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Merfolk

Merfolk is 0.2% of the Modern metagame over the last 30 days, with 13 results in the last 60 days. Updated October 12, 2026.

Average main deck

• 8 Island
• 4 Tide Shaper
• 4 Lord of Atlantis
• 4 Master of the Pearl Trident
• 4 Aether Vial
• 4 Harbinger of the Seas
• 3 Cavern of Souls
• 3 Mutavault
• 1 Otawara, Soaring City
• 3 Tishana's Tidebinder (in 92% of lists)
• 4 Vodalian Hexcatcher (in 85% of lists)
• 4 Sink into Stupor (in 85% of lists)
• 3 Force of Negation (in 85% of lists)
• 3 Flare of Denial (in 77% of lists)
• 3 Silvergill Mentor (in 54% of lists)
• 2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (in 54% of lists)
• 4 Mindspring Merfolk (in 46% of lists)
• 3 Merfolk Trickster (in 46% of lists)
• 3 Floodpits Drowner (in 38% of lists)
• 3 Silvergill Adept (in 38% of lists)
• 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge (in 31% of lists)
• 2 Glasspool Mimic (in 23% of lists)
• 2 Namor the Sub-Mariner (in 23% of lists)
• 3 Vapor Snag (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Waterlogged Grove (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Fiery Islet (in 15% of lists)
• 1 Agna Qel'a (in 15% of lists)
• 3 Spreading Seas (in 8% of lists)
• 2 Mockingbird (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Oboro, Palace in the Clouds (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Consign to Memory (in 8% of lists)

Sideboard

• 4 Consign to Memory
• 3 Chalice of the Void (in 69% of lists)
• 3 Stern Scolding (in 62% of lists)
• 2 Force of Negation (in 38% of lists)
• 2 Grafdigger's Cage (in 38% of lists)
• 2 Spell Snare (in 31% of lists)
• 4 Disrupting Shoal (in 23% of lists)
• 3 Dismember (in 23% of lists)
• 2 Mistcaller (in 23% of lists)
• 1 Surgical Extraction (in 23% of lists)
• 4 Precise Redaction (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Subtlety (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Torpor Orb (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Damping Sphere (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Tidebinder Mage (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Svyelun of Sea and Sky (in 15% of lists)
• 2 Hurkyl's Recall (in 15% of lists)
• 1 Tishana's Tidebinder (in 15% of lists)
• 3 Floodpits Drowner (in 8% of lists)
• 2 Flare of Denial (in 8% of lists)
• 2 Vexing Bauble (in 8% of lists)
• 2 Pithing Needle (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Annul (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Sea's Claim (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Spell Pierce (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Mystical Dispute (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Into the Flood Maw (in 8% of lists)
• 1 Soul-Guide Lantern (in 8% of lists)

Recent results

• Top 32 · Zonda at Modern Challenge 32, 2026-10-10 (MTGO)
• Top 32 · lloydthevoid at ReCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Saturday - 4:00 pm, 2026-10-10 (paper)
• 64th · lloydthevoid at $5K RCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Saturday - 9:30 am, 2026-10-10 (paper)
• Top 32 · jacobisler at LCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Friday - 2:00 pm, 2026-10-09 (paper)
• 37th · jacobisler at LCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Friday - 1:00 pm, 2026-10-09 (paper)
• 54th · jacobisler at LCQ - Modern - SCG CON Los Angeles - Friday - 12:00 pm, 2026-10-09 (paper)
• Top 8 · MiguelG at Spark Fest Qualifier - Ruta5, 2026-10-04 (paper)
• 205th · ryouta kawahara at チャンピオンズカップファイナル　シーズン5ラウンド1　Champions Cup Final Season 5 Round 1, 2026-10-03 (paper)
• 307th · JeaD11 at Ottawa 2026-27 Round 1 Regional Championship, 2026-10-03 (paper)
• 370th · Ryo Sawada at チャンピオンズカップファイナル　シーズン5ラウンド1　Champions Cup Final Season 5 Round 1, 2026-10-03 (paper)
• 372th · ChrB138 at Ottawa 2026-27 Round 1 Regional Championship, 2026-10-03 (paper)
• 372th · matthewsu1 at Ottawa 2026-27 Round 1 Regional Championship, 2026-10-03 (paper)
• 443th · wakikaido at チャンピオンズカップファイナル　シーズン5ラウンド1　Champions Cup Final Season 5 Round 1, 2026-10-03 (paper)

Spicy tech

• Vexing Bauble, played by MiguelG (Top 8 at Spark Fest Qualifier - Ruta5)
• Pithing Needle, played by MiguelG (Top 8 at Spark Fest Qualifier - Ruta5)

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