Merfolk Yourfolk

Commander / EDH* Counters Merfolk

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Creature (34)

• 1x Benthic Biomancer
• 1x Danny Pink
• 1x Deepchannel Mentor
• 1x Deepfathom Echo
• 1x Emperor Mihail II
• 1x Evolution Sage
• 1x Forerunner of the Heralds
• 1x Herald of Secret Streams
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Kopala, Warden of Waves
• 1x Lord of Atlantis
• 1x Master of the Pearl Trident
• 1x Merfolk Cave-Diver
• 1x Merfolk Looter
• 1x Merfolk Sovereign
• 1x Merrow Harbinger
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Mist Dancer
• 1x Murkfiend Liege
• 1x Nicanzil, Current Conductor
• 1x Prime Speaker Zegana
• 1x Realmwalker
• 1x Sentinel of the Nameless City
• 1x Singer of Swift Rivers
• 1x Streambed Aquitects
• 1x Svyelun of Sea and Sky
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Tempest Caller
• 1x Tishana's Tidebinder
• 1x Topography Tracker
• 1x Vodalian Hexcatcher
• 1x Wildgrowth Walker
• 1x Wonder
• 1x Zegana, Utopian Speaker

Land (33)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dreamroot Cascade
• 9x Forest
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 13x Island
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Secluded Courtyard
• 1x Tyrite Sanctum
• 1x Unclaimed Territory
• 1x Witch's Clinic

Artifact (9)

• 1x Banner of Kinship
• 1x Glowcap Lantern
• 1x Guidestone Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Mirror of the Forebears
• 1x Ozolith, the Shattered Spire
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Winged Boots

Instant (7)

• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Familiar's Ruse
• 1x Flare of Denial
• 1x Mutational Advantage
• 1x Pongify
• 1x Repulsive Mutation
• 1x Ripples of Potential

Commander (1)

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Branching Evolution
• 1x Deeproot Pilgrimage
• 1x Deeproot Waters
• 1x Descendants' Path
• 1x Eaten by Piranhas
• 1x Hardened Scales
• 1x Merrow Commerce
• 1x Path of Discovery
• 1x Reflections of Littjara
• 1x Simic Ascendancy
• 1x Unable to Scream

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Curse of the Swine
• 1x Fangs of Kalonia
• 1x Raise the Palisade
• 1x Stolen Identity

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

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Sideboard

Creature (7)

• 1x Archetype of Imagination
• 1x Cold-Eyed Selkie
• 1x Deeproot Elite
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
• 1x Tributary Instructor
• 1x Vorel of the Hull Clade

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Levitation

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Maybeboard

Creature (31)

• 1x Adrix and Nev, Twincasters
• 1x Alandra, Sky Dreamer
• 1x Cenote Scout
• 1x Deeproot Historian
• 1x Eluge, the Shoreless Sea
• 1x Fallowsage
• 1x Flesh Duplicate
• 1x Floodpits Drowner
• 1x Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip
• 1x Harbinger of the Seas
• 1x Jadelight Ranger
• 1x Jadelight Spelunker
• 1x Jungleborn Pioneer
• 1x Kiora, the Rising Tide
• 1x Lullmage Mentor
• 1x Merfolk Mistbinder
• 1x Merfolk Skydiver
• 1x Mirror Image
• 1x River Herald Scout
• 1x Roil Cartographer
• 1x Seafloor Oracle
• 1x Stonybrook Banneret
• 1x Swift Warden
• 1x Thada Adel, Acquisitor
• 1x Thieving Skydiver
• 1x Tidal Courier
• 1x Tide Shaper
• 1x Vineshaper Mystic
• 1x Vodalian Mindsinger
• 1x Waterspout Weavers
• 1x Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood

Enchantment (17)

• 1x A Killer Among Us
• 1x Alpha Status
• 1x Aquatic Incursion
• 1x City of Death
• 1x Communal Brewing
• 1x Endless Evil
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Favor of the Overbeing
• 1x Hadana's Climb  ^Flip
• 1x Hydra's Growth
• 1x Indomitable Might
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Kindred Discovery
• 1x Mirror Mockery
• 1x Snake Umbra
• 1x Spreading Seas
• 1x Twists and Turns  ^Flip

Artifact (1)

• 1x Commander's Plate

Instant (6)

• 1x Archdruid's Charm
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Brackish Blunder
• 1x Heroic Intervention
• 1x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Reality Shift

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Aquitect's Will
• 1x Distant Melody
• 1x Full Flowering
• 1x Over the Edge
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Quantum Misalignment

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Jace, Arcane Strategist
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Kiora, Master of the Depths
• 1x Kiora, the Crashing Wave

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This deck is built around maintaining a steady flow of Merfolk while setting up big plays and backups for the commander ability. It also takes advantage of unblockable mechanics for sneaky damage opportunities.

Key Ideas

• Big Guys and Endless Merfolk
  I wanted to get some bigger creatures while making sure I wouldn’t run out of Merfolk. Realmwalker and Descendants' Path work great here since only about a third of the deck is land, giving you a better chance to hit creatures on top.

• Making big Guys
  The deck’s mana cost is low, so after casting your commander, you can usually follow up with Evolution Sage. Proliferating helps make big Merfolk fast and easy.

• Unblockable Plays
  Islandwalk abd Unblockable is a sneaky way to deal damage, and you’ve got options to search for cards to set this up.

• Card Draw Between Plays
  Merfolk Looter is handy for drawing cards during explores, keeping your hand full and ready to react.

• Oko, Thief of Crowns
  Oko is here to annoy opponents and deal with their big threats. Against decks with sophisticated cards, Oko can handle almost anything—even freezing their commander for a while. Once you find an opening, you can deal serious damage.

This deck is designed to keep the pressure on with Merfolk, explore unblockable strategies, and make the most of your commander’s abilities while always being ready for a big play.

UPDATE: I played two test games with friends, and the deck performed (under luck I guess) nicely — it got strong and built up quickly. In the first game, I won with Islandwalk, and in the second, I delivered 28 damage in a single attack using unblockable. I’ve since added Wonder as a card to send directly to the graveyard when it shows up, cause the deck seems to have hard time against flying and also liking this type of advantage.

Date added	6 months
Last updated	6 months
Exclude colors	UG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 42 - 5 Rares 29 - 2 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.02
Tokens	Ape 3/3 G, Boar 2/2 G, Copy Clone, Elk 3/3 G, Food, Map, Merfolk 1/1 U, Merfolk 1/1 U w/ Hexproof