Art by Tyler Walpole
Hakbal of the Surging Soul
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Scout
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each Merfolk creature you control explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on the exploring creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.) Whenever Hakbal attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, draw a card.
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Most Played With Hakbal of the Surging Soul (139)
Sol Ring
91% of decks · $1.38
Hardened Scales
85% of decks · $3.19
Arcane Signet
80% of decks · $0.49
Cold-Eyed Selkie
80% of decks · $0.33
Seafloor Oracle
80% of decks · $0.34
Inspiring Call
79% of decks · $0.39
Deeproot Elite
78% of decks · $0.31
Wave Goodbye
76% of decks · $1.90
Ripples of Potential
75% of decks · $4.31
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
74% of decks · $0.30
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
73% of decks · $0.30
Deeproot Pilgrimage
71% of decks · $1.80
Merfolk Mistbinder
69% of decks · $0.19
Kindred Discovery
69% of decks · $4.87
Branching Evolution
68% of decks · $8.35
Beast Within
67% of decks · $0.68
Rapid Hybridization
67% of decks · $0.78
Vodalian Hexcatcher
66% of decks · $5.53
Thieving Skydiver
65% of decks · $0.38
Kiora's Follower
64% of decks · $0.34
Benthic Biomancer
60% of decks · $0.22
Lord of Atlantis
59% of decks · $9.82
Realmwalker
59% of decks · $2.26
Growth Spiral
56% of decks · $0.32
Metallic Mimic
53% of decks · $1.37
Counterspell
52% of decks · $4.28
Reflections of Littjara
52% of decks · $3.07
Swiftfoot Boots
52% of decks
Kodama's Reach
52% of decks · $1.83
Simic Ascendancy
51% of decks · $0.47
Aetherize
49% of decks · $0.49
Tishana's Tidebinder
48% of decks · $2.70
Merfolk Skydiver
46% of decks · $0.28
Explore
44% of decks · $0.19
Simic Signet
44% of decks · $0.39
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
43% of decks · $0.33
Evolution Sage
42% of decks · $3.07
Prime Speaker Zegana
41% of decks · $0.20
Vorel of the Hull Clade
41% of decks · $0.35
Merrow Commerce
38% of decks · $17.47
Heroic Intervention
37% of decks · $17.55
Roaming Throne
36% of decks · $51.97
Harbinger of the Seas
33% of decks · $1.91
Forerunner of the Heralds
33% of decks · $0.35
Raise the Palisade
32% of decks · $11.65
Quandrix Command
32% of decks · $0.32
Surgespanner
32% of decks · $0.26
Deepfathom Echo
30% of decks · $0.28
Ravenform
28% of decks · $0.35
Curse of the Swine
28% of decks · $0.30
Ruinous Intrusion
27% of decks · $0.22
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
25% of decks · $7.12
Thassa, God of the Sea
25% of decks · $4.40
Cyclonic Rift
24% of decks · $39.16
Negate
24% of decks · $0.24
Cultivate
23% of decks · $0.45
Sage of Fables
23% of decks · $0.28
Nature's Lore
23% of decks · $2.22
Rampant Growth
23% of decks · $1.25
An Offer You Can't Refuse
23% of decks · $3.16
Bident of Thassa
23% of decks · $0.45
Jadelight Spelunker
21% of decks · $0.35
Wanderwine Prophets
21% of decks · $15.42
Pongify
21% of decks · $3.12
Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
20% of decks · $0.26
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
20% of decks · $1.30
Farseek
19% of decks · $0.46
Merrow Harbinger
19% of decks · $2.90
Exploration
19% of decks · $30.54
Herald's Horn
19% of decks · $5.82
Thought Vessel
19% of decks
Mindspring Merfolk
18% of decks · $0.40
Commander's Sphere
18% of decks · $0.34
Coralhelm Commander
18% of decks · $0.29
Summon: Leviathan
18% of decks · $1.36
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Twists and Turns
18% of decks
Three Visits
17% of decks · $5.54
Daughter of the Deep
17% of decks · $2.27
Swan Song
17% of decks · $10.60
The Ozolith
17% of decks · $61.76
Cenote Scout
17% of decks · $0.23
Kiora, the Rising Tide
16% of decks · $0.39
Bred for the Hunt
16% of decks · $0.47
Arcane Denial
16% of decks · $2.03
Tide Shaper
16% of decks · $0.33
Mist-Cloaked Herald
16% of decks · $0.28
Fierce Guardianship
16% of decks · $63.65
Seahunter
16% of decks · $3.78
Sphere Grid
15% of decks · $5.12
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
15% of decks · $10.83
Overwhelming Stampede
15% of decks · $1.09
Lightning Greaves
15% of decks · $4.00
Namor the Sub-Mariner
14% of decks · $3.18
Harmonized Trio
14% of decks
Mutational Advantage
14% of decks · $7.74
Talisman of Curiosity
14% of decks · $0.56
Burgeoning
14% of decks · $34.04
Tempest Caller
13% of decks · $0.26
Deepchannel Mentor
13% of decks · $4.78
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
13% of decks
Path of Discovery
13% of decks · $0.20
Lullmage Mentor
13% of decks · $8.11
Flare of Denial
12% of decks · $3.60
Mana Drain
12% of decks · $56.89
Doubling Season
12% of decks · $35.33
Sentinel of the Nameless City
12% of decks · $0.38
Murkfiend Liege
12% of decks · $4.24
The Great Henge
11% of decks · $65.74
Patchwork Banner
11% of decks · $2.79
Silvergill Adept
11% of decks · $0.20
Harmonized Crescendo
11% of decks · $1.39
Wonder
11% of decks · $3.79
Commit // Memory
10% of decks
Aquitect's Will
9% of decks · $0.35
Innkeeper's Talent
9% of decks · $10.04
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Distant Melody
9% of decks · $0.36
The Earth Crystal
8% of decks · $12.09
Nature's Claim
8% of decks · $1.34
Sink into Stupor
8% of decks
Mystic Remora
8% of decks · $15.08
Over the Edge
8% of decks · $0.22
Intruder Alarm
8% of decks · $5.75
Court of Garenbrig
8% of decks
Reality Shift
8% of decks · $0.35
Chronicle of Victory
7% of decks · $21.97
Stubborn Denial
7% of decks · $4.72
Vanquisher's Banner
7% of decks · $5.55
Banner of Kinship
7% of decks · $7.39
Triumph of the Hordes
7% of decks
Force of Will
6% of decks · $59.96
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
Terrasymbiosis
6% of decks · $9.70
River's Rebuke
6% of decks · $0.43
Repulsive Mutation
6% of decks · $0.59
Hadana's Climb
6% of decks
Filter Out
5% of decks · $0.30
Spreading Seas
5% of decks · $0.28
New Cards
Orcrist, Goblin-cleaver
2% of decks · $8.93
Wizard's Staff
1% of decks · $3.00
Hall of Echoes
1% of decks · $2.70
Necklace of Girion
1% of decks · $13.61
Kiora of Salt and Sand
0% of decks · $0.21
Creatures (50)
Cold-Eyed Selkie
80% of decks · $0.33
Seafloor Oracle
80% of decks · $0.34
Deeproot Elite
78% of decks · $0.31
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
74% of decks · $0.30
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
73% of decks · $0.30
Merfolk Mistbinder
69% of decks · $0.19
Vodalian Hexcatcher
66% of decks · $5.53
Thieving Skydiver
65% of decks · $0.38
Kiora's Follower
64% of decks · $0.34
Benthic Biomancer
60% of decks · $0.22
Lord of Atlantis
59% of decks · $9.82
Realmwalker
59% of decks · $2.26
Metallic Mimic
53% of decks · $1.37
Tishana's Tidebinder
48% of decks · $2.70
Merfolk Skydiver
46% of decks · $0.28
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
43% of decks · $0.33
Evolution Sage
42% of decks · $3.07
Prime Speaker Zegana
41% of decks · $0.20
Vorel of the Hull Clade
41% of decks · $0.35
Roaming Throne
36% of decks · $51.97
Harbinger of the Seas
33% of decks · $1.91
Forerunner of the Heralds
33% of decks · $0.35
Surgespanner
32% of decks · $0.26
Deepfathom Echo
30% of decks · $0.28
Thassa, God of the Sea
25% of decks · $4.40
Sage of Fables
23% of decks · $0.28
Jadelight Spelunker
21% of decks · $0.35
Wanderwine Prophets
21% of decks · $15.42
Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
20% of decks · $0.26
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
20% of decks · $1.30
Merrow Harbinger
19% of decks · $2.90
Mindspring Merfolk
18% of decks · $0.40
Coralhelm Commander
18% of decks · $0.29
Summon: Leviathan
18% of decks · $1.36
Daughter of the Deep
17% of decks · $2.27
Cenote Scout
17% of decks · $0.23
Kiora, the Rising Tide
16% of decks · $0.39
Tide Shaper
16% of decks · $0.33
Mist-Cloaked Herald
16% of decks · $0.28
Seahunter
16% of decks · $3.78
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
15% of decks · $10.83
Namor the Sub-Mariner
14% of decks · $3.18
Harmonized Trio
14% of decks
Tempest Caller
13% of decks · $0.26
Deepchannel Mentor
13% of decks · $4.78
Lullmage Mentor
13% of decks · $8.11
Sentinel of the Nameless City
12% of decks · $0.38
Murkfiend Liege
12% of decks · $4.24
Silvergill Adept
11% of decks · $0.20
Wonder
11% of decks · $3.79
Instants (30)
Inspiring Call
79% of decks · $0.39
Ripples of Potential
75% of decks · $4.31
Beast Within
67% of decks · $0.68
Rapid Hybridization
67% of decks · $0.78
Growth Spiral
56% of decks · $0.32
Counterspell
52% of decks · $4.28
Aetherize
49% of decks · $0.49
Heroic Intervention
37% of decks · $17.55
Quandrix Command
32% of decks · $0.32
Ruinous Intrusion
27% of decks · $0.22
Cyclonic Rift
24% of decks · $39.16
Negate
24% of decks · $0.24
An Offer You Can't Refuse
23% of decks · $3.16
Pongify
21% of decks · $3.12
Swan Song
17% of decks · $10.60
Arcane Denial
16% of decks · $2.03
Fierce Guardianship
16% of decks · $63.65
Mutational Advantage
14% of decks · $7.74
Flare of Denial
12% of decks · $3.60
Mana Drain
12% of decks · $56.89
Harmonized Crescendo
11% of decks · $1.39
Commit // Memory
10% of decks
Worldly Tutor
9% of decks · $31.16
Nature's Claim
8% of decks · $1.34
Sink into Stupor
8% of decks
Reality Shift
8% of decks · $0.35
Stubborn Denial
7% of decks · $4.72
Force of Will
6% of decks · $59.96
Repulsive Mutation
6% of decks · $0.59
Filter Out
5% of decks · $0.30
Sorceries (18)
Wave Goodbye
76% of decks · $1.90
Kodama's Reach
52% of decks · $1.83
Explore
44% of decks · $0.19
Raise the Palisade
32% of decks · $11.65
Ravenform
28% of decks · $0.35
Curse of the Swine
28% of decks · $0.30
Cultivate
23% of decks · $0.45
Nature's Lore
23% of decks · $2.22
Rampant Growth
23% of decks · $1.25
Farseek
19% of decks · $0.46
Three Visits
17% of decks · $5.54
Overwhelming Stampede
15% of decks · $1.09
Aquitect's Will
9% of decks · $0.35
Distant Melody
9% of decks · $0.36
Over the Edge
8% of decks · $0.22
Triumph of the Hordes
7% of decks
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
River's Rebuke
6% of decks · $0.43
Utility Artifacts (11)
Swiftfoot Boots
52% of decks
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
25% of decks · $7.12
Bident of Thassa
23% of decks · $0.45
Herald's Horn
19% of decks · $5.82
The Ozolith
17% of decks · $61.76
Lightning Greaves
15% of decks · $4.00
The Great Henge
11% of decks · $65.74
The Earth Crystal
8% of decks · $12.09
Chronicle of Victory
7% of decks · $21.97
Vanquisher's Banner
7% of decks · $5.55
Banner of Kinship
7% of decks · $7.39
Mana Artifacts (7)
Sol Ring
91% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
80% of decks · $0.49
Simic Signet
44% of decks · $0.39
Thought Vessel
19% of decks
Commander's Sphere
18% of decks · $0.34
Talisman of Curiosity
14% of decks · $0.56
Patchwork Banner
11% of decks · $2.79
Enchantments (23)
Hardened Scales
85% of decks · $3.19
Deeproot Pilgrimage
71% of decks · $1.80
Kindred Discovery
69% of decks · $4.87
Branching Evolution
68% of decks · $8.35
Reflections of Littjara
52% of decks · $3.07
Simic Ascendancy
51% of decks · $0.47
Merrow Commerce
38% of decks · $17.47
Exploration
19% of decks · $30.54
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Twists and Turns
18% of decks
Bred for the Hunt
16% of decks · $0.47
Sphere Grid
15% of decks · $5.12
Burgeoning
14% of decks · $34.04
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
13% of decks
Path of Discovery
13% of decks · $0.20
Doubling Season
12% of decks · $35.33
Innkeeper's Talent
9% of decks · $10.04
Mystic Remora
8% of decks · $15.08
Intruder Alarm
8% of decks · $5.75
Court of Garenbrig
8% of decks
Terrasymbiosis
6% of decks · $9.70
Hadana's Climb
6% of decks
Spreading Seas
5% of decks · $0.28
Utility Lands (13)
Reliquary Tower
78% of decks
Karn's Bastion
60% of decks
Rogue's Passage
57% of decks
Alchemist's Refuge
51% of decks
Mosswort Bridge
46% of decks
Llanowar Reborn
33% of decks
Temple of the False God
28% of decks
Three Tree City
19% of decks
Boseiju, Who Endures
16% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
14% of decks
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
13% of decks
Mistrise Village
8% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
8% of decks
Lands (38)
Island
99% of decks
Forest
99% of decks
Command Tower
94% of decks
Hinterland Harbor
88% of decks
Path of Ancestry
75% of decks
Vineglimmer Snarl
71% of decks
Secluded Courtyard
67% of decks
Unclaimed Territory
66% of decks
Simic Growth Chamber
57% of decks
Temple of Mystery
55% of decks
Dreamroot Cascade
46% of decks
Yavimaya Coast
44% of decks
Breeding Pool
43% of decks
Rejuvenating Springs
39% of decks
Myriad Landscape
36% of decks
Flooded Grove
35% of decks
Cavern of Souls
24% of decks
Misty Rainforest
24% of decks
Willowrush Verge
21% of decks
Barkchannel Pathway
20% of decks
Waterlogged Grove
17% of decks
Hedge Maze
15% of decks
Botanical Sanctum
15% of decks
Eclipsed Realms
15% of decks
Sodden Verdure
14% of decks
Overflowing Basin
13% of decks
Exotic Orchard
13% of decks
Thornwood Falls
10% of decks
Tropical Island
9% of decks
Evolving Wilds
9% of decks
Fabled Passage
8% of decks
Sink into Stupor
8% of decks
Turbulent Wilderness
8% of decks
Tangled Islet
7% of decks
Bala Ged Recovery
6% of decks
Glasspool Mimic
5% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
5% of decks
Prismatic Vista
5% of decks
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