What elevates this card into a league of its own is that the illustration was drawn directly by the franchise creator, Eiichiro Oda, showcasing the future Pirate King delivering a massive, perspective-warping punch straight toward the viewer, and sealing its value with an embossed signature in the lower right corner
Removal Sticking with Golgari watermark cards, our removal options are a bit strained compared to what we could typically put in our black and green Commander decks
There are three dungeons in this set, including Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Keep in mind that other cards in this deck besides Merlin can be useful bounce targets too
This also makes the card a good recovery piece after some mass removal
(Because no player receives priority during the untap step, any abilities triggering off of the phasing event won't go onto the stack until the upkeep step begins.) 502.15e When a permanent phases out, all damage dealt to it is removed