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Commander

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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
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Counters

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Cenote Scout
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Cenote Scout (lci) 178
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Enter the Unknown
Target 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 creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
You may play an additional land this turn.
Sorcery
Enter the Unknown (rix) 128
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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) 123
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Jadelight Ranger
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard. Then repeat this process.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk Ranger
Jadelight Ranger (j25) 676
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Jadelight Spelunker
When this creature enters, it explores X times. (To have it explore, 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.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Jadelight Spelunker (lci) 382
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Merfolk Branchwalker
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Merfolk Branchwalker (j25) 688
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Path of Discovery
Whenever a creature you control enters, it 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 creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Enchantment
Path of Discovery (fic) 312
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River Herald Guide
Vigilance
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
River Herald Guide (lci) 209
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River Herald Scout
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
River Herald Scout (lci) 72
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Seeker of Sunlight
: This creature explores. Activate only as a sorcery. (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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Seeker of Sunlight (lci) 210
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Sentinel of the Nameless City
Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
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, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Creature - Warrior Scout Merfolk
Sentinel of the Nameless City (lci) 211
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Subterranean Schooner
Whenever this Vehicle attacks, target creature that crewed it this turn 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Crew 1
Artifact - Vehicle
Subterranean Schooner (lci) 80
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Tishana's Wayfinder
When this creature enters, it 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Tishana's Wayfinder (xln) 211
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Topography Tracker
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
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, 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
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Waterwind Scout
Flying
When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
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, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Waterwind Scout (lci) 84
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Draw

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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
. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Noble
Emperor Mihail II (lcc) 155
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Genesis Wave
Reveal the top X cards of your library. You may put any number of permanent cards with mana value X or less from among them onto the battlefield. Then put all cards revealed this way that weren't put onto the battlefield into your graveyard.
Sorcery
Genesis Wave (fdn) 221
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Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Tap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena can't be blocked this turn.
Tap three untapped Merfolk you control: Draw a card.
Tap five untapped Merfolk you control: Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk you control.
Legendary Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca (lcc) 274
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Land

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Forest
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Basic Land - Forest
Forest (spm) 198
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Island
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Basic Land - Island
Island (spm) 195
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Landfall

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Retreat to Coralhelm
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one —
• You may tap or untap target creature.
• Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Enchantment
Retreat to Coralhelm (dsc) 126
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Landfall

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Protection

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Snakeskin Veil
Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Snakeskin Veil (otj) 181
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Protection

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Ramp

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Explore
You may play an additional land this turn.
Draw a card.
Sorcery
Explore (blc) 216
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Twists and Turns
If a creature you control would explore, instead you scry 1, then that creature explores.
When this enchantment enters, target creature you control explores.
When a land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands, transform this enchantment.
Enchantment
Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217Twists and Turns // Mycoid Maze (lci) 217
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Recursion

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Auroral Procession
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Instant
Auroral Procession (tdm) 169
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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
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Mission Briefing
Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (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
Mission Briefing (mkc) 110
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Reclaim
Put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Instant
Reclaim (plst) ORI-195
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Recollect
Return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
Sorcery
Recollect (m19) 197
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Recursion

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Removal

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Brackish Blunder
Return target creature to its owner's hand. If it was tapped, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
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, Sacrifice this token: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")
Instant
Brackish Blunder (lci) 46
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Consuming Tide
Each player chooses a nonland permanent they control. Return all nonland permanents not chosen this way to their owners' hands. Then you draw a card for each opponent who has more cards in their hand than you.
Sorcery
Consuming Tide (vow) 53
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Decisive Denial
Choose one —
• Target creature you control fights target creature you don't control. (Each deals damage equal to its power to the other.)
• Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Decisive Denial (otp) 42
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Devastation Tide
Return all nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
Miracle
(You may cast this card for its miracle cost when you draw it if it's the first card you drew this turn.)
Sorcery
Devastation Tide (ltc) 189
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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 - Aura
Eaten by Piranhas (lci) 54
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Engulf the Shore
Return to their owners' hands all creatures with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control.
Instant
Engulf the Shore (ddt) 5
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Filter Out
Return all noncreature, nonland permanents to their owners' hands.
Instant
Filter Out (mat) 7
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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
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Hibernation
Return all green permanents to their owners' hands.
Instant
Hibernation (8ed) 82
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Lodestone Needle
Flash
When this artifact enters, tap up to one target artifact or creature and put two stun counters on it.
Craft with artifact
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, Exile this artifact, Exile another artifact you control or an artifact card from your graveyard: Return this card transformed under its owner's control. Craft only as a sorcery.)
Artifact
Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass (lci) 62Lodestone Needle // Guidestone Compass (lci) 62
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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
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Return to Nature
Choose one —
• Destroy target artifact.
• Destroy target enchantment.
• Exile target card from a graveyard.
Instant
Return to Nature (mid) 195
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Wash Out
Return all permanents of the color of your choice to their owners' hands.
Sorcery
Wash Out (2x2) 67
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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
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