Merfolk Sovereign
Creature — Merfolk Noble
M11Magic 2011#65rare
"Be like the sea: flow around that which is unmovable; for everything else, crash into it unrelentingly."
- Finishes
- Nonfoil · Foil
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2003
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster–1 in 1793
- Illustrator
- Jesper Ejsing
- Found in
- 2011 Core Set MTGO Redemption Foil · 2011 Core Set MTGO Redemption · 2 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
Constructed
StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal
Commander
CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
Arena
AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
Other
PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.
: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.
2/2: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.Plays as:
Tribal Lord
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$0.39
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Rulings
1 · latest Oct 1, 2009
- WotCOct 1, 2009
To have any effect, Merfolk Sovereign's activated ability must be activated before the declare blockers step begins. Once a Merfolk has become blocked, activating Merfolk Sovereign's ability won't change that.