Art by Chase Stone
Saved commander deck
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
Leverage Eluge's flood counters to drastically reduce the cost of spells and massive sea monsters. Control the board with flexible counterspells and mass bounce wipes, then dominate the battlefield with giant budget Krakens and Leviathans.
Prompt: I would like a budget deck buiilt with Eluge, the Shoreless Sea as the commander. I need removal spells such as counterspells, exiling permanents, and a few board wipes(returning all creatures/nonland permanents to hand could be considered a board wipe). I don't have a specific type of typal, but fish, kraken, and overall sea-related creatures seem to have a low cost. Please and thank you
Commander
1 cards
Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
{1}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Fish
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9 cards
Card Draw
10 cards
Dig Through Time
{6}{U}{U}Instant
Instant selection that gets very cheap with Eluge and delve
Pull from Tomorrow
{X}{U}{U}Instant
Instant-speed X spell that draws massive hands with cost reduction
Mulldrifter
{4}{U}Creature — Elemental
Classic budget card draw on a creature body
Archmage Emeritus
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever you cast instants or sorceries
Removal
16 cards
Curse of the Swine
{X}{U}{U}Sorcery
Mass exile removal spell for multiple threats
River's Rebuke
{4}{U}{U}Sorcery
Bounces all nonland permanents target opponent controls
Flood of Tears
{4}{U}{U}Sorcery
Resets nonland permanents and lets you drop a sea monster for free
Engulf the Shore
{3}{U}Instant
Instant-speed mass bounce scaling with your Islands
Scourge of Fleets
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Asymmetrical creature bounce creature attached to a giant Kraken
Threats/Wincons
19 cards
Stormtide Leviathan
{5}{U}{U}{U}Creature — Leviathan
Turns all lands into Islands and locks down ground attacks
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
{6}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Leviathan
Massive Leviathan with a kicker board wipe
Tromokratis
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Kraken
Hard to block and target Kraken beatstick
Waker of Waves
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Whale
Provides early filtering and late game combat debuffs
Hullbreaker Horror
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken Horror
Massive threat that turns every instant into removal
Inkwell Leviathan
{7}{U}{U}Artifact Creature — Leviathan
Shroud and islandwalk threat
Chasm Skulker
{2}{U}Creature — Squid Horror
Grows with card draw and leaves behind a army of Squids
Spawning Kraken
{5}{U}Creature — Kraken
Generates 9/9 Kraken tokens when sea monsters deal combat damage
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
{6}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Kraken
Bounces permanents whenever you cast big spells
Reservoir Kraken
{2}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Cheap large threat that generates Fish tokens
Nezahal, Primal Tide
{5}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Uncounterable leviathan that draws cards and evades removal
Pearl Lake Ancient
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Leviathan
Flash Leviathan with prowess and self-protection
Lorthos, the Tidemaker
{5}{U}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Octopus
Taps down eight permanents on attack
Octavia, Living Thesis
{8}{U}{U}Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
Budget threat that turns small creatures into 8/8s
Nadir Kraken
{1}{U}{U}Creature — Kraken
Creates Tentacle tokens whenever you draw cards
Fleet Swallower
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Fish
Giant Fish that mills half an opponent's library on attack
Tolarian Terror
{6}{U}Creature — Serpent
Budget Serpent that gets cheap with spells in graveyard
Cryptic Serpent
{5}{U}{U}Creature — Serpent
Cheap massive Serpent payoff for an instant/sorceries deck
Breaching Leviathan
{7}{U}{U}Creature — Leviathan
Taps down all non-blue creatures when cast
Utility
7 cards
Archetype of Imagination
{4}{U}{U}Enchantment Creature — Human Wizard
Gives your monsters flying while stripping flying from opponents
Whispersilk Cloak
{3}Artifact — Equipment
Makes Eluge or a big monster unblockable and shroud
Wavebreak Hippocamp
{2}{U}Enchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Draws cards for casting spells on opponents' turns
