The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Scout

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.

Hakbal of the Surging Soul

Creature — Merfolk Wizard Mutant

{1}{U}: 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.

Benthic Biomancer

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan

Creature — Merfolk 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.)

Cenote Scout

Ixalan

Creature — Merfolk Shaman

This creature gets +1/+1 as long as you control another Merfolk or an Island.

Kumena's Speaker

Marvel Super Heroes Commander

Creature — Merfolk Warrior

Mist-Cloaked Herald

Whenever another Merfolk you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Merfolk you control.

Deeproot Elite

March of the Machine Promos

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player or battle, surveil 1, then you may return a land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. (To surveil 1, look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

Deeproot Wayfinder

Artifact Creature — Shapeshifter

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.

Metallic Mimic

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.

Singer of Swift Rivers

Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander

Creature — Merfolk Rogue

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} 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.

Thieving Skydiver

When this creature enters, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, 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.

Topography Tracker

Merfolk

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Noble

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 {1}. If you do, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.

Emperor Mihail II

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to cast.
Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost {2} more to activate.

Kopala, Warden of Waves

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Shaman

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.

Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca

Creature — Merfolk

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Master of the Pearl Trident

Creature — Merfolk Noble

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
{T}: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.

Merfolk Sovereign

Creature — Merfolk Soldier

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.

Merrow Reejerey

Legendary Creature — Merfolk God

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 {1}. (Whenever another Merfolk you control becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {1}.)

Svyelun of Sea and Sky

The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Flash
When this creature enters, counter up to one target activated or triggered ability. If an ability of an artifact, creature, or planeswalker is countered this way, that permanent loses all abilities for as long as this creature remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

Tishana's Tidebinder

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.

Cold-Eyed Selkie

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander

Creature — Faerie Rogue

Flash
Flying
Whenever an opponent draws their second card each turn, you draw a card.
{3}{U}: Each player draws a card.

Faerie Mastermind

Bloomburrow Commander

Creature — Snake Elf Druid

When this creature enters, reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield. Otherwise, put that card into your hand.

Coiling Oracle

Foundations Jumpstart

Bird

Creature — Human Wizard

When this creature enters, choose one —
• Create a 1/1 white Bird creature token with flying.
• Return another target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Draw a card.

Aether Channeler

Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them can't be blocked.

Herald of Secret Streams

Whenever a Merfolk you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

Seafloor Oracle

When Zegana enters, if you control another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, draw a card.
{4}{G}{U}: Adapt 4. (If this creature has no +1/+1 counters on it, put four +1/+1 counters on it.)
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.

Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Legendary Creature — Human Merfolk

{G}{U}, {T}: Double the number of each kind of counter on target artifact, creature, or land.

Vorel of the Hull Clade

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.

Nicanzil, Current Conductor

Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander

Creature — Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast creature spells of the chosen type from the top of your library.

Realmwalker

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.

Tributary Instructor

Legendary Creature — Salamander Serpent

Whenever Xolatoyac enters or attacks, put a flood counter on target land. That land is an Island in addition to its other types for as long as it has a flood counter on it.
At the beginning of your end step, untap each permanent you control with a counter on it.

Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood

Level up {1} ({1}: Put a level counter on this. Level up only as a sorcery.)
LEVEL 2-3
3/3
Flying
LEVEL 4+
4/4
Flying
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.

Coralhelm Commander

Merfolk Mistbinder

Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay {1}{U}. If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

Surgespanner

Creature — Merfolk Druid

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.)

Deeproot Historian

Rivals of Ixalan

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.

Forerunner of the Heralds

Artifact

Sol Ring

The Hobbit Commander

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Arcane Signet

Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander

Simic Signet

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}. This artifact deals 1 damage to you.

Talisman of Curiosity

Legendary Artifact

If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on an artifact or creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.
{1}{G}, {T}: Put a +1/+1 counter on target artifact or creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Ozolith, the Shattered Spire

Edge of Eternities Commander

Instant

Counter target enchantment, instant, or sorcery spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

Swan Song

Final Fantasy Commander

Treasure

Counter target noncreature spell. Its controller creates two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

An Offer You Can't Refuse

Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Ape creature token.

Pongify

Frog Lizard

Destroy target creature. It can't be regenerated. That creature's controller creates a 3/3 green Frog Lizard creature token.

Rapid Hybridization

MagicFest 2026

Counterspell

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Negate

Bloomburrow

Gift a card (You may promise an opponent a gift as you cast this spell. If you do, they draw a card before its other effects.)
Counter target creature spell. If the gift was promised, instead counter target spell.

Long River's Pull

Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal

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.)

Inspiring Call

Permanents you control gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Heroic Intervention

Beast

Destroy target permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.

Beast Within

Manifest

Exile target creature. Its controller manifests the top card of their library. (That player puts the top card of their library onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. If it's a creature card, it can be turned face up any time for its mana cost.)

Reality Shift

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.)

Ripples of Potential

Sorcery

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Rampant Growth

Until end of turn, creatures you control gain trample and get +X/+X, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

Overwhelming Stampede

Boar

Exile X target creatures. For each creature exiled this way, its controller creates a 2/2 green Boar creature token.

Curse of the Swine

Enchantment

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.

Hardened Scales

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.)

Deeproot Waters

Whenever one or more nontoken Merfolk you control become tapped, create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token with hexproof.

Deeproot Pilgrimage

Modern Horizons 3

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.

Branching Evolution

{1}{G}{U}: 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.

Simic Ascendancy

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever a creature you control of the chosen type enters or attacks, draw a card.

Kindred Discovery

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander

Copy

As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen type, copy that spell. (A copy of a permanent spell becomes a token.)

Reflections of Littjara

Land

{T}: Add {C}.
{G}{U}, {T}: You may cast spells this turn as though they had flash.

Alchemist's Refuge

Tower Winder

Command Tower

You have no maximum hand size.
{T}: Add {C}.

Reliquary Tower

{T}: Add {C}.
{G/U}, {T}: Add {G}{G}, {G}{U}, or {U}{U}.

Flooded Grove

This land enters tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Hinterland Harbor

{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add {G} or {U}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Yavimaya Coast

This land enters tapped.
{T}: 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.)

Path of Ancestry

As this land enters, choose a creature type.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type or activate an ability of a creature source of the chosen type.

Secluded Courtyard

As this land enters, choose a creature type.
{T}: Add {C}.
{T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast a creature spell of the chosen type.

Unclaimed Territory

{T}: Add {C}.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Karn's Bastion

Hideaway 4 (When this land enters, look at the top four cards of your library, exile one face down, then put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)
This land enters tapped.
{T}: Add {G}.
{G}, {T}: You may play the exiled card without paying its mana cost if creatures you control have total power 10 or greater.

Mosswort Bridge

​Strain Foxtrot: [pneumonia]
Virulenance: 7.5/10 
Pathology: The newest addition to the armory. This organism operates via extreme cellular filtration (the "Explore" mechanic). Every combat cycle, the organism rapidly sequences its own DNA—either drawing vital lands to flood the board or permanently mutating its host bodies with +1/+1 counters

Type	%	#
Blue	64%	54
Green	36%	30
*Inner Circle

Type	%	#
White	8%	6
Blue	32%	25
Black	8%	6
Red	8%	6
Green	32%	25
Colorless	12%	9
*Outer Circle

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