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Commander

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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

Commander

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Disruption

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Aetherize
Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
Instant
Aetherize (fdn) 151
Boomerang Basics
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If you controlled that permanent, draw a card.
Sorcery - Lesson
Boomerang Basics (tla) 46
Crashing Wave
As an additional cost to cast this spell, waterbend
. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for
.)
Tap up to X target creatures, then distribute three stun counters among any number of tapped creatures your opponents control. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Sorcery
Crashing Wave (tla) 47
Cryogen Relic
When this artifact enters or leaves the battlefield, draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Put a stun counter on up to one target tapped creature. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Artifact
Cryogen Relic (eoe) 52
Cursecatcher
Sacrifice this creature: Counter target instant or sorcery spell unless its controller pays
.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Cursecatcher (a25) 53
Daze
You may return an Island you control to its owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
.
Instant
Daze (mb2) 26
Divert Disaster
Counter target spell unless its controller pays
. If they do, you create a Lander token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.")
Instant
Divert Disaster (eoe) 55
Ephara's Dispersal
This spell costs
less to cast if it targets an attacking creature.
Return target creature to its owner's hand. 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
Ephara's Dispersal (mkc) 103
Hullbreacher
Flash
If an opponent would draw a card except the first one they draw in each of their draw steps, instead you create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Creature - Merfolk Pirate
Hullbreacher (mb2) 124
Johann's Stopgap
Bargain (You may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.)
This spell costs
less to cast if it's bargained.
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Draw a card.
Sorcery
Johann's Stopgap (woe) 58
Mistcaller
Sacrifice this creature: Until end of turn, if a nontoken creature would enter and it wasn't cast, exile it instead.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Mistcaller (m19) 62
Multiple Choice
If X is 1, scry 1, then draw a card.
If X is 2, you may choose a player. They return a creature they control to its owner's hand.
If X is 3, create a 4/4 blue and red Elemental creature token.
If X is 4 or more, do all of the above.
Sorcery
Multiple Choice (j22) 325
Mystic Remora
Cumulative upkeep
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Mystic Remora (dmr) 59
Narset, Parter of Veils
Each opponent can't draw more than one card each turn.
−2: Look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a noncreature, nonland card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Legendary Planeswalker - Narset
Narset, Parter of Veils (mb2) 32
Repeal
Return target nonland permanent with mana value X to its owner's hand.
Draw a card.
Instant
Repeal (clu) 94
Silent Departure
Return target creature to its owner's hand.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Silent Departure (inr) 84
Submerge
If an opponent controls a Forest and you control an Island, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
Put target creature on top of its owner's library.
Instant
Submerge (plst) NEM-48
Surgical Skullbomb
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.
, Sacrifice this artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand. Draw a card. Activate only as a sorcery.
Artifact
Surgical Skullbomb (one) 243
Temporal Cleansing
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.)
The owner of target nonland permanent puts it into their library second from the top or on the bottom.
Sorcery
Temporal Cleansing (mom) 80

Disruption

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Draw

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Augur of Bolas
When this creature enters, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal an instant or sorcery card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Augur of Bolas (j25) 286
Bandit's Haul
Whenever you commit a crime, put a loot counter on this artifact. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
: Add one mana of any color.
,
, Remove two loot counters from this artifact: Draw a card.
Artifact
Bandit's Haul (otj) 240
Brainstorm
Draw three cards, then put two cards from your hand on top of your library in any order.
Instant
Brainstorm (tle) 155
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
. (Whenever enchanted creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays
.)
Enchantment - Aura
Combat Research (dmu) 44
Council's Deliberation
Draw a card.
Whenever you scry, if you control an Island, you may exile this card from your graveyard. If you do, draw a card.
Instant
Council's Deliberation (ltr) 46
Dig Through Time
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for
.)
Look at the top seven cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Instant
Dig Through Time (fic) 263
Goggles of Night
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, scry 1, then draw a card. (To scry 1, look at the top card of your library, then you may put that card on the bottom.)
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Goggles of Night (clb) 384
Gush
You may return two Islands you control to their owner's hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Draw two cards.
Instant
Gush (mb2) 164
Heirloom Blade
Equipped creature gets +3/+1.
Whenever equipped creature dies, you may reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a creature card that shares a creature type with it. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Heirloom Blade (lcc) 303
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 (m3c) 296
Opt
Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
Draw a card.
Instant
Opt (tdc) 158
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 (tdc) 161
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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Evasion

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Merfolk Windrobber
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player mills a card. (They put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Sacrifice this creature: Draw a card. Activate only if an opponent has eight or more cards in their graveyard.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merfolk Windrobber (znr) 70

Evasion

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Land

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Island
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: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (tla) 283

Land

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merfolk

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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 - Merfolk Pirate
Brineborn Cutthroat (fdn) 152
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs
less to cast for each artifact you control.)
When Emry enters, mill four cards.
: Choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn. (You still pay its costs. Timing rules still apply.)
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Emry, Lurker of the Loch (eoc) 71
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
Sahagin
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, if at least four mana was spent to cast it, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and it can't be blocked this turn.
Creature - Warrior Merfolk
Sahagin (fin) 71
Volshe Tideturner
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell or a kicked spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Volshe Tideturner (dmu) 77

merfolk

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merfolk synergy

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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
Reconnaissance Mission
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card.
Cycling
(
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Enchantment
Reconnaissance Mission (woc) 105
Silvergill Adept
As an additional cost to cast this spell, reveal a Merfolk card from your hand or pay
.
When this creature enters, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Silvergill Adept (plst) RIX-53
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
Symmetry Matrix
Whenever a creature you control with power equal to its toughness enters, you may pay
. If you do, draw a card.
Artifact
Symmetry Matrix (bro) 252

merfolk synergy

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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 (eoc) 53
Frantic Search
Draw two cards, then discard two cards. Untap up to three lands.
Instant
Frantic Search (tle) 159
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 "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Goldvein Pick (fdn) 253
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (eoc) 57
Strixhaven Stadium
: Add
. Put a point counter on this artifact.
Whenever a creature deals combat damage to you, remove a point counter from this artifact.
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to an opponent, put a point counter on this artifact. Then if it has ten or more point counters on it, remove them all and that player loses the game.
Artifact
Strixhaven Stadium (stx) 259

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Recursion

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Lembas
When this artifact enters, scry 1, then draw a card.
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.
When this artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner shuffles it into their library.
Artifact - Food
Lembas (ltr) 243

Recursion

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Removal

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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 (tdc) 149
Disruption Protocol
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped artifact you control or pay
.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Disruption Protocol (neo) 51
Ertai's Scorn
This spell costs
less to cast if an opponent cast two or more spells this turn.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Ertai's Scorn (dmu) 48
Floodpits Drowner
Flash
Vigilance
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls and put a stun counter on it.
,
: Shuffle this creature and target creature with a stun counter on it into their owners' libraries.
Creature - Merfolk
Floodpits Drowner (dsk) 59
Foil
You may discard an Island card and another card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Foil (mb2) 243
Jailbreak Scheme
Spree (Choose one or more additional costs.)
+
— Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. It can't be blocked this turn.
+
— Target artifact or creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.
Sorcery
Jailbreak Scheme (otj) 53
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 (otc) 118
Wash Away
Cleave
(You may cast this spell for its cleave cost. If you do, remove the words in square brackets.)
Counter target spell [that wasn't cast from its owner's hand].
Instant
Wash Away (vow) 87
Wicked Slumber
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.)
Tap up to two target creatures. Put a stun counter on either of them. Then put a stun counter on either of them. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)
Instant
Wicked Slumber (mom) 84

Removal

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rummage

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Enclave Cryptologist
Level up
(
: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 1-2
0/1
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
LEVEL 3+
0/1
: Draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Enclave Cryptologist (plst) ROE-66

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Token synergy

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Open into Wonder
X target creatures can't be blocked this turn. Until end of turn, those creatures gain "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card."
Sorcery
Open into Wonder (znc) 34

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Tokens

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Cryptic Coat
When this Equipment enters, cloak the top card of your library, then attach this Equipment to it. (To cloak a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature with ward
. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+0 and can't be blocked.
: Return this Equipment to its owner's hand.
Artifact - Equipment
Cryptic Coat (mkm) 50
Druidic Satchel
,
: Reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token. If it's a land card, put that card onto the battlefield under your control. If it's a noncreature, nonland card, you gain 2 life.
Artifact
Druidic Satchel (c21) 241
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Talrand, Sky Summoner (otc) 116
Waterwind Scout
Flying
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.")
Creature - Scout Merfolk
Waterwind Scout (lci) 84

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Top synergy

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Dakra Mystic
,
: Each player reveals the top card of their library. You may put the revealed cards into their owners' graveyards. If you don't, each player draws a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Dakra Mystic (plst) JOU-35
Future Sight
Play with the top card of your library revealed.
You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.
Enchantment
Future Sight (mb2) 122

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