The Briny Deep

Commander / EDH Mono-Blue Theme/Gimmick

FormOverFunction

Creature (43)

• 1x Ancient Crab
• 1x Benthic Behemoth
• 1x Chambered Nautilus
• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Clinging Anemones
• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Coral Barrier
• 1x Coral Eel
• 1x Dandan
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Fortress Crab
• 1x Giant Crab
• 1x Giant Octopus
• 1x Giant Oyster
• 1x Glowing Anemone
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Hammerhead Shark
• 1x Harbor Serpent
• 1x Horseshoe Crab
• 1x Island Fish Jasconius
• 1x Killer Whale
• 1x Kraken Hatchling
• 1x Kraken of the Straits
• 1x Man-o'-War
• 1x Manta Ray
• 1x Marjhan
• 1x Narwhal
• 1x Reef Worm
• 1x Sand Squid
• 1x Sandbar Serpent
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 1x Sea Monster
• 1x Sea Serpent
• 1x Sealock Monster
• 1x Segovian Leviathan
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Sigiled Starfish
• 1x Spiny Starfish
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Walking Sponge
• 1x Wall of Kelp
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Tromokratis

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Encrust
• 1x Erosion
• 1x Homarid Spawning Bed
• 1x Iceberg
• 1x Lingering Mirage
• 1x Phantasmal Terrain
• 1x Quest for Ula's Temple
• 1x Sea's Claim
• 1x Spreading Seas

Land (41)

• 34x Island
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Ice Floe
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Saprazzan Cove
• 1x Seafloor Debris
• 1x Svyelunite Temple
• 1x Teferi's Isle

Commander (1)

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Breaking Wave
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Wash Out
• 1x Whelming Wave

Instant (2)

• 1x High Tide
• 1x Submerge

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The Briny Deep is an ocean-themed deck, minimizing sentient creatures (no merfolk), maximizing real-world creatures/concepts (such as the barnacles of Encrust).

And, as usual, form is weighted heavily over function.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mono-Blue 4 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 0 Mythic Rares 20 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.25
Tokens	0/1 U Creature Plant Wall, 0/1 U Creature Starfish, 1/1 U Creature Camarid, Fish 3/3 U, Kraken 9/9 U, Octopus 8/8 U, Squid 1/1 U, Whale 6/6 U
Folders	Cheap, Cory decks, inspiration for budget commander decks, abc, MAYBE, Commanders