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Modern Counterspell Merfolk Mono-Blue Tempo

heckproof

Creature (30)

• 4x Harbinger of the Seas
• 4x Lord of Atlantis
• 4x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 2x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Rishadan Dockhand
• 4x Silvergill Adept
• 3x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 4x Tide Shaper
• 4x Vodalian Hexcatcher

Land (16)

• 3x Cavern of Souls
• 9x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 2x Mutavault
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City

Instant (10)

• 3x Flare of Denial
• 3x Force of Negation
• 4x Sink into Stupor  ^Flip

Artifact (4)

• 4x Aether Vial

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Sideboard

Creature (6)

• 3x Subtlety
• 3x Tishana's Tidebinder

Instant (7)

• 3x Consign to Memory
• 4x Stern Scolding

Artifact (2)

• 2x Damping Sphere

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Maybeboard

Creature (32)

• 2x Cursecatcher
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 2x Harbinger of the Tides
• 2x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 2x Master of Waves
• 2x Merfolk Trickster
• 4x Merrow Reejerey
• 2x Mistcaller
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 2x Phantasmal Image
• 3x Rishadan Dockhand
• 2x Spellskite
• 1x Subtlety
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 2x Tidebinder Mage
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 2x Watertrap Weaver

Artifact (12)

• 2x Chalice of the Void
• 2x Cursed Totem
• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 2x Ratchet Bomb
• 2x Relic of Progenitus
• 2x Unlicensed Hearse

Land (2)

• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

Instant (19)

• 4x Counterspell
• 4x Dismember
• 2x Flusterstorm
• 3x Hurkyl's Recall
• 2x Mystical Dispute
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 2x Steel Sabotage

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Deeproot Pilgrimage
• 4x Spreading Seas

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I have been meaning to try Merfolk for about 5 years or so, but never put in the time. Now that it's good in the current (2023) meta, I think it's time to give it a try

Date added	1 year
Last updated	3 months
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 3 Mythic Rares 27 - 3 Rares 14 - 9 Uncommons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.18
Folders	Blue-based control, Comp. Modern