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Chris Guest
Jul 9, 2025
Chris Guest
21 Best Merfolk Cards for Commander
As one of Magic's oldest creature types, there are no shortage of excellent Merfolk to brew with. Chris breaks down the best of the best in this list.
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Rain-Slicked Copse
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
10%synergy
Gathering Stone
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Wild Unraveling
14%inclusion1 decks7 decks
14%synergy
Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
13%inclusion1 decks8 decks
12%synergy
High Synergy Cards
Over the Edge
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
82%synergy
Cenote Scout
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
81%synergy
Jadelight Spelunker
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
77%synergy
River Herald Scout
75%inclusion18 decks24 decks
74%synergy
Topography Tracker
79%inclusion19 decks24 decks
72%synergy
Seeker of Sunlight
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
70%synergy
Jadelight Ranger
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
69%synergy
Sentinel of the Nameless City
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
69%synergy
Twists and Turns
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
69%synergy
Hakbal of the Surging Soul
71%inclusion17 decks24 decks
67%synergy
Top Cards
Tatyova, Benthic Druid
83%inclusion20 decks24 decks
52%synergy
Deepfathom Echo
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
63%synergy
Glowcap Lantern
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
66%synergy
Path of Discovery
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
65%synergy
Inspiring Call
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
53%synergy
Kopala, Warden of Waves
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
54%synergy
Merfolk Branchwalker
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
62%synergy
Deeproot Waters
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
54%synergy
River Herald Guide
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
62%synergy
Herald of Secret Streams
58%inclusion14 decks24 decks
44%synergy
Creatures
Merfolk Sovereign
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
46%synergy
Merfolk Cave-Diver
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
51%synergy
Emperor Mihail II
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
46%synergy
Tishana's Wayfinder
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
54%synergy
Master of the Pearl Trident
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
40%synergy
Waterwind Scout
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Deeproot Elite
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
38%synergy
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Deeproot Historian
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Merrow Reejerey
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Singer of Swift Rivers
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
34%synergy
Svyelun of Sea and Sky
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Zegana, Utopian Speaker
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
30%synergy
Merfolk Skydiver
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
32%synergy
Merfolk Mistbinder
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Mist Dancer
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
31%synergy
Wildgrowth Walker
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
36%synergy
Stonybrook Banneret
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Tributary Instructor
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Storm Fleet Negotiator
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
33%synergy
Cold-Eyed Selkie
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Seafloor Oracle
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
26%synergy
Vorel of the Hull Clade
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Forerunner of the Heralds
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
25%synergy
Evolution Sage
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
19%synergy
Kiora's Follower
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Tishana's Tidebinder
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Prime Speaker Zegana
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Spyglass Siren
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Thieving Skydiver
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
18%synergy
Mindspring Merfolk
24%inclusion4 decks17 decks
21%synergy
Vodalian Hexcatcher
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Cartographer's Companion
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Shapers of Nature
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Emperor's Vanguard
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Ixalli's Diviner
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Jade Bearer
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Siren Lookout
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Tempest Caller
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Lord of Atlantis
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Tireless Tracker
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Summon: Leviathan
13%inclusion2 decks15 decks
6%synergy
Merrow Harbinger
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Roaming Throne
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Pathfinding Axejaw
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Merfolk Looter
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Rishkar, Peema Renegade
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Tatyova, Steward of Tides
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Tuskguard Captain
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Instants
Brackish Blunder
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
41%synergy
Rapid Hybridization
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Negate
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Growth Spiral
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Ripples of Potential
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Repulsive Mutation
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Beast Within
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-21%synergy
Aetherize
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Counterspell
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-21%synergy
Pongify
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Eureka Moment
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Quandrix Command
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Filter Out
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Snakeskin Veil
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Heroic Intervention
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-18%synergy
Decisive Denial
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Ruinous Intrusion
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
River Heralds' Boon
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Teferi's Time Twist
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Auroral Procession
12%inclusion2 decks17 decks
8%synergy
Signature Slam
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Blur
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
An Offer You Can't Refuse
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-15%synergy
Gaea's Gift
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Displace
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Plasm Capture
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Brainstorm
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Broken Wings
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Reality Shift
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Return to Nature
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Unsummon
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
You Come to a River
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Joint Exploration
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Arcane Denial
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-14%synergy
Simic Charm
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Hunter's Insight
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Out of Air
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Magic Damper
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Tifa's Limit Break
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Desculpting Blast
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Focus the Mind
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Sorceries
Enter the Unknown
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
49%synergy
Wave Goodbye
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
35%synergy
Cultivate
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Explore
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Aggressive Biomancy
26%inclusion6 decks23 decks
21%synergy
Urban Evolution
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Raise the Palisade
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Fangs of Kalonia
17%inclusion4 decks23 decks
15%synergy
Distant Melody
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Ravenform
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Shattered Wings
14%inclusion2 decks14 decks
14%synergy
Chart a Course
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Kodama's Reach
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-24%synergy
Bygone Marvels
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Curse of the Swine
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Doppelgang
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Overrun
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Lórien Revealed
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Sift
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Rampant Growth
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-32%synergy
Preordain
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Artful Dodge
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
River's Rebuke
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Combat Tutorial
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
7%synergy
Synchronized Charge
6.3%inclusion1 decks16 decks
6%synergy
Stock Up
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Roamer's Routine
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
5%synergy
Utility Artifacts
Subterranean Schooner
46%inclusion11 decks24 decks
45%synergy
Lodestone Needle
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Swiftfoot Boots
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Explorer's Cache
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
29%synergy
Shadowed Caravel
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
21%synergy
Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Bident of Thassa
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Worldwalker Helm
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
8%synergy
Panharmonicon
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Vanquisher's Banner
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Herald's Horn
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Moxite Refinery
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
6%synergy
Enchantments
Hardened Scales
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
39%synergy
Deeproot Pilgrimage
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
43%synergy
Spelunking
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
28%synergy
Retreat to Kazandu
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
30%synergy
Simic Ascendancy
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Bred for the Hunt
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
20%synergy
Kindred Discovery
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Hadana's Climb
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
17%synergy
Reflections of Littjara
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
13%synergy
Utopia Sprawl
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Branching Evolution
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Merrow Commerce
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Retreat to Coralhelm
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Roaring Earth
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Innkeeper's Talent
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Garruk's Uprising
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-9%synergy
Case of the Trampled Garden
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Rancor
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Khalni Heart Expedition
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Aquatic Incursion
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Growing Rites of Itlimoc
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Virtue of Knowledge
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Loading Zone
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Sphere Grid
6.7%inclusion1 decks15 decks
4%synergy
Planeswalkers
Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
7%synergy
Utility Lands
Reliquary Tower
38%inclusion9 decks24 decks
-12%synergy
Mosswort Bridge
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
16%synergy
Karn's Bastion
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
22%synergy
Alchemist's Refuge
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Rogue's Passage
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Novijen, Heart of Progress
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Temple of the False God
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Lumbering Falls
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Three Tree City
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
4%synergy
Hidden Nursery
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Halimar Depths
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-13%synergy
Llanowar Reborn
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Volatile Fault
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Otawara, Soaring City
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Mana Artifacts
Arcane Signet
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
-21%synergy
Sol Ring
42%inclusion10 decks24 decks
-39%synergy
Simic Signet
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Talisman of Curiosity
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Patchwork Banner
8.7%inclusion2 decks23 decks
5%synergy
Thought Vessel
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-12%synergy
Herd Heirloom
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
3%synergy
Lands
Island
100%inclusion24 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Forest
100%inclusion24 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Command Tower
67%inclusion16 decks24 decks
-18%synergy
Vineglimmer Snarl
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
24%synergy
Hinterland Harbor
63%inclusion15 decks24 decks
2%synergy
Simic Growth Chamber
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Path of Ancestry
54%inclusion13 decks24 decks
37%synergy
Temple of Mystery
50%inclusion12 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Yavimaya Coast
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-19%synergy
Flooded Grove
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-8%synergy
Dreamroot Cascade
33%inclusion8 decks24 decks
-10%synergy
Rejuvenating Springs
29%inclusion7 decks24 decks
-14%synergy
Breeding Pool
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
-21%synergy
Myriad Landscape
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Barkchannel Pathway
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Waterlogged Grove
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
5%synergy
Evolving Wilds
25%inclusion6 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Willowrush Verge
24%inclusion4 decks17 decks
6%synergy
Unclaimed Territory
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
14%synergy
Simic Guildgate
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Thornwood Falls
21%inclusion5 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Quandrix Campus
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Terramorphic Expanse
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-3%synergy
Exotic Orchard
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Tangled Islet
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
1%synergy
Secluded Courtyard
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
10%synergy
Promising Vein
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
15%synergy
Lush Oasis
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Woodland Stream
17%inclusion4 decks24 decks
12%synergy
Misty Rainforest
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-18%synergy
Overflowing Basin
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
-7%synergy
Botanical Sanctum
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
0%synergy
Thriving Grove
13%inclusion3 decks24 decks
11%synergy
Meditation Pools
11%inclusion1 decks9 decks
10%synergy
Thriving Isle
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Tropical Island
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-6%synergy
Unknown Shores
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
8%synergy
Opal Palace
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
6%synergy
Brokers Hideout
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
3%synergy
Glasspool Mimic
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
4%synergy
Hedge Maze
8.3%inclusion2 decks24 decks
-11%synergy
Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
7.1%inclusion1 decks14 decks
5%synergy
Night Market
5.9%inclusion1 decks17 decks
6%synergy
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