---
name: "Deepfathom Echo"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Spirit"
colors: ["G", "U"]
color_identity: ["G", "U"]
keywords: ["Explore"]
set: "PLCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos"
collector_number: "228s"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "0c0d6c7e-a7cc-49e0-bf84-3fc33dd10b90"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/deepfathom-echo-plci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Deepfathom Echo
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Explore

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of combat on your turn, this creature explores. Then you may have it become a copy of another creature you control until end of turn. (To have this creature explore, reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Merfolk Branchwalker](/printing/merfolk-branchwalker-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
2. [Seeker of Sunlight](/printing/seeker-of-sunlight-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
3. [Cenote Scout](/printing/cenote-scout-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
4. [Jadelight Spelunker](/printing/jadelight-spelunker-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
5. [River Herald Scout](/printing/river-herald-scout-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Scout
6. [Hakbal of the Surging Soul](/printing/hakbal-of-the-surging-soul-lcc.md) — Legendary Creature — Merfolk Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #228s
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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