Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)

If one or more tokens would be created under your control, twice that many of those tokens are created instead.

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may draw a card.

Reach

You may play lands from your graveyard.

If a land entering the battlefield causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Ancient Tomb deals 2 damage to you.

Create X 1/1 green Forest Dryad land creature tokens. (They're affected by summoning sickness.)

{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 Benthic Biomancer, draw a card, then discard a card.

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.

({T}: Add {G} or {U}.)

As Breeding Pool enters the battlefield, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters the battlefield tapped.

Whenever an opponent plays a land, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

As Cavern of Souls enters the battlefield, 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, and that spell can't be countered.

Whenever City of Brass becomes tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

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

Counter target spell.

Flying

You have no maximum hand size.

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

Return target nonland permanent you don't control to its owner's hand.

Overload {6}{U} (You may cast this spell for its overload cost. If you do, change "target" in its text to "each.")

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

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

If an effect would create one or more tokens under your control, it creates twice that many of those tokens instead.

If an effect would put one or more counters on a permanent you control, it puts twice that many of those counters on that permanent instead.

Dreamroot Cascade enters the battlefield tapped unless you control two or more other lands.

{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

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.

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

{T}, Sacrifice Fabled Passage: 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.

{T}: Add {C}.

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

If it's not your turn, you may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Counter target noncreature spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard.

You may pay 1 life and exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.

Counter target spell.

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

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 of the Surging Soul attacks, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield. If you don't, draw a card.

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.

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

Hinterland Harbor enters the battlefield tapped unless you control a Forest or an Island.

{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Flash

This spell can't be countered.

Whenever you cast a spell, choose up to one --

• Return target spell you don't control to its owner's hand.

• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

{T}: Add {C}.

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

Vigilance, ward {3}

Whenever you cast a Kraken, Leviathan, Octopus, or Serpent spell from your hand, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is that spell's mana value. You may cast a spell with mana value less than X from among them without paying its mana cost. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.

Reach

Whenever another permanent enters the battlefield under your control, if it wasn't put onto the battlefield with this ability, you may put a permanent card with equal or lesser mana value from your hand onto the battlefield.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

This spell can't be countered.

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 3/3 blue Serpent creature token named Koma's Coil.

Sacrifice another Serpent: Choose one --

• Tap target permanent. Its activated abilities can't be activated this turn.

• Koma, Cosmos Serpent gains indestructible until end of turn.

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.

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

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, add one mana of any color.

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add one mana of any color.

At the beginning of your upkeep, flip a coin. If you lose the flip, Mana Crypt deals 3 damage to you.

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of {C} equal to that spell's mana value.

Mana Vault doesn't untap during your untap step.

At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay {4}. If you do, untap Mana Vault.

At the beginning of your draw step, if Mana Vault is tapped, it deals 1 damage to you.

{T}: Add {C}{C}{C}.

At the beginning of your end step, you may reveal your hand and put all land cards from it onto the battlefield. If you do, discard your hand.

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.

{3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

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

Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.

{T}: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.

Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.

As Metallic Mimic enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Metallic Mimic is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Flying

Other Merfolk you control get +1/+0 and have flying.

Encore {5}{U}{U} ({5}{U}{U}, 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.)

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a green creature.

Search your library for a green creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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, Current Conductor.

{T}: Add {U}.

{1}: Return Oboro, Palace in the Clouds to its owner's hand.

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

You may play lands from the top of your library.

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.)

Counter target spell.

At the beginning of your next upkeep, pay {3}{U}{U}. If you don't, you lose the game.

Choose a creature type. Return all creatures that aren't of the chosen type to their owners' hands.

Trample

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you may create a 4/4 green Beast creature token.

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

{T}: Add one mana of any type that a land you control could produce.

You have no maximum hand size.

{T}: Add {C}.

Whenever an opponent casts a spell, you may draw a card unless that player pays {1}.

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.)

Ward {2}

As Roaming Throne enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Roaming Throne is the chosen type in addition to its other types.

If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

{T}: Add {C}.

{4}, {T}: Target creature can't be blocked this turn.

Other tapped creatures you control have deathtouch.

Other untapped creatures you control have hexproof.

{1}, {T}: Untap another target creature or land you control.

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a 1/1 green Insect creature token. If you control six or more lands, create a token that's a copy of Scute Swarm instead.

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

As Secluded Courtyard enters the battlefield, 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 or creature card of the chosen type.

{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 Simic Ascendancy.

At the beginning of your upkeep, if Simic Ascendancy has twenty or more growth counters on it, you win the game.

Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield tapped.

When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, return a land you control to its owner's hand.

{T}: Add {G}{U}.

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Svyelun of Sea and Sky 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}.)

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

{T}: Add {C}{C}. Activate only if you control five or more lands.

Indestructible

As long as your devotion to blue is less than five, Thassa isn't a creature. (Each {U} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)

At the beginning of your upkeep, scry 1.

{1}{U}: Target creature you control can't be blocked this turn.

When The Grey Havens enters the battlefield, scry 1.

{T}: Add {C}.

{T}: Add one mana of any color among legendary creature cards in your graveyard.

Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on The Ozolith.

At the beginning of combat on your turn, if The Ozolith has counters on it, you may move all counters from The Ozolith onto target creature.

{4}: Scry 1, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, draw a card.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Flash

When Tishana's Tidebinder enters the battlefield, 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 Tishana's Tidebinder remains on the battlefield. (Mana abilities can't be targeted.)

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.

As Unclaimed Territory enters the battlefield, 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.

As Vineglimmer Snarl enters the battlefield, you may reveal a Forest or Island card from your hand. If you don't, Vineglimmer Snarl enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {G} or {U}.

Trample, reach

When Vorinclex enters the battlefield, search your library for up to two Forest cards, reveal them, put them into your hand, then shuffle.

{6}{G}{G}: Exile Vorinclex, then return it to the battlefield transformed under its owner's control. Activate only as a sorcery.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)

I -- Mill ten cards. Put up to two creature cards from among the milled cards onto the battlefield.

II -- Distribute seven +1/+1 counters among any number of target creatures you control.

III -- Until end of turn, creatures you control gain "{1}: This creature fights target creature you don't control." Exile The Grand Evolution, then return it to the battlefield (front face up).

Return each creature without a +1/+1 counter on it to its owner's hand.

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)

You may play an additional land on each of your turns.

Wayward Swordtooth can't attack or block unless you have the city's blessing.

Flying

As long as Wonder is in your graveyard and you control an Island, creatures you control have flying.

Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, then shuffle and put the card on top.

{T}: Add {C}.

{T}: Add {G} or {U}. Yavimaya Coast deals 1 damage to you.

Each land is a Forest in addition to its other land types.