Folkvar's Merfolk

Folkvar's

Merfolk

Type:

Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) modModern

Approx. Value:

$381.59

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8 Comments

Avg. CMC 1.71

Card Color Breakdown

Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 60 cards, 21 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (26)
2	Coralhelm Commander		$0.66	Creature - Merfolk Soldier
3	Cursecatcher		$0.44	Creature - Merfolk Wizard
4	Lord of Atlantis		$18.22	Creature - Merfolk
4	Master of the Pearl Trident		$1.13	Creature - Merfolk
4	Merrow Reejerey		$0.72	Creature - Merfolk Soldier
3	Phantasmal Image		$4.77	Creature - Illusion
4	Silvergill Adept		$0.18	Creature - Merfolk Wizard
2	Sygg, River Guide		$0.69	Legendary Creature - Merfolk Wizard
Instant (11)
2	Disrupting Shoal		$8.41	Instant - Arcane
3	Path to Exile		$0.81	Instant
2	Remand		$0.46	Instant
2	Spell Pierce		$0.16	Instant
2	Spell Snare		$6.67	Instant
Artifact (4)
4	Aether Vial		$4.13	Artifact
Land (19)
2	Cavern of Souls		$37.67	Land
1	Hallowed Fountain		$7.96	Land - Plains Island
4	Island		$0.13	Basic Land - Island
3	Misty Rainforest		$21.64	Land
4	Mutavault		$6.61	Land
2	Scalding Tarn		$21.19	Land
3	Seachrome Coast		$2.84	Land

Sideboard - 3 cards, 3 distinct

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Land (3)
1	Glacial Fortress		$0.76	Land
1	Seachrome Coast		$2.84	Land
1	Wanderwine Hub		$2.23	Land

Notes

Modern deck I'm considering building. Nice thing is that I can play Merfolk in legacy as well since I have the FoW, and I have a soft-spot for any tribal deck and Melissa Benson's original Lord of Atlantis art. Because neon.

Land is major cost, can substitute lower cost (in sideboard) until fetches drop.

Comments

Ray Johns | 06-Feb-2013 06:10

I had a similar sentiment as far as legacy overlap in building tezzeret affinity. Also, not sure how relevant this is but painlands (adarkar wastes and city of brass) are modern legal. they never come in tapped and don't hand out info on your hand, but do sting a bit.
- Folkvar | 06-Feb-2013 15:05
  
  The fetches are just used for thinning and confusing your opponent. If I end up building this I would do so with shocks and checks before I went after fetches.
- - Ray Johns | Edited 09-Feb-2013 17:15
    
    I'm with you on the fetches, I just mentioned adarkar wastes in particular because you never have to worry about an awkward play after a fastland or on turn 1, and you need to use it for colored mana 3 times before it hurts more than a shock played untapped. That said, looking closer at the casting costs, the ability to tap for colorless without the pain wouldn't come up that often, too much colored mana in your casting costs to mess with it. I never meant them as replacements for your real mana base anyway, but as alternatives to the glacial fortress and wanderwine hub in the budget version of your manabase.
  - - Folkvar | 09-Feb-2013 18:46
      
      The land that really adds cost are the 4x mutavaults. I picked up two Cavern of Souls already but the Mutavaults are going to be trickier.
Ray Johns | 30-Jan-2013 05:26

The cost of the manabase is brutal. I'm kind of tempted to pull the fetch lands off my wishlist, I have this sneaking suspicion that they might turn up in Modern Masters this summer.
- Folkvar | Edited 30-Jan-2013 21:29
  
  I agree and am not trading into them. I think WotC is on a mission to crash Modern land prices. I'm still trading into shocks, even though I think they'll all settle at $5, because that's a pretty minor cost difference. Fetches though...
  
  I also think Filter lands will show up in MM, whether or not Fetches will. Both would be great. If one or the other doesn't, I would suspect they'd be in the next block or two of standard as reprints.
  
  It'll be interesting to see what MM does for the prices of Tarmogoyf, Dark Confident, etc. and whether or not WotC includes EDH staples that will probably never see reprint in standard, like Damnation.
- - Ray Johns | 31-Jan-2013 05:11
    
    I doubt both will make it in, and I can't imagine they want fetches with shocks in teh same standard. I'd bet on filters next block with fetches in MM. As for Goyf, Bob, kiki-jiki, arcbound ravager, etc.... I dont know where they'll end up. I do hope they get printed instead of just reprinting a bunch of stuff in the $10-15 range, but I don't know. Wizards seems pretty loath to crash the secondary market with reprints. I think the packs are supposed to sell for around $7, I wouldn't be surprised if they target the EV of the pack for at or just over that.
  - - Folkvar | Edited 01-Feb-2013 16:21
      
      I actually think we've seen a shift from WotC in how they're approaching the secondary after the success of Commander. I'm expecting a lot more reprints and attempts to directly sell cards that people are currently buying in the secodary where WotC doesn't get a cut.

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