Omnitell of course, Show and Tell (for Batman and fat Robin), Reanimator, then Lands (Glacial Chasm and 20/20) and D&T (helping Cliques in fighting SoF&I).
Venser is often a fine answer to terminus against miracles. Wouldn't you bring it then?
Already have 2 Clique for that, but sure, instant speed threat that can at least counter a Terminus or return Mentor or whatever.
Venser can also return a piece of the combo against Painter even through his ReB, answer Ensnaring Bridge and plenty other stuff (legacy is huge).
It can even counter a f**king Supreme Verdict from UWr Stoneblade, which is nice.
Just like Echoing Truth in the main, I am rarely disappointed to see Venser in my hand.
Agreed :)
someone one went 3-0 on MTGO with this list:
Creature (27)
4 Cursecatcher
4 Harbinger of the Tides
4 Lord of Atlantis
4 Master of the Pearl Trident
3 Phantasmal Image
4 Silvergill Adept
4 True-Name Nemesis
Instant (6)
2 Echoing Truth
4 Force of Will
Artifact (3)
3 Chalice of the Void
Land (20)
4 Cavern of Souls
12 Island
4 Mutavault
Other (4)
4 Aether Vial
Sideboard (15)
2 Arcane Laboratory 2 Back to Basics 1 Cursed Totem 1 Ensnare 2 Flusterstorm 1 Hurkyl's Recall 1 Relic of Progenitus 1 Tower of the Magistrate 2 Umezawa's Jitte 1 Vendilion Clique 1 Venser, Shaper Savant
Very streamlined with 4 harbinger MD, and Clique and Jitte in the side. Interesting choice, but I'm personally not ready to go that far given the meta I expect for the east coast this fall.
What meta he/she expects to have 4 Harbingers in the main? What nonDelver creatures can it return?
Let me try to do a count for "reasonable targets":
Goyf, Angler, Deathrite, Pyromancer tokens, Mother of Runes, Knight of the Reliquary, fatties from Reanimator (unfortunately not Elesh Norn...), Marit Lage tokens, a random Elf
Am I missing something? Doesn't seem anything like enough to me... Even though Harbinger seems like the dream card against Grixis Delver, so there is that.
Thought experiment: is Harbinger better than dismember against Grixis Delver? I would tend to say yes.
Maybe that's your answer :) he/she expected playing it every round...
I'm really torn. Sure it's useful as a Merfolk with tricks, but at the same time it's quite limited compared to our other options. It can't bounce your creatures to save them from removal. It can't return an Emrakul before it Annihilates you or Griselbrand before it draws them into a win. Is it a great card? Sure. Is it better than Echoing Truth, Jitte, and Clique? I'm not sure. In short, my sig.
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I am testing out 2 Harbinger in my board right now. I really enjoy the synergy it has with Reej. However, I can't see the desire to play 4 in the main with no reej. I feel like its ability is too narrow, and, at least in my meta, I feel like there are better fish to play main.
Right, and how many Reejery and how many Harbingers are you planning on running? If they work well together, you'll want 4 of each to maximize the chances of drawing them. Of course, there's no room for that.
tl;dr;dead horse;broken record: my sig. Sure the cards are good. But they aren't better, and that's the key to any card choice.
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After some time I decided that I'll play Merfolk at the next Legacy event in my area. While I played Merfolk in Legacy long time ago but haven't really touch it recently I have a question how does it do against most common/best decks in the Legacy (Grixis Delver, Omnitell, ANT, Miracles, Shardless Sultai, Stoneblade, Lands, Elves, Death and Taxes, Sultai Delver,...)?
In a nutshell, my view is:
Relatively good: Grixis Delver, Omnitell, ANT, Miracles, Shardless Sultai,Sultai Delver
Even: Stoneblade
Hard/relatively hard: Lands, Elves, Death and Taxes
You need to play True Name, Cavern and Chalice to do well in the current meta I believe, that are the main difference with the previous incarnation of the deck.
Post your list if you want more feedback on specific card choices
That calls for 4 Llawans maindeck, definitely.![]()
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Elves should not be an issues as we have Chalices in MD and some additional hatred in SB. For instance, I run 2x Cursed Totem and 3x Arcane Laboratory in SB and constantly win 2:0 against Elves.
Maverick is usually a troublemaker with its lands, but so far I have been wining against it 2:1. Pithing Needle helps against Maverick.
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Not even that. They have multiple Decay and that Naturalize guy for 3 mana etb after sideboard. Cage and Chalice are never sticking around.
Yeah, I'm really wondering about the consistent 2-0 wins against Elves. It could certainly happen from time to time, but the word "consistent" is hard to believe judging by what I know about the decks.
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