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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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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 (lcc) 162

Anthem

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Counters

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Biogenic Upgrade
Distribute three +1/+1 counters among one, two, or three target creatures, then double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of those creatures.
Sorcery
Biogenic Upgrade (j25) 144
Combine Guildmage
,
: This turn, each creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
,
: Move a +1/+1 counter from target creature you control onto another target creature you control.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Combine Guildmage (rna) 163
Earthen Arms
Put two +1/+1 counters on target permanent.
Awaken 4—
(If you cast this spell for
, also put four +1/+1 counters on target land you control and it becomes a 0/0 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.)
Sorcery
Earthen Arms (plst) BFZ-172
Force Spike
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Force Spike (plst) DDJ-14
Galloping Lizrog
Trample
When this creature enters, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from among creatures you control. If you do, put twice that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.
Creature - Lizard Frog
Galloping Lizrog (rna) 175
Hunger of the Howlpack
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
Morbid — Put three +1/+1 counters on that creature instead if a creature died this turn.
Instant
Hunger of the Howlpack (j22) 674
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
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
Overwhelming Denial
Surge
(You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.)
This spell can't be countered.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Overwhelming Denial (ogw) 61
Scent of Brine
Reveal any number of blue cards in your hand. Counter target spell unless its controller pays
for each card revealed this way.
Instant
Scent of Brine (uds) 45
Scuttlegator
Defender
: Adapt 3. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put three +1/+1 counters on it.)
As long as this creature has a +1/+1 counter on it, it can attack as though it didn't have defender.
Creature - Crab Turtle Crocodile
Scuttlegator (clu) 206
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
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 (lcc) 294

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Creature

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Deeproot Warrior
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Deeproot Warrior (xln) 186
Giltgrove Stalker
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Giltgrove Stalker (rix) 131
Headwater Sentries
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Headwater Sentries (xln) 58
Jadecraft Artisan
When this creature enters, target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Jadecraft Artisan (rix) 135
Svyelunite Priest
,
: Target creature gains shroud until end of turn. Activate only during your upkeep. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
Creature - Cleric Merfolk
Svyelunite Priest (fem) 26
Wind Strider
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Wind Strider (j25) 389
Wishful Merfolk
Defender
: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk
Wishful Merfolk (plst) ELD-73

Creature

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Cycling

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Sandbar Merfolk
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Creature - Merfolk
Sandbar Merfolk (usg) 94

Cycling

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Draw

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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
Cold-Eyed Selkie
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Cold-Eyed Selkie (otc) 218
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
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
Jadelight Spelunker
When this creature enters, it explores X times. (To have it 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Jadelight Spelunker (lci) 196
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
Flying
Whenever Tamiyo attacks, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
When you draw your third card in a turn, exile Tamiyo, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Moonfolk
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student // Tamiyo, Seasoned Scholar (mh3) 242
Whirlpool Rider
When this creature enters, shuffle the cards from your hand into your library, then draw that many cards.
Creature - Merfolk
Whirlpool Rider (apc) 35
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
When Zegana enters, if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card.
: Adapt 4. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put four +1/+1 counters on it.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Zegana, Utopian Speaker (lcc) 298

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Evasion

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Ghostly Wings
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
Discard a card: Return enchanted creature to its owner's hand.
Enchantment - Aura
Ghostly Wings (soi) 66
One With the Wind
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
Enchantment - Aura
One With the Wind (j22) 330
River Sneak
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
River Sneak (j22) 339
Shaper Apprentice
This creature has flying as long as you control another Merfolk.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Shaper Apprentice (j22) 346
Triton Shorestalker
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Triton Shorestalker (otc) 121
Tromokratis
Tromokratis has hexproof unless it's attacking or blocking.
Tromokratis can't be blocked unless all creatures defending player controls block it. (If any creature that player controls doesn't block this creature, it can't be blocked.)
Legendary Creature - Kraken
Tromokratis (cmm) 129

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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 (msc) 233
Cryptic Spires
As you create your deck, circle two of the colors below.
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of either of the circled colors.
Land
Cryptic Spires (2x2) 332
Exotic Orchard
: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.
Land
Exotic Orchard (msc) 241
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (hob) 198
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (hob) 195
Lakeside Shack
This land enters tapped unless a player has 13 or less life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Lakeside Shack (dsk) 262
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 (msc) 254
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
Simic Guildgate
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land - Gate
Simic Guildgate (fdn) 695
Skyline Cascade
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
: Add
.
Land
Skyline Cascade (bfz) 246
Slippery Karst
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Land
Slippery Karst (dmr) 256
Snow-Covered Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Snow Land - Island
Snow-Covered Island (j22) 833
The Surgical Bay
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land - Sphere
The Surgical Bay (one) 260
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (tdm) 269
Thriving Grove
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than green.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Thriving Grove (msc) 579
Thriving Isle
This land enters tapped. As it enters, choose a color other than blue.
: Add
or one mana of the chosen color.
Land
Thriving Isle (msc) 581

Land

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Landfall

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Tatyova, Steward of Tides
Land creatures you control have flying.
Whenever a land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands, up to one target land you control becomes a 3/3 Elemental creature with haste. It's still a land.
Legendary Creature - Druid Merfolk
Tatyova, Steward of Tides (dmu) 222

Landfall

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Mill

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Merfolk Secretkeeper
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Secretkeeper // Venture Deeper (eld) 53

Mill

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Protection

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Lull
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Instant
Lull (dmr) 169
Respite
Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. You gain 1 life for each attacking creature.
Instant
Respite (cns) 176

Protection

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Pump

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Mantle of Tides
Equipped creature gets +1/+2.
Whenever you draw your second card each turn, attach this Equipment to target creature you control.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Mantle of Tides (j22) 318
Tall as a Beanstalk
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, has reach, and is a Giant in addition to its other types.
Enchantment - Aura
Tall as a Beanstalk (eld) 178

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Ramp

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Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle
Arixmethes enters tapped with five slumber counters on it.
As long as Arixmethes has a slumber counter on it, it's a land. (It's not a creature.)
Whenever you cast a spell, you may remove a slumber counter from Arixmethes.
: Add
.
Legendary Creature - Kraken
Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle (dsc) 211
Awaken the Woods
Create X 1/1 green Forest Dryad land creature tokens. (They're affected by summoning sickness.)
Sorcery
Awaken the Woods (bro) 170
Find the Path
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, venture into the dungeon. (Enter the first room or advance to the next room.)
Enchanted land has "
: Add
."
Enchantment - Aura
Find the Path (afr) 183
Moonsnare Prototype
, Tap an untapped artifact or creature you control: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: The owner of target nonland permanent puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Artifact
Moonsnare Prototype (neo) 69
New Horizons
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
Enchanted land has "
: Add two mana of any one color."
Enchantment - Aura
New Horizons (fdn) 557
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
Quandrix Cultivator
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Druid Turtle
Quandrix Cultivator (stx) 218
Vodalian Arcanist
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Arcanist (m21) 83

Ramp

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Recursion

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Recollect
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Recollect (m19) 197

Recursion

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Removal

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Crashing Tide
This spell has flash as long as you control a Merfolk.
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Crashing Tide (j22) 283
Disruption Protocol
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay
.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Disruption Protocol (neo) 51
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Instant
Essence Scatter (sos) 47
Moonlit Scavengers
When this creature enters, if you control an artifact or enchantment, return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Moonlit Scavengers (eld) 57
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Out of Bounds
Assist (Another player can pay up to
of this spell's cost.)
Counter target spell.
Instant
Out of Bounds (bbd) 38
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
Sharktocrab
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, tap target creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Crab Octopus Shark
Sharktocrab (rvr) 222
Triton Cavalry
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, you may return target enchantment to its owner's hand.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Triton Cavalry (jou) 55
Unsummon
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Instant
Unsummon (fdn) 599

Removal

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Tutor

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Nature's Rhythm
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Harmonize
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by an amount of generic mana equal to its power. Then exile this spell.)
Sorcery
Nature's Rhythm (tdm) 150

Tutor

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Untap

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Burst of Strength
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and untap it.
Instant
Burst of Strength (gtc) 115
Tolarian Kraken
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay
. When you do, you may tap or untap target creature.
Creature - Kraken
Tolarian Kraken (j25) 377

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