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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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Counters

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Jade Bearer
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Jade Bearer (rix) 134
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Jade Guardian
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Jade Guardian (xln) 194
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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
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Sahagin
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least four mana was spent to cast it, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and it can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Sahagin (fin) 71
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Creature

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Studious First-Year
This creature enters prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
Creature - Wizard Bear
Studious First-Year // Rampant Growth (sos) 162
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Draw

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Adventurous Impulse
Look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a creature or land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Sorcery
Adventurous Impulse (iko) 142
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Distant Melody
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Sorcery
Distant Melody (ecc) 45
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Library Larcenist
Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Library Larcenist (m21) 55
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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
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River Herald 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
River Herald Scout (lci) 72
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Scroll Thief
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Scroll Thief (ddt) 17
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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
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Evasion

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Caller of Gales
,
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Caller of Gales (cn2) 103
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Halimar Wavewatch
Level up
(
: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 1-4
0/6
LEVEL 5+
6/6
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Halimar Wavewatch (roe) 72
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Mist-Cloaked Herald
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Mist-Cloaked Herald (m19) 310
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Reef Shaman
: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Reef Shaman (apc) 29
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Shaper Apprentice
This creature has flying as long as you control another Merfolk.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Shaper Apprentice (xln) 75
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Streambed Aquitects
: Target Merfolk creature gets +1/+1 and gains islandwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Streambed Aquitects (ddt) 18
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Tidal Warrior
: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Tidal Warrior (ddt) 20
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Tideshaper Mystic
: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. Activate only during your turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tideshaper Mystic (lrw) 93
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Triton Shorestalker
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Triton Shorestalker (otc) 121
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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 (soc) 129
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Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (tmc) 65
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Forest
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Basic Land - Forest
Forest (sos) 281
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Island
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Basic Land - Island
Island (sos) 275
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Mystic Sanctuary
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This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands.
When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Land - Island
Mystic Sanctuary (soc) 388
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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 (soc) 393
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Mill

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Merfolk Secretkeeper
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Secretkeeper // Venture Deeper (eld) 53
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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
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Experimental Augury
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Instant
Experimental Augury (eoc) 73
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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
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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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Silvergill Douser
: Target creature gets -X/-0 until end of turn, where X is the number of Merfolk and/or Faeries you control.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Silvergill Douser (lrw) 87
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Protection

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Pump

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Merfolk Thaumaturgist
: Switch target creature's power and toughness until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Thaumaturgist (plc) 56
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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
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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (eoc) 53
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Bender's Waterskin
Untap this artifact during each other player's untap step.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Bender's Waterskin (tla) 255
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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 (soc) 265
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Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (tle) 259
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Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (eoc) 50
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Growth Spiral
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Growth Spiral (dsc) 88
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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 (ecc) 113
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Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (fic) 313
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Scale the Heights
Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. You gain 2 life. You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Scale the Heights (znr) 202
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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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Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (dsc) 256
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Vodalian Arcanist
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Arcanist (m21) 83
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Volshe Tideturner
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or a kicked spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Volshe Tideturner (dmu) 77
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Recursion

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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
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Salvager of Secrets
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Salvager of Secrets (gn2) 25
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Shipwreck Dowser
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Shipwreck Dowser (cmm) 119
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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
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Recursion

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Removal

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Broken Bond
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Sorcery
Broken Bond (dom) 157
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Bushwhack
Choose one —
• Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
Sorcery
Bushwhack (fdn) 215
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Carnivorous Canopy
Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or creature with flying. If that permanent'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.)
Sorcery
Carnivorous Canopy (one) 162
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Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (dsc) 114
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Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
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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
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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
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Watertrap Weaver
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Watertrap Weaver (xln) 87
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Tokens

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Jungleborn Pioneer
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Jungleborn Pioneer (rix) 137
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4 mana - 4 cards
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7 mana - 7 cards
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4 mana - 4 cards
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4 mana - 4 cards
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5 mana - 5 cards
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2 mana - 2 cards
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