looks fun +1

Dont bash on my cursecatcher. That guy kills legacy combos

Sorry backfire96, but this is modern, and he does NOTHING in modern.

Thats not true, he keeps people off t4 cryptic, t2 mana leak, t2 helix, many many things, if you don't like cursecatcher in the deck I would suggest Cosi's Trickster

I have a quiz for you about Cosi's Trickster . If I play a T1 Trickster, then on your turn you crack a fetch, then cast Green Sun's Zenith for 0, how big is the trickster?

Now, back to the deck, cryptic, mana leak, and helix aren't played in every deck, and most of those aren't worth countering. Trickster isn't very good. I'll admit it can get huge, but the synergy Tideshaper Mystic has with the deck makes it a much better inclusion than the others. That, and the fact that Cursecatcher is $10 whereas tideshaper is .25.

Cursecatcher is 10 for a reason... it does an insane amount in modern. Cast a lord out on turn 2 and vial in a cursecatcher to counter any removal spell your opponent might play.! but ya, Spellskite does more

You know what else it does in modern? It acts like nothing but a sad Judge's Familiar without wings. It's a pathetic late game top deck, and it lacks synergy, which most of what makes merfolk so powerful. Spellskite definitely deserves a sideboard slot or 2. Also, I'm a poor teenager and can't afford to spend $40 on a playset of cards that aren't absolutely necessary.

it gets bigger from the other lords and who needs flying when you get islandwalk from Master of the Pearl Trident /Lord of Atlantis with Spreading Seas ? Tideshaper Mystic is only useful if you have at least 3 merfolk out with no spreaking seas. If not then it is just a 1/1 with a useless ability. Early game when you only have one or two merfolk out Tideshaper Mystic does absolutely nothing as where Cursecatcher stalls your opponents plays a turn. Against a deck that runs board wipes cursecatcher will stall the wipe till turn 5 and that should be enough time to have won. If the wipe hits turn 4 then it is probably gg for you. This is a tempo deck and one turn can make a world of a difference. If your meta has no instants and sorceries then I apologize and take back what I have said.

If you don't think Cursecatcher is strong I feel like you've never played this deck before or at least you've never played with Cursecatcher . Tideshaper Mystic is a terrible unplayable one drop and shouldn't really be considered when you have access to Cursecatcher and Cosi's Trickster

What are your thoughts on the new one drop merfolk, Triton Shorestalker ? A one-drop unblockable creature isn't anything to scoff at, especially when lord effects are involved. I don't know if it is better than anything currently here, but I just thought It might be an option for merfolk decks now.

Yeah I'm liking Triton Shorestalker . It's cheaper ($ wise) than Cursecatcher and a 1/1 unblockable is never bad.

Merfolk are generally unbloockable anyway, atleast cursecatcher has relevant text vs things like storm and it puts people off wraths and combos for an extra turn

+1, very fast deck.

Instead of running swords I would thoroughly recommend that you add a few Thassa, God of the Sea because she's bloody stupid in modern - very hard to kill, lets you make your draws a bit better AND grants unblockable. Each sword being equipped is a 5 mana investment and quite often is wasted due to chump blockers or a killspell or whatever else it might be. Thassa can't be handled in the same way. Also granting unblockable is better than granting protection in terms of helping you just finish the game on the spot. Instead of spending 5 mana on a sword you could play Thassa to firm up your next draw and make a creature unblockable, swinging in for 4 or 5. With a sword you're not guaranteed to have the right protection to give unblockable (ie - you might have pro red and blue but playing against a white-green deck).

I don't know your local meta but I think Spreading Seas should be in the sideboard. Where I play rock is prevalent and in modern in general rock and jund are prevalent. That card can hsut the deck down very quickly.

Do you think Spreading Seas could be worth it mainboard @ChiefBell?

Also, do you think splashing black is really worth it or should I go back to mono-u

I think thoughtseize is nice but perhaps not worth it. I don't know - I can't call that. I'm not sure about spreading seas in the main board. A lot of decks play blue anyway so it might be awful. You need to decide based on your local meta. My meta had a lot of twin in it therefore spreading seas wasn't that great.

what's not to like about Cursecatcher .

Curse catcher isn't that great. I like Cosi's Trickster much more.

cursecatcher is a 1 mana 1/1 merfolk that can also be used as a counterspell. that flexibility is amazing as far as 1 mana goes. i don't see a better 1 mana card option for this deck, and the fact that it can function against any deck is another huge plus.