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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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Counters

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Bone Sabres
Whenever equipped creature attacks, put four +1/+1 counters on it.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Bone Sabres (40k) 88
Change the Equation
Choose one —
• Counter target spell with mana value 2 or less.
• Counter target red or green spell with mana value 6 or less.
Instant
Change the Equation (mom) 50
Quandrix Pledgemage
Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Creature - Druid Merfolk
Quandrix Pledgemage (stx) 219
Vorel of the Hull Clade
,
: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.
Legendary Creature - Human Merfolk
Vorel of the Hull Clade (lcc) 294

Counters

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Creature

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Littjara Kinseekers
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
When this creature enters, if you control three or more creatures that share a creature type, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then scry 1.
Creature - Shapeshifter
Littjara Kinseekers (j22) 315
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
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

Creature

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Draw

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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
Chromatic Sphere
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color. Draw a card.
Artifact
Chromatic Sphere (jmp) 462
Collector's Vault
,
: Draw a card, then discard a card. Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "
, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
Artifact
Collector's Vault (woe) 244
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
Contact Other Plane
Roll a d20.
1—9 | Draw two cards.
10—19 | Scry 2, then draw two cards.
20 | Scry 3, then draw three cards.
Instant
Contact Other Plane (clb) 62
Curiosity
Enchant creature
Whenever enchanted creature deals damage to an opponent, you may draw a card.
Enchantment - Aura
Curiosity (wot) 17
Deep Analysis
Target player draws two cards.
Flashback—
, Pay 3 life. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Deep Analysis (cmm) 86
Elven Farsight
Scry 3, then you may reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, draw a card.
Sorcery
Elven Farsight (ltr) 161
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
Eureka Moment
Draw two cards. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.
Instant
Eureka Moment (stx) 184
Glowcap Lantern
Equipped creature has "You may look at the top card of your library any time" and "Whenever this creature attacks, 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Equip
Artifact - Equipment
Glowcap Lantern (lci) 187
Hunter's Insight
Choose target creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player or planeswalker this turn, draw that many cards.
Instant
Hunter's Insight (cmm) 296
Primal Empathy
At the beginning of your upkeep, draw a card if you control a creature with the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.
Enchantment
Primal Empathy (ncc) 348
Raving Visionary
,
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Delirium —
,
: Draw a card. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Raving Visionary (mh2) 56
Return of the Wildspeaker
Choose one —
• Draw cards equal to the greatest power among non-Human creatures you control.
• Non-Human creatures you control get +3/+3 until end of turn.
Instant
Return of the Wildspeaker (lcc) 252
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
Scroll Thief
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Creature - Merfolk Rogue
Scroll Thief (plst) DDT-17
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
Shamanic Revelation
Draw a card for each creature you control.
Ferocious — You gain 4 life for each creature you control with power 4 or greater.
Sorcery
Shamanic Revelation (scd) 211
Think Twice
Draw a card.
Flashback
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Instant
Think Twice (c19) 99
Urban Evolution
Draw three cards. You may play an additional land this turn.
Sorcery
Urban Evolution (ncc) 355

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Evasion

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Cloak of the Bat
Equipped creature has flying and haste.
Equip
(
: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)
Artifact - Equipment
Cloak of the Bat (clb) 307
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
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
Rishadan Dockhand
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
,
: Tap target land.
Creature - Merfolk
Rishadan Dockhand (mh2) 59
Tide Shaper
Kicker
(You may pay an additional
as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield.
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Tide Shaper (mh2) 72

Evasion

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Finisher

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Biomass Mutation
Creatures you control have base power and toughness X/X until end of turn.
Instant
Biomass Mutation (c21) 209

Finisher

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Land

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Ash Barrens
: Add
.
Basic landcycling
(
, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
Land
Ash Barrens (j22) 809
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 (eld) 240
Command Tower
: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.
Land
Command Tower (moc) 396
Forest
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Forest
Forest (lci) 402
Island
(
: Add
.)
Basic Land - Island
Island (lci) 396
Lumbering Falls
This land enters tapped.
: Add
or
.
: Until end of turn, this land becomes a 3/3 green and blue Elemental creature with hexproof. It's still a land.
Land
Lumbering Falls (afc) 247
Myriad Landscape
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for up to two basic land cards that share a land type, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Myriad Landscape (lcc) 343
Rivendell
Rivendell enters tapped unless you control a legendary creature.
: Add
.
,
: Scry 2. Activate only if you control a legendary creature.
Legendary Land
Rivendell (ltr) 259
Shire Terrace
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Shire Terrace (ltr) 261
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 (lcc) 357
Temple of the False God
: Add
. Activate only if you control five or more lands.
Land
Temple of the False God (lcc) 359
Terramorphic Expanse
, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Land
Terramorphic Expanse (lcc) 360
The Hunter Maze
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land - Sphere
The Hunter Maze (one) 253
The Surgical Bay
This land enters tapped.
: Add
.
,
, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.
Land - Sphere
The Surgical Bay (one) 260
Thornwood Falls
This land enters tapped.
When this land enters, you gain 1 life.
: Add
or
.
Land
Thornwood Falls (ltc) 338
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 (lcc) 366
Yavimaya Coast
: Add
.
: Add
or
. This land deals 1 damage to you.
Land
Yavimaya Coast (dmu) 261

Land

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Protection

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Collective Restraint
Domain — Creatures can't attack you unless their controller pays
for each creature they control that's attacking you, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
Enchantment
Collective Restraint (inv) 49
Heroic Intervention
Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
Instant
Heroic Intervention (m21) 188
Shore Up
Target creature you control gets +1/+1 and gains hexproof until end of turn. Untap it. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
Instant
Shore Up (dmu) 64
Tyvar's Stand
Target creature you control gets +X/+X and gains hexproof and indestructible until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control. Damage and effects that say "destroy" don't destroy it.)
Instant
Tyvar's Stand (one) 190

Protection

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Ramp

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Armillary Sphere
,
, Sacrifice this artifact: Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.
Artifact
Armillary Sphere (cmr) 298
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 (lcc) 301
Glimpse the Core
Choose one —
• Search your library for a basic Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
• Return target Cave card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Sorcery
Glimpse the Core (lci) 186
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 (40k) 241
Jace's Sanctum
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost
less to cast.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, scry 1.
Enchantment
Jace's Sanctum (c19) 88
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
Rampant Growth
Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Sorcery
Rampant Growth (lcc) 248
Sol Ring
: Add
.
Artifact
Sol Ring (cmm) 410
Urza's Incubator
As this artifact enters, choose a creature type.
Creature spells of the chosen type cost
less to cast.
Artifact
Urza's Incubator (dmr) 239
Vodalian Arcanist
: Add
. Spend this mana only to cast an instant or sorcery spell.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Vodalian Arcanist (m21) 83
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

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Recursion

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Revive the Shire
Return target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
,
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Sorcery
Revive the Shire (ltr) 185
Shipwreck Dowser
Prowess (Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
When this creature enters, return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.
Creature - Wizard Merfolk
Shipwreck Dowser (cmm) 119
Walk with the Ancestors
Return up to one target permanent card from your graveyard to your hand. Discover 4. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 4 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
Sorcery
Walk with the Ancestors (lci) 218

Recursion

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Removal

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Disdainful Stroke
Counter target spell with mana value 4 or greater.
Instant
Disdainful Stroke (woe) 47
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
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 (mom) 55
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
Instant
Essence Scatter (dmu) 49
Incubation
Look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a creature card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Sorcery
Incubation // Incongruity (c21) 219
Negate
Counter target noncreature spell.
Instant
Negate (mom) 68
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
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 (lcc) 166
Spectral Deluge
Return each creature your opponents control with toughness X or less to its owner's hand, where X is the number of Islands you control.
Foretell
(During your turn, you may pay
and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)
Sorcery
Spectral Deluge (khc) 7
Stern Scolding
Counter target creature spell with power or toughness 2 or less.
Instant
Stern Scolding (ltr) 71
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

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Tokens

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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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