OCTOBER 2018: MONO BLUE MERFOLK

Despite getting murdered from Regran Modern Open, I am still positive that Mono Blue Merfolk will do a strong rebound. This is what I sleeved.

Mono Blue Merfolk 

Main deck

15 Island, 4 Mutavault, 1 Ghost Quarter

4 Aether Vial, 4 Spreading Seas

1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner,  1 Phantasmal Image, 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves, 2 Master of Waves

3 Merrow Reejerey, 4 Master of the Pearl Trident,  4 Lord of Atlantis

4 Harbinger of the Tides,  4 Merfolk Trickster, 4 Cursecatcher,  4 Silvergill Adept

Sideboard

2 Dispel,  3 Negate,  3 Ceremonious Rejection,  4 Relic of Progenitus, 2 Dismember, 1 Echoing Truth

Got Game
Makati Square
20 October 2018

RD 1  Wr Taxes 2-1
RD 2  UR Storm 2-1
RD 3  Dredge 0-2
RD 4  UWr 2-1
RD 5  Bant Eldrazi 2-0
RD 6  Spirits 2-0
RD 7  KCI ID

Q: Burn
S: Split prize equally.

Notes:

Master of Waves is a game changer. 

Use your counter spells, Relic of Progenitus, Echoing Truth, and Dismembers wisely. Whatever plans you have on how you'll use your sideboard cards, always stick with it and do not ever let greed to take over no matter how good it looks. I almost lost the game versus UR Storm when I decided to exile my Relic of Progenitus in search for that lord but failed to find any. Good thing the deck gave me Negate and Dispel to help me keep his storm at bay. 

I had misplays versus Dredge. I can tap lands using Rejeerey's triggers. A 3/3 blue black zombie will never win versus a 4/4 (5/5) merfolk.

There were times that I forgot to tick the Aether Vial. 

Glistering Elf has infect; Elves got speed; Spirits has flying; and Merfolk has Islandwalk. Spreading Seas + Lord of Atlantis / Master of the Pearl Trident = win! 

Fair aggro deck < the triangle of Merfolk Trickster + Harbinger of the Tides + Merrow Reejerey. 

Uhmmm, I did not miss Mistcaller.

A Kira and a Kopala really worked well (at least for this tournament) than protecting your school with Spell Pierces. 

Bolt the goddamn bird doctrine. In this case, I was able to slow the Bant Eldrazi and Spirit opponents when I Dismembered their turn one Noble Heirarch. 

Dismember can cover a lot of creature as compared to Gut Shot.

That's all for now. Thank you for reading.

Paeng 4983