Merfolk by user4822147

Format: Commander

Commander: Kopala, Warden of Waves

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This deck is a classic Mono-Blue Merfolk Kindred tempo strategy commanded by Kopala, Warden of Waves. The game plan revolves around rapidly developing cheap, evasive Merfolk creatures on the early turns and enhancing them with redundant lord anthems such as Lord of Atlantis, Master of the Pearl Trident, Vodalian Hexcatcher, and Merrow Reejerey. To bypass opposing defenses, the deck turns opposing lands into Islands using Spreading Seas, Aquitect's Will, and Tidal Warrior, making the entire board unblockable through Islandwalk. Kopala, Warden of Waves and Svyelun of Sea and Sky protect the creature swarm by taxing opposing spot removal and abilities by {2} or more. Meanwhile, card advantage engines like Seafloor Oracle and Emperor Mihail II keep the hand full of gas and counterspells. The deck steadily pressures life totals, aiming to close the game around turns 8-9 while disrupting critical opposing plays with efficient blue countermagic and bounce spells.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aether Gust
  • 1 Aether Vial
  • 1 Aetherize
  • 1 Alchemist's Retrieval
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Aquitect's Will
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Atlantean Skirmisher
  • 1 Attuma, Atlantean Warlord
  • 1 Benthic Biomancer
  • 1 Blue Elemental Blast
  • 1 Brineborn Cutthroat
  • 1 Consuming Tide
  • 1 Coralhelm Commander
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cursecatcher
  • 1 Deeproot Pilgrimage
  • 1 Deeproot Waters
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Emperor Mihail II
  • 1 Engulf the Shore
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Harbinger of the Tides
  • 1 Hullbreaker Horror
  • 1 Impulse
  • 35 Island
  • 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves
  • 1 Lord of Atlantis
  • 1 Master of the Pearl Trident
  • 1 Merfolk Looter
  • 1 Merfolk Sovereign
  • 1 Merfolk Trickster
  • 1 Merrow Harbinger
  • 1 Merrow Reejerey
  • 1 Mindspring Merfolk
  • 1 Miscalculation
  • 1 Mist-Cloaked Herald
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Ponder
  • 1 Preordain
  • 1 Reef Shaman
  • 1 River Sneak
  • 1 Sea Scryer
  • 1 Seafloor Oracle
  • 1 Seahunter
  • 1 Serpentine Ambush
  • 1 Shore Up
  • 1 Silvergill Adept
  • 1 Silvergill Douser
  • 1 Sky Diamond
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spreading Seas
  • 1 Stonybrook Banneret
  • 1 Streambed Aquitects
  • 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky
  • 1 Thieving Skydiver
  • 1 Tidal Warrior
  • 1 Tidebinder Mage
  • 1 Tideshaper Mystic
  • 1 Towering Viewpoint
  • 1 Tranquilize
  • 1 Vedalken Aethermage
  • 1 Vodalian Hexcatcher
  • 1 Wake Thrasher