Merfolk 
Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
- 4 Floodpits Drowner
- 4 Harbinger of the Seas
- 4 Lord of Atlantis
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
- 3 Merfolk Trickster
- 2 Mindspring Merfolk
- 2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 4 Tide Shaper
- 3 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 3 Vodalian Hexcatcher
Instants (7)
Artifacts (4)
Lands (16)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Merfolk list
Average of 8 decks in the 90 days up to Oct. 4, 2026, the day of this tournament.
Main deck
More than usual
- +4 Floodpits Drowner (4 vs 0.5)
- +4 Sink into Stupor // Soporific Springs (4 vs 0.5)
- +2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Merfolk Trickster (3 vs 1.6)
- +1 Island (8 vs 6.9)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.5)
- -3 Force of Negation (0 vs 3.0)
- -2 Silvergill Adept (0 vs 2.4)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Pithing Needle (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Surgical Extraction (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Vexing Bauble (2 vs 0.3)
- +2 Force of Negation (2 vs 0.5)
- +1 Consign to Memory (4 vs 2.8)
Fewer than usual
- -2 Dismember (0 vs 2.1)
- -1 Stern Scolding (0 vs 1.4)
- -1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (0 vs 1.4)
Most unusual list in this period: litianshuo670 in Modern League (5-0) (28 cards away from the average)