Merfolk Pupil

Merfolk Pupil

Creature — Merfolk Wizard

Mana cost: {1}{U}

How we read this card

When this creature enters, draw a card, then discard a card.

triggered — draws you 1 card

triggered —

Draw a card, then discard a card.

activated {1}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard — hits a graveyard

activated {1}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard — draws you 1 card

activated {1}{U}, Exile this card from your graveyard —

Causes: draw a card, discard a card, exile a card, anything leaves a graveyard.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a Merfolk deals combat damage — 386 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. Seafloor Oracle — When Merfolk Pupil deals combat damage, Seafloor Oracle draws you 1 card

a Merfolk enters the battlefield — 397 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When Merfolk Pupil enters:

  1. Forerunner of the Heralds — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Deeproot Elite — puts a counter on a Merfolk
  3. River Sneak — gets +1/+1

a nontoken Wizard enters the battlefield — 1,243 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. Inalla, Archmage Ritualist — When Merfolk Pupil enters, Inalla, Archmage Ritualist makes a token

a Wizard creature enters the battlefield — 1,264 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. Diviner's Wand — When Merfolk Pupil enters, Diviner's Wand triggers

a creature leaves a graveyard — 1,302 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When Merfolk Pupil leaves a graveyard:

  1. Grim Reaper's Scythe — makes a token
  2. Syr Konrad, the Grim — deals 1 damage
  3. Cyan, Vengeful Samurai — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. Along the Crooked Way — puts a counter on a Goblin or Army
  5. Skeleton Crew — makes a token
  6. Desecrated Tomb — makes a token
  7. Chalk Outline — makes a token
  8. Insidious Roots — makes a token
  9. Undead Hand Ninja — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Erebos's Titan — triggers

3 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is discarded — 2,042 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When Merfolk Pupil makes a player discard a card:

  1. Ivora, Insatiable Heir — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  2. Cool but Rude — deals 2 damage
  3. Containment Construct — brings a card back
  4. Moonstone, Harsh Mistress — brings a card back
  5. Lazotep Chancellor — puts 2 counters on a Zombie or Army
  6. Magmakin Artillerist — deals that much damage
  7. Inti, Seneschal of the Sun — exiles a card from your library
  8. Pitchstone Wall — sacrifices itself
  9. Currency Converter — exiles it
  10. Hostile Investigator — triggers

51 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Merfolk Pupil is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything leaves a graveyard — 2,503 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When Merfolk Pupil leaves a graveyard:

  1. Blastoneuron — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Defiled Crypt // Cadaver Lab — makes a token
  3. Teval, the Balanced Scale — makes a token
  4. Hologram Stalker — makes a token
  5. Tormod, the Desecrator — makes a token
  6. Quintorius, Field Historian — makes a token
  7. Garrison Excavator — makes a token
  8. Amzu, Swarm's Hunger — makes a token
  9. Kirol, History Buff // Pack a Punch — becomes prepared
  10. Teval's Judgment — triggers

13 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card is drawn — 3,815 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When Merfolk Pupil makes a player draw a card:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — gives +1/+1
  2. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — deals 1 damage
  3. Aether Syphon — mills a card
  4. The Locust God — makes a token
  5. Starving Revenant — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  6. Ominous Seas — puts a foreshadow counter on itself
  7. Dream Trawler — gets +1/+0
  8. Iron Man, Armored Avenger — puts a counter on a creature
  9. The Astonishing Ant-Man — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Psychosis Crawler — makes each opponent lose 1 life

57 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. Samwise Gamgee — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
  2. Bloodbond March — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
  3. Thor, God of Thunder — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
  4. Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
  5. Harness the Storm — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
  6. Transplant Theorist — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
  7. Heart-Shaped Herb — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
  8. Wayward Angel — Merfolk Pupil fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
  9. Rescue from the Underworld — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
  10. Victimize — Merfolk Pupil puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back

434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything goes to a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

When a card hits the graveyard thanks to Merfolk Pupil:

  1. Quest for Ancient Secrets — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Measure of Wickedness — gives an opponent control of itself

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Merfolk Pupil is one).

  1. God-Eternal Oketra — When Merfolk Pupil is cast, God-Eternal Oketra makes a token

90 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.