Fresh Fish for T II

[Turtlewax Joe]

I decided against a UB fish deck because of the temptation to play Undermines which I can not get by any means (If you have any I want them) So I came up with this simple UR build that looks pretty consistent to me

It kinda works like Sligh, it gets an early offence and burns blockers and opponents before they know what hit them....it's a little faster than the UB because of the Direct Damage capabilities.

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (good name, eh?)

4x Lord of Atlantis
4x Merfolk Looter
4x Vodalian Merchant
4x Razorfin Hunter
4x FTK

4x Fire/Ice
4x Counterspell
4x Syncopate
4x Shock
4x Flame Burst

4x Cephalid Colliseum
2x Barbarian Ring
7x Mountain
7x Island

T.J.

 

[mpgsheep]

not sure why cephalid coliseum is there, and why no shivan reefs. I would also drop flameburts for Firebolt, and try and include antoehr set of 4 merfolk, maybe coral merfolk?

 

[Gizmo]

4 Coral Merfolk
4 Lord Of Atlantis
3 Merfolk Looter
3 Razorfin Hunter
4 Flametongue Kavu

4 Fire/Ice
4 Counterspell
4 Memory Lapse (a gazillion times better than Syncopate)
4 Urzas Rage
4 Repulse

1 Barbarian Ring
2 Cephalid Colosseum
4 Shivan Reef
6 Mountain
9 Island

I dont like it much though. Without Vodalian Zombie you are likely to be crushed by green decks. I dont rate Razorfin Hunter at all, by comparison.

 

[Turtlewax Joe]

4x Lord of Atlantis
4x Coral Merfolk
4x Vodalian Merchant
3x Merfolk Looter
3x Razorfin Hunter
4x FTK

4x Counterspell
4x Syncopate
4x Fire/Ice
4x Shock
2x Suffocating Blast

4x Shivan Reef
4x Barbarian Ring
7x Island
5x Mountain

There you have it folks a new deck list for fish
not as strong as UB but still (in my opinion) darn good.
REASONING:
Firebolt: Instants are king and sorceries stink...simply put, let's move on

Suffocating Blast: Oh well if I have to burn my own creatures, most decks will give me a target

Syncopate: I don't care about "tempo advantage" and That is why I chose Syncopate over Mem. Lapse. I also like the fact that when I Syncopate a Call of the Herd that it can't get flashed back

T.J.