---
name: "Merfolk Mesmerist"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Mill"]
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "66"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss"
oracle_id: "590d524f-278d-4cf4-ae3f-efcced4517b1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merfolk-mesmerist-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
{U}, {T}: Target player mills two cards.

> *„Ich würde mich doch dran erinnern, wenn ich ein Wesen gesehen hätte, das halb Frau und halb Fisch ist und drei glühende Augen hat." —Drugo, Stadtwache*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sokka's Haiku](/printing/sokkas-haiku-tla.md) — Instant — Lesson
2. [Titania, Nature's Force](/printing/titania-natures-force-brc.md) — Legendary Creature — Elemental
3. [Wasteful Harvest](/printing/wasteful-harvest-bro.md) — Instant
4. [Shadow Kin](/printing/shadow-kin-mic.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
5. [Eivor, Wolf-Kissed](/printing/eivor-wolf-kissed-acr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Assassin Warrior
6. [Shenanigans](/printing/shenanigans-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2012 (M12) #66
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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