We Mermaid To Be Friends

Commander / EDH GU (Simic) Merfolk Tribal

TBraun95

Creature (30)

• 1x Coralhelm Commander
• 1x Cosi's Trickster
• 1x Cursecatcher
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Jungleborn Pioneer
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kumena's Speaker
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merfolk Trickster
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Mist-Cloaked Herald
• 1x Mistcaller
• 1x River Sneak
• 1x Rootwater Diver
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Sigil Tracer
• 1x Silvergill Adept
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Tidal Warrior
• 1x Triton Shorestalker
• 1x True-Name Nemesis

Land (33)

• 1x Alchemist's Refuge
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 8x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 10x Island
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Tropical Island
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Beastmaster Ascension
• 1x Cryptolith Rite
• 1x Deeproot Waters
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Opposition
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Wilderness Reclamation

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes

Commander (1)

Instant (16)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Negate
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Reclaim
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (6)

• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

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My fiance wanted a Merfolk tribal deck, so this is what I made for her on the first attempt.

In essence, the deck looks to control the board state by using the various tap effects of Merfolk creatures and gain value from those effects. As such, the more untap effects the better: Seedborn Muse , Paradox Engine , Quest for Renewal , etc. will be your best friends.

For now, the wincons are standard for creature based decks that run green:

Beastmaster Ascension

Triumph of the Hordes

At some point in the future, I'll likely look to add Craterhoof Behemoth and Temur Sabertooth to take advantage of the absurd amounts of green mana that can be generated (by Gaea's Cradle and Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ) to further the win by combat damage, but for now it's mostly playtesting the list as is to see where it stands.

Any and all suggestions are welcomed

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 35 - 0 Rares 24 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.09
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Merfolk 1/1 U, Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof