[Deck] Merfolk

[4eak]

I don't know if Merfolk will be a decent deck or not. It traditionally belongs in blue and/or combo heavy metagames (which, we might argue, WoTC is pushing against in Modern). It loses important cards like FoW, Daze, Wasteland, and some others like Standstill, Jitte, and Stifle. The fact remains that Aether Vial is legal in Modern, and that is the crux of the deck. Alongside keeping all its creatures, the deck still exists in Modern; we just don't know if will be worth playing or not. Zoo played in large enough percentages can make Merfolk a bad choice (and there are several midrange decks which are bad matchups for Merfolk as well). Despite that, I'm still going to suggest we at least try Merfolk in such an unknown metagame.

Merfolk might be a deck that will start out as a bad deck until the metagame evolves and settles a bit into something which *might* be blue-centric (a reasonable possibility given the history of magic).

Here is an example Modern Merfolk list:

// Lands - 20
16 Island
4 Mutavault

// Creatures - 26
4 Cursecatcher
4 Silvergill Adept
4 Coralhelm Commander
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Merfolk Sovereign
4 Merrow Reejerey
2 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner

// Tempo - 14
4 AEther Vial
4 Disrupting Shoal
4 Spell Pierce
2 Dismember

// Sideboard
SB: 2 Spell Snare
SB: 1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
SB: 3 Vedalken Shackles
SB: 3 Relic of Progenitus
SB: 2 Pithing Needle
SB: 2 Sower of Temptation
SB: 2 Dismember

Finding the appropriate countersuite matters. Equipment, Spellstutter Sprite, V-Clique, and Tectonic Edge are important considerations. I have no idea if this list is built appropriately. If Merfolk does become a reasonable deck, I assume this isn't too far off from what it will look like.

Also, a white splashed Merfolk might perform better. You pick up several tools, including Path to exile, Sejiri Merfolk, and a more complete sideboard.



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4eak