Merfolk 
Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
- 2 Harbinger of the Seas
- 4 Lord of Atlantis
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
- 4 Merfolk Trickster
- 3 Mockingbird
- 2 Phantasmal Image
- 4 Silvergill Adept
- 2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 4 Tide Shaper
- 4 Vodalian Hexcatcher
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Merfolk list
Average of 6 decks in the 7 days up to Jan. 5, 2025, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +3 Sea's Claim (4 vs 0.7)
- +3 Vodalian Hexcatcher (4 vs 1.2)
- +3 Mockingbird (3 vs 0.5)
- +2 Silvergill Adept (4 vs 1.7)
- +2 Phantasmal Image (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Island (10 vs 8.5)
- +2 Merfolk Trickster (4 vs 2.5)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.0)
- -3 Flare of Denial (0 vs 2.7)
- -3 Tishana's Tidebinder (0 vs 2.5)
- -2 Floodpits Drowner (0 vs 2.3)
- -2 Force of Negation (0 vs 1.5)
- -2 Harbinger of the Seas (2 vs 3.5)
- -1 Cavern of Souls (2 vs 3.0)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Force of Negation (3 vs 1.2)
- +2 Ashiok, Dream Render (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Echoing Truth (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Flusterstorm (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Hurkyl's Recall (2 vs 0.3)
- +1 Dismember (2 vs 0.7)
- +1 Grafdigger's Cage (2 vs 0.7)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Consign to Memory (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Relic of Progenitus (0 vs 1.7)
- -2 Vodalian Hexcatcher (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Subtlety (0 vs 1.3)
This is the most unusual list of the archetype in this period: 16 cards away from the average.