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.

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. If you control a Merfolk, draw a card.

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

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

{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.

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. 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.

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Whenever Cold-Eyed Selkie deals combat damage to a player, you may draw that many cards.

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

Counter target spell.

When Court of Garenbrig enters the battlefield, you become the monarch.

At the beginning of your upkeep, distribute two +1/+1 counters among up to two target creatures. Then if you're the monarch, double the number of +1/+1 counters on each creature you control.

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

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.")

At the beginning of combat on your turn, Deepfathom Echo 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.)

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

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.)

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 creature spells from the top of your library.

Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

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.

{U}{U}, {T}: Gain control of target legendary permanent. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

{T}: Add one mana of any color that a land an opponent controls could produce.

If you control a commander, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.

Counter target noncreature spell.

{T}: Add {C}.

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

When Forerunner of the Heralds enters the battlefield, you may search your library for a Merfolk card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Whenever another Merfolk enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Forerunner of the Heralds.

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

({T}: Add {G}.)

When Garruk's Uprising enters the battlefield, if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, draw a card.

Creatures you control have trample. (They can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker they're attacking.)

Whenever a creature with power 4 or greater enters the battlefield under your control, draw a card.

When Growing Rites of Itlimoc enters the battlefield, look at the top four 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 any order.

At the beginning of your end step, if you control four or more creatures, transform Growing Rites of Itlimoc.

(Transforms from Growing Rites of Itlimoc.)

{T}: Add {G}.

{T}: Add {G} for each creature you control.

Draw a card. You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

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.

As Herald's Horn enters the battlefield, choose a creature type.

Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} 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.

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

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

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

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.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

({T}: Add {U}.)

When Jadelight Spelunker enters the battlefield, it explores X times. (To have it 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 that creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

{T}: Add {C}.

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

{T}: Untap another target permanent.

Search your library for up to two basic land cards, reveal those cards, put one onto the battlefield tapped and the other into your hand, then shuffle.

Tap another untapped Merfolk you control: Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca 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.

Equipped creature has haste and shroud. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.)

Equip {0}

Llanowar Reborn enters the battlefield tapped.

{T}: Add {G}.

Graft 1 (This land enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters the battlefield, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)

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

Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may create a 1/1 blue Merfolk creature token.

Tap seven untapped Merfolk you control: Counter target spell.

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

Flying

When Merfolk Skydiver enters the battlefield, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.

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

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

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

At the beginning of your end step, untap all Merfolk you control.

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.)

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice Misty Rainforest: Search your library for a Forest or Island card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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

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

Untap all green and/or blue creatures you control during each other player's untap step.

Search your library for an instant or sorcery card, reveal it, then shuffle and put that card on top.

Destroy target artifact or enchantment. Its controller gains 4 life.

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.

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.)

Path of Ancestry enters the battlefield 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.)

Choose two --

• Return target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand.

• Counter target artifact or enchantment spell.

• Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature.

• Target player shuffles up to three target cards from their graveyard into their library.

Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn.)

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

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

Rejuvenating Springs enters the battlefield tapped unless you have two or more opponents.

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

Put X +1/+1 counters on target creature you control. Then counter up to one target spell unless its controller pays mana equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.

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.)

Return all nonland permanents target player controls to their owner's hand.

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.

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

{2}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from a creature you control: Draw a card.

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

{3}, {T}: Search your library for a Merfolk permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has trample and lifelink.

{1}: Permanents your opponents control lose hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.

Equip {2}

{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.

Flash

When Singer of Swift Rivers enters the battlefield, 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.

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

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

I, II -- Until your next turn, creatures you control gain "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

III -- Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control. Those creatures gain vigilance, trample, and indestructible until end of turn.

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

Merfolk spells and Wizard spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

All lands are Islands in addition to their other types.

Creatures without flying or islandwalk can't attack.

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}.)

{T}: Add {C}.

{T}: Add {G} or {U}. Talisman of Curiosity deals 1 damage to you.

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

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.

{T}: Add {G}{G}. You gain 2 life.

Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.

Kicker {X}. X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)

Flying

When Thieving Skydiver enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to Thieving Skydiver.

{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.)

Kicker {1} (You may pay an additional {1} as you cast this spell.)

When Tide Shaper enters the battlefield, if it was kicked, target land becomes an Island for as long as Tide Shaper remains on the battlefield.

Tide Shaper gets +1/+1 as long as an opponent controls an Island.

Landfall -- Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, create a Food token or a Treasure token. (Food is an artifact with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

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.)

When Topography Tracker enters the battlefield, create a Map token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature you control explores. Activate only as a sorcery.")

If a creature you control would explore, instead it explores, then it explores again.

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}.

Flash

Other Merfolk you control get +1/+1.

Sacrifice a Merfolk: Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {1}.

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

Champion a Merfolk (When this enters the battlefield, sacrifice it unless you exile another Merfolk you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)

Whenever Wanderwine Prophets deals combat damage to a player, you may sacrifice a Merfolk. If you do, take an extra turn after this one.

Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on Wildgrowth Walker and you gain 3 life.

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.

When Zegana, Utopian Speaker enters the battlefield, 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.