Explorers of the Deep Precon Upgrade: 27 Budget Swaps for $14.05

Upgraded Decklist

Your upgraded Explorers of the Deep.

100 / 100 cards · 27 new

Creatures 37$20.55

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Instants 7$7.77

Sorceries 5$3.65

Artifacts 5$3.70

Enchantments 9$18.38

Lands 36$18.01

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Upgrade Guide

Swap these cards.

10 swaps · All suggested swaps

Cards to swapMaximum per added card · USD

About 29% of the recorded Hakbal of the Surging Soul decks are this precon almost unchanged.

All suggested swaps: 27 swaps. No further swaps meet the model’s play-rate, role, and price criteria.

Spells 15

$7.20

Spells to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Deeproot Pilgrimage Protection synergy staple	$1.68	Commit // Memory Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Forerunner of the Heralds Tutors synergy fills a gap	$0.33	Coralhelm Commander Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Deepfathom Echo Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.28	Sage of Fables Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Harbinger of the Seas Theme/Synergy synergy	$1.91	Curse of the Swine Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Negate Counterspells synergy staple fills a gap	$0.17	Bygone Marvels Recursion	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Bident of Thassa Card Draw synergy staple	$0.40	Ruinous Intrusion Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Jadelight Spelunker Card Draw synergy	$0.30	Thassa, God of the Sea Protection	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Wildgrowth Walker Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.31	Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze Ramp synergy	$0.28	Ravenform Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Cenote Scout Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.20	Commander's Sphere Ramp	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Tide Shaper Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.24	Quandrix Command Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Bred for the Hunt Card Draw synergy	$0.22	Vorel of the Hull Clade Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
13	Rampant Growth Ramp synergy staple	$0.39	Prime Speaker Zegana Card Draw	Skip the new card Keep the old card
14	Mist-Cloaked Herald Theme/Synergy synergy	$0.28	Evolution Sage Theme/Synergy	Skip the new card Keep the old card
15	Over the Edge Tgt Removal synergy	$0.21	Surgespanner Tgt Removal	Skip the new card Keep the old card

Lands 12

$6.85

Lands to add, each with the card it replaces
#	Add	Price	Take out	Your call
1	Dreamroot Cascade Lands synergy staple	$0.84	Temple of the False God Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
2	Yavimaya Coast Lands synergy staple	$0.31	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
3	Flooded Grove Lands synergy staple	$0.24	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
4	Waterlogged Grove Lands synergy staple	$1.25	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
5	Botanical Sanctum Lands synergy staple	$1.42	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
6	Overflowing Basin Lands synergy staple	$0.20	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
7	Exotic Orchard Lands synergy staple	$0.20	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
8	Thornwood Falls Lands synergy staple	$0.13	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
9	Mystic Sanctuary Lands synergy staple	$1.14	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
10	Tangled Islet Lands synergy staple	$0.26	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
11	Fabled Passage Lands synergy staple	$0.77	Forest Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card
12	Evolving Wilds Lands synergy staple	$0.09	Island Lands	Skip the new card Keep the old card

To change a swap, select another addition or keep the proposed cut, then update suggestions. Open each card to read its abilities.

Lands. 36 lands, as sold and after these swaps; typical builds run 36. Change the number of basics in the deck workspace.

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Compare deck statistics

What the upgrade changes.

The deck as sold compared with the upgraded deck
Statistic	As sold	Upgraded
Singles value	$70.40	$72.50
Average mana value	3.12	2.75
Game Changers	0	0
Combos	0	0
Deck match	95%	92%

Mana curve

Mana value 0: 0 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 1: 4 as sold, 9 upgraded
Mana value 2: 19 as sold, 21 upgraded
Mana value 3: 23 as sold, 18 upgraded
Mana value 4: 10 as sold, 11 upgraded
Mana value 5: 4 as sold, 4 upgraded
Mana value 6: 2 as sold, 0 upgraded
Mana value 7+: 2 as sold, 1 upgraded

Each pair of bars is the deck as sold (gray) and the upgraded deck (blue). The curve and the average cover Hakbal of the Surging Soul and every nonland card. Game Changers are the cards on the official Commander Game Changers list. Combos are the two- to four-card combos from Commander Spellbook that the 100 cards hold every piece of. Deck match says how much of what this commander’s decks usually play the list captures.

Roles

Cards per role: as sold, typical for this commander, and upgraded
Role	As sold	Typical	Upgraded
Lands	36	36	36
Ramp	10	11	11
Card draw	14	13	14
Targeted removal	8	5	4
Board wipes	2	2	2
Counterspells	0	3	1
Protection	7	7	7
Tutors	0	1	1

Typical is the median count across this commander’s decks. Each card counts toward its main role only. A swap never takes a role below 80% of its typical count unless the new card fills the same role.