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Explorers of the Deep
Deck Size: 100
Commander / EDH
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Est deck cost: $229.52
Salt sum: 40.13
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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 of the Surging Soul attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, draw a card.

Creature
Hakbal of the Surging Soul (lcc) 3

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Anthem

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Beastmaster Ascension

Whenever a creature you control attacks, you may put a quest counter on Beastmaster Ascension. As long as Beastmaster Ascension has seven or more quest counters on it, creatures you control get +5/+5.

Enchantment
Beastmaster Ascension (ncc) 283
Coralhelm Commander

Level up {1} ({1}: 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
Coralhelm Commander (lcc) 148
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
Master of the Pearl Trident (ddt) 9
Merfolk Mistbinder

Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.

Creature
Merfolk Mistbinder (rix) 164
Merfolk Sovereign

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1. {T}: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.

Creature
Merfolk Sovereign (j22) 321
Merrow Reejerey

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.

Creature
Merrow Reejerey (lrw) 74

Anthem

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Copy

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Reflections of Littjara

As Reflections of Littjara 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 (woc) 106

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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 Cosi's Trickster.

Creature
Cosi's Trickster (zen) 45
Simic Ascendancy

{1}{G}{U}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on a creature you control, put that many growth counters on Simic Ascendancy. At the beginning of your upkeep, if Simic Ascendancy has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (rna) 207
Wildgrowth Walker

Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on Wildgrowth Walker and you gain 3 life.

Creature
Wildgrowth Walker (xln) 216

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Deeproot Historian

Merfolk and Druid cards in your graveyard have retrace. (You may cast cards with retrace from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying their other costs.)

Creature
Deeproot Historian (lcc) 91
Mist Dancer

Flying Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying. Encore {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Mist Dancer (lcc) 76
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, Current Conductor.

Creature
Nicanzil, Current Conductor (lci) 236
Singer of Swift Rivers

Flash When Singer of Swift Rivers enters, put a shield counter on another target creature you control. (If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash.

Creature
Singer of Swift Rivers (lcc) 98
Topography Tracker

When Topography Tracker enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.") If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.

Creature
Topography Tracker (lcc) 95
Tributary Instructor

Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.) Whenever a creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it dies, draw a card.

Creature
Tributary Instructor (lcc) 96

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Draw

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Benthic Biomancer

{1}{U}: 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 Benthic Biomancer, draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Benthic Biomancer (rna) 32
Cold-Eyed Selkie

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) Whenever Cold-Eyed Selkie deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.

Creature
Cold-Eyed Selkie (c18) 172
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 {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.

Creature
Emperor Mihail II (dmc) 23
Inspiring Call

Draw a card for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it. Those creatures gain indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy them.)

Instant
Inspiring Call (c16) 153
Kindred Discovery

As Kindred Discovery enters, choose a creature type. Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Enchantment
Kindred Discovery (lcc) 159
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca

Tap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca 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.

Creature
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca (rix) 162
Ohran Frostfang

Attacking creatures you control have deathtouch. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Ohran Frostfang (otc) 199
Realmwalker

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As Realmwalker enters, choose a creature type. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells of the chosen type from the top of your library.

Creature
Realmwalker (cmm) 909
Return of the Wildspeaker

Choose one — • Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control. • Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.

Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (otc) 203
Seafloor Oracle

Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Creature
Seafloor Oracle (rix) 51
Svyelun of Sea and Sky

Svyelun of Sea and Sky has indestructible as long as you control at least two other Merfolk. Whenever Svyelun attacks, draw a card. Other Merfolk you control have ward {1}. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Creature
Svyelun of Sea and Sky (mh2) 393
Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Tatyova, Benthic Druid (cmm) 358
Zegana, Utopian Speaker

When Zegana, Utopian Speaker enters, if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card. {4}{G}{U}: 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.

Creature
Zegana, Utopian Speaker (lcc) 298

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Evasion

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Herald of Secret Streams

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Creature
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
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
Rancor

Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample. When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Enchantment
Rancor (2x2) 156
Triton Shorestalker

Triton Shorestalker can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (otc) 121

Evasion

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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 Wanderwine Prophets deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a Merfolk. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.

Creature
Wanderwine Prophets (lrw) 95

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Instant

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Ripples of Potential

Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)

Instant
Ripples of Potential (lcc) 77

Instant

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Land

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Alchemist's Refuge

{T}: Add {C}. {G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Land
Alchemist's Refuge (avr) 225
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (woc) 156
Dreamroot Cascade

Dreamroot Cascade enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Dreamroot Cascade (vow) 282
Exotic Orchard

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

Land
Exotic Orchard (mkc) 260
Flooded Grove

{T}: Add {C}. {G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Land
Flooded Grove (otc) 297
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (xln) 278
Hinterland Harbor

Hinterland Harbor enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Hinterland Harbor (dmr) 248
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (xln) 266
Karn's Bastion

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Land
Karn's Bastion (cmm) 1007
Overflowing Basin

{1}, {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Overflowing Basin (otc) 308
Path of Ancestry

Path of Ancestry enters tapped. {T}: 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 (woc) 165
Reliquary Tower

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add {C}.

Land
Reliquary Tower (cmm) 425
Rogue's Passage

{T}: Add {C}. {4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Land
Rogue's Passage (cmm) 426
Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Land
Secluded Courtyard (ltc) 330
Simic Growth Chamber

Simic Growth Chamber enters tapped. When Simic Growth Chamber enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand. {T}: Add {G}{U}.

Land
Simic Growth Chamber (moc) 424
Vineglimmer Snarl

As Vineglimmer Snarl enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Vineglimmer Snarl enters tapped. {T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (ltc) 343
Yavimaya Coast

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.

Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261

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Landfall

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Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar

Reach, trample Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar gets +1/+1 for each land you control and each land card in your graveyard. {1}{G}, Return two lands you control to their owner's hand: Return Multani from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar (dsc) 190
Rampaging Baloths

Trample Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

Creature
Rampaging Baloths (blc) 233

Landfall

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Proliferate

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Merfolk Skydiver

Flying When Merfolk Skydiver enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. {3}{G}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Creature
Merfolk Skydiver (war) 205

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Protection

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Heroic Intervention

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Instant
Heroic Intervention (cmm) 295
Kopala, Warden of Waves

Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to cast. Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to activate.

Creature
Kopala, Warden of Waves (xln) 61
Wrap in Vigor

Regenerate each creature you control.

Instant
Wrap in Vigor (cns) 183

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Artifact
Arcane Signet (scd) 257
Growing Rites of Itlimoc

Enchantment
Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun (lci) 188
Kiora's Follower

{T}: Untap another target permanent.

Creature
Kiora's Follower (plst) DDO-52
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (mic) 162
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 {1} less to cast.

Creature
Stonybrook Banneret (mor) 51
Twists and Turns

Enchantment
Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

When Uro enters, sacrifice it unless it escaped. Whenever Uro enters or attacks, you gain 3 life and draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. Escape—{G}{G}{U}{U}, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

Creature
Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath (m3c) 277

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Removal

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (scd) 42
Arcane Denial

Counter target spell. Its controller may draw up to two cards at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep. You draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

Instant
Arcane Denial (otc) 89
Beast Within

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Instant
Beast Within (lcc) 233
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
Pongify

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Instant
Pongify (otc) 106
Rapid Hybridization

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Instant
Rapid Hybridization (c15) 102
Reject Imperfection

Counter target spell. If that spell'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.)

Instant
Reject Imperfection (one) 67
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Tishana's Tidebinder

Flash When Tishana's Tidebinder 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 Tishana's Tidebinder remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Creature
Tishana's Tidebinder (lci) 335
Urza's Rebuff

Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Tap up to two target creatures.

Instant
Urza's Rebuff (bro) 71

Removal

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Sorcery

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Wave Goodbye

Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.

Sorcery
Wave Goodbye (lcc) 79

Sorcery

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Stax

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Harbinger of the Seas

Nonbasic lands are Islands.

Creature
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63

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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
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 (xln) 51
Sentinel of the Nameless City

Vigilance Whenever Sentinel of the Nameless City enters or attacks, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

Creature
Sentinel of the Nameless City (lci) 211

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