Art by Chase Stone
Commander deckU
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.
Asked for“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”
Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
1UUULegendary Creature — Elemental Fish
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
9
Card Draw
10
Dig Through Time
6UUInstant
Instant selection that gets very cheap with Eluge and delve
Pull from Tomorrow
XUUInstant
Instant-speed X spell that draws massive hands with cost reduction
Archmage Emeritus
2UUCreature — Human Wizard
Draws cards whenever you cast instants or sorceries
Removal
16
River's Rebuke
4UUSorcery
Bounces all nonland permanents target opponent controls
Flood of Tears
4UUSorcery
Resets nonland permanents and lets you drop a sea monster for free
Scourge of Fleets
5UUCreature — Kraken
Asymmetrical creature bounce creature attached to a giant Kraken
Threats/Wincons
19
Stormtide Leviathan
5UUUCreature — Leviathan
Turns all lands into Islands and locks down ground attacks
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
6UULegendary Creature — Leviathan
Massive Leviathan with a kicker board wipe
Tromokratis
5UULegendary Creature — Kraken
Hard to block and target Kraken beatstick
Waker of Waves
5UUCreature — Whale
Provides early filtering and late game combat debuffs
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
Massive threat that turns every instant into removal
Chasm Skulker
2UCreature — Squid Horror
Grows with card draw and leaves behind a army of Squids
Spawning Kraken
5UCreature — Kraken
Generates 9/9 Kraken tokens when sea monsters deal combat damage
Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
6UULegendary Creature — Kraken
Bounces permanents whenever you cast big spells
Reservoir Kraken
2UUCreature — Kraken
Cheap large threat that generates Fish tokens
Nezahal, Primal Tide
5UULegendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
Uncounterable leviathan that draws cards and evades removal
Pearl Lake Ancient
5UUCreature — Leviathan
Flash Leviathan with prowess and self-protection
Lorthos, the Tidemaker
5UUULegendary Creature — Octopus
Taps down eight permanents on attack
Octavia, Living Thesis
8UULegendary Creature — Elemental Octopus
Budget threat that turns small creatures into 8/8s
Nadir Kraken
1UUCreature — Kraken
Creates Tentacle tokens whenever you draw cards
Fleet Swallower
5UUCreature — Fish
Giant Fish that mills half an opponent's library on attack
Tolarian Terror
6UCreature — Serpent
Budget Serpent that gets cheap with spells in graveyard
Cryptic Serpent
5UUCreature — Serpent
Cheap massive Serpent payoff for an instant/sorceries deck
Breaching Leviathan
7UUCreature — Leviathan
Taps down all non-blue creatures when cast
Utility
7
Archetype of Imagination
4UUEnchantment Creature — Human Wizard
Gives your monsters flying while stripping flying from opponents
Whispersilk Cloak
3Artifact — Equipment
Makes Eluge or a big monster unblockable and shroud
Wavebreak Hippocamp
2UEnchantment Creature — Horse Fish
Draws cards for casting spells on opponents' turns
