Episode 114: Modern Merfolk: A Brief History of Spreading Seas

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 Modern The Dive Down: Turn 1 Aether Vial The Dive Down, cont: Turn 4 Spreading Seas Download the FREE Untapped Companion to track your stats, see your decklists, get details on your performance and more! Use our link to help us out without spending anything: https://mtga.untapped.gg/companion?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=divedown Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown" Timestamps: 3:16 - Special Patreon shoutout / Housekeeping 6:12 - The Break Down begins - the Manatraders Modern Month 7:33 - The overall Manatraders metagame 11:10 - 6-3 conversion rates 15:35 - The top 8 27:10 - Quick top 16 analysis of the weekend Challenges 28:39 - 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 Merfolk 49:45 - The construction options of Merfolk 54:04 - The Lords 59:25 - The Beaters 1:05:01 - The Disruptive Creatures 1:13:20 - Aether Vial. It's good. 1:14:27 - Disruptive Spells 1:20:38 - The Lands. AKA Mutavault. 1:21:18 - Our playing experiences: what we played this week 1:22:35 - Dave on Azorius Merfolk 1:27:30 - Shane on Simic Merfolk 1:33:55 - Stan on Mystic Reflection Combo Fish 1:44:22 - What Merfolk does well, and what it doesn't 1:53:45 - 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#paper Mystic Reflection Merfolk: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3765702#paper Simic Merfolk: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/merfolk-decklist-by-zxrogue-1092933 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Monday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown