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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 (spg) 1
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 (tsr) 310
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 (j22) 61

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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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Kumena's Speaker
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control another Merfolk or an Island.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Kumena's Speaker (xln) 196

Counters

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Draw

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Augur of Bolas
When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Augur of Bolas (m13) 43
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (sta) 13
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
Distant Melody
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Sorcery
Distant Melody (mor) 32
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
Harmonized Crescendo
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.)
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Instant
Harmonized Crescendo (ecl) 408
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
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (ice) 87
Narset, Parter of Veils
Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Planeswalker - Narset
Narset, Parter of Veils (war) 61
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (m21) 59
Preordain
Scry 2, then draw a card. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)
Sorcery
Preordain (cmr) 84
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 (gtc) 188
Seeker of Sunlight
: This creature explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (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
Seeker of Sunlight (lci) 210
Shapers of Nature
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Shapers of Nature (xln) 228
Strategic Planning
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Sorcery
Strategic Planning (sta) 20
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
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
Whenever you draw a card, put a loyalty counter on Teferi.
0: Draw a card.
−2: Create a 2/2 blue Spirit creature token with vigilance and "Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on this token."
−12: Target opponent chooses a permanent they control and returns it to its owner's hand. Then they shuffle each nonland permanent they control into its owner's library.
Legendary Planeswalker - Teferi
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim (bro) 66
Thirst for Discovery
Draw three cards. Then discard two cards unless you discard a basic land card.
Instant
Thirst for Discovery (vow) 85
Thought Scour
Target player mills two cards.
Draw a card.
Instant
Thought Scour (2x2) 351
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
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 (war) 180

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Enchantment

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Springleaf Parade
When this enchantment enters, create X 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature tokens with changeling. (They're every creature type.)
Creature tokens you control have "
: Add one mana of any color."
Enchantment
Springleaf Parade (ecc) 39

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Evasion

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Deepchannel Mentor
Blue creatures you control can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Deepchannel Mentor (plst) SHM-35
Rishadan Dockhand
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
,
: Tap target land.
Creature - Merfolk
Rishadan Dockhand (mh2) 391
True-Name Nemesis
As this creature enters, choose a player.
This creature has protection from the chosen player.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
True-Name Nemesis (tsr) 321
Umara Wizard
Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86
Wonder
Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
Creature - Incarnation
Wonder (mh2) 271

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Finisher

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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 (war) 54
Laboratory Maniac
If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.
Creature - Human Wizard
Laboratory Maniac (isd) 61
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
Thassa's Oracle
When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Thassa's Oracle (thb) 73
Walk the Aeons
Buyback—Sacrifice three Islands. (You may sacrifice three Islands in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.)
Target player takes an extra turn after this one.
Sorcery
Walk the Aeons (tsp) 93

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Instant

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Midnight Tilling
Mill four cards, then you may return a permanent card from among them to your hand. (To mill four cards, put the top four cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Instant
Midnight Tilling (ecl) 182

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Land

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Barkchannel Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (cmr) 479
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (ncc) 400
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (znr) 279
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mid) 276
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (vow) 276
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (one) 266
Forest
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (one) 266
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (one) 271
Island
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (bfz) 255
Island
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (bfz) 256
Island
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (akh) 251
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (thb) 251
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (znr) 269
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mid) 270
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mid) 271
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (vow) 271
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (one) 263
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (one) 268
Misty Rainforest
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Misty Rainforest (mh2) 250
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 (40k) 287
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261

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Mill

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Cut Your Losses
Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.)
Target player mills half their library, rounded down.
Sorcery
Cut Your Losses (snc) 38
Merfolk Windrobber
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Activate only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merfolk Windrobber (znr) 70
Tome Scour
Target player mills five cards.
Sorcery
Tome Scour (m14) 75

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Proliferate

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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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Beyeen Veil
Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn.
Instant
Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46
Fog
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Instant
Fog (plst) EMA-167

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Ramp

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Cultivate
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
Cultivate (c21) 187
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has "
: Add one mana of any color."
−1: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Legendary Planeswalker - Yanggu
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter (war) 164
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
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (c20) 252
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 (mor) 51

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Recursion

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Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (brc) 81
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned
Spells can't be countered.
Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Lier, Disciple of the Drowned (mid) 59
Recollect
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Recollect (rav) 178
Seasons Past
Return any number of cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. Put Seasons Past on the bottom of its owner's library.
Sorcery
Seasons Past (soi) 226
Unnatural Restoration
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Sorcery
Unnatural Restoration (one) 191
Wildest Dreams
Return X target cards from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Wildest Dreams.
Sorcery
Wildest Dreams (kld) 174

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Removal

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Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (mh2) 267
Forceful Denial
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Counter target spell.
Instant
Forceful Denial (cmr) 69
Mana Leak
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Mana Leak (2x2) 58
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (znr) 71
Return to Nature
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.
Instant
Return to Nature (war) 175
Spell Pierce
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Spell Pierce (2x2) 350
Syncopate
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Syncopate (vow) 83
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 (znr) 85

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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) 63

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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

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