MODERN: MONO-BLUE MERFOLK

Regran Hobbies

Regional Championship Qualifier

10 July 2022

Mono-Blue Merfolk

Main deck

8 Island

4 Mutavault

2 Otawara, Soaring City

2 Fiery Islet 

1 Cavern of Souls

1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge  

1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds

4 Aether Vial

4 Force of Negation

2 Spreading Seas

3 Glasspool Mimic

4 Lord of Atlantis

4 Master of the Pearl Trident

4 Merfolk Trickster 

4 Silvergill Adept

4 Subtlety

4 Svyelun of Sea and Sky

4 Tide Shaper 

Sideboard

2 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner 

2 Chalice of the Void

2 Hurkyl's Recall

2 Dismember

2 Counterspell

2 Relic of Progenitus

1 Unlicensed Hearse

2 Brazen Borrow

RD 1 Belcher W

RD 2 Glimpse Elemental Combo W

RD 3 UW Hammer W

RD 4 Grix Death's Shadow W

RD 5 Boros Burn W

RD 6 Yorion Control Ephemerate L

RD 7 Rakdos Tempo ID

Q UW Hammer W

S Titan Wish Valakut L

RD 1 Belcher 

Game three: The opponent tried to kill three members of my school with Fury. But it was met by its blue sibling, Subtlety. Then at the end of his turn, I vialed in two lords. Swung my entire school for the win.   

RD 2 Glimpse Elemental Combo

I think I won the game because of a Chalice of the Void for zero. Subtlety denied every disenchant-creature the opponent plays. Two Tide Shapers also contributed to the win by converting the opponent's key shocklands into basic Islands.  

RD 3 UW Hammer

Game three: Two Merfolk Tricksters, two Brazen Borrowers, and a Subtlety all made key defensive stoppage on whoever was holding the hammers. Merfolk Tricksters, Subtlety, a Tide Shaper, and Silvergill Adepts took over offensively. Win.

RD 4 vs Grix Death's Shadow

The opponent committed a crucial misplay in this round. I had two Chalice of the Voids (the first is set at one and the other is at two). He summoned an Engineered Explosive. Paid one red and one black then asked me if it is good. Realizing that the Fifth Dawn artifact's casting cost is at two, I simply point my index finger at my Chalice for two card. His Explosive got countered. 

RD 5 Boros Burn

I do not know if it matters, but I Subtlety his turn one Monastery Swiftspear. 

Svyelun Sea and Sky is a house vs Boros Burn. But the real MVP in this game was Tide Shaper because he alone denied my opponent access to double red mana. After I won, he showed me his hand. Eidolon of the Great Rebel, Searing Blaze, and Skewer the Critics. Maybe you're wondering why Skewer the Critics, it is because the opponent won't be able to cast it if what is left are Islands. Tide Shaper, you the real MVP.  

RD 6 Yorion Elementals

I lost this game by a mile. Solitude, evoke trigger on the stack. Then Ephemerate it. Then in his upkeep, rebound Ephemerate, that's like three for one card. Not to mention Fury. 

RD 7 Rakdos Tempo

ID.

Q: UW Hammer

A germ token with Kaldra Compleat and Shadowspear vs. a school of merfolk (three lord effects, Svyelun Sea and Sky, and two Merfolk Tricksters).

 

S: Titan Valakut-Wish

Game one: The crucial point of this game was when the opponent asked me if Wish is good. I checked his board state: a 2/4 green nymph creature, eight red-green lands (two of them were Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle) wherein five of his red-green lands were still standing. I thought he'll go for Wish into Scapeshift. I checked my hand and I have a lot of blue cards to pitch for Force of Negation. I allowed the red sorcery card and it fetched his third Valakut land. Comes into play. Triple bolt you sir. I checked my life points and it says there nine. GG. 

Game two: My opening hand had three Spreading Seas effects in it. I thought this is good enough to delay his game plan. But things went south when his Dryad of the Ilysian Grove resolves. It repainted the lands red. Then two Valakut lands came down in his next turn. Team Merfolk was not able to recover after that. 

It was a very good run for team mono-blue. 

This is all for now. Thank you for reading.

Paeng