Merfolk Counter

Standard Counters GU (Simic) Merfolk Tribal

klongwood

Creature (33)

• 4x Deeproot Elite
• 3x Jade Bearer
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 4x Kumena's Speaker
• 3x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 4x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 3x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 4x Silvergill Adept
• 3x Swift Warden
• 2x Tempest Caller
• 2x Vineshaper Mystic

Instant (5)

• 2x Blossoming Defense
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 2x Unsummon

Land (22)

• 11x Forest
• 7x Island
• 4x Unclaimed Territory

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Sideboard

Instant (12)

• 2x Admiral's Order
• 1x Essence Scatter
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 2x Naturalize
• 2x Negate
• 2x River Heralds' Boon
• 2x Unsummon

Sorcery (1)

• 1x River's Rebuke

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip

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Maybeboard

Enchantment (4)

• 2x Curious Obsession
• 2x Shapers' Sanctuary

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Enter the Unknown

Land (4)

• 4x Botanical Sanctum

Creature (4)

• 2x Herald of Secret Streams
• 2x Kopala, Warden of Waves

Instant (1)

• 1x Blossoming Defense

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Coming back to MTG after about 10 years. Just picked up some cards and thought I would take a stab at building a Tribal Merfolk deck for FNM and beyond.

Step 1:

• Add Counters

• With Jade Bearer, Deeproot Elite, Merfolk Branchwalker, Jadelight Ranger and Vineshaper Mystic

Step 2

• Protect creatures with Counters

• With Blossoming Defense, Heroic Intervention, Unsummon (defensively or offensively) and Swift Warden

Step 3:

• Make Unblockable (or hard to block)

• With Mist-Cloaked Herald, Tempest Caller

Sideboard:

• Add more counters (River Heralds' Boon,Hadana's Climb  )

• Add more protection (Essence Scatter, Admiral's Order,Negate)

• Clear board (River's Rebuke)

Update:

This seemed to play a little bit slower than I was expecting so I cut the curve down and prioritized creatures over spells. Also, Tempest Caller performed much better at 'clearing' the board to get the last damage in.

• Moved Hadana's Climb   to SB

• Removed Herald of Secret Streams

• Added Mist-Cloaked Herald

• Added 1x Swift Warden

• Streamlined spells to Blossoming Defense,Unsummon and Heroic Intervention

Notes:

• These are other cards that I would like to use (Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca), but I can only work with what I have available to me. I think Unsummon could also be used to help get damage through and potentially replace the other spells.

• Feel free to add some suggestions or things I missed.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 6 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 9 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	1.89
Folders	Standard