Precon decklist
Explorers of the Deep: The Full Decklist
Every one of the 100 cards in Explorers of the Deep, the Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander precon led by Hakbal of the Surging Soul — exactly as it comes in the box.
Merfolk and explore.
This is the product as Wizards printed it — no substitutions, no upgrades of ours. The list comes from the same precon catalog the TurnZero HQ app reads, so it is the deck you get if you start one from this precon in the Deck Lab rather than a copy of it that can drift.
Explore triggers: simple card selection.
The decklist
All 100 cards, in the order Wizards' own decklist prints them: the commander first, then the deck's new and reprinted spells, then its lands. Hover any card to see it. Repeat printings of a basic land are folded into one line, so the counts add up to 100. The figure beside each card is what a single copy sells for, so a line of seven Forests still shows the price of one.
Commander
- 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul $0.39
The 99
- 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood $1.29
- 1 Mist Dancer $0.28
- 1 Ripples of Potential $3.31
- 1 Wave Goodbye $2.03
- 1 Bygone Marvels $0.24
- 1 Deeproot Historian $0.22
- 1 Topography Tracker $0.32
- 1 Tributary Instructor $0.24
- 1 Singer of Swift Rivers $0.28
- 1 Benthic Biomancer $0.21
- 1 Commit // Memory $0.34
- 1 Coralhelm Commander $0.24
- 1 Curse of the Swine $0.24
- 1 Emperor Mihail II $0.37
- 1 Herald of Secret Streams $6.72
- 1 Kindred Discovery $6.16
- 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves $0.29
- 1 Master of the Pearl Trident $1.05
- 1 Merfolk Sovereign $0.31
- 1 Reflections of Littjara $3.06
- 1 Seafloor Oracle $0.29
- 1 Surgespanner $0.20
- 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky $0.40
- 1 Thassa, God of the Sea $3.10
- 1 Thieving Skydiver $0.30
- 1 Branching Evolution $8.28
- 1 Deeproot Elite $0.28
- 1 Hardened Scales $3.89
- 1 Realmwalker $2.00
- 1 Ruinous Intrusion $0.22
- 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie $0.32
- 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca $0.31
- 1 Prime Speaker Zegana $0.15
- 1 Quandrix Command $0.21
- 1 Simic Ascendancy $0.43
- 1 Tishana, Voice of Thunder $0.34
- 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade $0.32
- 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker $0.30
- 1 Metallic Mimic $1.43
- 1 Alchemist's Refuge $0.38
- 1 Hinterland Harbor $0.32
- 1 Karn's Bastion $1.87
- 1 Mosswort Bridge $0.36
- 1 Temple of Mystery $0.31
- 1 Vineglimmer Snarl $0.22
- 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver $0.15
- 1 Aetherize $0.53
- 1 Deeproot Waters $0.24
- 1 Merrow Reejerey $0.29
- 1 Rapid Hybridization $1.01
- 1 Ravenform $0.32
- 1 Sage of Fables $0.29
- 1 Stonybrook Banneret $0.29
- 1 Beast Within $0.73
- 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor $0.18
- 1 Evolution Sage $2.60
- 1 Explore $0.24
- 1 Inspiring Call $0.33
- 1 Kodama's Reach $1.85
- 1 Growth Spiral $0.32
- 1 Kiora's Follower $0.34
- 1 Merfolk Mistbinder $0.21
- 1 Merfolk Skydiver $0.27
- 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid $0.27
- 1 Arcane Signet $0.60
- 1 Commander's Sphere $0.26
- 1 Simic Signet $0.34
- 1 Sol Ring $1.57
- 1 Swiftfoot Boots —
- 1 Command Tower $0.30
- 1 Llanowar Reborn $0.31
- 1 Myriad Landscape $0.24
- 1 Path of Ancestry —
- 1 Reliquary Tower $3.79
- 1 Rogue's Passage $0.36
- 1 Secluded Courtyard $0.33
- 1 Simic Growth Chamber $0.38
- 1 Temple of the False God $0.29
- 1 Unclaimed Territory $0.38
- 7 Forest —
- 13 Island —
That is what these 100 cards are worth bought individually at market price, as of September 2, 2026 — not what the sealed deck costs, which is usually a good deal less and is the price you'll see on TCGplayer. It is the card's price rather than this exact printing's, too: a precon list is a list of names, so the copy in this box may be worth more or less. 22 cards are left out of the total because we hold no price for them, so the total is short by whatever they are worth rather than counting them as free.
Card links go through our TCGplayer affiliate link; see our affiliate disclosure. Buying the singles is a different purchase from buying the sealed deck, and usually a more expensive one — the box below is the cheaper way to get all 100 of these.
Buying it
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Buy Explorers of the Deep on TCGplayer →Frequently asked questions
What is the commander of Explorers of the Deep?
Hakbal of the Surging Soul leads Explorers of the Deep, the Commander precon from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. The decklist above is the 100 cards the deck ships with, straight out of the box and before any upgrades.
Is this the decklist as it comes in the box?
Yes. This is the product as Wizards printed it, with no substitutions or upgrades of ours, which is what makes it the right starting point for planning changes. Our precon upgrade guide covers what to cut and what to add once you've played a few games with it.
How good is this precon out of the box?
Explore triggers: simple card selection. We rate it 3 out of 5 on power and 2 out of 5 on how demanding it is to pilot — an editorial read of ours, not an official Wizards rating. The precon tier list measures the same deck a different way: how closely its build hits the shape a deck of its kind is supposed to hit.
How much is Explorers of the Deep worth?
Its 100 cards come to $73.43 bought individually at market price, as of September 2, 2026, leaving out 22 we hold no price for. That is not what the sealed deck costs — a precon is nearly always cheaper than its singles, which is most of the reason to buy one. It is also the price of each card rather than of the exact printing in this box, since a precon list is a list of names, so your copies may be worth more or less.
Can I load this list into TurnZero HQ?
Yes, and without typing it. The app's Deck Lab can start a new deck from any precon in the catalog, this one included, so you get the full list as a deck of your own to edit and then track across your Commander nights.
Play Explorers of the Deep? Track what it actually does.
Start a deck from this precon in the Deck Lab without typing a card, then let TurnZero HQ keep its win rate across your Commander nights so you know whether an upgrade helped.
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