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Commander

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Sygg, River Guide
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Target Merfolk you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Sygg, River Guide (lrw) 251
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Anthem

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Coralhelm Commander
Level up
(
: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 2-3
3/3
Flying
LEVEL 4+
4/4
Flying
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Coralhelm Commander (roe) 57
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.38
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 (m13) 59
Color tag templates(None)
$1.49 $1.49
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
Merfolk Sovereign (m11) 65
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.31
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 (lrw) 74
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.56

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Blink

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Venser, the Sojourner
+2: Exile target permanent you own. Return it to the battlefield under your control at the beginning of the next end step.
−1: Creatures can't be blocked this turn.
−8: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, exile target permanent."
Legendary Planeswalker - Venser
Venser, the Sojourner (ddi) 1
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Blink

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Copy

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Sigil Tracer
, Tap two untapped Wizards you control: Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Sigil Tracer (mor) 49
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Counters

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Cosi's Trickster
Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Cosi's Trickster (zen) 45
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.42
Dissipate
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.
Instant
Dissipate (isd) 53
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Creature

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Coral Fighters
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, look at the top card of defending player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Coral Fighters (mir) 59
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$0.35 $0.19

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Draw

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Azami, Lady of Scrolls
Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Azami, Lady of Scrolls (c13) 31
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.37
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (ice) 61
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $2.84
Dakra Mystic
,
: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Dakra Mystic (jou) 35
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $2.28
Fact or Fiction
Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
Instant
Fact or Fiction (c15) 94
Color tag templates(None)
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Fallowsage
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Fallowsage (lrw) 63
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Intellectual Offering
Choose an opponent. You and that player each draw three cards.
Choose an opponent. Untap all nonland permanents you control and all nonland permanents that player controls.
Instant
Intellectual Offering (c14) 15
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.33
Ponder
Look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order. You may shuffle.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Ponder (lrw) 79
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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 (m11) 70
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$1.99 $0.98
Sage of Fables
Each other Wizard creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Sage of Fables (mor) 47
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.63
Silvergill Adept
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Merfolk card from your hand or pay
.
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Silvergill Adept (lrw) 86
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.35
Sphinx's Revelation
You gain X life and draw X cards.
Instant
Sphinx's Revelation (rtr) 200
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.85
Tamiyo's Journal
At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, Sacrifice three Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, then shuffle.
Legendary Artifact - Book
Tamiyo's Journal (soi) 265†c
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$---- $1.04
Thought Reflection
If you would draw a card, draw two cards instead.
Enchantment
Thought Reflection (c15) 110
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Time Reversal
Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. Exile Time Reversal.
Sorcery
Time Reversal (m12) 77
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$2.79 $2.32
Time Spiral
Exile Time Spiral. Each player shuffles their hand and graveyard into their library, then draws seven cards. You untap up to six lands.
Sorcery
Time Spiral (usg) 103
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$119.99 $95.28

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Evasion

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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 (ths) 66
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Waterspout Weavers
Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, each creature you control gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Waterspout Weavers (mor) 56
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Finisher

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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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$13.99 $16.64

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Land

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Ash Barrens
: Add
.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Land
Ash Barrens (tmc) 60
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.24
Azorius Chancery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Azorius Chancery (dsc) 261
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$0.49 $0.32
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (soc) 129
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.27
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.39
Flooded Strand
, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Plains or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Land
Flooded Strand (ktk) 233
Color tag templates(None)
$24.99 $15.82
Glacial Fortress
This land enters tapped unless you control a Plains or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Glacial Fortress (eoc) 160
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.34
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (kld) 254
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$0.49 $0.15
Opal Palace
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. If you spend this mana to cast your commander, it enters with a number of additional +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of times it's been cast from the command zone this game.
Land
Opal Palace (soc) 390
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.34
Plains
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Plains
Plains (kld) 251
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.10
Port Town
As this land enters, you may reveal a Plains or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Port Town (cmm) 1019
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.22
Secluded Steppe
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Secluded Steppe (eoc) 177
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.27
Temple of Enlightenment
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 Enlightenment (bng) 163
Color tag templates(None)
$0.69 $0.32
Temple of the False God
: Add
. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Land
Temple of the False God (soc) 416
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.32
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (sos) 265
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$0.35 $0.28

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Lifegain

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Judge of Currents
Whenever a Merfolk you control becomes tapped, you may gain 1 life.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Judge of Currents (lrw) 22
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.22

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Mill

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Ambassador Laquatus
: Target player mills three cards.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Ambassador Laquatus (tor) 23
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.74
Drowner Initiate
Whenever a player casts a blue spell, you may pay
. If you do, target player mills two cards.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Drowner Initiate (shm) 36
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$0.35 $0.27
Drowner of Secrets
Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: Target player mills a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Drowner of Secrets (lrw) 58
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$0.35 $0.36

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Protection

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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 (m11) 74
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$0.79 $0.70

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Ramp

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Azorius Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Azorius Signet (dis) 159
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.49
Hedron Archive
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards.
Artifact
Hedron Archive (bfz) 223
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.32
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (c15) 268
Color tag templates(None)
$2.29 $1.67
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.56
Sword of the Animist
Equipped creature gets +1/+1.
Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Sword of the Animist (ori) 240
Color tag templates(None)
$10.99 $6.66
Thought Vessel
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Artifact
Thought Vessel (c15) 55
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$4.49 $2.64

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Removal

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Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (4ed) 65
Color tag templates(None)
$5.49 $2.43
Crib Swap
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Exile target creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 colorless Shapeshifter creature token with changeling.
Instant Kindred - Shapeshifter
Crib Swap (lrw) 11
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $8.48
Dissolve
Counter target spell. Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Instant
Dissolve (ths) 47
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21
Harbinger of the Tides
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you pay
more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
When this creature enters, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Harbinger of the Tides (ori) 58
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.39
Hinder
Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put that card on your choice of the top or bottom of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.
Instant
Hinder (chk) 65
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.23
Insidious Will
Choose one —
• Counter target spell.
• You may choose new targets for target spell.
• Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Instant
Insidious Will (kld) 52
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.48
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
Color tag templates(None)
$6.49 $5.08
Mystic Confluence
Choose three. You may choose the same mode more than once.
• Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
• Return target creature to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Mystic Confluence (c15) 14
Color tag templates(None)
$1.79 $0.56
Ojutai's Command
Choose two —
• Return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• You gain 4 life.
• Counter target creature spell.
• Draw a card.
Instant
Ojutai's Command (dtk) 227
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.31
Path to Exile
Exile target creature. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Instant
Path to Exile (dci) 24
Color tag templates(None)
$16.99 $20.07
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 (frf) 46
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.30
Rewind
Counter target spell. Untap up to four lands.
Instant
Rewind (usg) 93
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.74
Rootwater Thief
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay
. If you do, search that player's library for a card and exile it, then the player shuffles.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Rootwater Thief (nem) 40
Color tag templates(None)
$3.49 $2.47
Sage's Dousing
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If you control a Wizard, draw a card.
Instant Kindred - Wizard
Sage's Dousing (mor) 48
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.21
Surgespanner
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay
. If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Surgespanner (lrw) 92
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $1.31
Swords to Plowshares
Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.
Instant
Swords to Plowshares (ice) 54
Color tag templates(None)
$14.99 $13.30

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Theft

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Empress Galina
,
: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
Empress Galina (inv) 54
Color tag templates(None)
$15.99 $12.98
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever Thada Adel deals combat damage to a player, search that player's library for an artifact card and exile it. Then that player shuffles. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Thada Adel, Acquisitor (wwk) 40
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$14.99 $20.17

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Tokens

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Stonybrook Schoolmaster
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk Wizard creature token.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Stonybrook Schoolmaster (mor) 25
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.33
Summon the School
Create two 1/1 blue Merfolk Wizard creature tokens.
Tap four untapped Merfolk you control: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery Kindred - Merfolk
Summon the School (lrw) 42
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.31

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Tutor

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Merrow Harbinger
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Merfolk card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merrow Harbinger (lrw) 73
Color tag templates(None)
$1.99 $2.57
Seahunter
,
: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Mercenary
Seahunter (nem) 41
Color tag templates(None)
$4.99 $3.60

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Untap

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Intruder Alarm
Creatures don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.
Whenever a creature enters, untap all creatures.
Enchantment
Intruder Alarm (8ed) 86
Color tag templates(None)
$8.49 $3.92

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Deck Info

Deck stats

10 pips - 10 cards
20 mana - 20 cards
79 pips - 50 cards
21 mana - 21 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
2 mana - 2 cards
0 pips - 0 cards
9 mana - 6 cards
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