Merfolk 
- Player
- John Aloi
- Finish
- #53 of 97, 3-4
- Event
- Apex Gaming Invitational,
- Archetype
- Merfolk
- Format
- Modern
- MTGO price
- 44.38 TIX (GoatBots, 3 Nov)
- Paper price
- €225.12 / $231.78 (non-foil: the prints chosen, otherwise the cheapest, 3 Nov 2026)
- Source
- Melee.gg
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Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
Instants (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Main deck (60)
Creatures (33)
- 3 Cursecatcher
- 2 Glasspool Mimic // Glasspool Shore
- 3 Lord of Atlantis
- 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
- 4 Merfolk Trickster
- 4 Silvergill Adept
- 2 Subtlety
- 3 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
- 4 Tide Shaper
- 4 Vodalian Hexcatcher
Instants (3)
Enchantments (5)
Lands (19)
Sideboard (15)
Compared with the average Merfolk list
Average of 9 decks in the last 90 days.
Main deck
More than usual
- +10 Island (16 vs 6.4)
- +3 Cursecatcher (3 vs 0.0)
- +3 Spell Pierce (3 vs 0.0)
- +3 Merfolk Trickster (4 vs 1.1)
- +2 Dress Down (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Spreading Seas (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Waterlogged Grove (2 vs 0.2)
- +2 Subtlety (2 vs 0.4)
Fewer than usual
- -4 Harbinger of the Seas (0 vs 3.9)
- -4 Cavern of Souls (0 vs 3.7)
- -4 Flare of Denial (0 vs 3.7)
- -4 Aether Vial (0 vs 3.6)
- -4 Sink into Stupor (0 vs 3.6)
- -2 Mutavault (0 vs 2.2)
- -2 Snapback (0 vs 1.8)
- -1 Force of Negation (0 vs 1.2)
Sideboard
More than usual
- +2 Counterspell (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Dress Down (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Harbinger of the Tides (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Unlicensed Hearse (2 vs 0.0)
- +2 Hurkyl's Recall (2 vs 0.4)
- +1 Sea's Claim (1 vs 0.0)
Fewer than usual
- -3 Consign to Memory (0 vs 3.1)
- -1 Stern Scolding (0 vs 1.2)
- -1 Chalice of the Void (2 vs 3.0)
- -1 Propaganda (0 vs 1.0)
Most unusual list in this period: litianshuo670 in Modern League (5-0) (29 cards away from the average)