---
name: "Wishful Merfolk"
mana_cost: "{1}{U}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Merfolk"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Defender"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "ELD-73"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Livia Prima"
oracle_id: "19ff1424-6505-4702-86ad-2d7518b584f6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wishful-merfolk-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Wishful Merfolk
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{U}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Merfolk
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2
- **Keywords:** Defender

## Oracle Text
Defender
{1}{U}: This creature loses defender and becomes a Human until end of turn.

> *She yearned to walk on dry land so she might take her vengeance there.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Vodalian War Machine](/printing/vodalian-war-machine-fem.md) — Creature — Wall
2. [Tidewater Minion](/printing/tidewater-minion-rav.md) — Creature — Elemental Minion
3. [Darting Merfolk](/printing/darting-merfolk-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk
4. [Mer Man](/printing/mer-man-ust.md) — Host Creature — Human Fish
5. [Merrow Wavebreakers](/printing/merrow-wavebreakers-shm.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier
6. [Stonybrook Angler](/printing/stonybrook-angler-lrw.md) — Creature — Merfolk Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #ELD-73
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Livia Prima
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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