Mermaider

Commander / EDH Budget Merfolk Mill UB (Dimir) Unblockable Vorthos

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Creature (26)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Coralhelm Commander
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Deepfathom Skulker HP
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Inkfathom Infiltrator
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Secretkeeper
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Nadir Kraken
• 1x River Sneak
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep
• 1x Spawning Kraken
• 1x Stormsurge Kraken
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep
• 1x Zareth San, the Trickster

Instant (8)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Countersquall
• 1x Drown in Dreams HP
• 1x Drown in the Loch
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Heartless Act
• 1x Memory Plunder
• 1x Murder

Land (34)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkwater Catacombs
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Hagra Broodpit  ^Flip
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 1x Hall of Storm Giants
• 1x Ice Tunnel
• 12x Island
• 1x Jwar Isle Refuge
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Murkwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Submerged Boneyard
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of the False God

Artifact (8)

• 1x Bident of Thassa
• 1x Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip
• 1x Elbrus, the Binding Blade  ^Flip
• 1x Quietus Spike
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thought Vessel

Commander (1)

Sorcery (16)

• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Bond of Insight
• 1x Crush of Tentacles
• 1x Deadly Tempest
• 1x Epic Downfall
• 1x Extract from Darkness
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Fathom Trawl
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Flood of Tears
• 1x Mind Spring
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Stealth Mission
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Walk the Plank

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Coastal Piracy
• 1x Dire Undercurrents
• 1x Kindred Discovery HP
• 1x Levitation
• 1x Reconnaissance Mission
• 1x Shark Typhoon

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Creature (61)

• 1x Ambassador Laquatus
• 1x Anowon, the Ruin Thief
• 1x Augur of Bolas
• 1x Breaching Leviathan
• 1x Caller of Gales
• 3x Chrome Host Seedshark
• 1x Colossal Whale
• 1x Deep-Sea Kraken
• 1x Gravelgill Duo
• 1x Great Whale
• 1x Gyruda, Doom of Depths
• 5x Inkfathom Witch
• 1x Inkwell Leviathan
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Kraken of the Straits
• 1x Library Larcenist
• 1x Lochmere Serpent
• 1x Lorthos, the Tidemaker
• 1x Merfolk Mesmerist
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Merfolk Wayfinder
• 1x Merrow Levitator
• 2x Mindleech Mass
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 2x Nezahal, Primal Tide
• 1x Reef Shaman
• 1x Scourge of Fleets
• 2x Sea-Dasher Octopus
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Serpent of Yawning Depths
• 1x Shipbreaker Kraken
• 1x Shipwreck Dowser
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
• 1x Tempest Caller
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Sponge
• 1x Tidal Force
• 1x Vodalian Arcanist
• 10x Vodalian Hexcatcher

Enchantment (25)

• 1x Aether Tunnel
• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Aquatic Incursion
• 1x Arcane Adaptation
• 1x Breathstealer's Crypt
• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Cover of Darkness
• 2x Deeproot Waters
• 2x Drowned Secrets
• 1x Flooded Woodlands
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 2x Kiora Bests the Sea God
• 1x Kumena's Awakening
• 1x Ominous Seas
• 2x Rogue Class
• 2x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x The Mirari Conjecture
• 1x Tightening Coils
• 1x Traveler's Cloak

Artifact (8)

• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Prowler's Helm
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x The Magic Mirror
• 1x Trailblazer's Boots
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Whispersteel Dagger

Instant (25)

• 10x Astarion's Thirst
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Curtains' Call
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Into the Story
• 1x Mystic Reflection
• 1x Perplex
• 1x Price of Fame
• 2x Pull from Tomorrow
• 1x Spite / Malice
• 1x Thassa's Intervention
• 1x Undermine
• 1x Victim of Night
• 1x Visions of Beyond
• 1x Vona's Hunger

Sorcery (38)

• 1x Aether Gale
• 5x Arcane Heist
• 1x Artful Dodge
• 1x Covetous Urge
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Ghostform
• 20x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Open Into Wonder HP
• 1x Phthisis
• 1x Ponder
• 2x Rush of Knowledge
• 1x Spelltwine
• 1x Wash Out HP

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There are no fingerprints deep under water.

Cue Whale Song and Metal Intro

The idea of this deck actually sort of came to me in a dream. I woke up and said "Mermaider!" Knowing an EDH deck must be born. Sort of a Vorthos deck based on one evil merMAN (father!) Finding an awful eldritch blade and causing death from the deep.

Despite the low creature count, the unblockable and card draw keeps the board filled with little threats until we can start hitting our "leviathans." Hard to miss the curve with so many little dorks and a stupid amount of card draw.

I always want to keep the feel of the deck. I have a custom category for "Sea Monster" because it's really all about merfolk summoning something terrible. More often than not, though, I end up with merfolk anthems busting in unblocked.

The deck is weirdly consistent because its primary mechanic is card draw. Though I've tried to include some mill and value-from-mill too. The only rule is I need to keep it aquatic-focused. Floods and torrents and Walk the Plank can never leave.

Obviously needed to keep a good suite of removal in the deck. Can't have Mermaider without murder! Big check for this one.

"Hold your breath and swim and strain Smell of death can't escape Blood will cloud, drift away Attract the murders of mermaids"

Date added	4 years
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Kraken 9/9 U, Octopus 8/8 U, On an Adventure, Plant 0/2 G, Shark X/X U, Squid 1/1 U, Tentacle 1/1 U
Folders	decks