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I think Venser, Shaper Savant is better than Sower since it deals with Omniscience as well.

If you're going to go the Sower route, Gilded Drake is probably better since it fits in that 2 drop slot...

Also, the Chalice builds really mess with StP/Bolt/REB. With Cavern, you can even still play Cursecatcher under your own Chalice.

In decks with many creatures (like this one), I really like Jitte simply because it's so nuts. Defensively, you want to have them too because an active one on the other side is such a beating for you...

No worries - here's the text on Hydroblast, btw:

"Choose one — Counter target spell if it's red; or destroy target permanent if it's red."

See the difference there? Hydroblast says it can...

That's the Oracle text on Mother of Runes. You can only target creatures you control with it...

Older versions of Merfolk actually used to run Stifle. However, I think with the printing of better creatures (Coralhelm, Phantasmal Image, etc.) and removal we can actually use like Dismember,...

Well, that's where Skaab and the Kiras come in. They're really useful against the red decks.

Black is for Perishes, etc. in the side against Maverick decks.

Here's the maindeck I've been messing with. Fairly straightforward.

4x Aether Vial

4x Daze
4x Force of Will
2x Dismember

4x Cursecatcher
4x Silvergill Adept

For me, I kind of see him as very similar to a Tombstalker.

Against a non-white deck that's exiling your guys (ie, Canadian Thresh, BUG decks), I think hard casting him at least once shouldn't be...

I don't play Spell Pierce/Snare main and run 2x Dismember / 3x Kira (I think Kira is the most important card in those meta slots right now).

I definitely agree he's a lot worse vs the StP decks,...

I'm actually testing it as a 2-of. I think it's really good on paper since it gives us a huge flying beater that's not dependent upon lords. Synergy with Aether Vial has been mentioned and I think...

Considering that Merfolk is a deck played best against blue decks, I think you may want to consider switching in that meta full of bad matchups.

Honestly, sounds like Combo would be good in that...