Merlin

UnitNeutral

Repeat the first spell you play each round.

5 ⚔5 ♥

Collectible card

Art by Don Flores

M&L #205

Card art © Koin Games

Card · Arthurian legend

Merlin

Merlin is a Legendary unit in Origins TCG, the digital card game by Koin Games. It costs 5 mana, has 5 Power and 5 Health, and is Neutral. It is a playable card (checked in the game on September 22, 2026). It leads 8 of the 79 decks published on OriginsMeta.

Unit★ LegendaryNeutral

Official game text

Repeat the first spell you play each round.

Spell

Origin of the legend

The wizard who raised Arthur and guided his reign, from Geoffrey of Monmouth to Malory.

Decks led by Merlin

Decks with votes first, by rating, then the newest. How often a card is played is popularity, not a win rate: Most played cards →

2 more decks with this card are in the list of all decks. All decks →

Official Koin Games numbers

In the Crimson Cup

EMEA #2: banned 36.8% of the times it was seen at the ban (49 of 133), 2nd of 11; in 9.1% of the decks submitted (126). A deck with it reached round 5, the round of the qualified.
AMER #2: banned 47.5% of the times it was seen at the ban (38 of 80), 2nd of 11; in 9.0% of the decks submitted (80). A deck with it reached round 4, the round of the qualified.
EMEA #1: banned 48.6% of the times it was seen at the ban (54 of 111), 2nd of 11; in 9.7% of the decks submitted (90). A deck with it reached round 4, the round of the qualified.
AMER #1: banned 42.2% of the times it was seen at the ban (38 of 90), 2nd of 11; in 9.8% of the decks submitted (71). A deck with it reached round 4, the round of the qualified.

All the Crimson Cup numbers →

Often in the same deck

Cards found in at least 2 of the 8 decks led by Merlin.

Balance history

BuffPatch 0.6.3 · August 27, 2026Official Steam post
5 · 3/5→5 · 5/5
+2 Power.

MetaShifting: every balance change →

In brief

Is Merlin playable in Origins TCG?: Yes: it is one of the 11 Legendaries in the game's collection, checked on September 22, 2026, so it can lead a deck in the deck builder.
Has a patch changed Merlin?: Yes: patch 0.6.3 (August 27, 2026) changed its Power from 3 to 5.
Which cards are often in the same deck as Merlin?: The cards found most often in the 8 decks it leads: Dark Omen (in 6 of 8), Forbidden Knowledge (in 6 of 8) and Sandman (in 6 of 8).

Build a deck with this card

One Legendary plus 12 different base cards, two copies of each: 25 cards. The deck builder is free and needs no account.

Deck builder

Related guides

The 11 Legendaries of Origins TCG: cards, stats, patches and decks

Same saga: Arthurian legend

Costs, stats, alignments and texts of the playable cards were checked in the game, in English, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Russian; balance changes come from the official patch notes, and the 0.8 patch notes of 27 October 2026 (Early Access) list no card changes. Created and removed cards are not in the game's collection, so they have not been checked in the game. Card text © Koin Games. Sagas, origin notes and the Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German and Russian text of created and removed cards are by OriginsMeta.