Merfolk

Player: MTGKree
Finish: 5-0
Event: Modern League (5-0), 10 Mar 2020
Archetype: Merfolk
Format: Modern
MTGO price: 41.23 TIX (GoatBots, 4 Nov)
Paper price: €101.38 / $92.61 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 4 Nov 2026)
Source: MTGO

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Main deck (60)

Creatures (23)

Instants (10)

Artifacts (4)

Enchantments (2)

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

Main deck (60)

Creatures (23)

Instants (10)

Artifacts (4)

4 Aether Vial

Enchantments (2)

2 Spreading Seas

Lands (21)

Sideboard (15)

Compared with the average Merfolk list

Average of 9 decks in the last 90 days.

Main deck

More than usual

+7 Island (14 vs 6.9)
+4 Deprive (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Dismember (4 vs 0.0)
+4 Harbinger of the Tides (4 vs 0.0)
+3 Merfolk Trickster (4 vs 0.7)
+2 Castle Vantress (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Cryptic Command (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Merrow Reejerey (2 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-4 Tide Shaper (0 vs 4.0)
-4 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 3.9)
-4 Cavern of Souls (0 vs 3.7)
-4 Flare of Denial (0 vs 3.6)
-3 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.1)
-3 Vodalian Hexcatcher (0 vs 2.7)
-2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (0 vs 2.4)
-2 Snapback (0 vs 1.8)

Sideboard

More than usual

+2 Ashiok, Dream Render (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Ceremonious Rejection (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Damping Sphere (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Tidebinder Mage (2 vs 0.0)
+2 Relic of Progenitus (2 vs 0.2)
+2 Mystical Dispute (2 vs 0.3)
+1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner (1 vs 0.0)
+1 Spreading Seas (1 vs 0.0)

Fewer than usual

-3 Chalice of the Void (0 vs 3.3)
-3 Consign to Memory (0 vs 3.0)
-2 Force of Negation (0 vs 2.4)
-1 Propaganda (0 vs 1.0)

Most unusual list in this period: Ziene in South America Regional Championship Buenos Aires 2026 (21 cards away from the average)