Merfolk

Player: nshima9
Finish: 5-0
Event: Modern League (5-0), 6 Dec 2019
Archetype: Merfolk
Format: Modern
MTGO price: 63.20 TIX (GoatBots, 3 Nov)
Paper price: €322.27 / $305.84 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 3 Nov 2026)
Source: MTGO

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Main deck (60)

Creatures (24)

Planeswalkers (2)

Instants (7)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (3)

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Main deck (60)

Creatures (24)

Planeswalkers (2)

2 The Royal Scions

Instants (7)

3 Force of Negation
4 Lightning Bolt

Artifacts (4)

4 Aether Vial

Enchantments (3)

3 Spreading Seas

Lands (20)

Sideboard (15)

Compared with the average Merfolk list

Average of 6 decks in the last 30 days.

Main deck

More than usual

+4 Benthic Biomancer (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Flooded Strand (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Lightning Bolt (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Spirebluff Canal (4 vs 0.0)
+3 Merfolk Trickster (4 vs 0.7)
+3 Spreading Seas (3 vs 0.0)
+3 Force of Negation (3 vs 0.3)
+2 Fiery Islet (2 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-4 Cavern of Souls (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Tide Shaper (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Flare of Denial (0 vs 3.8)
-4 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (0 vs 3.7)
-3 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.3)
-3 Snapback (0 vs 2.7)
-3 Vodalian Hexcatcher (0 vs 2.7)

Sideboard

More than usual

+2 Abrade (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Blood Moon (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Ceremonious Rejection (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Deprive (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Dismember (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Smash to Smithereens (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Grafdigger's Cage (2 vs 0.3)
+1 Fry (1 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-4 Consign to Memory (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Chalice of the Void (0 vs 3.8)
-3 Force of Negation (0 vs 3.3)
-2 Propaganda (0 vs 1.5)

Most unusual list in this period: Zonda in Modern Challenge 32 (15 cards away from the average)