Merfolk

Player: Zonast
Finish: #2 of 36, 4-1
Event: Modern PTQ Preliminary, 30 Sep 2016
Archetype: Merfolk
Format: Modern
MTGO price: 27.10 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
Paper price: €159.84 / $183.62 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
Source: MTGO

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Main deck (60)

Creatures (28)

Instants (4)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Main deck (60)

Creatures (28)

Instants (4)

Artifacts (4)

4 Aether Vial

Enchantments (4)

4 Spreading Seas

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Compared with the average Merfolk list

Average of 7 decks in the last 30 days.

Main deck

More than usual

+7 Island (14 vs 6.9)
+4 Cursecatcher (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Spreading Seas (4 vs 0.0)
+3 Harbinger of the Tides (3 vs 0.0)
+3 Master of Waves (3 vs 0.0)
+3 Merrow Reejerey (3 vs 0.0)
+2 Dismember (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (2 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-4 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Tide Shaper (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Flare of Denial (0 vs 3.7)
-3 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (0 vs 3.1)
-3 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 2.9)
-3 Vodalian Hexcatcher (0 vs 2.9)
-2 Snapback (0 vs 2.3)
-2 Cavern of Souls (2 vs 4.0)

Sideboard

More than usual

+4 Hurkyl's Recall (4 vs 0.3)
+2 Spell Pierce (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Tidebinder Mage (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Unified Will (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Relic of Progenitus (2 vs 0.3)
+1 Gut Shot (1 vs 0.0)
+1 Tectonic Edge (1 vs 0.0)
+1 Vapor Snag (1 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-4 Consign to Memory (0 vs 3.9)
-4 Chalice of the Void (0 vs 3.7)
-3 Force of Negation (0 vs 2.9)
-1 Propaganda (0 vs 1.3)

Most unusual list in this period: Ziene in South America Regional Championship Buenos Aires 2026 (17 cards away from the average)