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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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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

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Counters

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Convolute
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Convolute (iko) 45
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
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
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.)
,
: Move a +1/+1 counter from this creature onto target creature.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Simic Fluxmage (gtc) 49
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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Harmonized Trio
, Tap two untapped creatures you control: This creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk Bard
Harmonized Trio // Brainstorm (sos) 52
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
Orysa, Tide Choreographer
This spell costs
less to cast if creatures you control have total toughness 10 or greater.
When Orysa enters, draw two cards.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Bard
Orysa, Tide Choreographer (sos) 62
River Herald Guide
Vigilance
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
River Herald Guide (lci) 209
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
Wishful Merfolk
Defender
: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk
Wishful Merfolk (plst) ELD-73

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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
Cosmic Epiphany
Draw cards equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
Sorcery
Cosmic Epiphany (dmu) 283
Glacial Grasp
Tap target creature. Its controller mills two cards. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Glacial Grasp (znr) 59
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) 54
Into the Story
This spell costs
less to cast if an opponent has seven or more cards in their graveyard.
Draw four cards.
Instant
Into the Story (eld) 50
Quick Study
Draw two cards.
Instant
Quick Study (sos) 65
Scroll Thief
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Scroll Thief (m13) 66
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
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) 69
Thassa's Intervention
Choose one —
• Look at the top X cards of your library. Put up to two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays twice
.
Instant
Thassa's Intervention (thb) 72
Unexpected Assistance
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.)
Draw three cards, then discard a card.
Instant
Unexpected Assistance (ecl) 80

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Enchantment

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Training Regimen
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have trample.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Enchantment
Training Regimen (msh) 192

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Evasion

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Deep-Sea Kraken
This creature can't be blocked.
Suspend 9—
(Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay
and exile it with nine time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if this card is suspended, remove a time counter from it.
Creature - Kraken
Deep-Sea Kraken (dds) 3
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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Instant

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Chase Inspiration
Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Chase Inspiration (sos) 41
Divergent Equation
Return up to X target instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.
Exile Divergent Equation.
Instant
Divergent Equation (sos) 43
Embrace the Paradox
Draw three cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.
Instant
Embrace the Paradox (sos) 186
Proctor's Gaze
Return up to one target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Proctor's Gaze (sos) 213
Quandrix Charm
Choose one —
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Target creature has base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.
Instant
Quandrix Charm (sos) 217

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Land

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Alchemist's Refuge
: Add
.
,
: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.
Land
Alchemist's Refuge (lcc) 318
Castle Vantress
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
: Add
.
,
: Scry 2.
Land
Castle Vantress (dsc) 267
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (sos) 280
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (ecl) 275
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Land - Town
Jidoor, Aristocratic Capital // Overture (fin) 284
Paradox Gardens
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
: Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Land
Paradox Gardens (sos) 258
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (plg20) 1
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
Skycoach Waypoint
: Add
.
,
: Target creature becomes prepared. (Only creatures with prepare spells can become prepared.)
Land
Skycoach Waypoint (sos) 261
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 (ths) 226

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Lifegain

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Kraken's Eye
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may gain 1 life.
Artifact
Kraken's Eye (m12) 211

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Mill

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Chronic Flooding
Enchant land
Whenever enchanted land becomes tapped, its controller mills three cards.
Enchantment - Aura
Chronic Flooding (rtr) 32
Increasing Confusion
Target player mills X cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, that player mills twice that many cards instead.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Increasing Confusion (dka) 41
Merfolk Secretkeeper
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Secretkeeper // Venture Deeper (eld) 53

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Planeswalker

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Kiora, the Crashing Wave
+1: Until your next turn, prevent all damage that would be dealt to and dealt by target permanent an opponent controls.
−1: Draw a card. You may play an additional land this turn.
−5: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your end step, create a 9/9 blue Kraken creature token."
Legendary Planeswalker - Kiora
Kiora, the Crashing Wave (ddo) 34

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Proliferate

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Kiora's Dambreaker
When this creature enters, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Leviathan
Kiora's Dambreaker (rvr) 48
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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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 (xln) 61
Redirect
You may choose new targets for target spell.
Instant
Redirect (m13) 64
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.
Creature - Leviathan
Stormtide Leviathan (cmr) 407
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 (a25) 234

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Ramp

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Aquitect's Will
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. If you control a Merfolk, draw a card.
Sorcery Kindred - Merfolk
Aquitect's Will (ddt) 2
Arcane Melee
Instant and sorcery spells cost
less to cast.
Enchantment
Arcane Melee (avr) 44
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (lcc) 273
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (drc) 57

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Recursion

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Tazeem Roilmage
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tazeem Roilmage (znr) 84

Recursion

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Removal

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Cancel
Counter target spell.
Instant
Cancel (fdn) 505
Counterlash
Counter target spell. You may cast a spell that shares a card type with it from your hand without paying its mana cost.
Instant
Counterlash (plst) DKA-33
Crush of Tentacles
Surge
(You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If this spell's surge cost was paid, create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.
Sorcery
Crush of Tentacles (ogw) 53
Imprisoned in the Moon
Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker
Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "
: Add
" and loses all other card types and abilities.
Enchantment - Aura
Imprisoned in the Moon (fdn) 156
Memory Drain
Counter target spell. Scry 2.
Instant
Memory Drain (thb) 54
Merfolk Trickster
Flash
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Trickster (plst) DOM-56
Sea God's Scorn
Return up to three target creatures and/or enchantments to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Sea God's Scorn (thb) 63
Shipbreaker Kraken
: Monstrosity 4. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put four +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)
When this creature becomes monstrous, tap up to four target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps for as long as you control this creature.
Creature - Kraken
Shipbreaker Kraken (ths) 63
Summon: Leviathan
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Return each creature that isn't a Kraken, Leviathan, Merfolk, Octopus, or Serpent to its owner's hand.
II, III — Until end of turn, whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Merfolk, Octopus, or Serpent attacks, draw a card.
Ward
Creature Enchantment - Saga Leviathan
Summon: Leviathan (fin) 77
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
Voracious Greatshark
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, counter target artifact or creature spell.
Creature - Shark
Voracious Greatshark (iko) 70
Whelming Wave
Return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.
Sorcery
Whelming Wave (bng) 57

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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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Untap

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Dramatic Reversal
Untap all nonland permanents you control.
Instant
Dramatic Reversal (p30a) 24
Merrow Commerce
At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.
Enchantment Kindred - Merfolk
Merrow Commerce (lrw) 72

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Sideboard

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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 (j22) 9
Campus Composer
Ward

This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Merfolk Bard
Campus Composer // Aqueous Aria (sos) 40
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 (eoc) 71
Harbor Serpent
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
This creature can't attack unless there are five or more Islands on the battlefield.
Creature - Serpent
Harbor Serpent (m13) 53
Jade Bearer
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Jade Bearer (rix) 134
Kraken Hatchling
Creature - Kraken
Kraken Hatchling (bbd) 121
Landscape Painter
This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Landscape Painter // Vibrant Idea (sos) 56
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident
Creature - Merfolk
Merfolk of the Pearl Trident (m13) 60
Nadir Kraken
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay
. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Creature - Kraken
Nadir Kraken (thb) 55
Rootwater Hunter
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
Creature - Merfolk
Rootwater Hunter (tmp) 82
Sweet Oblivion
Target player mills four cards.
Escape—
, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Sorcery
Sweet Oblivion (thb) 70
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
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 (dgm) 115

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Maybeboard

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Clever Impersonator
You may have this creature enter as a copy of any nonland permanent on the battlefield.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Clever Impersonator (plst) KTK-34
Kiora Bests the Sea God
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Create an 8/8 blue Kraken creature token with hexproof.
II — Tap all nonland permanents target opponent controls. They don't untap during their controller's next untap step.
III — Gain control of target permanent an opponent controls. Untap it.
Enchantment - Saga
Kiora Bests the Sea God (thb) 52
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, 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
Kiora, the Rising Tide
When Kiora enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards.
Threshold — Whenever Kiora attacks, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may create Scion of the Deep, a legendary 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
Kiora, the Rising Tide (fdn) 45
Lullmage Mentor
Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Tap seven untapped Merfolk you control: Counter target spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Lullmage Mentor (zen) 54
Merfolk of the Depths
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Merfolk of the Depths (rvr) 200
Monstrosity of the Lake
When Monstrosity of the Lake enters, you may pay
. If you do, tap all creatures your opponents control, then put a stun counter on each of those creatures. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Islandcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for an Island card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Legendary Creature - Kraken
Monstrosity of the Lake (ltc) 22
Skywatcher Adept
Level up
(
: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 1-2
2/2
Flying
LEVEL 3+
4/2
Flying
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Skywatcher Adept (plst) ROE-88
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
When Slinn Voda enters, if it was kicked, return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Merfolk, Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.
Legendary Creature - Leviathan
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep (cmr) 405
Wanderwine Prophets
Champion a Merfolk (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Merfolk you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a Merfolk. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Wanderwine Prophets (lrw) 95

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