Description
Surge the Tide
Hakbal of the Surging Soul reads like a lesson in tempo and development. As a three mana legend that rewards board presence Hakbal forces each Merfolk you control to explore at the start of combat on your turn. That makes combat a gold mine for incremental advantage because every explore can either advance your mana base or draw you into answers. The attack trigger gives you a choice between ramping by cheating a land into play from your hand or smoothing your draws by sampling one card instead.
This card fits comfortably into decks that want to accelerate into threats while keeping threats sticky through card selection. Use Hakbal to punish slow starts and to compound value from token makers and lords. In Commander games the explore trigger scales well with wide boards and plays nicely with fetch lands and landfall synergies. The artwork and Merfolk scout identity fit the Lost Caverns theme of discovery and slow encroaching power.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{G}{U}
- Card Type – Legendary Creature
- Subtypes – Merfolk Scout
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – At the beginning of combat on your turn, each Merfolk creature you control explores. Whenever Hakbal of the Surging Soul attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don’t, draw a card.
- Power / Toughness – 3/3
- Rarity – Mythic
- Set – Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Print – Extended Art, Near Mint, English
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