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Merfolk Assassin

Multiverse ID: 108821

Merfolk Assassin

Comments (17)

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★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (3 votes)
aside from the fact that you'll need another card to make use of this guy, destruction effects are quite uncommon for blue, what makes this card somewhat interesting.
bhunji42
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0) (5 votes)
Combo with War Barge, it was also from the Dark and also time shifted... I wonder if they did that on purpose...
Snaxme
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Um, anti-islandwalk tech? Pretty useless outside of a combo, like the ones mentioned.
Vedalken_Arbiter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
for those pesky mirror matches.
Sironos
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
none-combo-wise this card is horrible, but i love the art.
Anggul
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Piracy charm I guess.
Enchantment_Removal
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Have none of you all ever seen a deck where this card could read "destroy target creature"?

Unfortunately, he may be too slow to be good tech against a Legacy Merfolk deck. ... and it's probably not too difficult to play around him.
awd91
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
He looks like he is right out of Avatar
SuperSphinx
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Haha! I love the flavor! Suck on that, mermaid! ;D
GracefulInferno
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (5 votes)
F*ck off, Stormtide Leviathan. :D
Long_Con
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Cold-Eyed Selkie stole this guy's style.
Guest1682264658
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
what About Lord of Atlantis + Unnatural Selection + Merfolk Assassin?
MisterAction
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (6 votes)
My friend just made a deck around this card. He has piracy charm and Traveler's Cloakfor a straight-up kill spell, but if he doesn't get those I've seen him go so far as to play Wings of Velis Vel, then if he doesn't have Lord of Atlantis out he hits them with Streambed Aquitects, and then finally activates this.

It's annoying as hell, but to his credit, I've now had the unique experience of saying the phrase "Ah f*ck, my guy's got Islandwalk." Can't help but tip my hat to somebody who kills my creatures by making them too nimble underwater.
atemu1234
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Could have sworn that this card had a different art.
Shadoflaam
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
SOON
Mr.Wimples
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Badass merfolk sunk a ship, and he's swimming away without lookin.
This guy is the Bruce Willis of merfolk, people.
psychichobo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
There's something genuinely terrifying about a Merfolk who can sink a ship, murder Leviathans and even gut Gods if they so much as even stick a toe in the water.