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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 (tsb) 24
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
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
Merfolk Sovereign (j22) 321

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Artifact

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Dawn-Blessed Pennant
As this artifact enters, choose Elemental, Elf, Faerie, Giant, Goblin, Kithkin, Merfolk, or Treefolk.
Whenever a permanent you control of the chosen type enters, you gain 1 life.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target card of the chosen type from your graveyard to your hand.
Artifact
Dawn-Blessed Pennant (ecl) 254

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Counter spells

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Amazing Acrobatics
Choose one or both —
• Counter target spell.
• Tap one or two target creatures.
Instant
Amazing Acrobatics (spm) 25
Annul
Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.
Instant
Annul (khm) 42
Counterspell
Counter target spell.
Instant
Counterspell (a25) 50
Decisive Denial
Choose one —
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Decisive Denial (otp) 42
Disdainful Stroke
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Disdainful Stroke (f15) 2
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
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (tmt) 47
Plasm Capture
Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next first main phase, add X mana in any combination of colors, where X is that spell's mana value.
Instant
Plasm Capture (otc) 237
Spider-Sense
Web-slinging
(You may cast this spell for
if you also return a tapped creature you control to its owner's hand.)
Counter target instant spell, sorcery spell, or triggered ability.
Instant
Spider-Sense (spm) 46
Three Steps Ahead
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Counter target spell.
+
— Create a token that's a copy of target artifact or creature you control.
+
— Draw two cards, then discard a card.
Instant
Three Steps Ahead (otj) 323
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

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Counters

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Deeproot Elite
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Deeproot Elite (prix) 127p
Force Spike
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Force Spike (leg) 58
Hardened Scales
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
Enchantment
Hardened Scales (ktk) 133
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
Solidarity of Heroes
Strive — This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Choose any number of target creatures. Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each of them.
Instant
Solidarity of Heroes (c16) 168

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Creatures

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Harbinger of the Seas
Nonbasic lands are Islands.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63
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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Draw

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Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Serpent
Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait (cmr) 365
Bident of Thassa
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
,
: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.
Legendary Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (brc) 80
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa
If you would scry a number of cards, scry that many cards plus one instead.
: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent creature card, you may put it onto the battlefield. If you don't put the card onto the battlefield, you may put it on the bottom of your library.
Legendary Creature - Cleric Merfolk
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa (j22) 13
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 (rix) 162
Mindspring Merfolk
Exhaust —
,
: Draw X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk creature you control. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Mindspring Merfolk (dft) 51
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) 310
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.
Legendary Creature - Druid Merfolk
Tatyova, Benthic Druid (dmr) 203
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island
Flash
Ward—Waterbend
. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
. They can tap their artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw two cards.
Legendary Creature - Serpent
The Unagi of Kyoshi Island (tla) 77

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Enchantment

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Claim the Kingdom
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control and a plan counter on this enchantment.
When the fourth plan counter is put on this enchantment, sacrifice it. When you do, put an indestructible counter on target creature you control.
Enchantment - Plan
Claim the Kingdom (msh) 163
Primal Rage
Creatures you control have trample. (A creature with trample can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Enchantment
Primal Rage (sth) 112

Enchantment

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Evasion

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Aqueous Form
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Enchantment - Aura
Aqueous Form (ths) 39
Tide Shaper
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tide Shaper (mh2) 72
Triton Shorestalker
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Triton Shorestalker (jou) 56

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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 (cmr) 350
Daily Bugle Building
: Add
.
,
: Add one mana of any color.
Smear Campaign —
,
: Target legendary creature gains menace until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Land
Daily Bugle Building (spm) 179
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (fin) 308
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (fin) 297
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 (c13) 310
Overflowing Basin
,
: Add
.
Land
Overflowing Basin (otc) 308
Quandrix Campus
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
,
: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Quandrix Campus (dsc) 294
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (dsc) 295
Secret Tunnel
This land can't be blocked.
: Add
.
,
: Two target creatures you control that share a creature type can't be blocked this turn.
Land - Cave
Secret Tunnel (tla) 278
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 (mkc) 293
Unclaimed Territory
As this land enters, choose a creature type.
: Add
.
: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.
Land
Unclaimed Territory (ecc) 175

Land

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Landfall

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Grappling Kraken
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Creature - Kraken
Grappling Kraken (fdn) 39

Landfall

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Protection

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Blinding Fog
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to creatures this turn. Creatures you control gain hexproof until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Blinding Fog (xln) 177
Royal Treatment
Target creature you control gains hexproof until end of turn. Create a Royal Role token attached to that creature. (If you control another Role on it, put that one into the graveyard. Enchanted creature gets +1/+1 and has ward
.)
Instant
Royal Treatment (woe) 183
Snakeskin Veil
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Snakeskin Veil (tdm) 159
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 (cmr) 474

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Pump

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Blackblade Reforged
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each land you control.
Equip legendary creature

Equip
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Blackblade Reforged (cmr) 457

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Ramp

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Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (bng) 150
Lumbering Worldwagon
This Vehicle's power is equal to the number of lands you control.
Whenever this Vehicle enters or attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Crew 4
Artifact - Vehicle
Lumbering Worldwagon (dft) 422
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
Nylea's Presence
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted land is every basic land type in addition to its other types.
Enchantment - Aura
Nylea's Presence (ths) 169
Patchwork Banner
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.
: Add one mana of any color.
Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247

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Removal

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (blc) 161
Archdruid's Charm
Choose one —
• Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
• Exile target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Archdruid's Charm (mkm) 151
Froghemoth
Trample, haste
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile up to that many target cards from their graveyard. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each creature card exiled this way. You gain 1 life for each noncreature card exiled this way.
Creature - Horror Frog
Froghemoth (afr) 184
Hullbreaker Horror
Flash
This spell can't be countered.
Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one —
• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Creature - Horror Kraken
Hullbreaker Horror (woc) 95
Masked Vandal
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
When this creature enters, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, exile target artifact or enchantment an opponent controls.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Masked Vandal (khm) 184
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (cns) 171
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
Rocky Rebuke
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature an opponent controls.
Instant
Rocky Rebuke (tla) 193
Signature Slam
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control, then each modified creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Instant
Signature Slam (mh3) 168
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
Unforgiving Aim
Choose one —
• Destroy target creature with flying.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Create a 2/2 black and green Elf creature token.
Instant
Unforgiving Aim (ecl) 200

Removal

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Sorcery

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Spry and Mighty
Choose exactly two creatures you control. You draw X cards and the chosen creatures get +X/+X and gain trample until end of turn, where X is the difference between the chosen creatures' powers.
Sorcery
Spry and Mighty (pecl) 195p

Sorcery

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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

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