Kopala, Warden of Waves
Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Spells your opponents cast that target a Merfolk you control cost 
more to cast.
Abilities your opponents activate that target a Merfolk you control cost more to activate.
"I know these waters better than you know yourselves."
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- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC #160)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 3
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Artist
- Magali Villeneuve
- EDHREC rank
- #4,156
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Merrow Reejerey
- Deeproot Waters
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Emperor Mihail II
- Seafloor Oracle
- Mist Dancer
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Harbinger of the Tides
- Lord of Atlantis
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Merrow Commerce
- Tempest Caller
- Coralhelm Commander
- Deepchannel Mentor
- Reflections of Littjara
- Merrow Harbinger
- Lullmage Mentor
- Thieving Skydiver
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Triton Shorestalker
- River Sneak
- Merfolk Trickster
- Tide Shaper
- Kindred Discovery
- Streambed Aquitects
- Bident of Thassa
- Vanquisher's Banner
- Kefnet's Monument
- Seahunter
- Wanderwine Prophets
- Crashing Tide
- Distant Melody
- Harbinger of the Seas
- Tishana's Tidebinder
- True-Name Nemesis
- Aquitect's Will
- Wake Thrasher
- Aquatic Incursion
- Herald's Horn
- Thassa's Rebuff
- Heraldic Banner
- Silvergill Adept
- Path of Ancestry
- Master of Waves
- Door of Destinies
- Cancel
- Raise the Palisade
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Island
- Merfolk Sovereign
- Master of the Pearl Trident
- Merrow Reejerey
- Stonybrook Banneret
- Deeproot Waters
- Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- Emperor Mihail II
- Sol Ring
- Seafloor Oracle
- Deeproot Pilgrimage
- Mist Dancer
- Lord of Atlantis
- Vodalian Hexcatcher
- Counterspell
- Harbinger of the Tides
- Merrow Commerce
- Tempest Caller
- Sapphire Medallion
- Negate
- Coralhelm Commander
- Deepchannel Mentor
- Reflections of Littjara
- Reliquary Tower
- Bident of Thassa
- Arcane Signet
- Merrow Harbinger
- Thieving Skydiver
- Aetherize
- Lullmage Mentor
- Mist-Cloaked Herald
- Kindred Discovery
- Triton Shorestalker
- High Tide
- Merfolk Trickster
- River Sneak
- Kefnet's Monument
- Harbinger of the Seas
- Tide Shaper
- Distant Melody
- Streambed Aquitects
- Vanquisher's Banner
- Aquitect's Will
- Mystic Sanctuary
- Tishana's Tidebinder
- Propaganda
- Talrand, Sky Summoner
- Seahunter
- Wanderwine Prophets
- Crashing Tide
Format legality
Rulings
- 2017-09-29
Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]."
- 2017-09-29
Kopala's abilities won't affect triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") that target a Merfolk you control.
- 2017-09-29
Spells and abilities that target more than one Merfolk you control cost only
more to cast or activate. - 2017-09-29
To determine the total cost of an opponent's spell that targets a Merfolk you control, start with the mana cost or alternative cost that player is paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.