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4 Sword Of The Animist Just Need A Creature Another versatile artifact that can slot into any deck, Sword of the Animist is a powerful piece of equipment that lets you turn any creature into a ramp spell

Protect Monsters One downside to reanimating something threatening to the battlefield is that it immediately gets a huge bullseye on it for all sorts of removal spells

The effect is obviously very powerful, but the fact that the creature needs to declare an attack to use it is not

This win condition is kept in check by cheap spot removal like Doom Blade or Path to Exile

For purposes of this list, I am only covering things with the Merfolk creature type, not changelings, or things that make Merfolk tokens or things like that