Dark Fish

Modern* Merfolk UB (Dimir)

McGootch

Creature (24)

• 4x Cursecatcher
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 4x Lord of Atlantis
• 4x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Master of Waves
• 4x Merrow Reejerey
• 4x Silvergill Adept
• 2x Sygg, River Cutthroat

Land (20)

• 3x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 2x Darkslick Shores
• 2x Gemstone Mine
• 6x Island
• 3x Mutavault
• 1x River of Tears
• 1x Tectonic Edge
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Spreading Seas

Artifact (4)

• 4x Aether Vial

Instant (6)

• 1x Dismember
• 2x Mana Leak
• 2x Remand
• 1x Spell Pierce

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 2x Thoughtseize

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Sideboard

Land (2)

• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Tectonic Edge

Artifact (3)

• 2x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Relic of Progenitus

Instant (9)

• 2x Dismember
• 2x Echoing Truth
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Into the Roil
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Steel Sabotage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Thoughtseize

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Making the jump into competitive modern with a U/b Merfolk variant.

Mostly splashing black for disruption and to make Dismember a little less painful. Opening hand, the decision ends up being Cursecatcher, Aether Vial or stripping the opponents hand a la Thoughtseize or IoK

Coming down in the late game the hand attack clears an alpha strike backed up with counter magic, and while ripping a late game Vial isn't awesome, leaving it on 1 with another on 2 or 3 gives a nice backup plan to vial in Cursecatcher or just leave the threat up.

Merfolk math is awesome, with 3 four-of lords it's not a problem to beat for 20 by turn 4 or 5. Debating a couple of Coralhelm in the SB, but more concerned with hate and removal going into a new meta. Also tweaking the Mutavault numbers. The mana base does look a bit hobbled, but Spreading Seas can actually help me out here once I either pin down something of theirs, or find out they're in blue. I can Seas my own Gemstone Mine to keep it around, or the City of Brass to kill the pain once I get past casting my Thoughtseize or stabilize with some of the U/B lands.

I kind of want to test Thassa's Rebuff but I feel it will be similar to Spell Syphon in that when it's a blowout, it's super sweet, but if I have no board presence it'sliterally a blank card.

Suggestions are more than welcome, but I am looking for something with a bit more variety than mono-blue fish, so please don't tell me to cut black!

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 1 Mythic Rares 25 - 3 Rares 17 - 6 Uncommons 6 - 5 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.90
Tokens	Elemental 1/0 U
Folders	Playing