B/U Merfolk Draw/Denial - Suggestions?

garylisk · Joined: 23 Jun 2008 Posts: 1

I'm an old fart who has gotten back into magic after a long time, and I must say I am loving the current block.

With my limited card library, I have made 3 decks, all Type 2 legal. I am currently working on, and looking for any suggestions for, this one in particular...

18
Lands
13 Island
1 Swamp
1 Moonring Island
1 Howltooth Hollow
1 Shimmering Grotto
1 Vivid Marsh

15
Creatures
1 Benthicore
1 Cloud Elemental
1 Crafty Pathmage
2 Drowner Initiate
1 Ghastlord of Fugue
1 Inkfathom Infiltrator
1 Inkfathom Witch
2 Merrow Witsniper
2 Stonybrook Angler
2 Stonybrook Banneret
1 Supreme Exemplar

7
Instant
1 Broken Ambitions
2 Cancel
1 Logic Knot
2 Negate
1 Remove Soul

15
Sorcery
2 Distant Melody
1 Flow of Ideas
1 Foresee
2 Memory Sluice
3 Mind Rot
3 Ponder
1 Reminisce
2 River's Grasp

5
Enchantment
1 Fear
1 Protective Bubble
1 Robe of Mirrors
1 Shimmering Wings
1 Wound Reflection

Yes it's very random, but like I said, I am limited in card selection, but as I gain more cards, I can take what you may recommend into consideration. I think it's a fairly fun little deck, anyway, with room for big improvement.

I was first trying to build a deck where all the creatures would be unblockable, and I thought I would try with Merfolk with flying, islandwalk, etc... and things that turned lands into islands for me to "walk on", but as I went through more cards, and found more and more Merfolk type cards focused on discard, I thought it might work to have a deck that makes people discard while I draw. There are also still plenty of unblockable/hard to block creatures or enhancements that make creatures that way.

OK so that's it from me for now. I'll wait til some other day to post my other decks (Don't want to spam), though they are not as in such need of suggestions.

trueeevil · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 163

"but as I went through more cards, and found more and more Merfolk type cards focused on discard". Since when?

I know this is from the cards you have, so it has a lot of random 1 ofs and 2 ofs. Cards like benthicore, howltooth hollow, shimmering grotto, cloud elemental, crafty pathmage, stonybrook angler, supreme examplar, and the enchantments seem like a different idea. You might want to run more discard.

snoopster · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Posts: 701 Location: nj

If you can, try to get your hands on some Lord of Atlantis and try to go a more Merfolk-central route, as he + Aquitect's Will = all your guys are unblockable. Smile

And, in general, as you obtain more cards, try to run less 1-ofs and more 4-ofs, as this makes your deck more consistant.

Good luck! Cool