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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) 3

Commander

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Anthem

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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 - Merfolk
Lord of Atlantis (7ed) 83
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 (lcc) 162
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Merfolk Noble
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 - Soldier Merfolk
Merrow Reejerey (lcc) 165

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Artifact

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The Earth Crystal
Green spells you cast cost
less to cast.
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.
,
: Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.
Legendary Artifact
The Earth Crystal (fin) 184

Artifact

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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 (mh3) 285
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
: Double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.
Legendary Creature - Druid Plant
Bristly Bill, Spine Sower (otj) 157
Deeproot Elite
Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Deeproot Elite (lcc) 237
Hadana's Climb
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if that creature has three or more +1/+1 counters on it, transform Hadana's Climb.
Legendary Enchantment
Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (plst) RIX-158Hadana's Climb // Winged Temple of Orazca (plst) RIX-158
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 (pip) 200
Hydra's Growth
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, put a +1/+1 counter on enchanted creature.
At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on enchanted creature.
Enchantment - Aura
Hydra's Growth (j22) 89
Primordial Hydra
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, double the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
This creature has trample as long as it has ten or more +1/+1 counters on it.
Creature - Hydra
Primordial Hydra (j22) 712
Simic Ascendancy
: 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 this enchantment.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.
Enchantment
Simic Ascendancy (blc) 260
Spell Pierce
Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Spell Pierce (dft) 64
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
Wildgrowth Walker
Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 3 life.
Creature - Elemental
Wildgrowth Walker (xln) 216

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Creature

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Summon: Leviathan
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Return each creature that isn't a Kraken, Leviathan, Merfolk, Octopus, or Serpent to its owner's hand.
II, III — Until end of turn, whenever a Kraken, Leviathan, Merfolk, Octopus, or Serpent attacks, draw a card.
Ward
Creature Enchantment - Saga Leviathan
Summon: Leviathan (fin) 77

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Draw

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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 (otc) 218
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
Garruk's Uprising
When this enchantment enters, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creatures you control have trample. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Whenever a creature you control with power 4 or greater enters, draw a card.
Enchantment
Garruk's Uprising (blc) 219
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 (fdn) 226
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
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) 196
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
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
Mindspring Merfolk
Exhaust —
,
: Draw X cards. Put a +1/+1 counter on each Merfolk creature you control. (Activate each exhaust ability only once.)
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Mindspring Merfolk (dft) 51
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (j22) 114
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (lcc) 170
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 (lcc) 175
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 (dsc) 235
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) 96

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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 - Warrior Merfolk
Herald of Secret Streams (lcc) 158
Levitation
Creatures you control have flying.
Enchantment
Levitation (m12) 61
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

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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 this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a Merfolk. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Wanderwine Prophets (lrw) 95

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Land

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Barkchannel Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 251
Boseiju, Who Endures
: Add
.
Channel —
, Discard this card: Destroy target artifact, enchantment, or nonbasic land an opponent controls. That player may search their library for a land card with a basic land type, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle. This ability costs
less to activate for each legendary creature you control.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Endures (neo) 266
Boseiju, Who Shelters All
Boseiju enters tapped.
, Pay 2 life: Add
. If that mana is spent on an instant or sorcery spell, that spell can't be countered.
Legendary Land
Boseiju, Who Shelters All (chk) 273
Botanical Sanctum
This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Botanical Sanctum (otj) 267
Breeding Pool
(
: Add
or
.)
As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Breeding Pool (eoe) 251
Castle Garenbrig
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest.
: Add
.
,
: Add six
. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells or activate abilities of creatures.
Land
Castle Garenbrig (plst) ELD-240
Detection Tower
: Add
.
,
: Until end of turn, your opponents and creatures your opponents control with hexproof can be the targets of spells and abilities you control as though they didn't have hexproof.
Land
Detection Tower (m19) 249
Fabled Passage
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle. Then if you control four or more lands, untap that land.
Land
Fabled Passage (eoc) 60
Flooded Grove
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Flooded Grove (tdc) 364
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (tla) 286
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tla) 283
Reliquary Tower
You have no maximum hand size.
: Add
.
Land
Reliquary Tower (soc) 398
Willowrush Verge
: Add
.
: Add
. Activate only if you control a Forest or an Island.
Land
Willowrush Verge (dft) 270
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (tdc) 413
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.
Legendary Land
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth (mh2) 261

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Proliferate

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Merfolk Skydiver
Flying
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Creature - Merfolk Mutant
Merfolk Skydiver (lcc) 277

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Protection

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Swiftfoot Boots
Equipped creature has hexproof and haste. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. It can attack and
no matter when it came under your control.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Swiftfoot Boots (tdc) 328
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Flash
Creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield have flash.
Each opponent can cast spells only any time they could cast a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir (tsr) 91

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Ramp

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Crystalline Crawler
Converge — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Add one mana of any color.
: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature Artifact - Construct
Crystalline Crawler (pz2) 69
Cultivate
Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Cultivate (eoc) 95
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
Herald's Horn
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost
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
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) 236
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (dsc) 252
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (eoc) 57
Stonybrook Banneret
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
Merfolk spells and Wizard spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Stonybrook Banneret (lcc) 173

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Recursion

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Conduit of Worlds
You may play lands from your graveyard.
: Choose target nonland permanent card in your graveyard. If you haven't cast a spell this turn, you may cast that card. If you do, you can't cast additional spells this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Conduit of Worlds (tdc) 251

Recursion

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Removal

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An Offer You Can't Refuse
Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Instant
An Offer You Can't Refuse (fdn) 160
Cursecatcher
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Cursecatcher (a25) 53
Cyclonic Rift
Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.
Overload
(You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")
Instant
Cyclonic Rift (rvr) 40
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 (stx) 177
Kenrith's Transformation
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green Elk creature with base power and toughness 3/3. (It loses all other card types and creature types.)
Enchantment - Aura
Kenrith's Transformation (woc) 128
Nature's Claim
Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.
Instant
Nature's Claim (mb2) 69
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
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 (tdc) 162
Repulsive Mutation
Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Then counter up to one target spell unless its controller pays mana equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Instant
Repulsive Mutation (mkm) 227
Vodalian Hexcatcher
Flash
Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.
Sacrifice a Merfolk: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Hexcatcher (dmu) 75
Wave Goodbye
Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.
Sorcery
Wave Goodbye (tmc) 46
Witness Protection
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature loses all abilities and is a green and white Citizen creature with base power and toughness 1/1 named Legitimate Businessperson. (It loses all other colors, card types, creature types, and names.)
Enchantment - Aura
Witness Protection (snc) 66

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Stax

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Knowledge Pool
Imprint — When this artifact enters, each player exiles the top three cards of their library.
Whenever a player casts a spell from their hand, that player exiles it. If the player does, they may cast a spell from among other cards exiled with this artifact without paying its mana cost.
Artifact
Knowledge Pool (plst) MBS-111

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Tokens

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Body of Research
Create a 0/0 green and blue Fractal creature token. Put X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of cards in your library.
Sorcery
Body of Research (stx) 168
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

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Tutor

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Chord of Calling
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Instant
Chord of Calling (rvr) 134
Merrow Harbinger
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Merfolk card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Merrow Harbinger (plst) LRW-73
Mystical Tutor
Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.
Instant
Mystical Tutor (dmr) 60
Parallel Thoughts
When this enchantment enters, search your library for seven cards, exile them in a face-down pile, and shuffle that pile. Then shuffle your library.
If you would draw a card, you may instead put the top card of the pile you exiled into your hand.
Enchantment
Parallel Thoughts (scg) 44

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