---
name: "Merfolk Trickster"
mana_cost: "{U}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk Wizard"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "DOM"
set_name: "Dominaria"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Jesper Ejsing"
oracle_id: "f712aed5-d6e0-45d3-ae20-518b765ce9da"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/merfolk-trickster-dom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.

> *Die Eliteraten schworen dem Töten ab, nachdem sie von einem Planeswalker vor der vollkommenen Zerstörung bewahrt wurden.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tishana's Tidebinder](/printing/tishanas-tidebinder-lci.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
2. [Watertrap Weaver](/printing/watertrap-weaver-xln.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
3. [Stonybrook Angler](/printing/stonybrook-angler-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
4. [Wanderwine Distracter](/printing/wanderwine-distracter-ecl.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
5. [Tempest Caller](/printing/tempest-caller-plst.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard
6. [Vodalian Hexcatcher](/printing/vodalian-hexcatcher-dmu.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dominaria (DOM) #56
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Jesper Ejsing
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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