![]() The seer's YouTube Channel – Here is another channel with one of our fellow Merfolk players testing the deck against the field. LordMajicus' YouTube Channel – LordMajicus is a veteran Merfolk pilot that runs both stock and innovative lists on Magic Online. Merfolk Joe's YouTube Channel – Merfolk_Joe is another seasoned Merfolk player, and he has some very polished and informative videos of Merfolk in Modern. Nikachu's YouTube Channel – Nikachu is a very seasoned Merfolk player that has a deep repository of videos you can peruse to get up to speed on how to play Merfolk. Here are a few links you can check out if you want more Merfolk content. Furthermore, the deck has proven to be capable of overcoming disruption, even disruption specifically tailored against it. Merfolk obviously can’t overcome a total lack of lands and/or creatures, but the deck is pretty resistant to mulligans overall. Resilience – there are a lot of decks out there that require a certain type of hand in order to be successful, and have to mulligan if they don't have it. ![]() Recent sets have also provided us with an interesting lineup of creatures that both disrupt the opponent and provide on-tribe bodies to project our Lord effects on. ![]() This is most often the case when you have to choose between allocating your resources toward disrupting your opponent's gameplan or committing to advancing your own. Nuance – you wouldn’t think that an aggressive deck that relies on creatures is all that difficult to pilot, but Merfolk has several different lines of play available to it.This makes it a strong choice for all-comers tournaments. Merfolk has very few outright bad matchups (mostly artifact-based decks), and plenty of matchups that are 50/50 or better. Competitiveness – in a format as wide-open as Modern, a deck that performs well against the field is potent.We can play the aggro game, we can focus on disrupting our opponent and being more of a tempo deck, or even build up into a big bomb that blows open a stagnant board state, midrange-style. Not so for Merfolk – you can often do both at the same time, especially with an Aether Vial on the table. Versatility – oftentimes in Modern, a deck has to choose between being fast and aggressive or being able to disrupt its opponents.Here are some reasons why you might consider Merfolk as the deck for you:
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