That was my opinion from competitive standpoint, I fully intend on winning and don't see how future Merfolk list could be better without Mutavaults.
Branchwalker was not up to snuff in the end (it is possible it isn't even good for Standard), Speaker is not enough to destroy my manabase, this is what I think about green splash at this moment. Played UG for months, returned to U because it wasn't better.
None of the GG Merfolk will go into my future list because I don't believe they are better than any other option.
Kumena itself seems great and new uncommon Lord seems ok, but those are not reasons to start cutting lands that are a great threat in our deck.
Merfolk started to take shape from Lorwyn, 10 years ago, and all Merfolk successes contained 4 Mutavaults, for obvious reasons.
Recognizing the strength of that card is based of data, not my personal opinion on sacred cow.
If nonMutavault list becomes stock I am fully prepared to admit I was wrong, and switch of course.
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The reason I stated that UG was a bad option was that the green merfolk simply arent good enough to destroy your mana base over - turns out that this is exactly what ppl that play competitively are accepting.
Those that brew and have limited competitive experience will always advocate for 'thinking out of the box' and this is fine and dandy. However, the reality is that seasoned players of the archetype arent the 'dinosaurs' you think we are - we have good reasons based on experience to make the statements that we do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FishMTG/comments/7fr3dp/feeling_like_ug_is_more_trouble_than_its_worth/?st=JAIN81PS&sh=23fd0399
Further to this Nikachu is of a similar mind regarding this problem.
EDIT: furthermore you cannot play Dismember in a UG list - another huge problem with abandoning the well proven mono U list
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I would say it loses to a lot more then just BGx - I mean you do know that blood moon absolutely hoses the new merfolk builds - not sure why you would want to hose yourself..
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@redtwister - actually there is no such thing as tier 1.5 - and I've played all flavours of Eldrazi - made day 2 of a GP with Eldrazi. The deck was pretty garbage without Balista - and that is well accepted.
I'm not invested in UG failing - ppl that advocated for it had poor theory. Maybe it will be a mainstay, maybe it wont - if 4C Humans won the tournament it must have been very competitive!
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Lol - the deck has put a couple of results - the green splash is hardly "proven". Sure UG is better then I thought - you should expect ppl to criticize lists - thats what his forum is all about. To be fair most ppl had very poor theory behind why green would be useful and were simply playing G because they could. I cant see how your 'accurate' observations are really that accurate - merfolk pilferer - please..
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I'd love to hear from ppl that are playing UG from a non-biased view point and are comparing it to Mono-U merfolk - is it worth it based on competitive outcomes? I understand Nikachu doesnt want to make a call yet without more data..
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