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@chokin FYI, Dreadnought and Kira play well together. You target the trigger not the creature. I used to play Kira in my Dreadstill board.

Absolute Law makes them unblockable vs. Goblins. Forge-tender doesn't let you hold back blockers while swinging with Thrasher.

Forge-tender is a good choice though, just probably not against...

It takes 2 noughts, but you do have the ability to play the first and Vial in the second with the first's cip trigger on the stack.

It's more likely that you'll need a stifle, but you don't have...

Zwergenpunk, what did your sideboard look like?

Merfolk took 1st out of 72 at Iserlohn on 8/3.

Here's the decklist.

There was only 1 non-blue deck in the top 8. Looks like it was a great choice.