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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
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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
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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
Support The Dive Down
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