Bringing merfolk back in standard

Standard* Casual Energy GU (Simic) Tempo Tribal

Cloudypie

Creature (32)

• 4x Deeproot Elite
• 4x Jungleborn Pioneer
• 2x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 4x Kumena's Speaker
• 4x Merfolk Branchwalker
• 4x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 4x Silvergill Adept
• 2x Tempest Caller
• 4x Watertrap Weaver

Land (22)

• 4x Botanical Sanctum
• 9x Forest
• 5x Island
• 4x Unclaimed Territory

Instant (6)

• 4x Blossoming Defense
• 2x Spell Pierce

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 2x Admiral's Order
• 2x Naturalize
• 4x Negate

Creature (2)

• 2x Deathgorge Scavenger

Enchantment (2)

• 2x Shapers' Sanctuary

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Nissa, Steward of Elements

Artifact (2)

• 2x Sorcerous Spyglass

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This is a tempo oriented deck that is pretty much like modern merfolk but down shifted in power level. Although there aren't island walking lords, there is a new two drop lord. Jungle Born Pioneer is cool that it gives two bodies, which synergizes with kumena and the lords. Merfolk is a tempo deck that has small efficient creatures, creatures that interact like watertrap weaver. Silvergill Adept and Branchwalker provide the value to grind against attrition matchups. Tempest caller really helps when you want to swing your whole team in. I don't like playing with the deserts because the damage does add up and the pump effect is really minimal most of the time. Admiral's defeat is mainly for settle the wreckage and spy glass can hit a lot of targets from energy like cub, Whirler virtuoso, glorybringer, and Chandra.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 1 Mythic Rares 8 - 6 Rares 22 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 6 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.11
Tokens	Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof
Folders	Interesting choice of cards