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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) 19

Commander

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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 (tsr) 310
Merfolk Mistbinder
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Merfolk Mistbinder (rix) 164
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
Merfolk Sovereign (m10) 62
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 (lrw) 74

Anthem

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Counters

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Branching Evolution
If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, twice that many +1/+1 counters are put on that creature instead.
Enchantment
Branching Evolution (jmp) 29
Deeproot Elite
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Deeproot Elite (rix) 127
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 (wot) 55
Topography Tracker
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: 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 - Scout Merfolk
Topography Tracker (lcc) 95

Counters

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Draw

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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
Cold-Eyed Selkie
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Cold-Eyed Selkie (eve) 149
Distant Melody
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Sorcery
Distant Melody (mor) 32
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 (dtk) 191
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 (wot) 22
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (rix) 51
Spreading Seas
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted land is an Island.
Enchantment - Aura
Spreading Seas (wot) 26
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) 393
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) 371
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 - Merfolk Shaman
Tributary Instructor (lcc) 64
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
When Zegana enters, if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card.
: Adapt 4. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put four +1/+1 counters on it.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Zegana, Utopian Speaker (rna) 214

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Evasion

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Deepchannel Mentor
Blue creatures you control can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Deepchannel Mentor (shm) 35
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 - Merfolk Rogue
Gray Harbor Merfolk (clb) 75
Herald of Secret Streams
Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Herald of Secret Streams (xln) 59
Merfolk Cave-Diver
Whenever a creature you control explores, this creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Merfolk Cave-Diver (lci) 65
Mist Dancer
Flying
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying.
Encore
(
, 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 - Wizard Merfolk
Mist Dancer (lcc) 76
River Sneak
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
River Sneak (xln) 70
Triton Shorestalker
This creature can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Triton Shorestalker (jou) 56

Evasion

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Land

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Flooded Grove
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Flooded Grove (eve) 177
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (inr) 296
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (inr) 296
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (dmr) 396
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (inr) 290
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (inr) 290
Karn's Bastion
: Add
.
,
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Land
Karn's Bastion (rvr) 464
Novijen, Heart of Progress
: Add
.
,
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that entered this turn.
Land
Novijen, Heart of Progress (dis) 175
Overflowing Basin
,
: Add
.
Land
Overflowing Basin (plst) M3C-362
Path of Ancestry
This land enters tapped.
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity. When that mana is spent to cast a creature spell that shares a creature type with your commander, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Land
Path of Ancestry (brc) 192
Secluded Courtyard
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 or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.
Land
Secluded Courtyard (neo) 275
Temple of Mystery
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
: Add
or
.
Land
Temple of Mystery (ths) 226
Temple of the False God
: Add
. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Land
Temple of the False God (p30a) 11
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 (pw23) 11
Vineglimmer Snarl
As this land enters, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
Land
Vineglimmer Snarl (pstx) 274p
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (apc) 143

Land

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Protection

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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 (xln) 61
Singer of Swift Rivers
Flash
When this creature 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 - Merfolk Shaman
Singer of Swift Rivers (lcc) 98

Protection

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Ramp

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Arcane Signet
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Artifact
Arcane Signet (brc) 132
Commander's Sphere
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Commander's Sphere (brc) 135
Kiora's Follower
: Untap another target permanent.
Creature - Merfolk
Kiora's Follower (pbng) 150
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) 306
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 (pmei) 2024-7
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (sld) 295
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (30a) 428
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 (mor) 51
Talisman of Curiosity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Curiosity (h1r) 35
Three Visits
Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209

Ramp

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Recursion

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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 - Druid Merfolk
Deeproot Historian (lcc) 91

Recursion

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Removal

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (rvr) 448
Curse of the Swine
Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.
Sorcery
Curse of the Swine (ths) 46
Filter Out
Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
Instant
Filter Out (mat) 7
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mor) 43
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
Quandrix Command
Choose two —
• Return target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.
• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.
• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.
• Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.
Instant
Quandrix Command (pstx) 217p
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 (gtc) 44
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 (ugin) 46
Ruinous Intrusion
Exile target artifact or enchantment. Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control, where X is the mana value of the permanent exiled this way.
Instant
Ruinous Intrusion (mic) 28
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 (pznr) 85s
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 (pdmu) 75s

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Stax

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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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Tutor

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Forerunner of the Heralds
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Merfolk card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Forerunner of the Heralds (rix) 129
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 (lrw) 73
Seahunter
,
: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Creature - Human Mercenary
Seahunter (plst) NEM-41

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