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Merfolk · Commander / EDH
Merfolk Commander Decks
Blue's tribal deck, built on unblockable and islandwalk rather than raw size. Merfolk win by making a small board impossible to interact with in combat.
334legal merfolk
45can lead a deck
21cards that name merfolk
$0.20median card price
Ready-built list
Merfolk Tempo — Unblockable and Growing
Overwhelm opponents with low-cost Merfolk lords while using Islandwalk enablers like Spreading Seas to guarantee unblockable attacks, backed by efficient counterspells and protective Merfolk abilities.
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Commanders that care about merfolk
Legendary merfolk whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.
Art by Chris Rallis
Art by Larry MacDougall
Art by Grace Zhu
Art by Seb McKinnon
Art by Tyler Walpole
Art by PINDURSKI
Art by Magali Villeneuve
Art by Tyler Jacobson
The merfolk support package
Cards that are not merfolk themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 21 of them are legal in Commander.
Where merfolk live
Color identity of every legal merfolk in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.
Under a dollar
Playable merfolk currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.
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