Merfolk 

Merfolk Modern decklist played by Baldo Sciacca at BLACK - FRI - 11:30 AM - MagicCon: Amsterdam 75k Modern Open (28 Jun 2024).
- Player
- Baldo Sciacca
- Finish
- #424 of 516, 1-3
- Archetype
- Merfolk
- Staples
- Merfolk
- Format
- Modern
- MTGO
- Paper
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (28)
- 3 Harbinger of the Seas
- 4 Lord of Atlantis
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
- 2 Merfolk Trickster
- 2 Rishadan Dockhand
- 3 Subtlety
- 2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 4 Tide Shaper
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 3 Vodalian Hexcatcher
Instants (11)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (17)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Merfolk list
Average of 70 decks in the 30 days up to June 28, 2024, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +2 Island (11 vs 8.6)
- +2 Subtlety (3 vs 0.8)
- +2 Dismember (3 vs 1.3)
- +1 Flare of Denial (4 vs 2.7)
- +1 Sink into Stupor (4 vs 2.9)
Fewer than usual
- -1 Force of Negation (0 vs 1.5)
- -1 Mutavault (2 vs 3.1)
- -1 Silvergill Adept (0 vs 1.1)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Spreading Seas (3 vs 0.8)
- +2 Soulless Jailer (2 vs 0.1)
- +1 Merfolk Trickster (2 vs 0.6)
- +1 Harbinger of the Tides (2 vs 0.8)
- +1 Force of Negation (2 vs 0.9)
Fewer than usual
- –
Most unusual list in this period: Zackary Haycraft in $5K RCQ - Modern - SCG CON Las Vegas - Sunday - 9:00 am (22 cards away from the average)
Deck stats
Mana curve
1.74 average mana value · 2.30 printed
| Mana value | Creatures | Other spells |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 6 | 4 |
| 2 | 13 | 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 7+ | 0 | 0 |
Lands
17 28.3% of the deck
- 2 to 4 lands in the opening hand
- 63.2%
- A land drop each turn until turn 3, on the play
- 49.9%
- Same, on the draw
- 58.6%
Colors: costs and sources
Card types
- Creatures 28 (46.7%)
- Instants 11 (18.3%)
- Artifacts 4 (6.7%)
- Lands 17 (28.3%)






















