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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 (rix) 164
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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Repudiate
Counter target activated or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Instant
Repudiate // Replicate (rvr) 249

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Counters

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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
Quandrix Pledgemage
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Druid Merfolk
Quandrix Pledgemage (stx) 219
Vorel of the Hull Clade
,
: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.
Legendary Creature - Human Merfolk
Vorel of the Hull Clade (lcc) 294
Wildgrowth Walker
Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 3 life.
Creature - Elemental
Wildgrowth Walker (xln) 216
Winterthorn Blessing
Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control. Tap up to one target creature you don't control, and that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Winterthorn Blessing (dbl) 251

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Draw

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Cold-Eyed Selkie
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Cold-Eyed Selkie (lcc) 266
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
Give
Put three +1/+1 counters on target creature.
Fuse (You may cast one or both halves of this card from your hand.)
Sorcery
Give // Take (dgm) 129
Inspiring Call
Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)
Instant
Inspiring Call (znc) 70
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
Lifecrafter's Bestiary
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Artifact
Lifecrafter's Bestiary (mkc) 231
Military Intelligence
Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.
Enchantment
Military Intelligence (j22) 322
Mind Spring
Draw X cards.
Sorcery
Mind Spring (blb) 389
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
Primal Empathy
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control a creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
Enchantment
Primal Empathy (ncc) 348
Prime Speaker Zegana
Prime Speaker Zegana enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the greatest power among other creatures you control.
When Prime Speaker Zegana enters, draw cards equal to its power.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Prime Speaker Zegana (fdn) 664
Radical Idea
Draw a card.
Jump-start (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a card in addition to paying its other costs. Then exile this card.)
Instant
Radical Idea (otc) 110
Reason
Scry 3.
Sorcery
Reason // Believe (hou) 154
Tributary Instructor
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Tributary Instructor (lcc) 96
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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Mist Dancer
Flying
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying.
Encore
(
, 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.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Mist Dancer (lcc) 76
Mist-Cloaked Herald
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
River Sneak
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
River Sneak (j22) 339
Shaper Apprentice
This creature has flying as long as you control another Merfolk.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Shaper Apprentice (j22) 346
Tempest Caller
When this creature enters, tap all creatures target opponent controls.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tempest Caller (plst) XLN-86
Thassa, God of the Sea
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.
: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Thassa, God of the Sea (lcc) 176

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Land

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Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (plst) C21-284
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (mkc) 260
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (eoe) 276
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (fic) 403
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (eoe) 270
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 (mkc) 275
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 (scd) 311
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 (pip) 279
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 (neo) 275
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 (mkc) 293
Tangled Islet
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Tangled Islet (dmu) 258
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 (m3c) 390
Temple of the False God
: Add
. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Land
Temple of the False God (ddo) 59
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

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Proliferate

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Contentious Plan
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Contentious Plan (war) 46
Merfolk Skydiver
Flying
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Merfolk Mutant
Merfolk Skydiver (war) 205
Steady Progress
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Steady Progress (mm2) 58
Thirsting Roots
Choose one —
• Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
• Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Thirsting Roots (one) 185

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Protection

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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
Singer of Swift Rivers
Flash
When this creature enters, put a shield counter on another target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.)
You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Singer of Swift Rivers (lcc) 98

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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 (ltc) 273
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (fic) 302
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
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) 306
Nissa, Steward of Elements
+2: Scry 2.
0: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield.
−6: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.
Legendary Planeswalker - Nissa
Nissa, Steward of Elements (c20) 224
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (m12) 190
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (mkc) 237
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
Talisman of Curiosity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Curiosity (who) 249
Uthros Psionicist
The second spell you cast each turn costs
less to cast.
Creature - Jellyfish Scientist
Uthros Psionicist (eoe) 84
Wilderness Reclamation
At the beginning of your end step, untap all lands you control.
Enchantment
Wilderness Reclamation (mkc) 196

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Removal

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Decisive Denial
Choose one —
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Decisive Denial (otp) 42
Essence Capture
Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.
Instant
Essence Capture (rna) 37
Plasm Capture
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next first main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is that spell's mana value.
Instant
Plasm Capture (otc) 237
Quandrix Command
Choose two —
• Return target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.
Instant
Quandrix Command (lcc) 280
Ravenform
Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying.
Foretell
(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Sorcery
Ravenform (lcc) 167
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.)
Instant
Reality Shift (dsc) 125
Reject Imperfection
Counter target spell. If that spell's mana value was 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Reject Imperfection (one) 67
Serum Snare
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If that permanent had mana value 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Serum Snare (one) 68
Smell Fear
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Target creature you control fights up to one target creature you don't control.
Sorcery
Smell Fear (mh2) 173
Thieving Skydiver
Kicker
. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature 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 this creature.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Thieving Skydiver (lcc) 177

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Tokens

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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

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Maybeboard

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Bygone Marvels
Descend 8 — When you cast this spell, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, copy this spell twice. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Bygone Marvels.
Sorcery
Bygone Marvels (lcc) 89
Cenote Scout
When this creature 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.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Cenote Scout (lci) 178
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
Filter Out
Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
Instant
Filter Out (mat) 7
Fuel for the Cause
Counter target spell, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Fuel for the Cause (mbs) 25
Jadelight Spelunker
When this creature enters, it explores X times. (To have it explore, 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Jadelight Spelunker (lci) 196
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Vigilance, ward

Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep (mat) 35
Radstorm
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)
Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Radstorm (pip) 37
Repulsive Mutation
Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Then counter up to one target spell unless its controller pays mana equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Instant
Repulsive Mutation (mkm) 227
Ruinous Intrusion
Exile target artifact or enchantment. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the mana value of the permanent exiled this way.
Instant
Ruinous Intrusion (lcc) 255
Spring
Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Spring // Mind (akh) 219

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