders.

Date added	3 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 53 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 2 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.51
Tokens	Copy Clone, Phyrexian Horror X/X G, The Monarch