Watch Nikachu’s detailed Cursecatcher Primer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AR4f4ZoOBk
See Nikachu’s build of Tropical Merfolk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sko0vAXrqXE&list=PLQ8LePd6n-Iz_XbKwBv84KugM5e-uES98
and his Modern Mono Blue Merfolk vlogs:
GP Copenhagen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkqNRNfjaU
GP Vancouver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpJ1lGPL0sU&t=20s
Don’t forget his Budget Merfolk video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuSG8UdWrQs&t=6s
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Modern Merfolk. What is it about this deck that inspiration such devotion in its pilots? While not quite Tier 1, Merfolk is always on the cusp of breaking through in Modern, yet has been a consistent and reliable part of the meta since the formats very inception. What makes the deck so consistent and what methods and strategies can players use to pilot their lists for better results?
This video is not a deck tech on Merfolk, but rather a deck lecture on fish. We’ll look not only at how to better understand effective piloting technique, but also examine how why mono blue builds are poised to do well with the unbanning of Jace, The Mind Sculptor and BloodBraid Elf, take a look at what advantages Simic has to offer us with key green merfolk from Ixalaln, and also explore how to build your own Modern Merfolk deck on a budget of less than $100. All this, as well as a special guest speaker, and a preview of key card for Merfolk that’s being reprinted in Masters 25, on the first of our Tolarian Deck Lecture series.
The problem with Merfolk is that it is a very complicated deck. Merfolk is underestimated because of its complexity, and it demands a lot of experience to play properly. Merfolk has a very large decision tree, it’s not so one dimensional. You can play aggressive, you can play a tempo game, you can play controlling.
There are many avenues to winning, either through unloading your hand, or playing just a few creatures while holding up counterspells, attacking your opponent’s mana, so there are many different ways of winning the game, but the win condition itself is very fragile! Unfortunately we have the worst win condition of all the Modern decks: we have to play creatures, we have to turn them sideways, and we have to connect with damage, and we have to repeat this process over and over again.
The win condition is fragile because we have so many creatures, and if we lose too many creatures in the wrong way then we lose any hope of winning the game.
Merfolk is one of the most fair decks in Modern. We are very honest, us Merfolk, but with the recent unbannings of Jace, The Mindsculptor and Bloodbraid Elf, our honest deck is going to be very well positioned.
To explain how, I’ve invited Merfolk expert Jonathon Zaczek, much more widely known as Nikachu, to discuss how these bannings have affected Merfolk for the Better.
Nikachu’s specialty is Merfolk, both in Modern and Legacy. In fact, his YouTube channel contains over 1,000 videos devoted to Merfolk. Last year, his expertise in fish took him all the way to the Pro Tour by way of placing second with Merfolk at GP Toronto, where he managed to defeat names such as Sam Black and Jon Stern, only to lose to Josh Utter-Letton in the finals.