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Merfolk Sovereign

Card Name

Merfolk Sovereign

Mana Cost

1

Type

Creature – Merfolk Noble

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Other Merfolk creatures you control get +1/+1.: Target Merfolk creature can't be blocked this turn.

Flavor Text

"Be like the sea: flow around that which is unmovable; for everything else, crash into it unrelentingly."

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(10/1/2009)
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.