---
name: "Champions of the Shoal"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Soldier"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Behold"]
set: "PECL"
set_name: "Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos"
collector_number: "46p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daniel Zrom"
oracle_id: "fc76ec95-f001-44df-89b2-b0f1b10c8e11"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/champions-of-the-shoal-pecl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Champions of the Shoal
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Soldier
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/6
- **Keywords:** Behold

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Merfolk and exile it. (Exile a Merfolk you control or a Merfolk card from your hand.)
Whenever this creature enters or becomes tapped, tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shipwreck Patrol](/printing/shipwreck-patrol-msc.md) — Creature — Merfolk Warrior
2. [Sharae of Numbing Depths](/printing/sharae-of-numbing-depths-woe.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Floodpits Drowner](/printing/floodpits-drowner-dsk.md) — Creature — Merfolk
4. [Shoreline Scout](/printing/shoreline-scout-j21.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
5. [Merrow Reejerey](/printing/merrow-reejerey-f09.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier
6. [Stonybrook Angler](/printing/stonybrook-angler-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn Eclipsed Promos (PECL) #46p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daniel Zrom
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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