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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) 19

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Anthem

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Lord of Atlantis
Other Merfolk get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Merfolk
Lord of Atlantis (mar) 56
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 (ddt) 9
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
Merfolk Sovereign (ddt) 11
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 (ddt) 13

Anthem

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Artifact

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Dawn-Blessed Pennant
As this artifact enters, choose Elemental, Elf, Faerie, Giant, Goblin, Kithkin, Merfolk, or Treefolk.
Whenever a permanent you control of the chosen type enters, you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card of the chosen type from your graveyard to your hand.
Artifact
Dawn-Blessed Pennant (ecl) 254

Artifact

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Copy

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Deepfathom Echo
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature explores. Then you may have it become a copy of another creature you control until end of turn. (To have this creature 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Merfolk Spirit
Deepfathom Echo (lci) 385

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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 (rix) 127
Innkeeper's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Enchantment - Class
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
River Heralds' Boon
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and a +1/+1 counter on up to one target Merfolk.
Instant
River Heralds' Boon (xln) 204
The Earth Crystal
Green spells you cast cost
less to cast.
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.
,
: Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.
Legendary Artifact
The Earth Crystal (fin) 184
The Thirteenth Doctor
Paradox — Whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Team TARDIS — At the beginning of your end step, untap each creature you control with a counter on it.
Legendary Creature - Doctor Time Lord
The Thirteenth Doctor (who) 4
Topography Tracker
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Topography Tracker (lcc) 63
Vineshaper Mystic
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each of up to two target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Vineshaper Mystic (xln) 214

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Creature

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Nev, the Practical Dean
Creatures you control with counters on them have trample.
Whenever you cast your first spell with
in its mana cost each turn, put X +1/+1 counters on Nev.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Nev, the Practical Dean (soc) 89

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Draw

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Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more Merfolk you control attack a player, draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Warrior Merfolk Villain
Attuma, Atlantean Warlord (msh) 47
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 (dmc) 73
Harmonize
Draw three cards.
Sorcery
Harmonize (znc) 68
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
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 (rix) 136
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 (rix) 162
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 (rix) 142
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 (rvr) 377
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (rix) 51
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 (mh2) 393
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Druid Merfolk
Tatyova, Benthic Druid (dom) 206
Tezzeret's Gambit
(
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Tezzeret's Gambit (c19) 98
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) 64
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 (xln) 251

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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 (xln) 59
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) 44
Tempest Caller
When this creature enters, tap all creatures target opponent controls.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tempest Caller (xln) 86

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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 (znc) 124
Dreamroot Cascade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dreamroot Cascade (who) 273
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (c19) 242
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (xln) 276
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (xln) 277
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (xln) 278
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (xln) 279
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (rix) 196
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (one) 369
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mom) 290
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (lci) 291
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (xln) 266
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (xln) 267
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (rix) 193
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (znr) 271
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (one) 366
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (lci) 288
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tmt) 254
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 (ltc) 534
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (c19) 268
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (ktk) 244
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 (who) 532
Woodland Stream
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Woodland Stream (rix) 191

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Landfall

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Retreat to Kazandu
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
• You gain 2 life.
Enchantment
Retreat to Kazandu (znc) 78

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Proliferate

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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

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Protection

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Mutational Advantage
Permanents you control with counters on them gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. Prevent all damage that would be dealt to those permanents this turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Mutational Advantage (sld) 2454
Ripples of Potential
Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Ripples of Potential (lcc) 45
Selfless Safewright
Flash
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
When this creature enters, choose a creature type. Other permanents you control of that type gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Elf
Selfless Safewright (ecl) 367
Swift Warden
Flash
When this creature enters, target Merfolk you control gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Swift Warden (rix) 146

Protection

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Pump

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Arachnoform
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2, has reach, and is every creature type.
Enchantment - Aura
Arachnoform (khm) 159

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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 (znc) 106
Deeproot Wayfinder
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, surveil 1, then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Deeproot Wayfinder (mom) 369
Enter the Unknown
Target 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 creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
You may play an additional land this turn.
Sorcery
Enter the Unknown (rix) 128
Exploration
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Enchantment
Exploration (dmr) 339
Explosive Vegetation
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Explosive Vegetation (ddo) 46
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
Path of the Animist
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Will of the Planeswalkers — Starting with you, each player votes for planeswalk or chaos. If planeswalk gets more votes, planeswalk. If chaos gets more votes or the vote is tied, chaos ensues.
Sorcery
Path of the Animist (moc) 125
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (znc) 120
Spelunking
When this enchantment enters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you put a Cave onto the battlefield this way, you gain 4 life.
Lands you control enter untapped.
Enchantment
Spelunking (lci) 213
Tempt with Discovery
Tempting offer — Search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Each opponent may search their library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. For each opponent who searches a library this way, search your library for a land card and put it onto the battlefield. Then each player who searched a library this way shuffles.
Sorcery
Tempt with Discovery (c19) 183
Twists and Turns
If a creature you control would explore, instead you scry 1, then that creature explores.
When this enchantment enters, target creature you control explores.
When a land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands, transform this enchantment.
Enchantment
Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217

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Recursion

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Road of Return
Choose one —
• Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand.
• Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
Entwine
(Choose both if you pay the entwine cost.)
Sorcery
Road of Return (c19) 34

Recursion

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Removal

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Over the Edge
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact or enchantment.
• Target creature you control 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
Sorcery
Over the Edge (lci) 205
River's Rebuke
Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.
Sorcery
River's Rebuke (xln) 71
Run Aground
Put target artifact or creature on top of its owner's library.
Instant
Run Aground (xln) 72
Tishana's Tidebinder
Flash
When this creature enters, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tishana's Tidebinder (lci) 81
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

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Stax

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Harbinger of the Seas
Nonbasic lands are Islands.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 451

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Tokens

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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
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 (xln) 51
Sentinel of the Nameless City
Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Creature - Warrior Scout Merfolk
Sentinel of the Nameless City (lci) 383
Waterwind Scout
Flying
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Waterwind Scout (lci) 84

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Tutor

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Forerunner of the Heralds
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Merfolk card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Forerunner of the Heralds (rix) 129
Seahunter
,
: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Mercenary
Seahunter (plst) NEM-41

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Untap

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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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