Channel Nikachu: Mono-Blue Merfolk with… Repeal? Nikachu January 2, 2020 Channel Nikachu, Decklists Merfolk has been reimagined recently by a user: MHayashi. Today we pilot MHayashi's take on Modern Merfolk which features Repeal to bounce our opponent's permanents or save our own without losing on card advant... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Once Upon a Time + Veil of Summer + Merfolk = ??? Nikachu December 26, 2019 Channel Nikachu Once Upon a Time and Veil of Summer are banned in Standard; are they worth in Modern Merfolk? Once Upon a Time can increase the number of keepable hands and help dig to find a suitable one drop creature like Ku... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Ongoing Investigation Merfolk! Nikachu December 19, 2019 Channel Nikachu Ongoing Investigations followed up with Oko, Thief of Crowns means you're making an Elk army every turn. We ramp into Oko on turn two or Coco on turn three thanks to Noble Heirarch. This Merfolk deck takes a wi... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Oko in Modern Simic Merfolk Nikachu December 12, 2019 Channel Nikachu Simic Merfolk has enjoyed a new addition to their toolbox: Oko, Thief of Crowns. Thanks to Oko, Burn is no longer a bad matchup for the Simic Merfolk deck that takes a lot of damage from their lands. Oko gives ... Read More...
Channel Nikachi: Pioneer Days! Ft. Spirits and Merfolk Nikachu December 5, 2019 Channel Nikachu Pioneer UW Spirits UW Spirits has every core card from Modern ported to Pioneer. Early aggression and interaction with Mausoleum Wanderer, the 2-mana lord Supreme Phantom, and the counterspell on a creatur... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Brazen Borrower is Modern Merfolk’s Premiere Bounce Spell Nikachu October 24, 2019 Channel Nikachu Modern Merfolk has struggled to find the right bounce spell in the deck to tempo out creatures and to answer Ensnaring Bridge. Venser, Shaper's Savant, Echoing Truth, and Hurkyl's Recall all have their pros and... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Oko Is the Planeswalker That Modern Merfolk Was Waiting For! Nikachu October 17, 2019 Channel Nikachu For years Modern Merfolk longed for a planeswalker that would be playable with Merfolk's strategy and answer the problems Merfolk needed solving. With the release of Throne of Eldraine, Modern Merfolk has acces... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Master of Waves is BACK in Modern Merfolk Nikachu September 17, 2019 Channel Nikachu 3 Mono-Blue Merfolk is still competitive over Simic for two good reasons: it dodges Blood Moon, and it has a good Burn match up. Burn has been rising in numbers, filling up top 8's and winning several events. Wha... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk in the New Modern Metagame Nikachu September 12, 2019 Channel Nikachu With Faithless Looting banned and Stoneforge Mystic Unbanned, certainly Modern will change all over again. When a format changes drastically, how do we change our deck? We don't. Nikachu sticks to the exact sam... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk WITHOUT Silvergill Adept! Nikachu September 5, 2019 Channel Nikachu In a world where everyone is trying to win between turns 1-4, Gut Shot doesn't cut it anymore. Silvergill, the staple that used to grind out the opponents in card advantage, has no place in Modern where you die... Read More...