Judge of Currents
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
LorwynLRW · #22
- Card type
- Creature — Merfolk Wizard
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.51 € · 0.30 $ · ★ 2.99 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Power
- 1
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Whenever a Merfolk you control becomes tapped, you may gain 1 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-10-12
Flavour text
Though the currents of the Lanes shift every year, the merrow never lose track of where they are or where they are going.
Rulings
For the ability to trigger, the creature has to actually change from untapped to tapped. If an effect attempts to tap the creature, but it was already tapped at the time, this ability won’t trigger.
This is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn’t allow you to tap the creature whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of tapping it, such as by attacking with the creature.