---
name: "Arctic Merfolk"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "PLS"
set_name: "Planeshift"
collector_number: "21"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Ron Spears"
oracle_id: "c56671e1-28a6-40c3-bad5-b5e617ddb7da"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/arctic-merfolk-pls"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Arctic Merfolk
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker—Return a creature you control to its owner's hand. (You may return a creature you control to its owner's hand in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)
If this creature was kicked, it enters with a +1/+1 counter on it.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tazeem Roilmage](/printing/tazeem-roilmage-znr.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Darting Merfolk](/printing/darting-merfolk-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk
3. [Vodalian Mindsinger](/printing/vodalian-mindsinger-dmu.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Cunning Geysermage](/printing/cunning-geysermage-znr.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Urborg Emissary](/printing/urborg-emissary-inv.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Waterfront Bouncer](/printing/waterfront-bouncer-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk Spellshaper

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Planeshift (PLS) #21
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Ron Spears
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `not_legal`