Merfolk

Player: PIMMONDS
Finish: #11 of 29, 1-2
Event: Modern Daily Swiss, 5 Jan 2016
Archetype: Merfolk
Format: Modern
MTGO price: 27.05 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
Paper price: €214.23 / $259.75 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
Source: MTGO

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Main deck (60)

Creatures (29)

Instants (4)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (4)

Lands (19)

Sideboard (15)

Main deck (60)

Creatures (29)

Instants (4)

2 Spell Pierce
2 Vapor Snag

Artifacts (4)

4 Aether Vial

Enchantments (4)

4 Spreading Seas

Lands (19)

Sideboard (15)

Compared with the average Merfolk list

Average of 7 decks in the last 30 days.

Main deck

More than usual

+4 Cursecatcher (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Harbinger of the Tides (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Master of Waves (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Spreading Seas (4 vs 0.0)
+3 Merrow Reejerey (3 vs 0.0)
+2 Island (9 vs 6.9)
+2 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Spell Pierce (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

+3 Tidebinder Mage (3 vs 0.0)
+3 Hurkyl's Recall (3 vs 0.3)
+2 Dispel (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Negate (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Dismember (2 vs 0.3)
+2 Relic of Progenitus (2 vs 0.3)
+1 Spellskite (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)