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Commander

Qty: 1 Price: $1.29
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
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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 (m13) 59
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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
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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 (lcc) 165
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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
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Creature

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Blockade Runner
: This creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk
Blockade Runner (mmq) 60
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Cleric of Chill Depths
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, that creature doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Creature - Cleric Merfolk
Cleric of Chill Depths (znr) 51
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Deepwater Hypnotist
Inspired — Whenever this creature becomes untapped, target creature an opponent controls gets -3/-0 until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Deepwater Hypnotist (bng) 35
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Enclave Elite
Multikicker
(You may pay an additional
any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Enclave Elite (cns) 96
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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 (plst) ROE-72
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Inkfathom Divers
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Inkfathom Divers (plst) DDT-8
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Manta Riders
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk
Manta Riders (tmp) 74
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Merfolk Falconer
Flying
Whenever you cast a kicked spell, scry 2.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merfolk Falconer (znr) 69
Color tag templates(None)
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Merfolk Raiders
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
Creature - Soldier Merfolk
Merfolk Raiders (mir) 75
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Merfolk Seastalkers
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Tap target creature without flying.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Merfolk Seastalkers (plst) ZEN-55
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Seafloor Stalker
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn. This ability costs
less to activate for each creature in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Seafloor Stalker (znr) 78
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Sentinels of Glen Elendra
Flash
Flying
Creature - Soldier Faerie
Sentinels of Glen Elendra (j22) 344
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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
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Triton Shorethief
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Triton Shorethief (ths) 70
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Triton Waverider
Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Triton Waverider (thb) 78
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Umara Wizard
Whenever you cast an instant, sorcery, or Wizard spell, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86
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Draw

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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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Evasion

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Caller of Gales
,
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Caller of Gales (zen) 43
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Merfolk Spy
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player reveals a card at random from their hand.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merfolk Spy (m14) 62
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Mistford River Turtle
Whenever this creature attacks, another target attacking non-Human creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Turtle
Mistford River Turtle (eld) 56
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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 (lrw) 91
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Tidal Warrior
: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Tidal Warrior (plst) 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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Whitewater Naiads
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature Enchantment - Nymph
Whitewater Naiads (c18) 112
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Instant

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Hydrosurge
Target creature gets -5/-0 until end of turn.
Instant
Hydrosurge (m15) 58
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Waterwhirl
Return up to two target creatures to their owners' hands.
Instant
Waterwhirl (ktk) 60
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Land

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Castle Vantress
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
: Add
.
,
: Scry 2.
Land
Castle Vantress (clb) 885
Color tag templates(None)
$0.99 $0.44 $0.26
Halimar Depths
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, look at the top three cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
: Add
.
Land
Halimar Depths (wwk) 137
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.66 $0.25
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (blb) 371
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Soaring Seacliff
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
: Add
.
Land
Soaring Seacliff (c20) 315
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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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Dreadwaters
Target player mills X cards, where X is the number of lands you control.
Sorcery
Dreadwaters (plst) ORI-56
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$0.35 $0.37 $0.15
Merrow Witsniper
When this creature enters, target player mills a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merrow Witsniper (mor) 40
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$0.35 $0.24 $0.15
Towering-Wave Mystic
Whenever this creature deals damage, target player mills that many cards.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Towering-Wave Mystic (jmp) 186
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Proliferate

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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 (plst) MM2-58
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Protection

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Drake Umbra
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3 and has flying.
Umbra armor (If enchanted creature would be destroyed, instead remove all damage from it and destroy this Aura.)
Enchantment - Aura
Drake Umbra (roe) 63
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$0.35 $0.21 $0.17
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 (lcc) 160
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.34 $0.15
Shell Shield
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Target creature you control gets +0/+3 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature also gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Shell Shield (znr) 79
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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 (plst) LRW-87
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$0.35 $0.13 $0.15
Spidersilk Net
Equipped creature gets +0/+2 and has reach. (It can block creatures with flying.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Spidersilk Net (dtk) 244
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Turn Aside
Counter target spell that targets a permanent you control.
Instant
Turn Aside (som) 49
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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 (eld) 52
Color tag templates(None)
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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 (lrw) 52
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.32 $0.26
High Tide
Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional
.
Instant
High Tide (fem) 18c
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $3.13 $0.62
Merfolk Wayfinder
Flying
When this creature enters, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all Island cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Merfolk Wayfinder (ddt) 12
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Removal

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Bubble Snare
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, if it was kicked, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Enchantment - Aura
Bubble Snare (znr) 47
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Cursecatcher
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Cursecatcher (a25) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$1.29 $0.47 $0.25
Encrust
Enchant artifact or creature
Enchanted permanent doesn't untap during its controller's untap step and its activated abilities can't be activated.
Enchantment - Aura
Encrust (m15) 53
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.04 $0.15
Fading Hope
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If its mana value was 3 or less, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Instant
Fading Hope (mid) 51
Color tag templates(None)
$0.39 $0.14 $0.15
Kiora's Dismissal
Strive — This spell costs
more to cast for each target beyond the first.
Return any number of target enchantments to their owners' hands.
Instant
Kiora's Dismissal (jou) 44
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Revenge of the Drowned
Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library. You create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with decayed. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)
Instant
Revenge of the Drowned (mid) 72
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Sea God's Scorn
Return up to three target creatures and/or enchantments to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Sea God's Scorn (thb) 63
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.07 $0.15
Thassa's Rebuff
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
Instant
Thassa's Rebuff (bng) 54
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.18 $0.15
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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$8.99 $6.58 $6.40

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Tokens

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Aquatic Incursion
When this enchantment enters, create two 1/1 blue Merfolk creature tokens with hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
: Target Merfolk can't be blocked this turn.
Enchantment
Aquatic Incursion (j22) 271
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.23 $0.15
Coral Barrier
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
When this creature enters, create a 1/1 blue Squid creature token with islandwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Creature - Wall
Coral Barrier (m15) 49
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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 (plst) LRW-73
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Untap

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Crypsis
Target creature you control gains protection from creatures your opponents control until end of turn. Untap it.
Instant
Crypsis (bng) 34
Color tag templates(None)
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Merfolk Skyscout
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, untap target permanent.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Merfolk Skyscout (cn2) 115
Color tag templates(None)
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Merrow Commerce
At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.
Enchantment Kindred - Merfolk
Merrow Commerce (lrw) 72
Color tag templates(None)
$23.99 $17.53 $8.85
Stonybrook Angler
,
: You may tap or untap target creature.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Stonybrook Angler (lrw) 90
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Vault Skyward
Target creature gains flying until end of turn. Untap it.
Instant
Vault Skyward (som) 51
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Maybeboard

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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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$3.99 $2.46 $1.08
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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Frostwind Invoker
Flying
: Creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Frostwind Invoker (roe) 68
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Harbinger of the Seas
Nonbasic lands are Islands.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63
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$1.99 $1.62 $0.46
Kefnet's Monument
Blue creature spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast a creature spell, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
Legendary Artifact
Kefnet's Monument (akh) 231
Color tag templates(None)
$0.59 $0.39 $0.15
Mist-Cloaked Herald
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.40 $0.15
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Color tag templates(None)
$0.35 $0.31 $0.15
Reflections of Littjara
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)
Enchantment
Reflections of Littjara (lcc) 168
Color tag templates(None)
$2.99 $2.90 $1.56
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (lcc) 170
Color tag templates(None)
$0.49 $0.66 $0.16
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
Color tag templates(None)
$0.79 $0.24 $0.19
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
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