Explorers of the Deep
Commander $98.08
100 cards
Bracket 2 by the list · Core
Green: the colour is how well it does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 88 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 31 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 84 and Health 79, that is 88 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
Power 31: why
- 17 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 1 answer at mana value 2 or less
Manabase 84: why
- 20 sources make green, and it has a card costing {G}{G}: aim for about 26
- 24 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 6 lands always enter tapped
Health 79: why
- No board wipes (aim for 2)
- Only 5 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
◈ Commander
Hakbal of the Surging Soul
$0.45 Main deck (99)
Creatures 37
1
Benthic Biomancer
U $0.25
1
1
Cold-Eyed Selkie
1G/UG/U $0.23
1
1
Coralhelm Commander
UU $0.28
1
1
Deeproot Elite
1G $0.25
1
1
Deeproot Historian
3G $0.24
1
1
Emperor Mihail II
1UU $0.37
1
1
Evolution Sage
2G $3.08
1
1
Herald of Secret Streams
3U $8.46
1
1
Kiora's Follower
GU $0.37
1
1
Kopala, Warden of Waves
1UU $0.41
1
1
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
1GU $0.35
1
1
Master of the Pearl Trident
UU $1.59
1
1
Merfolk Cave-Diver
2U $0.22
1
1
Merfolk Mistbinder
GU $0.18
1
1
Merfolk Skydiver
GU $0.29
1
1
Merfolk Sovereign
1UU $0.36
1
1
Merrow Reejerey
2U $0.31
1
1
Metallic Mimic
2 $3.07
1
1
Mist Dancer
4U $0.26
1
1
Nicanzil, Current Conductor
GU $0.22
1
1
Prime Speaker Zegana
2GGUU $0.36
1
1
Realmwalker
2G $2.54
1
1
Sage of Fables
2U $0.24
1
1
Seafloor Oracle
2UU $0.31
1
1
Singer of Swift Rivers
1GU $0.23
1
1
Stonybrook Banneret
1U $0.32
1
1
Surgespanner
2UU $0.23
1
1
Svyelun of Sea and Sky
1UU $0.46
1
1
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
3GU $0.27
1
1
Thassa, God of the Sea
2U $6.52
1
1
Thieving Skydiver
1U $0.30
1
1
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
5GU $0.33
1
1
Topography Tracker
2G $0.29
1
1
Tributary Instructor
3G $0.24
1
1
Vorel of the Hull Clade
1GU $0.26
1
1
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
4GU $1.08
1
1
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
2GU $0.29
1
Instants 9
1
Aetherize
3U $0.53
1
1
Beast Within
2G $0.97
1
1
Commit // Memory
3U $0.35
1
1
Growth Spiral
GU $0.34
1
1
Inspiring Call
2G $0.38
1
1
Quandrix Command
1GU $0.22
1
1
Rapid Hybridization
U $1.30
1
1
Ripples of Potential
1U $7.33
1
1
Ruinous Intrusion
3G $0.65
1
Sorceries 6
1
Bygone Marvels
GG $0.22
1
1
Curse of the Swine
XUU $0.28
1
1
Explore
1G $0.28
1
1
Kodama's Reach
2G $2.28
1
1
Ravenform
2U $0.30
1
1
Wave Goodbye
2UU $2.75
1
Artifacts 5
1
Arcane Signet
2 $0.74
1
1
Commander's Sphere
3 $0.30
1
1
Simic Signet
2 $0.30
1
1
Sol Ring
1 $1.64
1
1
Swiftfoot Boots
2 $2.71
1
Enchantments 6
1
Branching Evolution
2G $7.88
1
1
Deeproot Waters
2U $0.29
1
1
Hardened Scales
G $2.74
1
1
Kindred Discovery
3UU $7.65
1
1
Reflections of Littjara
4U $2.15
1
1
Simic Ascendancy
GU $0.54
1
Lands 36
1
Alchemist's Refuge
$0.77
1
1
Command Tower
$0.34
1
4
Forest
$0.17
4
3
Forest
$0.24
3
1
Hinterland Harbor
$0.32
1
7
Island
$0.22
7
6
Island
$0.23
6
1
Karn's Bastion
$2.95
1
1
Llanowar Reborn
$0.35
1
1
Mosswort Bridge
$0.34
1
1
Myriad Landscape
$0.35
1
1
Path of Ancestry
$0.47
1
1
Reliquary Tower
$4.99
1
1
Rogue's Passage
$0.46
1
1
Secluded Courtyard
$0.36
1
1
Simic Growth Chamber
$0.31
1
1
Temple of Mystery
$0.25
1
1
Temple of the False God
$0.33
1
1
Unclaimed Territory
$0.35
1
1
Vineglimmer Snarl
$0.19
1
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2Bracket
2 · Core by the list. The bracket comes from Wizards' card rules alone; the colour says how well the deck does what Bracket 2 allows.
- The three dials average 88 for what Bracket 2 allows: that sets the colour.
- Power 31 counts as 100 here: Bracket 2 is for Power 25 and up. With Manabase 84 and Health 79, that is 88 on average (weights 40 / 30 / 30).
- No Game Changers, mass land denial or pile of extra turns: Core by the list. Exhibition (1) is about what a deck is for, and only you can say that.
- Combos are not checked yet.
31Power
How fast and how hard this deck can take over a game. Absolute: about 90 and up is cEDH, so a casual deck scores low on purpose.
Focused
- 17 cards that draw or dig
- No tutors: it sees its best cards only by drawing them
- 1 answer at mana value 2 or less
- Average mana value 3.13: middling
- 1 piece of fast mana: Sol Ring
84Manabase
Can it cast its spells on time, in its colours?
Good
- 20 sources make green, and it has a card costing {G}{G}: aim for about 26
- 24 sources make blue, and it has a card costing {U}{U}{U}: aim for about 30
- 6 lands always enter tapped
- 36 lands, counting ramp ≈ 39.5 sources: enough for mana value 3.13
79Health
Does it have the parts every Commander deck needs: ramp, cards, answers, and a curve it can cast?
Fair
- No board wipes (aim for 2)
- Only 5 ways to remove a threat (aim for 8)
- Only 9 ramp pieces (aim for 10)
- 17 cards that draw or dig ✓
- A curve it can cast: 6% of spells cost 6 or more ✓
Scores read the list alone, from each card's own rules text: they can't see how a deck is played. Bracket names and the Game Changers list are Wizards of the Coast's (Commander Brackets, list as Wizards last changed it, 9 February 2026).
Led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul. A blue-green Commander deck built around +1/+1 counters, on a Merfolk kindred base. 38 creatures, 36 lands, average mana value 3.12.
Summarised from the decklist — not official product copy.