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Modern Counterspell Merfolk Tempo UB (Dimir)

heckproof

Creature (32)

• 4x Lord of Atlantis
• 4x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 3x Merfolk Trickster
• 4x Rishadan Dockhand
• 2x Subtlety
• 3x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 4x Tide Shaper
• 4x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 4x Vodalian Hexcatcher

Land (20)

• 4x Cavern of Souls
• 10x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 4x Mutavault
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City

Instant (4)

• 2x Dismember
• 2x Force of Negation

Artifact (4)

• 4x Aether Vial

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Sideboard

Artifact (6)

• 2x Chalice of the Void
• 2x Cursed Totem
• 2x Unlicensed Hearse

Creature (2)

• 2x Subtlety

Instant (4)

• 2x Dismember
• 2x Force of Negation

Enchantment (3)

• 3x Spreading Seas

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Maybeboard

Creature (30)

• 2x Cursecatcher
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 2x Harbinger of the Tides
• 2x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 2x Master of Waves
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 4x Merrow Reejerey
• 2x Mistcaller
• 1x Orvar, the All-Form
• 2x Phantasmal Image
• 4x Silvergill Adept
• 2x Spellskite
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 2x Tidebinder Mage
• 2x Watertrap Weaver

Instant (17)

• 4x Counterspell
• 2x Flusterstorm
• 3x Hurkyl's Recall
• 2x Mystical Dispute
• 2x Spell Pierce
• 2x Steel Sabotage
• 2x Stern Scolding

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip

Artifact (6)

• 1x Grafdigger's Cage
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 2x Ratchet Bomb
• 2x Relic of Progenitus

Enchantment (5)

• 4x Deeproot Pilgrimage
• 1x Spreading Seas

Land (1)

• 1x Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

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I have been meaning to try Merfolk for about 5 years or so, but never put in the time. Now that it's good in the current (2023) meta, I think it's time to give it a try

Date added	7 months
Last updated	1 month
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 4 Mythic Rares 28 - 6 Rares 9 - 2 Uncommons 0 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.08
Folders	Blue-based control, Comp. Modern