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Merfolking Around
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Commander

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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 {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 (lcc) 175

Commander

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Board Wipe

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Flood of Tears

Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If you return four or more nontoken permanents you control this way, you may put a permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Flood of Tears (voc) 104

Board Wipe

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Buff Commander

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Stoneforge Masterwork

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. Equip {2}

Artifact
Stoneforge Masterwork (ogw) 166

Buff Commander

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Buff Merfolk

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Banner of Kinship

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. This artifact enters with a fellowship counter on it for each creature you control of the chosen type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each fellowship counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Banner of Kinship (fdn) 127
Heraldic Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a color. Creatures you control of the chosen color get +1/+0. {T}: Add one mana of the chosen color.

Artifact
Heraldic Banner (scd) 267
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
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
Master of the Pearl Trident (lcc) 162
Merfolk Sovereign

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

Creature
Merfolk Sovereign (lcc) 164
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 (lcc) 165

Buff Merfolk

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Buff Self

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Gray Harbor Merfolk

This creature can't be blocked. This creature gets +2/+0 as long as you control a commander that's a creature or planeswalker.

Creature
Gray Harbor Merfolk (clb) 75

Buff Self

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Copy

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Glasspool Mimic

Creature
Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 328Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore (znr) 328

Copy

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Counterspell

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Cursecatcher

Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays {1}.

Creature
Cursecatcher (a25) 53
Foil

You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Foil (pcy) 34
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
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 {1}.

Creature
Vodalian Hexcatcher (dmu) 75

Counterspell

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Create Merfolk

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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 (lcc) 152

Create Merfolk

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Draw

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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
Aquitect's Will (ddt) 2
Bident of Thassa

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. {1}{U}, {T}: Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

Artifact Enchantment
Bident of Thassa (blc) 162
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 (lcc) 155
Enclave Cryptologist

Level up {1}{U} ({1}{U}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.) LEVEL 1-2 0/1 {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. LEVEL 3+ 0/1 {T}: Draw a card.

Creature
Enclave Cryptologist (plst) ROE-66
Kindred Discovery

As this enchantment 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
Merfolk Looter

{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Merfolk Looter (afc) 86
Mindspring Merfolk

Exhaust — {X}{U}{U}, {T}: Draw X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk creature you control. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)

Creature
Mindspring Merfolk (dft) 51
Seafloor Oracle

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

Creature
Seafloor Oracle (lcc) 170
Silvergill Adept

As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Merfolk card from your hand or pay {3}. When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Silvergill Adept (plst) RIX-53
Soothsayer Adept

{1}{U}, {T}: Draw a card, then discard a card.

Creature
Soothsayer Adept (stx) 55
Spreading Seas

Enchant land When this Aura enters, draw a card. Enchanted land is an Island.

Enchantment
Spreading Seas (plst) ZEN-70
The Surgical Bay

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
The Surgical Bay (one) 260

Draw

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Draw Filtering

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Rivendell

Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.

Land
Rivendell (ltr) 259

Draw Filtering

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Give Evasion

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Fishliver Oil

Enchant creature (Target a creature as you cast this. This card enters attached to that creature.) Enchanted creature has islandwalk. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Enchantment
Fishliver Oil (9ed) 77
Levitation

Creatures you control have flying.

Enchantment
Levitation (ulg) 35
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
Streambed Aquitects

{T}: 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.) {T}: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Creature
Streambed Aquitects (ddt) 18

Give Evasion

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Land

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Castle Vantress

This land enters tapped unless you control an Island. {T}: Add {U}. {2}{U}{U}, {T}: Scry 2.

Land
Castle Vantress (dsc) 267
Crystal Grotto

When this land enters, scry 1. {T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Crystal Grotto (woe) 254
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. {T}: Add {U}.

Land
Halimar Depths (afc) 244
Island

({T}: Add {U}.)

Land
Island (acr) 104
Jwari Disruption

Instant
Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64Jwari Disruption // Jwari Ruins (znr) 64
Lonely Sandbar

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {U} ({U}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Lonely Sandbar (mkc) 273
Mutavault

{T}: Add {C}. {1}: This land becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.

Land
Mutavault (clb) 903
Reliquary Tower

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

Land
Reliquary Tower (blc) 132
Remote Isle

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Land
Remote Isle (dmr) 254
Svyelunite Temple

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {T}, Sacrifice this land: Add {U}{U}.

Land
Svyelunite Temple (6ed) 329
Tolaria West

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with mana value 0, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Land
Tolaria West (tsr) 286
Witch's Clinic

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Target commander gains lifelink until end of turn.

Land
Witch's Clinic (dsc) 325

Land

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Make Islands

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Reef Shaman

{T}: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.

Creature
Reef Shaman (apc) 29
Tidal Warrior

{T}: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.

Creature
Tidal Warrior (plst) DDT-20
Tide Shaper

Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} 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
Tide Shaper (mh2) 72

Make Islands

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Merfolk Matter

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Door of Destinies

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, put a charge counter on this artifact. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1 for each charge counter on this artifact.

Artifact
Door of Destinies (c17) 208

Merfolk Matter

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Non Merfolk

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Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep

Kicker {1}{U} (You may pay an additional {1}{U} as you cast this spell.) When Slinn Voda enters, if it was kicked, return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Merfolk, Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents.

Creature
Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep (cmr) 405

Non Merfolk

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Protection

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Beyeen Veil

Instant
Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46Beyeen Veil // Beyeen Coast (znr) 46
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 (lcc) 160

Protection

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Ramp

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High Tide

Until end of turn, whenever a player taps an Island for mana, that player adds an additional {U}.

Instant
High Tide (fem) 18b
Patchwork Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Patchwork Banner (blb) 247
Sea Scryer

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

Creature
Sea Scryer (plst) MIR-90
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 (lcc) 173

Ramp

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Removal

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Aetherize

Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
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
Eaten by Piranhas

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Enchant creature Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a black Skeleton creature with base power and toughness 1/1. (It loses all other colors, card types, and creature types.)

Enchantment
Eaten by Piranhas (lci) 54
Harbinger of the Tides

You may cast this card as though it had flash if you pay {2} 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
Harbinger of the Tides (j22) 306
Imprisoned in the Moon

Enchant creature, land, or planeswalker Enchanted permanent is a colorless land with "{T}: Add {C}" and loses all other card types and abilities.

Enchantment
Imprisoned in the Moon (fdn) 156
Into the Flood Maw

Gift a tapped Fish (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they create a tapped 1/1 blue Fish creature token before its other effects.) Return target creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand. If the gift was promised, instead return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand.

Instant
Into the Flood Maw (blb) 52
Sink into Stupor

Instant
Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (mh3) 241
Surgespanner

Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Creature
Surgespanner (lcc) 174

Removal

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Sabotage

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Floodpits Drowner

Flash Vigilance When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it. {1}{U}, {T}: Shuffle this creature and target creature with a stun counter on it into their owners' libraries.

Creature
Floodpits Drowner (dsk) 59
Merfolk Trickster

Flash When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.

Creature
Merfolk Trickster (plst) DOM-56

Sabotage

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Self Evasion

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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
Halimar Wavewatch

Level up {2} ({2}: 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
Halimar Wavewatch (plst) ROE-72
Mist-Cloaked Herald

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Mist-Cloaked Herald (rix) 43
Rishadan Dockhand

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) {1}, {T}: Tap target land.

Creature
Rishadan Dockhand (mh2) 59
Triton Shorestalker

This creature can't be blocked.

Creature
Triton Shorestalker (otc) 121
True-Name Nemesis

As this creature enters, choose a player. This creature has protection from the chosen player.

Creature
True-Name Nemesis (plst) C13-63
Umara Wizard

Creature
Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86Umara Wizard // Umara Skyfalls (znr) 86

Self Evasion

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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
Merrow Harbinger (plst) LRW-73
Muddle the Mixture

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Transmute {1}{U}{U} ({1}{U}{U}, Discard this card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Transmute only as a sorcery.)

Instant
Muddle the Mixture (rvr) 50

Tutor

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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 (wot) 21
Merrow Commerce

At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.

Enchantment Kindred
Merrow Commerce (lrw) 72

Untap

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Sideboard

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Adaptive Automaton

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Other creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1.

Creature Artifact
Adaptive Automaton (2xm) 231
An Offer You Can't Refuse

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Coastal Piracy

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Coastal Piracy (acr) 84
Demolition Field

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Destroy target nonbasic land an opponent controls. That land's controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. You may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Demolition Field (otc) 283
Drowner of Secrets

Tap an untapped Merfolk you control: Target player mills a card.

Creature
Drowner of Secrets (lrw) 58
Fallowsage

Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may draw a card.

Creature
Fallowsage (moc) 223
Flare of Denial

You may sacrifice a nontoken blue creature rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell.

Instant
Flare of Denial (mh3) 62
March of Swirling Mist

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may exile any number of blue cards from your hand. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each card exiled this way. Up to X target creatures phase out. (While they're phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist. Each one phases in before its controller untaps during their next untap step.)

Instant
March of Swirling Mist (neo) 61
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
Merfolk Wayfinder (ddt) 12
Scavenger Grounds

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}, Sacrifice a Desert: Exile all graveyards.

Land
Scavenger Grounds (otc) 316
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
Stormtide Leviathan (cmr) 407
Thassa's Rebuff

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {X}, where X is your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Instant
Thassa's Rebuff (bng) 54
Thieving Skydiver

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} 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
Thieving Skydiver (otc) 118
Tideshaper Mystic

{T}: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn. Activate only during your turn.

Creature
Tideshaper Mystic (lrw) 93
Wake Thrasher

Whenever a permanent you control becomes untapped, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
Wake Thrasher (j22) 369
Wishful Merfolk

Defender {1}{U}: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.

Creature
Wishful Merfolk (plst) ELD-73

Sideboard

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Maybeboard

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Aether Spike

Choose target spell. You get {E}{E} (two energy counters), then you may pay any amount of {E}. Counter that spell unless its controller pays {1} for each {E} paid this way.

Instant
Aether Spike (mh3) 50
Aphetto Grifter

Tap two untapped Wizards you control: Tap target permanent.

Creature
Aphetto Grifter (ons) 65
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.) {3}{U}: Target Merfolk can't be blocked this turn.

Enchantment
Aquatic Incursion (j22) 271
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
Aqueous Form (cmr) 56
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
Arcane Signet

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

Artifact
Arcane Signet (dsc) 92
Archmage's Charm

Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Target player draws two cards. • Gain control of target nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.

Instant
Archmage's Charm (mh1) 40
Arctic Merfolk

Kicker—Return a creature you control to its owner's hand. (You may return a creature you control to its owner's hand in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature
Arctic Merfolk (pls) 21
Back to Basics

Nonbasic lands don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Enchantment
Back to Basics (uma) 46
Benthicore

When this creature enters, create two 1/1 blue Merfolk Wizard creature tokens. Tap two untapped Merfolk you control: Untap this creature. It gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Creature
Benthicore (lrw) 53
Brainstorm

Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.

Instant
Brainstorm (dsc) 113
Brineborn Cutthroat

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) Whenever you cast a spell during an opponent's turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Brineborn Cutthroat (fdn) 152
Case of the Ransacked Lab

Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. To solve — You've cast four or more instant and sorcery spells this turn. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, draw a card.

Enchantment
Case of the Ransacked Lab (mkm) 45
Cavern of Souls

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, and that spell can't be countered.

Land
Cavern of Souls (lci) 269
Chalice of the Void

This artifact enters with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact, counter that spell.

Artifact
Chalice of the Void (a25) 222
Chart a Course

Draw two cards. Then discard a card unless you attacked this turn.

Sorcery
Chart a Course (blc) 110
Cloud Key

As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Cloud Key (tsr) 265
Coat of Arms

Each creature gets +1/+1 for each other creature on the battlefield that shares at least one creature type with it. (For example, if two Goblin Warriors and a Goblin Shaman are on the battlefield, each gets +2/+2.)

Artifact
Coat of Arms (plst) DDS-58
Combat Research

Enchant creature Enchanted creature has "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card." As long as enchanted creature is legendary, it gets +1/+1 and has ward {1}. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Enchantment
Combat Research (dmu) 44
Commander's Plate

Equipped creature gets +3/+3 and has protection from each color that's not in your commander's color identity. Equip commander {3} Equip {5}

Artifact
Commander's Plate (cmr) 305
Cosi's Trickster

Whenever an opponent shuffles their library, you may put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

Creature
Cosi's Trickster (zen) 45
Counterspell

Counter target spell.

Instant
Counterspell (cmm) 81
Crush of Tentacles

Surge {3}{U}{U} (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands. If this spell's surge cost was paid, create an 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.

Sorcery
Crush of Tentacles (ogw) 53
Crystal Shard

{3}, {T} or {U}, {T}: Return target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.

Artifact
Crystal Shard (plst) MRD-159
Curiosity

Enchant creature Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.

Enchantment
Curiosity (plst) A25-52
Decanter of Endless Water

You have no maximum hand size. {T}: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Decanter of Endless Water (clb) 309
Deepchannel Mentor

Blue creatures you control can't be blocked.

Creature
Deepchannel Mentor (plst) SHM-35
Defiler of Dreams

Flying As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost {U} less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay. Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.

Creature
Defiler of Dreams (dmu) 46
Disallow

Counter target spell, activated ability, or triggered ability. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Instant
Disallow (aer) 31
Distant Melody

Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.

Sorcery
Distant Melody (lcc) 154
Empress Galina

{U}{U}, {T}: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

Creature
Empress Galina (sld) 9998
Essence Capture

Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature you control.

Instant
Essence Capture (neo) 52
Essence Scatter

Counter target creature spell.

Instant
Essence Scatter (iko) 49
Extraplanar Lens

Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile target land you control. Whenever a land with the same name as the exiled card is tapped for mana, its controller adds one mana of any type that land produced.

Artifact
Extraplanar Lens (cmm) 381
Fae Flight

Flash Enchant creature When this Aura enters, enchanted creature gains hexproof until end of turn. Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying.

Enchantment
Fae Flight (mkm) 56
Frantic Search

Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.

Instant
Frantic Search (woc) 93
Freeze in Place

Tap target creature an opponent controls and put three stun counters on it. Scry 2. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

Sorcery
Freeze in Place (woe) 50
Galecaster Colossus

Tap an untapped Wizard you control: Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Creature
Galecaster Colossus (c17) 10
Get Out

Choose one — • Counter target creature or enchantment spell. • Return one or two target creatures and/or enchantments you own to your hand.

Instant
Get Out (dsk) 60
Goldvein Pick

Equipped creature gets +1/+1. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Goldvein Pick (fdn) 253
Harbinger of the Seas

Nonbasic lands are Islands.

Creature
Harbinger of the Seas (mh3) 63
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (lcc) 304
Holdout Settlement

{T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colorless mana.) {T}, Tap an untapped creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Land
Holdout Settlement (scd) 305
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
Inkfathom Divers (plst) DDT-8
Invasion of Segovia

Battle
Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63Invasion of Segovia // Caetus, Sea Tyrant of Segovia (mom) 63
Kefnet's Monument

Blue creature spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. Whenever you cast a creature spell, target creature an opponent controls doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.

Artifact
Kefnet's Monument (akh) 231
Kiora, the Rising Tide

When Kiora enters, draw two cards, then discard two cards. Threshold — Whenever Kiora attacks, if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may create Scion of the Deep, a legendary 8/8 blue Octopus creature token.

Creature
Kiora, the Rising Tide (fdn) 45
Leech Bonder

This creature enters with two -1/-1 counters on it. {U}, {Q}: Move a counter from target creature onto a second target creature. ({Q} is the untap symbol.)

Creature
Leech Bonder (shm) 43
Leyline Axe

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield. Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike and trample. Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Artifact
Leyline Axe (fdn) 129
Library Larcenist

Whenever this creature attacks, draw a card.

Creature
Library Larcenist (j22) 314
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
Lullmage Mentor (zen) 54
Make Disappear

Casualty 1 (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power 1 or greater. When you do, copy this spell and you may choose a new target for the copy.) Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Make Disappear (snc) 49
Mana Leak

Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

Instant
Mana Leak (2x2) 58
Master of Waves

Protection from red Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1. When this creature enters, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Creature
Master of Waves (plst) DDT-1
Memory Lapse

Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it on top of its owner's library instead of into that player's graveyard.

Instant
Memory Lapse (sta) 16
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 Spy (m14) 62
Metallic Mimic

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Creature Artifact
Metallic Mimic (lcc) 308
Military Intelligence

Whenever you attack with two or more creatures, draw a card.

Enchantment
Military Intelligence (j22) 322
Minamo, School at Water's Edge

{T}: Add {U}. {U}, {T}: Untap target legendary permanent.

Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (plst) CHK-279
Mind Stone

{T}: Add {C}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.

Artifact
Mind Stone (blc) 280
Mystic Sanctuary

({T}: Add {U}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Mystic Sanctuary (mkc) 277
Negate

Counter target noncreature spell.

Instant
Negate (mom) 68
No Escape

Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. Scry 1.

Instant
No Escape (war) 63
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Land
Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx (plst) THS-223
Nyx Lotus

Nyx Lotus enters tapped. {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to your devotion to that color. (Your devotion to a color is the number of mana symbols of that color in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Artifact
Nyx Lotus (thb) 235
Otawara, Soaring City

{T}: Add {U}. Channel — {3}{U}, Discard this card: Return target artifact, creature, enchantment, or planeswalker to its owner's hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Land
Otawara, Soaring City (neo) 271
Out of Air

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a creature spell. Counter target spell.

Instant
Out of Air (lci) 69
Path of Ancestry

This land 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 (blc) 322
Piracy Charm

Choose one — • Target creature gains islandwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.) • Target creature gets +2/-1 until end of turn. • Target player discards a card.

Instant
Piracy Charm (tsr) 78
Polymorphist's Jest

Until end of turn, each creature target player controls loses all abilities and becomes a blue Frog with base power and toughness 1/1.

Instant
Polymorphist's Jest (c17) 90
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 (otc) 105
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 (otc) 107
Propaganda

Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays {2} for each creature they control that's attacking you.

Enchantment
Propaganda (otc) 108
Quick Study

Draw two cards.

Instant
Quick Study (woe) 65
Quicksilver Fountain

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player puts a flood counter on target non-Island land they control of their choice. That land is an Island for as long as it has a flood counter on it. At the beginning of each end step, if all lands on the battlefield are Islands, remove all flood counters from them.

Artifact
Quicksilver Fountain (mrd) 233
Ravenform

Exile target artifact or creature. Its controller creates a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying. Foretell {U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Ravenform (lcc) 167
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 (woc) 104
Reconnaissance Mission

Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (woc) 105
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
Relic of Legends

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Tap an untapped legendary creature you control: Add one mana of any color.

Artifact
Relic of Legends (dmu) 236
Riptide Laboratory

{T}: Add {C}. {1}{U}, {T}: Return target Wizard you control to its owner's hand.

Land
Riptide Laboratory (mh2) 303
Rite of Replication

Kicker {5} (You may pay an additional {5} as you cast this spell.) Create a token that's a copy of target creature. If this spell was kicked, create five of those tokens instead.

Sorcery
Rite of Replication (c21) 128
River Merfolk

{U}: This creature gains mountainwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)

Creature
River Merfolk (fem) 24
River Sneak

This creature can't be blocked. Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

Creature
River Sneak (j22) 339
Roaming Throne

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Creature Artifact
Roaming Throne (lci) 258
Robe of the Archmagi

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw that many cards. Equip {4} Equip Shaman, Warlock, or Wizard {1}

Artifact
Robe of the Archmagi (clb) 91
Rogue's Passage

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

Land
Rogue's Passage (otc) 313
Rootwater Commando

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Creature
Rootwater Commando (10e) 102
Rootwater Thief

{U}: This creature gains flying until end of turn. Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay {2}. If you do, search that player's library for a card and exile it, then the player shuffles.

Creature
Rootwater Thief (nem) 40
Sapphire Medallion

Blue spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Artifact
Sapphire Medallion (mh3) 296
Savor the Moment

Take an extra turn after this one. Skip the untap step of that turn.

Sorcery
Savor the Moment (shm) 50
Scourge of Fleets

When this creature enters, return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.

Creature
Scourge of Fleets (cmr) 403
Sea Gate Restoration

Sorcery
Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76Sea Gate Restoration // Sea Gate, Reborn (znr) 76
Sea's Claim

Enchant land (Target a land as you cast this. This card enters attached to that land.) Enchanted land is an Island.

Enchantment
Sea's Claim (9ed) 97
Seahunter

{3}, {T}: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Creature
Seahunter (plst) NEM-41
Serum Snare

Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If that permanent had mana value 3 or less, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Instant
Serum Snare (one) 68
Shore Up

Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Shore Up (blb) 69
Sky Diamond

This artifact enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}.

Artifact
Sky Diamond (scd) 273
Sleight of Hand

Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other on the bottom of your library.

Sorcery
Sleight of Hand (woe) 67
Sol Ring

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

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
Solve the Equation

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Solve the Equation (stx) 54
Spectral Deluge

Return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control. Foretell {1}{U}{U} (During your turn, you may pay {2} and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

Sorcery
Spectral Deluge (khc) 7
Spell Pierce

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Instant
Spell Pierce (neo) 80
Spellgyre

Choose one — • Counter target spell. • Surveil 2, then draw two cards. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

Instant
Spellgyre (blb) 72
Steal Enchantment

Enchant enchantment You control enchanted enchantment.

Enchantment
Steal Enchantment (tmp) 90
Strix Serenade

Counter target artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Instant
Strix Serenade (mh3) 71
Sunken Palace

This land enters tapped. {T}: Add {U}. {1}{U}, {T}, Exile seven cards from your graveyard: Add {U}. When you spend this mana to cast a spell or activate an ability, copy that spell or ability. You may choose new targets for the copy. (Mana abilities can't be copied.)

Land
Sunken Palace (m3c) 133
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 {2}

Artifact
Sword of the Animist (cmm) 413
Talrand, Sky Summoner

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

Creature
Talrand, Sky Summoner (otc) 116
Tempest Caller

When this creature enters, tap all creatures target opponent controls.

Creature
Tempest Caller (plst) XLN-86
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.

Creature
Thada Adel, Acquisitor (wwk) 40
Thassa's Oracle

When this creature enters, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is your devotion to blue. Put up to one of them on top of your library and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If X is greater than or equal to the number of cards in your library, you win the game. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

Creature
Thassa's Oracle (thb) 73
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Indestructible As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. At the beginning of your end step, exile up to one other target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control. {3}{U}: Tap another target creature.

Creature Enchantment
Thassa, Deep-Dwelling (thb) 71
The Reality Chip

You may look at the top card of your library any time. As long as The Reality Chip is attached to a creature, you may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library. Reconfigure {2}{U} ({2}{U}: Attach to target creature you control; or unattach from a creature. Reconfigure only as a sorcery. While attached, this isn't a creature.)

Creature Artifact
The Reality Chip (neo) 74
Thought Vessel

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

Artifact
Thought Vessel (blc) 289
Three Tree City

As Three Tree City enters, choose a creature type. {T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Choose a color. Add an amount of mana of that color equal to the number of creatures you control of the chosen type.

Land
Three Tree City (blb) 260
Throne of Eldraine

As Throne of Eldraine enters, choose a color. {T}: Add four mana of the chosen color. Spend this mana only to cast monocolored spells of that color. {3}, {T}: Draw two cards. Spend only mana of the chosen color to activate this ability.

Artifact
Throne of Eldraine (woc) 28
Titan of Littjara

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may draw a card for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. If you do, discard a card.

Creature
Titan of Littjara (cmm) 728
Tolarian Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. When you do, you may tap or untap target creature.

Creature
Tolarian Kraken (m21) 80
Unstoppable Plan

At the beginning of your end step, untap all nonland permanents you control.

Enchantment
Unstoppable Plan (dft) 72
Vanquisher's Banner

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creatures you control of the chosen type get +1/+1. Whenever you cast a creature spell of the chosen type, draw a card.

Artifact
Vanquisher's Banner (lcc) 316
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
Wanderwine Prophets (lrw) 95
Water Wings

Until end of turn, target creature you control has base power and toughness 4/4 and gains flying and hexproof. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

Instant
Water Wings (woe) 77
Windfall

Each player discards their hand, then draws cards equal to the greatest number of cards a player discarded this way.

Sorcery
Windfall (otc) 123
Winged Boots

Equipped creature has flying and ward {4}. (Whenever equipped creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {4}.) Equip {1}

Artifact
Winged Boots (otc) 124
Winter Moon

Players can't untap more than one nonbasic land during their untap steps.

Artifact
Winter Moon (mh3) 213
Wizard Class

(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.) You have no maximum hand size. {2}{U}: Level 2 When this Class becomes level 2, draw two cards. {4}{U}: Level 3 Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

Enchantment
Wizard Class (blc) 112
Wizard's Retort

This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard. Counter target spell.

Instant
Wizard's Retort (plst) DOM-75
You Find the Villains' Lair

Choose one — • Foil Their Scheme — Counter target spell. • Learn Their Secrets — Draw two cards, then discard two cards.

Instant
You Find the Villains' Lair (afr) 84

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