Coralhelm Guide

{4}{U}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Stonybrook Banneret

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Merfolk spells and Wizard spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Deeproot Waters

Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (A creature with hexproof can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Floodpits Drowner

Flash
Vigilance
When Floodpits Drowner enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it.
{1}{U}, {T}: Shuffle Floodpits Drowner and target creature with a stun counter on it into their owners' libraries.

Merfolk Looter

Merfolk Sovereign

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
{T}: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.

Kasmina's Transmutation

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and has base power and toughness 1/1.

Distant Melody

Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.

Reality Shift

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Wishful Merfolk

Defender
{1}{U}: Wishful Merfolk loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.

Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

River Sneak

River Sneak can't be blocked.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, River Sneak gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Persuasion

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.)
You control enchanted creature.

Master of Waves

Protection from red
Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.
When Master of Waves enters, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Crashing Tide

This spell has flash as long as you control a Merfolk.
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.

Merfolk Trickster

Flash
When Merfolk Trickster enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.

Become the Pilot

Enchant noncommander creature
You control enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and can't be blocked unless it's attacking its owner or a permanent its owner controls.

Cursecatcher

Sacrifice Cursecatcher: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Merrow Witsniper

When Merrow Witsniper enters, target player mills a card.

Grimoire Thief

Whenever Grimoire Thief becomes tapped, exile the top three cards of target opponent's library face down.
You may look at cards exiled with Grimoire Thief.
{U}, Sacrifice Grimoire Thief: Turn all cards exiled with Grimoire Thief face up. Counter all spells with those names.

Merfolk Falconer

Flying
Whenever you cast a kicked spell, scry 2.

Island

High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Benthic Biomancer

{1}{U}: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on Benthic Biomancer, draw a card, then discard a card.

Tidal Warrior

{T}: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Master of the Pearl Trident

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Dakra Mystic

{U}, {T}: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.

Deeproot Pilgrimage

Whenever one or more nontoken Merfolk you control become tapped, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof.

Harbinger of the Tides

You may cast this card as though it had flash if you pay {2} more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Frogify

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Frog creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)

River Herald Scout

When River Herald Scout enters, it explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

Deep Freeze

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has base power and toughness 0/4, has defender, loses all other abilities, and is a blue Wall in addition to its other colors and types.

Nyxborn Triton

Bestow {4}{U} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached to a creature.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+3.

Mist-Cloaked Herald

Seafloor Oracle

Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Tidebinder Mage

When Tidebinder Mage enters, tap target red or green creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control Tidebinder Mage.

Eaten by Piranhas

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a black Skeleton creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other colors, card types, and creature types.)

Enclave Elite

Multikicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Enclave Elite enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked.

Thieving Skydiver

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Thieving Skydiver enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to Thieving Skydiver.

Ichthyomorphosis

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a blue Fish with base power and toughness 0/1.

Mistcaller

Sacrifice Mistcaller: Until end of turn, if a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.

Stormtide Leviathan

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.
Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

Waterspout Weavers

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with Waterspout Weavers, you may reveal it. If you do, each creature you control gains flying until end of turn.

Fallowsage

Whenever Fallowsage becomes tapped, you may draw a card.

Silvergill Adept

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Merfolk card from your hand or pay {3}.
When Silvergill Adept enters, draw a card.

Kitnap

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, when it enters, they draw a card.)
Enchant creature
When Kitnap enters, tap enchanted creature. If the gift wasn't promised, put three stun counters on it.
You control enchanted creature.

Simic Fluxmage

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
{1}{U}, {T}: Move a +1/+1 counter from Simic Fluxmage onto target creature.

Crab Umbra

Enchant creature
{2}{U}: Untap enchanted creature.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Engulf the Shore

Return to their owners' hands all creatures with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control.

Coralhelm Commander

Level up {1} ({1}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 2-3
3/3
Flying
LEVEL 4+
4/4
Flying
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.

Rishadan Dockhand

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
{1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Cleric of Chill Depths

Whenever Cleric of Chill Depths blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Kopala, Warden of Waves

Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to cast.
Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to activate.

Merfolk Pupil

When Merfolk Pupil enters, draw a card, then discard a card.
{1}{U}, Exile Merfolk Pupil from your graveyard: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Tidal Courier

When Tidal Courier enters, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Merfolk cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
{3}{U}: Tidal Courier gains flying until end of turn.

Coralhelm Chronicler

Whenever you cast a kicked spell, draw a card, then discard a card.
When Coralhelm Chronicler enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a card with a kicker ability from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Merfolk Wayfinder

Flying
When Merfolk Wayfinder enters, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all Island cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

Tide Shaper

Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.)
When Tide Shaper enters, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as Tide Shaper remains on the battlefield.
Tide Shaper gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.

Umara Skyfalls

Umara Skyfalls enters tapped.
{T}: Add {U}.

Umara Wizard

Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, Umara Wizard gains flying until end of turn.

Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls

Eel Umbra

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)

Tempest Caller

When Tempest Caller enters, tap all creatures target opponent controls.

Mist Dancer

Flying
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying.
Encore {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Wash Out

Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.

Witness Protection

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green and white Citizen creature with base power and toughness 1/1 named Legitimate Businessperson. (It loses all other colors, card types, creature types, and names.)

Nyxborn Seaguard

Maritime Guard

Cosi's Trickster

Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, you may put a +1/+1 counter on Cosi's Trickster.

Mystic Subdual

Flash
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets -2/-0 and loses all abilities. (Mutating onto the creature won't give it new abilities. It can gain abilities in other ways.)

Gray Harbor Merfolk

Gray Harbor Merfolk can't be blocked.
Gray Harbor Merfolk gets +2/+0 as long as you control a commander that's a creature or planeswalker.

Silvergill Douser

{T}: Target creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Merfolk and/or Faeries you control.

Emperor Mihail II

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Merfolk spells from the top of your library.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.

Svyelun of Sea and Sky

Svyelun of Sea and Sky has indestructible as long as you control at least two other Merfolk.
Whenever Svyelun attacks, draw a card.
Other Merfolk you control have ward {1}. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Charix, the Raging Isle

Spells your opponents cast that target Charix, the Raging Isle cost {2} more to cast.
{3}: Charix gets +X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Take Possession

Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.)
Enchant permanent
You control enchanted permanent.

Mind Control

Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.

Merrow Reejerey

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.

Razorfin Abolisher

{1}{U}, {T}: Return target creature with a counter on it to its owner's hand.

Surgespanner

Whenever Surgespanner becomes tapped, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Scourge of Fleets

When Scourge of Fleets enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Unsummon

Return target creature to its owner's hand.

Shaper Apprentice

Shaper Apprentice has flying as long as you control another Merfolk.

Library Larcenist

Whenever Library Larcenist attacks, draw a card.

Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)