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Channel Nikachu: Modern Mono-Blue Merfolk Action

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March 16, 2022
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Mono-Blue Merfolk is the ultimate exercise in tempo. You have no removal so every move matters. How you block, bounce, and attack needs to be executed delicately because winning with Merfolk is an art... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Chalice Crushes the Competition

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March 10, 2022
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Can Merfolk compete vs Dragon's Rage Channeler and Ragavan in Modern? They can with Chalice of the Void. Watch this one-card combo make 1-mana decks suffer! Companion1 x Yorion, Sky Nomad Creature... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Chalice Folk Returns

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March 9, 2022
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The threat of Death's Shadow and Crashing Footfalls decks are too strong, Merfolk is too clunky at too high of a curve to combat them. Chalice of the Void will save the Fish by neutralizing all their 1-drop... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Chalice of the Void Shows it’s WORTH In Modern Merfolk!

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September 2, 2021
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Why does Merfolk maindeck Chalice? Because 75% of the metagame leans on 1-mana or 0-mana spells. Fortunately Merfolk runs mostly 2- and 3-mana spells. In this league Chalice shows why this is a top 5 ca... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Can Mill Crabs Race Merfolk?

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August 31, 2021
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Mill is on the rise, crushing combo decks by dumping combos into their graveyard. Mill also got upgraded with Tasha's Hideous Laughter to beat graveyard shuffle effects like Emrakul. Merfolk can match t... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Tempo Out Modern with Merfolk!

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August 29, 2021
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Chalice of the Void is now one of the most played cards in Modern. Even UW Control is building around it. Merfolk has been on Chalice since day 1 with the Tempo-bounce plan which is a reliable strategy ... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Petty Theft + Chalice of the Void = ???

Nikachu
August 24, 2021
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Petty Theft continues to be Merfolk's strategy with Chalice of the Void in combination with Harbinger of the Tides. Brazen Borrower also is a meaningful threat at flash speed and gives you more reason t... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Brazen Borrower Bounces Back for Merfolk

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August 21, 2021
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Brazen Borrower returns to Modern Merfolk for the Petty Theft ability. Merfolk Trickster is replaced because tapping down early creatures like Ragavan isn't as powerful as bouncing the creature and play... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Merfolk’s Time to Tempo-Out the Competition

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August 19, 2021
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
In addition to Merfolk's tempo creatures, Dismember is a mana-efficient removal spell to keep up with the mana efficiency of the Modern format (Ragavan, DRC, Hammer Time). Slow them down and race them out... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Mono-Blue Merfolk with the Chalice of the Void Strategy

Nikachu
August 16, 2021
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Chalice of the Void is perhaps the most popular card in Modern sideboards, but Merfolk can play it easily in the maindeck! We play very few 1-drops (Tide Shaper and Aether Vial) and Dismember has a ma... Read More...
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