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Channel Nikachu: Uro Merfolk!

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January 21, 2021
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Merfolk has tested every card in Simic except one: Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath. Merfolk can consistently fill the graveyard with Merfolk Branchwalker and Jadelight Ranger to Escape Uro. The lifegain and ... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Festive Azorius Spirits!

Nikachu
January 7, 2021
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Hold on to the Spirit of the Season with Azorius Spirits. The deck runs enough counterspells with Mausoleum Wanderer and Spell Queller to fight off Combo and Control while exiling creature decks with Path to ... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Pithing Needle in Modern Merfolk!

Nikachu
December 26, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Pithing Needle Proves itself in Modern Merfolk. This card is easily stock as a 4x in the Merfolk sideboard. It answers Expedition Map, Blast Zone, Planeswalkers, Arbor Elf, Devoted Druid, Walking Ballis... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Historic Merfolk DESTROYS Sultai Uro Decks

Nikachu
December 24, 2020
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Merfolk has received multiple upgrades to Historic over the last few months: Glasspool Mimic, Botanical Sanctum, and especially Collected Company. Watch it dismantle the best deck in Historic: Uro Control. ... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk with Maindeck Chalice!

Nikachu
December 17, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Chalice of the Void has moved to the maindeck to give us a winning game 1 vs. Obosh Prowess and Death's Shadow decks. This is how to adapt Simic Merfolk for the Modern Meta. Lands4 x Bota... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Spreading Seas-less Merfolk

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November 22, 2020
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A lot of the top decks ignore Spreading Seas (Mono Red Prowess, Uro, Titan decks) or have an answer to it in the form of Skyclave Apparition or Ghost Quarter. So why run the card at all? Let's mix Simic w... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk with Thieving Skydiver!

Nikachu
November 17, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Testing Thieving Skydiver in Simic Merfolk! Thieving Skydiver replaces Brazen Borrower; it can steal Aether Vial and potentially steal an Ensnaring Bridge (we'll have enough cards in our hand to attack). ... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Glasspool Simic!

Nikachu
November 12, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Can Glasspool Mimic be played in Simic Merfolk? Merrow Reejerey is a bit too good to replace with Merfolk Mistbinder, but Kumena's Speaker is way better than Benthic Biomancer. Let's try Simic with Mimi... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk 5-0 League!

Nikachu
October 3, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Nikachu continues his streak of winning results from the Simic color pie. Merfolk is the only winning Simic archetype not running Uro! Lands4 x Botanical Sanctum4 x Cavern of Souls3 x Mut... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk vs Random Metagame

Nikachu
October 1, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
It has always been asked: is Merfolk better vs. a predictable or random metagame? Merfolk is generally a deck that needs to be tuned for what it is expecting, so how well will it fare when it is unprepa... Read More...
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    January 18, 2021

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