Muddy Merfolk

Standard Aggro BUG (Sultai) Counters Merfolk Tribal

amurphy1893

Land (23)

• 3x Aether Hub
• 2x Blooming Marsh
• 3x Botanical Sanctum
• 2x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 5x Forest
• 3x Island
• 1x Swamp
• 3x Unclaimed Territory

Creature (23)

• 4x Herald of Secret Streams
• 3x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 3x Metallic Mimic
• 2x Rishkar, Peema Renegade
• 4x River Sneak
• 3x Vineshaper Mystic
• 4x Winding Constrictor

Instant (10)

• 4x Blossoming Defense
• 3x Fatal Push
• 3x Negate

Planeswalker (4)

• 2x Nissa, Steward of Elements
• 2x Vraska, Relic Seeker

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 3x Essence Scatter
• 3x Heroic Intervention
• 2x Vraska's Contempt

Creature (2)

• 2x Kopala, Warden of Waves

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Entrancing Melody

Artifact (2)

• 2x Aethersphere Harvester

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 4x Kumena's Speaker
• 2x Verdurous Gearhulk
• 2x Walking Ballista

Instant (6)

• 3x Disallow
• 1x Fatal Push
• 2x Spell Pierce

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Relic Seeker

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Hello everyone!

This is my take on a standard merfolk deck, but with a splash of black. This deck focuses on getting +1/+1 counters on as many creatures as possible and then hopefully dropping a Herald of Secret Streams for an unblockable finish.

Black is splashed to give access to Winding Constrictor, which is awesome when paired with a Metallic Mimic (and all of the other counters that are being thrown around). Fatal Push could also be a solid sideboard option (or mainboard?), but I haven't found a good home for it yet. Verdurous Gearhulk serves as an alternate win condition and the only truly "big" creature in the deck, whereas Kopala, Warden of Waves give the merfolk a bit of protection. Nissa, Steward of Elements can come down on turn 3 and give immediate card advantage or a double scry. Right now, the deck is a little inconsistent, and I'm not particularly sold on Cancel. Also, the sideboard needs some love...

I would love suggestions on how to make the deck a little bit more consistent or faster. Always a work in progress.

Thanks for checking it out!

Top Ranked	Achieved #36 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Splash colors	B
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 16 - 12 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Energy Reserve, Pirate 2/2 B, Treasure
Folders	Merfolk, Standard, Standard decks