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Commander

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Hakbal of the Surging Soul
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each Merfolk creature you control 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 the exploring creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Whenever Hakbal attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Scout Merfolk
Hakbal of the Surging Soul (lcc) 3

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Anthem

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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.)
Creature - Merfolk
Master of the Pearl Trident (lcc) 162
Merfolk Mistbinder
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Merfolk Mistbinder (lcc) 276
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
Merfolk Sovereign (lcc) 164
Merrow Reejerey
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Merrow Reejerey (lcc) 165

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Copy

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Isochron Scepter
Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand.
,
: You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Artifact
Isochron Scepter (mb2) 96
Reflections of Littjara
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (tdc) 164
Repudiate
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Instant
Repudiate // Replicate (rvr) 249
Swarm Intelligence
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, you may copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Enchantment
Swarm Intelligence (c21) 130

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Counters

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Branching Evolution
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Enchantment
Branching Evolution (mh3) 285
Deeproot Elite
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Deeproot Elite (lcc) 237
Hadana's Climb
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if that creature has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, transform Hadana's Climb.
Legendary Enchantment
Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (plst) RIX-158Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (plst) RIX-158
Hardened Scales
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (pip) 200
Renata, Called to the Hunt
Renata's power is equal to your devotion to green. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)
Each other creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Demigod
Renata, Called to the Hunt (thb) 196
Simic Ascendancy
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.
Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (blc) 260

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Draw

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Arcanis the Omnipotent
: Draw three cards.
: Return Arcanis to its owner's hand.
Legendary Creature - Wizard
Arcanis the Omnipotent (dmr) 39
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
. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
Emperor Mihail II (lcc) 155
Guardian Project
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if it doesn't have the same name as another creature you control or a creature card in your graveyard, draw a card.
Enchantment
Guardian Project (pip) 199
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
+1: Target player mills two cards. Draw a card.
−8: Draw seven cards. Then if your library has no cards in it, you win the game.
Legendary Planeswalker - Jace
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries (plst) WAR-54
Jadelight Ranger
When this creature enters, it explores, then it explores again. (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. Then repeat this process.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk Ranger
Jadelight Ranger (j25) 676
Kindred Discovery
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.
Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (c17) 11
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Tap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena can't be blocked this turn.
Tap three untapped Merfolk you control: Draw a card.
Tap five untapped Merfolk you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk you control.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca (lcc) 274
Mind Spring
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Mind Spring (plst) DDT-14
Nezahal, Primal Tide
This spell can't be countered.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card.
Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
Nezahal, Primal Tide (cmr) 401
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (tdc) 158
Path of Discovery
Whenever a creature you control 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 the creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Enchantment
Path of Discovery (blc) 231
Reason
Scry 3.
Sorcery
Reason // Believe (hou) 154
Sea Gate Restoration
Draw cards equal to the number of cards in your hand plus one. You have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game.
Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 333Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 333
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (lcc) 170
Svyelun of Sea and Sky
Svyelun has indestructible as long as you control at least two other Merfolk.
Whenever Svyelun attacks, draw a card.
Other Merfolk you control have ward
. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Legendary Creature - Merfolk God
Svyelun of Sea and Sky (lcc) 175
Teferi, Timeless Voyager
+1: Draw a card.
−3: Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
−8: Each creature target opponent controls phases out. Until the end of your next turn, they can't phase in. (Treat them and anything attached to them as though they don't exist.)
Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
Teferi, Timeless Voyager (m21) 324
Vanquisher's Banner
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.
Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (lcc) 316
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds
You may cast creature spells as though they had flash.
+1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gains vigilance and reach.
−2: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as it remains exiled, you may cast it if it's a creature spell.
Legendary Planeswalker - Vivien
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds (clb) 838
Zameck Guildmage
: This turn, each creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Elf
Zameck Guildmage (gtc) 209
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
When Zegana enters, if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card.
: Adapt 4. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put four +1/+1 counters on it.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Zegana, Utopian Speaker (lcc) 298

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Evasion

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Herald of Secret Streams
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Herald of Secret Streams (lcc) 158

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Land

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Arch of Orazca
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
: Add
.
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if you have the city's blessing.
Land
Arch of Orazca (lcc) 319
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (tdc) 107
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tdm) 286
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (tdc) 371
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tdm) 280
Karn's Bastion
: Add
.
,
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Land
Karn's Bastion (lcc) 339
Llanowar Reborn
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Graft 1 (This land enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)
Land
Llanowar Reborn (lcc) 341
Mosswort Bridge
Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.
Land
Mosswort Bridge (tdc) 379
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Myriad Landscape (tdc) 380
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (tdc) 382
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (tdc) 386
Rogue's Passage
: Add
.
,
: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Secluded Courtyard
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.
Land
Secluded Courtyard (fdn) 267
Simic Growth Chamber
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Simic Growth Chamber (dsc) 298
Temple of Mystery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Mystery (tdc) 404
Unclaimed Territory
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.
Land
Unclaimed Territory (lcc) 366
Vineglimmer Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (drc) 183
Waterlogged Grove
, Pay 1 life: Add
or
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land
Waterlogged Grove (who) 331

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Proliferate

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Roalesk, Apex Hybrid
Flying, trample
When Roalesk enters, put two +1/+1 counters on another target creature you control.
When Roalesk dies, proliferate, then proliferate again. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)
Legendary Creature - Human Mutant
Roalesk, Apex Hybrid (ncc) 349

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Protection

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Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea
Callaphe's power is equal to your devotion to blue. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creatures and enchantments you control have "Spells your opponents cast that target this permanent cost
more to cast."
Legendary Creature Enchantment - Demigod
Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea (thb) 45
Kopala, Warden of Waves
Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost
more to cast.
Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost
more to activate.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Kopala, Warden of Waves (lcc) 160
Snakeskin Veil
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Snakeskin Veil (tdm) 159
Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (tdc) 328

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (tdc) 105
Exploration
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Enchantment
Exploration (usg) 250
Hedron Archive
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.
Artifact
Hedron Archive (blc) 275
Kiora, Master of the Depths
+1: Untap up to one target creature and up to one target land.
−2: Reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put a creature card and/or a land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.
−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever a creature you control enters, you may have it fight target creature." Then create three 8/8 blue Octopus creature tokens.
Legendary Planeswalker - Kiora
Kiora, Master of the Depths (bfz) 213
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
Kodama's Reach
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery - Arcane
Kodama's Reach (tdc) 261
Nicanzil, Current Conductor
Whenever a creature you control explores a land card, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Whenever a creature you control explores a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on Nicanzil.
Legendary Creature - Scout Merfolk
Nicanzil, Current Conductor (lci) 236
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (tdc) 106
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
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Stonybrook Banneret (lcc) 173

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Recursion

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Deeproot Historian
Merfolk and Druid cards in your graveyard have retrace. (You may cast cards with retrace from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.)
Creature - Druid Merfolk
Deeproot Historian (lcc) 91
Flood of Recollection
Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Flood of Recollection.
Sorcery
Flood of Recollection (cmr) 61

Recursion

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Removal

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Control Magic
Enchant creature
You control enchanted creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Control Magic (cma) 34
Harbinger of the Tides
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay
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.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Harbinger of the Tides (j22) 306
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Summary Dismissal
Exile all other spells and counter all abilities.
Instant
Summary Dismissal (inr) 88
Tale's End
Counter target activated ability, triggered ability, or legendary spell.
Instant
Tale's End (m20) 77
Vodalian Hexcatcher
Flash
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
Sacrifice a Merfolk: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Hexcatcher (dmu) 75
Whirlwind Denial
For each spell and ability your opponents control, counter it unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Whirlwind Denial (j25) 388

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Tokens

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Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
Ward
(Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Adrix and Nev, Twincasters (mkc) 198
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Whenever you draw your fifth card each turn, Alandra and Drakes you control each get +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of cards in your hand.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Alandra, Sky Dreamer (mkc) 94
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.)
Enchantment
Deeproot Waters (lcc) 152
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Talrand, Sky Summoner (otc) 116

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Untap

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Merrow Commerce
At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.
Enchantment Kindred - Merfolk
Merrow Commerce (lrw) 72
Wake Thrasher
Whenever a permanent you control becomes untapped, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Wake Thrasher (j22) 369
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
Whenever Xolatoyac enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. That land is an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
At the beginning of your end step, untap each permanent you control with a counter on it.
Legendary Creature - Salamander Serpent
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood (lcc) 8

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Sideboard

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Deeproot Pilgrimage
Whenever one or more nontoken Merfolk you control become tapped, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof.
Enchantment
Deeproot Pilgrimage (lci) 52

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