Created: Mon Jun  3 19:24:58 UTC 2011

Design philosophy: Proactive aggro with cheap/free counterspells (tapped out
mana). Also experimented with playing mana denial (Tidal Warrior, Rishadan
Dockhand, Spreading Seas, Stifle) and tried to benefit from turning opponent's
lands into islands, but this was durdling. Go for more board presence and
counters. Splash green.

Deck list in sync with: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hl-merfolk-2/?cb=1626786039

Legend:
 1: part of the initial build (Created)
 +1: added/to be added to the build
 -1: removed/to be removed from the build
 ?1: maybe to be removed

Mana (35):
23 Snow-Covered Island
1 Mutavault
1 Faceless Haven
1 Karakas
1 Wasteland
1 Field of Ruin
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Flooded Strand
1 Prismatic Vista
1 Cavern of Souls

Counter (13):
1 Mental Misstep
1 Daze
1 Misdirection
1 Force of Negation
1 Force of Will
1 Stifle
1 Spell Snare
1 Spell Pierce
1 Counterspell
1 Mana Drain
1 Tale's End
1 Archmage's Charm
1 Cryptic Command

Draw (4):
1 Gitaxian Probe
1 Curiosity
1 Curious Obsession
1 Standstill

Creatures (29):
1 Cursecatcher (wizard)
1 Benthic Biomancer (wizard)
1 Cosi's Trickster
1 Tide Shaper (wizard)
1 Rishadan Dockhand
1 Mistcaller
1 Triton Shorestalker (Curiosity, Curious Obsession).
1 Mist-Cloaked Herald

1 Metallic Mimic
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Brineborn Cutthroat
1 Thieving Skydiver
1 Silvergil Adept (wizard)
1 Tidebinder Mage (wizard)
1 Inkfathom Infiltrator
1 Coralhelm Commander
1 Harbinger of the Tides (wizard)
1 Merfolk Trickster (wizard)
1 Sygg, River Cutthroat
1 Lord of Atlantis
1 Master of the Pearl Trident

1 Merrow Reejerey
1 Kopala, Warden of Waves (wizard)
1 Merfolk Sovereign
1 Hullbreacher
1 Wake Thrasher
1 Glasspool Mimic
1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky

1 Master of Waves (good in meta, or just win more?)

Other (5):
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Boomerang
1 Suspend
1 Fall from Favor
1 Opposition


** UG
1 Enter the Unknown
1 Jade Bearer
1 Kumena's Speaker
1 Deeproot Elite
1 Merfolk Mistbinder
1 Merfolk Branchwalker
1 Deeproot Champion
1 Merfolk Skydiver
1 Gaea's Skyfolk
1 Kiora's Follower
1 Jungleborn Pioneer
1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
1 Swift Warden
1 Forerunner of the Heralds
+1 Collected Company
+1 Noble Hierarch
+1 Masked Vandal
+1 Realmwalker

** UW
1 Windbrisk Heights
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
1 Stoneforge Mystic (Umezawa's Jitte, Skullclamp)
1 Judge of Currents
1 Sejiri Merfolk
1 Sygg, River Guide
1 Galina's Knight
1 Mirror Entity
1 Summon the School

* SB:
-1 Thassa's Oracle
-1 Paradigm Shift
-1 Sandbar Merfolk (1 Cosi's Trickster)
-1 Riptide Pilferer
1 Concerted Defense (but check the amount of party members)
-1 Wistful Selkie
-1 Spell Snare
-1 Chrome Mox
-1 Riptide Laboratory (count wizards for this)
-1 Rishadan Port
-1 Subtlety
-1 Snap
-1 Court of Cunning
-1 Brainstorm
-1 Gush
-1 Ancestral Vision
-1 Ponder
-1 Waterfront Bouncer
-1 Stonybrook Banneret (wizard) (too weak)
-1 Puresight Merrow (wizard) (too mana intensive)
-1 Sage of Fables
-1 Cold Eye Selkie (too expensive)
-1 Seafloor Oracle (wizard)
-1 Seahunter
-1 Talrand, Sky Summoner (wizard)
-1 Memory Lapse
-1 Mana Leak
-1 Miscalculation
-1 Force Spike
?1 Mystic Sanctuary
+1 Cursed Scroll
-1 Slip Out the Back
-1 Tidal Warrior
-1 Merfolk Windrobber
-1 Merfolk Spy
-1 Mothdust Changeling
-1 Shaper Apprentice (wizard)
-1 River Sneak
-1 Skullclamp (banned)
-1 Gigadrowse
-1 Mana Vapors
-1 Spreading Seas
-1 Exchaustion
-1 Reef Shaman
-1 Thada Adel, Acquisitor
+1 Otawara, Soaring City
+1 Waterlogged Grove
+1 Tropical Island
+1 Brazen Borrower (L)
+1 Aether Vial
+1 Brainstorm
+1 Oko, Thief of Crowns
+1 Fetchlands
-1 Psionic Blast
-1 Back to Basics
+1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
+1 Shore Up
+1 Emperor Mihail II