Knorke's Merfolk

Modern Aggro Merfolk Mono-Blue Tempo Tribal

Knorke

Creature (28)

• 4x Cursecatcher
• 3x Harbinger of the Tides
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 4x Lord of Atlantis
• 4x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 4x Master of Waves
• 3x Merrow Reejerey
• 4x Silvergill Adept

Land (20)

• 2x Cavern of Souls
• 12x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 4x Mutavault
• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

Instant (4)

• 2x Dismember
• 2x Dispel

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Spreading Seas

Artifact (4)

• 4x Aether Vial

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 1x Dispel
• 2x Echoing Truth
• 3x Hurkyl's Recall
• 3x Negate

Creature (3)

• 1x Thassa, God of the Sea
• 2x Vendilion Clique

Artifact (3)

• 3x Relic of Progenitus

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This is my take on a Modern Merfolk tribal deck. I especially like that there are few match-ups that are outright bad or unwinnable, and how smooth aggro and tempo elements work together in Merfolk.

As for how Merfolk decks work: Merfolk combines tribal synergies from cards as Silvergill Adept with cheap lords like Lord of Atlantis or Master of the Pearl Trident to pump up their team and give them evasion via Spreading Seas. The essential Aether Vial accelerates their plays and allows it to use lords, Cursecatcher, or Harbinger of the Tides as combat tricks, or to play around counterspells and removal. Add in some removal like Dismember, protection in Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, disruption like Vendilion Clique and haymaker like Master of Waves and you get a very adaptable deck that has been around for years (and will very unlikely get banned anytime).

I filled my remaining flex slots with Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, Kopala, Warden of Waves, Dismember, and Dispel. Other Merfolk decks run the full four Merrow Reejerey and Harbinger of the Tides and therefore have only four slots left.

Before I bore you to death with my own description, go and read the awesome Modern Merfolk Primer on www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/modern/tier-2-modern/648255-merfolk. (I cannot get the hyperlink to work properly although I tried both Markdown and direkt html.) They give a much better and more thorough description and analysis than I ever could. They also discuss the upcoming "Tropical Fish" decks.

Best regards

Knorke

Date added	7 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 3 Mythic Rares 23 - 3 Rares 13 - 3 Uncommons 6 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.12
Tokens	Elemental 1/0 U
Folders	My decks