Episode 114: Modern Merfolk: A Brief History of Spreading Seas - a podcast by The Dive Down

This week it's a Modern-focused, Patron-thanking episode that's all about one of the format's classics, Merfolk. That's right. You've been waiting for 2 years for us to dive down into the depths of these seas. But first, we'll take a look through the Mana Traders Series from this month. It's Modern. It's good. Again. Dave hates seafood. Stan combos off. Shane is — surprisingly — a friend to all fish, everywhere.
The Break Down: Manatraders ModernThe Dive Down: Turn 1 Aether Vial
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Timestamps:3:16 - Special Patreon shoutout / Housekeeping
6:12 - The Break Down begins - the Manatraders Modern Month7:33 - The overall Manatraders metagame
11:10 - 6-3 conversion rates15:35 - The top 8
27:10 - Quick top 16 analysis of the weekend Challenges28:39 - Takeaways and takes from the weekend's events
39:10 - The Dive Down begins: Modern Merfolk!41:00 - What this deck is about
43:52 - A brief history of Merfolk49:45 - The construction options of Merfolk
54:04 - The Lords59:25 - The Beaters
1:05:01 - The Disruptive Creatures1:13:20 - Aether Vial. It's good.
1:14:27 - Disruptive Spells1:20:38 - The Lands. AKA Mutavault.
1:21:18 - Our playing experiences: what we played this week1:22:35 - Dave on Azorius Merfolk
1:27:30 - Shane on Simic Merfolk1:33:55 - Stan on Mystic Reflection Combo Fish
1:44:22 - What Merfolk does well, and what it doesn't1:53:45 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:The Manatraders Metagame: https://twitter.com/YahiAnael/status/1365562502298361858?s=20
UW Merfolk: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3743267#paperMystic Reflection Merfolk: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3765702#paper
Simic Merfolk: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/merfolk-decklist-by-zxrogue-1092933Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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