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Champions of the Shoal
Card Information
Type: Creature — Merfolk Soldier
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Lorwyn Eclipsed (ECL)
Rarity: Rare
Collector Number: 46
Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, behold a Merfolk and exile it. (Exile a Merfolk you control or a Merfolk card from your hand.) Whenever this creature enters or becomes tapped, tap up to one target creature and put a stun counter on it. When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled card to its owner's hand.
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Card Rulings
- November 17, 2025
If Champions of the Shoal is countered or otherwise fails to resolve, the beheld card will remain in exile indefinitely.
Source: wotc - November 17, 2025
One or more stun counters on a permanent create a single replacement effect that stops the permanent from untapping. That effect is "If a permanent with a stun counter on it would become untapped, instead remove a stun counter from it."
Source: wotc
Price History
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