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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

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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 (3ed) 64
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 (m13) 59
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

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Card Advantage

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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 (pths) 42★
Distant Melody
Choose a creature type. Draw a card for each permanent you control of that type.
Sorcery
Distant Melody (h09) 27
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 (ima) 169
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 (pclb) 81s
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 (rix) 162
Rhystic Study
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays
.
Enchantment
Rhystic Study (plst) PCY-45
Seafloor Oracle
Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Seafloor Oracle (rix) 51
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) 69
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 (dom) 206
Trade Routes
: Return target land you control to its owner's hand.
, Discard a land card: Draw a card.
Enchantment
Trade Routes (plst) MMQ-112

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Counter Synergy

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Benthic Biomancer
: Adapt 1. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
Whenever one or more +1/+1 counters are put on this creature, draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk Mutant
Benthic Biomancer (lcc) 145
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
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
Innkeeper's Talent
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of combat on your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
: Level 2
Permanents you control with counters on them have ward
.
: Level 3
If you would put one or more counters on a permanent or player, put twice that many of each of those kinds of counters on that permanent or player instead.
Enchantment - Class
Innkeeper's Talent (blb) 180
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 - Shapeshifter
Metallic Mimic (aer) 164
Sage of Fables
Each other Wizard creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Sage of Fables (mor) 47
Season of Gathering
Choose up to five
worth of modes. You may choose the same mode more than once.
— Put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control. It gains vigilance and trample until end of turn.
— Choose artifact or enchantment. Destroy all permanents of the chosen type.
— Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.
Sorcery
Season of Gathering (blb) 192
Synchronized Charge
Distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control. Creatures you control with counters on them gain vigilance and trample until end of turn.
Harmonize
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its harmonize cost. You may tap a creature you control to reduce that cost by
, where X is its power. Then exile this spell.)
Sorcery
Synchronized Charge (tdm) 162

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Creature

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Deepchannel Mentor
Blue creatures you control can't be blocked.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Deepchannel Mentor (shm) 35
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 (dmc) 23
Reef Shaman
: Target land becomes the basic land type of your choice until end of turn.
Creature - Merfolk Shaman
Reef Shaman (apc) 29
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
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 (znr) 85
Wonder
Flying
As long as this card is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.
Creature - Incarnation
Wonder (ema) 77

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Enchantment

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Exploration
You may play an additional land on each of your turns.
Enchantment
Exploration (usg) 250
Merrow Commerce
At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.
Enchantment Kindred - Merfolk
Merrow Commerce (lrw) 72

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Explore Synergy

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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
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
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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Instant

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Growth Spiral
Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Growth Spiral (sta) 61

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Land

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Barkchannel Pathway
: Add
.
Land
Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 290Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway (khm) 290
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 (sld) 132
Castle Vantress
This land enters tapped unless you control an Island.
: Add
.
,
: Scry 2.
Land
Castle Vantress (eld) 390
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (c20) 264
Dreamroot Cascade
This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands.
: Add
or
.
Land
Dreamroot Cascade (vow) 262
Evolving Wilds
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Evolving Wilds (afr) 256
Flooded Grove
: Add
.
,
: Add
,
, or
.
Land
Flooded Grove (eve) 177
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (mid) 276
Gaea's Cradle
: Add
for each creature you control.
Legendary Land
Gaea's Cradle (usg) 321
Hinterland Harbor
This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
: Add
or
.
Land
Hinterland Harbor (dom) 240
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (mid) 270
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 (lcc) 339
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
: Add
.
,
: Untap target legendary permanent.
Legendary Land
Minamo, School at Water's Edge (plst) CHK-279
Mutavault
: Add
.
: This land becomes a 2/2 creature with all creature types until end of turn. It's still a land.
Land
Mutavault (pgpx) 2018
Mystic Sanctuary
(
: Add
.)
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 - Island
Mystic Sanctuary (eld) 247
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 (cmr) 353
Rejuvenating Springs
This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents.
: Add
or
.
Land
Rejuvenating Springs (cmr) 709
Rimewood Falls
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Snow Land - Island Forest
Rimewood Falls (khm) 266
Simic Growth Chamber
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, return a land you control to its owner's hand.
: Add
.
Land
Simic Growth Chamber (c19) 274
Tangled Islet
(
: Add
or
.)
This land enters tapped.
Land - Island Forest
Tangled Islet (dmu) 258
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
Tropical Island
(
: Add
or
.)
Land - Island Forest
Tropical Island (3ed) 288
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 (pxln) 258
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 (stx) 274
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261

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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
Ripples of Potential
Proliferate, then choose any number of permanents you control that had a counter put on them this way. Those permanents phase out. (To proliferate, choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Treat phased-out permanents and anything attached to them as though they don't exist until their controller's next turn.)
Instant
Ripples of Potential (lcc) 77

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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 (ncc) 360
Farseek
Search your library for a Plains, Island, Swamp, or Mountain card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Farseek (c17) 149
Nature's Lore
Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Nature's Lore (clb) 244
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (ncc) 304
Simic Signet
,
: Add
.
Artifact
Simic Signet (sld) 295
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (cm2) 217
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 (plst) MOR-51
Talisman of Curiosity
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.
Artifact
Talisman of Curiosity (sld) 1061

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Recursion

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Bygone Marvels
Descend 8 — When you cast this spell, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, copy this spell twice. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Exile Bygone Marvels.
Sorcery
Bygone Marvels (lcc) 89
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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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 (snc) 464
Beast Within
Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
Instant
Beast Within (bbd) 190
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 (rtr) 35
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
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
Force of Will
You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Counter target spell.
Instant
Force of Will (wc97) pm28
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 (nem) 48
Unravel the Aether
Choose target artifact or enchantment. Its owner shuffles it into their library.
Instant
Unravel the Aether (bng) 143
Wave Goodbye
Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.
Sorcery
Wave Goodbye (lcc) 79
You Come to a River
Choose one —
• Fight the Current — Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Find a Crossing — Target creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn and can't be blocked this turn.
Instant
You Come to a River (afr) 83

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Smoother

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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 (roe) 66
For the Ancestors
Choose a creature type. Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal any number of cards of the chosen type from among them and put the revealed cards into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
For the Ancestors (cmm) 740
Joint Exploration
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
Scry 2, then draw a card. If this spell was kicked, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Joint Exploration (dmu) 56
Merfolk Looter
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Merfolk Looter (10e) 92

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Sorcery

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Overwhelming Stampede
Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
Sorcery
Overwhelming Stampede (c19) 175

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Tutor

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Archdruid's Charm
Choose one —
• Search your library for a creature or land card and reveal it. Put it onto the battlefield tapped if it's a land card. Otherwise, put it into your hand. Then shuffle.
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.
• Exile target artifact or enchantment.
Instant
Archdruid's Charm (mkm) 151
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

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Maybeboard

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Deepfathom Echo
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature explores. Then you may have it become a copy of another creature you control until end of turn. (To have this creature 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 this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Merfolk Spirit
Deepfathom Echo (lci) 228
Matzalantli, the Great Door
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
,
: Transform Matzalantli. Activate only if there are four or more permanent types among cards in your graveyard. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, and planeswalker are permanent types.)
Legendary Artifact
Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core (lci) 256Matzalantli, the Great Door // The Core (lci) 256
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
Sentinel of the Nameless City
Vigilance
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, 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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