diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
index 8288ddeabc2..58d844b2911 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/Game.java
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ public class Game {
             if (!visitor.visitAll(player.getZone(ZoneType.Library).getCards())) {
                 return;
             }
-            if (!visitor.visitAll(player.getZone(ZoneType.Battlefield).getCards(false, true))) {
+            if (!visitor.visitAll(player.getZone(ZoneType.Battlefield).getCards(false))) {
                 return;
             }
             if (!visitor.visitAll(player.getZone(ZoneType.Exile).getCards())) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SubgameEffect.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SubgameEffect.java
index b1e6c4c16f9..bb2136d7780 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SubgameEffect.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/ability/effects/SubgameEffect.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class SubgameEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
         final FCollectionView<Player> players = subgame.getPlayers();
         final FCollectionView<Player> maingamePlayers = maingame.getPlayers();
         final List<ZoneType> outsideZones = Arrays.asList(ZoneType.Hand, ZoneType.Battlefield,
-                ZoneType.Graveyard, ZoneType.Exile, ZoneType.Stack, ZoneType.Sideboard, ZoneType.Ante);
+                ZoneType.Graveyard, ZoneType.Exile, ZoneType.Stack, ZoneType.Sideboard, ZoneType.Ante, ZoneType.Merged);
 
         for (int i = 0; i < players.size(); i++) {
             final Player player = players.get(i);
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardFactoryUtil.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardFactoryUtil.java
index 5c278280978..75d7c69e7e2 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardFactoryUtil.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/card/CardFactoryUtil.java
@@ -4283,7 +4283,7 @@ public class CardFactoryUtil {
             final StringBuilder sbMutate = new StringBuilder();
             sbMutate.append("SP$ Mutate | Cost$ ");
             sbMutate.append(cost);
-            sbMutate.append(" | Mutate True | ValidTgts$ Creature.sharesOwnerWith+nonHuman");
+            sbMutate.append(" | ValidTgts$ Creature.sharesOwnerWith+nonHuman");
 
             final SpellAbility sa = AbilityFactory.getAbility(sbMutate.toString(), card);
             sa.setDescription("Mutate " + ManaCostParser.parse(cost) +
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
index 1342b9cd72c..9604aa34805 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/Player.java
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ public class Player extends GameEntity implements Comparable<Player> {
         }
 
         PlayerZone zone = getZone(zoneType);
-        return zone == null ? CardCollection.EMPTY : zone.getCards(filterOutPhasedOut, true);
+        return zone == null ? CardCollection.EMPTY : zone.getCards(filterOutPhasedOut);
     }
 
     public final CardCollectionView getCardsIncludePhasingIn(final ZoneType zone) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
index 556fb7e4809..19e6e1cb6fd 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/player/PlayerView.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class PlayerView extends GameEntityView {
     void updateZone(PlayerZone zone) {
         TrackableProperty prop = getZoneProp(zone.getZoneType());
         if (prop == null) { return; }
-        set(prop, CardView.getCollection(zone.getCards(false, true)));
+        set(prop, CardView.getCollection(zone.getCards(false)));
 
         //update delirium
         if (ZoneType.Graveyard == zone.getZoneType())
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZone.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZone.java
index b462fce45f2..0360bf22a1c 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZone.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZone.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class PlayerZone extends Zone {
     }
 
     public CardCollectionView getCardsPlayerCanActivate(Player who) {
-        CardCollectionView cl = getCards(false, true);
+        CardCollectionView cl = getCards(false);
         boolean checkingForOwner = who == player;
 
         if (checkingForOwner && (is(ZoneType.Battlefield) || is(ZoneType.Hand))) {
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
index 99b8e277b77..8f6890555b5 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/PlayerZoneBattlefield.java
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
- *
+ * 
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
+ * 
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import forge.game.player.Player;
  * <p>
  * PlayerZoneComesIntoPlay class.
  * </p>
- *
+ * 
  * @author Forge
 
  * @version $Id$
@@ -84,20 +84,18 @@ public class PlayerZoneBattlefield extends PlayerZone {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public final CardCollectionView getCards(final boolean filterOutPhasedOut, final boolean filterOutMerged) {
+    public final CardCollectionView getCards(final boolean filter) {
         // Battlefield filters out Phased Out cards by default. Needs to call
         // getCards(false) to get Phased Out cards
-        // For merged permanent, also filter out all merged cards except the top one
 
-        CardCollectionView cards = super.getCards(false, false);
-        if (!filterOutPhasedOut && !filterOutMerged) {
+        CardCollectionView cards = super.getCards(false);
+        if (!filter) {
             return cards;
         }
 
         boolean hasFilteredCard = false;
         for (Card c : cards) {
-            if (filterOutPhasedOut && c.isPhasedOut() ||
-                    filterOutMerged && c.getMergedToCard() != null) {
+            if (c.isPhasedOut()) {
                 hasFilteredCard = true;
                 break;
             }
@@ -106,8 +104,7 @@ public class PlayerZoneBattlefield extends PlayerZone {
         if (hasFilteredCard) {
             CardCollection filteredCollection = new CardCollection();
             for (Card c : cards) {
-                if ((!filterOutPhasedOut || !c.isPhasedOut()) &&
-                        (!filterOutMerged || c.getMergedToCard() == null)) {
+                if (!c.isPhasedOut()) {
                     filteredCollection.add(c);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/Zone.java b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/Zone.java
index e2632849705..950894eb990 100644
--- a/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/Zone.java
+++ b/forge-game/src/main/java/forge/game/zone/Zone.java
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ public class Zone implements java.io.Serializable, Iterable<Card> {
     }
 
     public final CardCollectionView getCards() {
-        return getCards(true, true);
+        return getCards(true);
     }
 
-    public CardCollectionView getCards(final boolean filterOutPhasedOut, final boolean filterOutMerged) {
+    public CardCollectionView getCards(final boolean filter) {
         return cardList; // Non-Battlefield PlayerZones don't care about the filter
     }