Duel Decks: Merfolk vs. Goblins Spoilers 57/0
Show TextAquitect's Will
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.
"You may want to hold your breath."—Kellyg, merrow aquitect
illus. Dimitar # 2/0
Battle Squadron
Flying
Battle Squadron's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creatures you control.
The goblins made an unruly pile with military precision.
illus. Mark Tedin # 33/0
Blighted Cataract
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Blighted Cataract: Draw two cards.
Once, water ran here. Now only dust and ash fall from the clifftops.
illus. Vincent Proce # 26/0
Blighted Gorge
: Add .
, , Sacrifice Blighted Gorge: It deals 2 damage to any target.
The land is dying, but it will not go peacefully.
illus. Jung Park # 58/0
Boggart Brute
Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
He has the biggest bashing stick, so it's a safe bet he's the leader.
illus. Igor Kieryluk # 34/0
Brittle Effigy
, , Exile Brittle Effigy: Exile target creature.
"In my early experiments in phylactery, I found that fragile forms have their uses."—Rocati, Duke of Martyne
illus. John Avon # 56/0
Brute Strength
Target creature gets +3/+1 and gains trample until end of turn.
It's not the size of the rock. It's how badly you want to lift it.
illus. Wayne Reynolds # 35/0
Claustrophobia
Enchant creature
When Claustrophobia enters the battlefield, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step.
Six feet of earth muffled his cries.
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 3/0
Cleaver Riot
Creatures you control gain double strike until end of turn. (They deal both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Measure once, cut twice.
illus. Dave Kendall # 36/0
Cold-Eyed Selkie
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.
She follows the old tributaries built when merrows still shaped the tides.
illus. Jaime Jones # 25/0
Concentrate
Draw three cards.
"The treasure in my mind is greater than any worldly glory."
illus. rk post # 4/0
Ember Hauler
, Sacrifice Ember Hauler: Ember Hauler deals 2 damage to any target.
Flurk's crude goblin language didn't differentiate between "I bring the flame" and "I am the flame."
illus. Steve Prescott # 37/0
Engulf the Shore
Return to their owners' hands all creatures with toughness less than or equal to the number of Islands you control.
"The tides have begun to ignore the moon."—Tamiyo's journal
illus. Cliff Childs # 5/0
Essence Scatter
Counter target creature spell.
"What you attempt to pull from the aether, I can spread onto the wind."—Jace Beleren
illus. Jon Foster # 6/0
Forgotten Cave
Forgotten Cave enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Noah Bradley # 59/0
Foundry Street Denizen
Whenever another red creature enters the battlefield under your control, Foundry Street Denizen gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
After the Foundry Street riot, Arrester Hulbein tried to ban bludgeons. Which, inevitably, resulted in another riot.
illus. Raoul Vitale # 38/0
Gempalm Incinerator
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle Gempalm Incinerator, you may have it deal X damage to target creature, where X is the number of Goblins on the battlefield.
illus. Mark Behm # 39/0
Ghostfire
Ghostfire is colorless.
Ghostfire deals 3 damage to any target.
Only those gifted with the eye of Ugin, the spirit dragon, can see his fiery breath.
illus. Cyril Van Der Haegen # 40/0
Goblin Charbelcher
, : Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card. Goblin Charbelcher deals damage equal to the number of nonland cards revealed this way to any target. If the revealed land card was a Mountain, Goblin Charbelcher deals double that damage instead. Put the revealed cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 57/0
Goblin Chieftain
Haste (This creature can attack and as soon as it comes under your control.)
Other Goblin creatures you control get +1/+1 and have haste.
"It's time for the ‘Smash, Smash' song!"
illus. Sam Wood # 41/0
Goblin Diplomats
: Each creature attacks this turn if able.
When you need to convey that special kind of message.
illus. Izzy # 42/0
Goblin Glory Chaser
Renown 1 (When this creature deals combat damage to a player, if it isn't renowned, put a +1/+1 counter on it and it becomes renowned.)
As long as Goblin Glory Chaser is renowned, it has menace. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
illus. Greg Staples # 43/0
Goblin Goon
Goblin Goon can't attack unless you control more creatures than defending player.
Goblin Goon can't block unless you control more creatures than attacking player.
illus. Steve Prescott # 44/0
Goblin Grenade
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a Goblin.
Goblin Grenade deals 5 damage to any target.
Don't underestimate the aerodynamic qualities of the common goblin.
illus. Kev Walker # 45/0
Goblin Rabblemaster
Other Goblin creatures you control attack each combat if able.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, create a 1/1 red Goblin creature token with haste.
Whenever Goblin Rabblemaster attacks, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each other attacking Goblin.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 46/0
Goblin Razerunners
, Sacrifice a land: Put a +1/+1 counter on Goblin Razerunners.
At the beginning of your end step, you may have Goblin Razerunners deal damage equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on it to target player or planeswalker.
Finding themselves in a new and unexplored world, they immediately set it on fire.
illus. Raymond Swanland # 47/0
Goblin Ringleader
Haste
When Goblin Ringleader enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Goblin cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Gabor Szikszai # 48/0
Goblin Tunneler
: Target creature with power 2 or less can't be blocked this turn.
"The best way over the mountain is through."
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 49/0
Goblin Wardriver
Battle cry (Whenever this creature attacks, each other attacking creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.)
"A true warrior fights with whatever's handy."—Qerk of the Secret Warren
illus. Chippy # 50/0
Harbinger of the Tides
You may cast Harbinger of the Tides as though it had flash if you pay more to cast it. (You may cast it any time you could cast an instant.)
When Harbinger of the Tides enters the battlefield, you may return target tapped creature an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 7/0
Hordeling Outburst
Create three 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
"Leave no scraps, lest you attract pests."—Mardu threat
illus. Zoltan Boros # 51/0
Inkfathom Divers
Islandwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
When Inkfathom Divers enters the battlefield, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.
illus. Steven Belledin # 8/0
Krenko, Mob Boss
: Create X 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens, where X is the number of Goblins you control.
"He displays a perverse charisma fueled by avarice. Highly dangerous. Recommend civil sanctions."—Agmand Sarv, Azorius hussar
illus. Karl Kopinski # 52/0
Krenko's Command
Create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.
Goblins are eager to follow orders, especially when those orders involve stealing, hurting, annoying, eating, destroying, or swearing.
illus. Karl Kopinski # 53/0
Lonely Sandbar
Lonely Sandbar enters the battlefield tapped.
: Add .
Cycling (, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
illus. Noah Bradley # 27/0
Master of the Pearl Trident
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1 and have islandwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
"Let the land dwellers know the coast is no longer the border between our realms. A new age of empire has begun."
illus. Ryan Pancoast # 9/0
Master of Waves
Protection from red
Elemental creatures you control get +1/+1.
When Master of Waves enters the battlefield, create a number of 1/0 blue Elemental creature tokens equal to your devotion to blue. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to blue.)
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 1/0
Merfolk Looter
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
Merfolk don't always know what they're looking for, but they're certain once they find it.
illus. Austin Hsu # 10/0
Merfolk Sovereign
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
"Be like the sea: flow around that which is unmovable; for everything else, crash into it unrelentingly."
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 11/0
Merfolk Wayfinder
Flying
When Merfolk Wayfinder enters the battlefield, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all Island cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 12/0
Merrow Reejerey
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever you cast a Merfolk spell, you may tap or untap target permanent.
Steady and silent as the deep current, the reejerey guides the course of the school.
illus. Greg Staples # 13/0
Mind Spring
Draw X cards.
Fragments of thought refract and multiply, surging in a geyser of dizzying insight.
illus. Mark Zug # 14/0
Misdirection
You may exile a blue card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Change the target of target spell with a single target.
illus. Mathias Kollros # 15/0
Relentless Assault
Untap all creatures that attacked this turn. After this main phase, there is an additional combat phase followed by an additional main phase.
illus. Christopher Moeller # 54/0
Rootwater Hunter
: Rootwater Hunter deals 1 damage to any target.
"Bitter water, vicious wave;Shadow-cold shallows, root-made maze.Home's angry embrace."—Rootwater Saga
illus. Brom # 16/0
Scroll Thief
Whenever Scroll Thief deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Kapsho merfolk have infiltrated fortresses as remote as the desert citadel in Sunari in their relentless quest for arcane knowledge.
illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli # 17/0
Streambed Aquitects
: Target Merfolk creature gets +1/+1 and gains islandwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)
: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
illus. William O'Connor # 18/0
Tarfire
Tarfire deals 2 damage to any target.
"After Auntie brushed the soot from her eyes, she discovered something wonderful: the fire had turned the goat into something that smelled delicious."—A tale of Auntie Grub
illus. Omar Rayyan # 55/0
Tidal Courier
When Tidal Courier enters the battlefield, reveal the top four cards of your library. Put all Merfolk cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
: Tidal Courier gains flying until end of turn.
illus. Slawomir Maniak # 19/0
Tidal Warrior
: Target land becomes an Island until end of turn.
The tide of battle favors those who can swim.
illus. Daren Bader # 20/0
Tidal Wave
Create a 5/5 blue Wall creature token with defender. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
"The floor of the sea is paved with the shattered remnants of vessels that navigated its surface unwelcomed."—Thassa, god of the sea
illus. Brian Snoddy # 21/0
Tidebinder Mage
When Tidebinder Mage enters the battlefield, tap target red or green creature an opponent controls. That creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step for as long as you control Tidebinder Mage.
illus. John Severin Brassell # 22/0
Triton Tactics
Up to two target creatures each get +0/+3 until end of turn. Untap those creatures. At this turn's next end of combat, tap each creature that was blocked by one of those creatures this turn and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
illus. Jack Wang # 23/0
Wake Thrasher
Whenever a permanent you control becomes untapped, Wake Thrasher gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
Anyone who thinks merrows have more brains than brawn has never been run over by one.
illus. Jesper Ejsing # 24/0
Warren Instigator
Double strike
Whenever Warren Instigator deals damage to an opponent, you may put a Goblin creature card from your hand onto the battlefield.
There is always a rabble to be roused.
illus. Svetlin Velinov # 32/0
