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Introducing Harbinger of the Seas! The newest Haymaker coming out of
#MTGMH3
. Merfolk players have been rewarded for their devotion to their deck and have been gifted arguably the most powerful card they ever had. 🧵
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I think Orcish Bowmasters is an abomination to the game; wiping out decades of 1 toughness creatures. Bowmasters creates no new archetypes and is slotted in the best decks to make them even more powerful.
I don’t think it even does a good job inhibiting card draw as the best
I'm writing this year's "State of Design" article and I'm looking for feedback on The Lord of the Rings:
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I'm really surprised The One Ring didn't get banned today given that it's prevalent in basically half of the top of the meta. Not to mention this puts a lot more pressure on players to buy an already incredibly expensive card which has a clear target on its back.
"While present
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It’s called a “trading card game” but I don’t think I’ve traded Magic cards with anyone for 8+ years.
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The fetchlands in Modern are a feature, not a bug. Lands should be amazing in a non-rotating format.
If you don’t like them, that’s fair. That’s why they invented Pioneer.
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SIMIC MERFOLK WINS PIONEER CHALLENGE! 🏆🧜♀️🏆
This was my first ever Challenge win and I'm so happy to do it with a deck of my own design and style. I'll have a report in the replies.
Match ups:
R1 Rakdos Vampires🍣🌊🌊
R2 Niv to Light🌊🍣🌊
R3 Rakdos Vampires🌊🍣🌊
R4 Rakdos
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Deeproot Pilgrimage has a lot of potential behind it. Hexproof Merfolk is exactly what we need to fight off Furys, Bowmasters, and Wrenn and Six. Let's talk about it! A thread🧵
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Made top 8 of the
@NRGSeries
with Modern Merfolk! Harbinger of the Seas blue mooned many players! I was prepared vs Storm and Nadu and was gifted those match ups!
Match ups:
R1 Rakdos Waste Not 🌊🍣🌊
R2 Ruby Storm 🌊🍣🌊
R3 Merfolk 🍣🍣
R4 Nadu 🌊🍣🌊
R5 Ruby Storm 🌊🍣🌊
R6
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I've been playing Magic for 25 years and I'm just learning now that you can choose to not trample over a creature. Am I alone on this?
Dealing all damage to this Death's Shadow is relevant because then it doesn't grow to trade with the Rhino.
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You have to admit that Merfolk, when played well, looks like art.
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Good luck to the 2 brave Merfolk players playing in Pro Tour Modern Horizons 3. May the field of Nadu and Storm guide their way to victory. 🌊🧜♀️🌊
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What a beautiful Judge Promo! The very first Lord of Atlantis with correct oracle text! Source:
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Spreading Seas is officially REPLACED. A real game changer. I almost can’t believe it.
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Got eliminated in the Semi-finals of the Beta Booster Draft! Here’s my loot after
#Magic30
Thank you, Merfolk, for carrying me through this legendary tournament!
I won my win and in with Merfolk at
#Magic30
to draft some Beta Boosters! Hoping to crack an OG Lord of Atlantis! Let’s gooooooo!
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I’m the last undefeated player in this week’s Modern Challenge. Locked for top 8, Merfolk is definitely getting published this time.
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Went 3-0 with Merfolk in Legends of Legacy to win an Italian Legends booster!
#MCMinneapolis
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@maro254
I think Orcish Bowmasters is an abomination to the game; wiping out decades of 1 toughness creatures. Bowmasters creates no new archetypes and is slotted in the best decks to make them even more powerful.
I don’t think it even does a good job inhibiting card draw as the best
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Two Merfolk decks make the top 8 in Vegas and now the Modern meta is flooded with Merfolk! 🌊🧜♀️🧜🏼🧜🏼♂️🌊
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Introducing Tishana's Tidebinder, our new Stifle on a Merfolk. I'm very excited about Tishana because it feels like 90% of Magic cards are activated and triggered abilities these days. How do I expect to use this Tidebinder? A thread 🧵
#MTGIxalan
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MODERN DIMIR MERFOLK GOES 5-0 AGAIN! I took what I learned from prior playtesting and applied it to a more traditional Merfolk deck. Inquisition of Kozilek and Psychic Frog are unbelievable upgrades to this deck.
R1 Nadu 🌊🌊
R2 Nadu 🍣🌊🌊
R3 Eldrazi 🌊🍣🌊
R4 Boros Energy
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Patiently waiting for Wizards to print a good 1 drop Merfolk.
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I won the
@FusiongamingWPG
Open with Modern Merfolk!
Rd1 W Creativity 🍣🌊🌊
Rd2 W Rakdos Scam 🌊🌊
Rd3 L Rakdos Scam 🍣🍣
Rd4 W Burn 🌊🌊
Rd5 W Planebound Accomplice 🌊🌊
Rd6 W UW Hammer Time 🌊🌊
Rd7 ID
QF W Izzet Scam 🌊🌊
SF W Planebound Accomplice 🌊🌊
F W Rakdos Scam 🌊🌊
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Going to the
@NRGSeries
finals with Modern Merfolk! Waiting to see who my opponent is. 🌊🧜🏼♂️🌊🧜♀️🌊🧜🏼♂️🌊
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I got a 5-0 with a Vial-less version of Modern Merfolk; though I'm not brave enough to take this to NRGSeries St. Louis. I might develop the idea more over the next month. Playing Vial can be incredibly clunky these days and brutal when drawn in multiples; especially when I would
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#MTGLasVegas
Merfolk Day 1 Report:
Rd1 Grixis Shadow 🌊🌊
Rd2 Hammer Time 🌊🌊
Rd3 Hammer Time 🍣🍣
Rd4 Mono Red Prison 🍣🌊🌊
Rd5 UW Control 🍣🌊🍣
Rd6 Omnath Pile 🌊🍣🌊
Rd7 Death and Taxes 🌊🌊
Rd8 4c Control 🌊🍣🌊
Subtlety was MVP! Modern Merfolk moves on to day 2 at X-2!
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Modern Merfolk goes 5-0! This deck is designed for a post-Nadu world playtesting Tamiyo, Mockingbird, and Spreading Seas. Harbinger of the Seas MVP. Accidentally submitted a 14 card sideboard 🧵
R1 Ruby Storm 🍣🌊🌊
R2 RG Eldrazi 🍣🌊🌊
R3 Izzet Wizards 🌊🌊
R4 NecroScam 🌊🌊
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Master of the Pearl Trident and True-Name Nemesis get reprinted in the old boarder! Take my money!
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@SaffronOlive
When I realized Delighted Halfling was printed with 2 toughness, I saw the writing on the wall for the 1 toughness creatures.
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This Nadu board state is wild. It’s like someone accidentally dropped their deck, dice, and tokens all over the table.
#NRGMAD
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Me: Print Champion of the Parish for Merfolk
WotC:
Such amazing flavor. Champion of the Parish as a Zombie (and also an super powerful card).
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Richard Garfield designed Magic so your lands would get blown up!
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I made the top 8 of the Pioneer Challenge with Simic Merfolk! Slowly but surely I'm sharpening this into a weapon for NRGSeries St. Louis!
R1 Niv to Light 🌊🌊
R2 Waste Not 🌊🌊
R3 Nykthos Ramp 🌊🍣🌊
R4 Izzet Phoenix 🌊🌊
R5 Niv to Light 🌊🌊
R6 UW Control 🍣🍣
R7 Izzet Phoenix
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Grief absolutely had it coming in Modern. Scam decks were either the best or very strong deck for the last 1.5 years. It's only recently NecroScam (which had a massive presence at the PT) had a bad match up vs Nadu; which is now banned.
For some reason Grief players today:
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If you can't beat them, join them. 5-0 with Dimir Merfolk. Psychic Frog was busted as a 1 card win condition.
Match ups were wonky so more testing is necessary:
R1 Gruul Transmogrify 🌊🍣🌊
R2 Lotus Field 🌊🌊
R3 Mono Blue Belcher 🍣🌊🌊
R4 Dimir Mill 🌊🍣🌊
R5 Tron 🌊🌊
I'm
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SIMIC MERFOLK TOP 8s THE MODERN CHALLLENGE!
Next time I’m going to win it! Every card in the 75 played a part.
Ponza 🌊🌊
Tron 🌊🌊
Rakdos Prowess 🌊🍣🌊
Enchantress 🍣🍣
Devoted Devastation 🍣🍣
Burn 🌊🌊
Bant Uro 🌊🌊
QF Titan-Vial 🌊🍣🌊
SF Uroza 🍣🍣
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Modern Merfolk finished 10-4 for 60th place at
#MTGLasVegas
! Not bad for a turnout of 1400! Glad I showed up.
R9 Yorion Footfalls 🌊🍣🍣
R10 UW Control 🌊🌊
R11 Grinding Station 🌊🌊
R12 Jund Ragavan 🍣🍣
R13 Charbelcher 🌊🌊
R14 UWx Control 🍣🌊🌊
Subtlety is the way. Love it!
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@PleasantKenobi
I don't understand how this is a debate. WE HAVE ALL PROXIED at one point or another and have dumped tons of money in this game; or at least facilitated in the growth of MTG to get other people to dump tons of money. Who hasn't sharpied a basic land?
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I think they should have printed some generic Energy hate card within MH3; like a Grafdigger’s Cage for counters or something. Pushing a mechanic that you can’t interact with is so frustrating. What do we have in the card pool to fight back? Just Suncleanser?
Energy is a super hard archetype to ban. That's how we ended up with Attune with Aether banned in Standard.
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@DasSourKraut
They literally admitted their mistake on Arena and adjusted the card to exactly what you said
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So apparently Goyf is bugged on
@MagicOnline
because when you Target it with Merfolk Trickster it just dies on the spot! Go get those Jund players! Lmao.
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I got a 5-0 with Pioneer Merfolk! I don't think this is the final form but it's moving in the right direction.
R1 Waste Not 🌊🌊
R2 Rakdos Vampires 🌊🍣🌊
R3 Light Paws 🌊🍣🌊
R4 Izzet Creativity 🌊🌊
R5 Orzhov Humans 🌊🍣🌊
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Between Modern and Legacy, is there anyone out there that enjoys the play pattern of being scammed turn 1 by Grief?
Grief is genuinely ruining Legacy for me right now, I am so so so so so tired of it, and there is functionally 0 recourse in the entire format for it. Please make it end.
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Reid Duke is one of the best players in the world and it’s very fitting that he’s finally won a Pro Tour.
🏆 Congratulations to Reid Duke, your
#PTPhyrexia
Champion! 🏆
Duke swept the Pioneer finals in three games, earning his first Pro Tour title in an already stellar career and putting an exclamation point on the end of the first PT of 2023.
Congratulations Reid!
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@feb31st
Opponent wins die roll: “pregame actions?”
Nikachu: “Do you know who I am?”
Opponent: “I don’t know”
Opponent basically asked if I was on Leyline of the Guildpact when I’m the Merfolk guy 😝
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Btw, as someone who never plays with hand disruption, Inquisition/Thoughtseize are BROKEN! Evidently I've been playing Magic on ultra hard mode for 10 years. How is Gitaxian Probe banned in all formats but no one bats an eye at hand disruption? Insanity.
If you can't beat them, join them. 5-0 with Dimir Merfolk. Psychic Frog was busted as a 1 card win condition.
Match ups were wonky so more testing is necessary:
R1 Gruul Transmogrify 🌊🍣🌊
R2 Lotus Field 🌊🌊
R3 Mono Blue Belcher 🍣🌊🌊
R4 Dimir Mill 🌊🍣🌊
R5 Tron 🌊🌊
I'm
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Just registered in the
@ChannelFireball
Modern Open in Las Vegas!
I’ll be playing for not only prize money, but also a free 1st class flight and video from
@TolarianCollege
who’s rewarding anyone who wins first place with Modern MERFOLK! (My specialty)
See you there!
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Modern
#Magic30
Qualifier
Merfolk Wins vs Tribal Zoo 🍣🌊🌊
I move on to top 16 and one win away from Beta Boosters!
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Let’s say there was no ban list for the entire history of Magic cards (so you have access to 4x Black Lotus, 4x each Moxen, etc).
Assuming you build for a meta that can do the same, what does the best possible Magic deck ever look like? 🤔
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Hell yess!
If you control 2 other Merfolk ~ has indestructible
Whenever it attacks draw a card
Other Merfolk you control have Ward 1
Sorry Lurrus, its been nice
@NikachuMTG
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This is the “5-0” list 😉 that I helped design for
@TolarianCollege
to beat
@PleasantKenobi
’s Dredge deck running Choke, Boil, and Plague Engineer. ☺️ A very specific metagame, yes. But maybe it’s the deck for you! Find their battle here:
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If you want to play Collector Ouphe to screw over the artifact players, Modern and Legacy welcomes you with open arms. In fact, I will be cheering for you.
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Simic Merfolk finishes 11th, 6-2 record, in Modern Challenge. Modern Horizons additions have helped a LOT! Svyeluuuuuuun!
Bant Stoneblade 🌊🌊
Jund Shadow 🌊🌊
Affinity 🌊🌊
Enchantress 🌊🌊
Lantern Control 🍣🍣
Dice Factory 🌊🍣🌊
Niv to Light 🌊🌊
Urza Food 🍣🌊🍣
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Everyone is so excited that Wizards is bringing back open events with coverage, and I'm like
@NRGSeries
never stopped doing that.
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I ran into the wrong metagame with Pioneer Merfolk at NRGSeries! 😅 I couldn’t predict many of the cards played against me in the first few rounds but I made a comeback vs the tier decks! I still love the deck and can’t wait for another chance to prove itself! Thanks for the
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