Welcome to the jungle

Standard* Counters GU (Simic) Merfolk Tribal

Morthius

+1/+1Counter (24)

• 4x Deeproot Elite
• 3x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 2x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 3x Herald of Secret Streams
• 4x Jade Bearer
• 2x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 3x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 3x Song of Freyalise

Mana (21)

• 8x Forest
• 4x Hinterland Harbor
• 5x Island
• 4x Unclaimed Territory

Draw (3)

• 3x Silvergill Adept

Strengh (10)

• 3x Kumena's Speaker
• 4x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 3x Mist-Cloaked Herald

Planeswalker (2)

• 2x Nissa, Steward of Elements

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Sideboard

Counter (4)

• 2x Essence Scatter
• 2x Spell Pierce

Enchantments (2)

• 2x Slice in Twain

Save (5)

• 2x Blinding Fog
• 3x Dive Down

Creatures (3)

• 3x Pounce

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Maybeboard

Explore/Counter (15)

• 4x Enter the Unknown
• 2x Jadelight Ranger
• 2x Path of Discovery
• 3x River Heralds' Boon
• 1x Vineshaper Mystic
• 3x Wildgrowth Walker

Revive (4)

• 3x Gate to the Afterlife
• 1x God-Pharaoh's Gift

Tokens (3)

• 3x Deeproot Waters

Save (11)

• 2x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 2x Prowling Serpopard
• 3x Siren Stormtamer
• 2x Swift Warden
• 2x Verdant Rebirth

Counter/Control (2)

• 2x Merfolk Trickster

Draw (2)

• 2x Seafloor Oracle

2019Core (6)

• 2x Skyrider Patrol
• 2x Vivien of the Arkbow
• 2x Vivien Reid

Unblockable (8)

• 3x River Sneak
• 2x Tempest Caller
• 3x Unsummon

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Blue/Green heavy explore deck [Without cards from Kaladesh block]

Focus on creating strengh and get your unblockable Merfolk army or Ghalta, Primal Hunger as fast as possible on the field to crush your enemy.

Welcome to the jungle!

[How to play]

One possible playstyle:

1. Play Forest and Kumena's Speaker
2. Play Island or Forest and Deeproot Elite (Strengh=3)
3. Play Island or Forest and Jadelight Ranger (Strengh=8)
4. Play Island or Forest and Kumena's Speaker (Strengh=10!) and play Ghalta, Primal Hunger.

Attack every round if it's possible and save.

1. Play Forest and Kumena's Speaker
2. Play Island or Forest and Merfolk Mistbinder (Strengh=5)
3. Play Island or Forest and Merfolk Mistbinder (Strengh=10)
4. Play Island or Forest and play Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Possible playstyle with Jade Bearer:

1. Play Forest and Jade Bearer
2. Play Island or Forest and Enter the Unknown and with bonus mana another Jade Bearer
3. Play Island or Forest and Hadana's Climb save mana the mana! Starting battle phase and get one +1/+1 counter on Jade Bearer (now 4/4 with 3 counter) and transform Hadana's Climb.
4. (With max. mana curve you should have 6 lands) Play Island or Forest and Herald of Secret Streams to get your Jade Bearer unblockable. Spend mana for Enter the Unknown, save it for Dive Down or if possible use Winged Temple of Orazca to strengh your Jade Bearer an attack.
5. Strengh and save Jade Bearer and power him up with transformed Hadana's Climb to get a min. 10/10 unblockable Jade Bearer. Finish the game!

Possible playstyle with Path of Discovery:

1. Play Forest and Jade Bearer
2. Play Island or Forest and Wildgrowth Walker
3. Play Island or Forest and cards like Enter the Unknown on Wildgrowth Walker to get +1/+1 Counters and a small mana burst if possible
4. Play Island or Forest if possible (not necessary with mana burst in third round) and Path of Discovery. Safe mana for dive down or if it's usefull play another Enter the Unknown on Wildgrowth Walker. At this point Wildgrowth Walker could have +4/+4 with 2 times Enter the Unknown.
5. Play Island or Forest if possible (not necessary) and Herald of Secret Streams or cards like Jadelight Ranger to start the explore madness. With Herald of Secret Streams, Wildgrowth Walker would be an unblockable 6/8 or with Jadelight Ranger an 8/10 creature.

Possible playstyle with God-Pharaoh's Gift: Start hand: Forest, Island, Jade Bearer, Enter the Unknown, Gate to the Afterlife, Wildgrowth Walker, Jadelight Ranger

1. Play Forest and Jade Bearer
2. Play Forest or Island and Enter the Unknown a. With Mana play Wildgrowth Walker b. Without Mana Discard (Creature) and +1/+1 for Jade Bearer c. Attack! 18 Life
3. Play Forest or Island and play Jadelight Ranger and after that play Merfolk Branchwalker a. Mana – Take it b. Creature Discard c. Attack! 12 Life
4. Play Forest or Island and Herald of Secret Streams and Enter the Unknown a. Mana – Play it b. Creature Discard c. Attack! With no blockers win
5. Play Forest or Island and Gate to the Afterlife when creatures on your side died and 6 or more creature card are in your graveyard and get God-Pharaoh's Gift a. Recruit Herald of Secret Streams if he died b. Recruit Jadelight Ranger if Herald of Secret Streams didn’t died and explore to times c. Attack! Win with unblockable

Info: With Forerunner of the Heralds and Enter the Unknown you can easily get any Merfolk card from your deck to your graveyard to use it with God-Pharaoh's Gift !

Top Ranked	Achieved #43 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Splash colors	U
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 13 - 0 Rares 20 - 2 Uncommons 10 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.15
Folders	A - Possible Build Decks, Explore, Tryout, Standard Decks WannaHave, Merfolk, U/G Merfolk, Folder `