Quote Originally Posted by H3llsp4wn View Post
These decks are completely different. Merfolk builds tend to be aggressive, while Faeries are also more permission-based and much more flexible. I wouldn't say Merfolk is tempo oriented. This may be true for Legacy, but in Modern they are just an Aggro.dec with a little amount of spells to help getting the beats in.
While Fae is able to switch from being the aggro deck in a given matchup to being the control deck, I'd be interested in seeing if it can be aggro enough to legitimately pressure UWR Control and have enough control elements to out-control UWR Control.