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Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk Top 8s Modern Challenge! Pt. 1/3

Nikachu
April 9, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Simic Merfolk makes the top 8 of the Modern Challenge proving that even in as hostile of times of Eldrazi Tron, Amulet Titan, and Urza decks, Merfolk is still adaptable enough to compete in Modern at a compet... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk WITHOUT Silvergill Adept Goes 5-0

Nikachu
March 26, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists
Time to revisit Simic Merfolk in Modern! It's time to get fast so we're running 8 1-CMC creatures like Benthic Biomancer and Kumena's Speaker to get on the ground early. Then we back it up with 14 lords inclu... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk without Oko

Nikachu
February 8, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists
Playing Oko, Thief of Crowns in Simic Merfolk required a painful manabase, shocklands, and fetchlands. Today, Dismember is very well positioned, but I don't want to take extra damage from my lands. Now, post-Ok... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk in Pioneer!

Nikachu
January 30, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists
The search for the Right Merfolk deck in Pioneer continues. Now we go Simic with Kiora's Follower to ramp into a Collected Company on turn 3! Kiora's Follower can also untap creatures to make surprise blockers.... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Pioneer Hardened Scales Merfolk

Nikachu
January 19, 2020
Channel Nikachu, Decklists
What do you get when you combine Merfolk with Hardened Scales? You make Gigantic Merfolk! Get synergy from Merfolk Branchwalker, Deeproot Elite, Jadelight Ranger and friends to grow enormous and overpower the o... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Once Upon a Time + Veil of Summer + Merfolk = ???

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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 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: 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...
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