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I was literally just becoming dejected with this game because I wanted to play big Merlin snd big Dragon Mim but I couldn't line up my ratios, resulting in some bad-feeling losses. This deck is VERY close to my list, but I'm 10 cards off ratio-wide, and honestly this list feels like the difference I may have needed to stay in the game. Thanks for this. Congratulations. As a blurple Merlin main since the trial deck, I cry tears of joy seeing this. Thank you
@@ValianceGames I love to hear that 😭 I know exactly what you mean too, I had a string of losses to all the meta decks until I got to this exact list. I have some Blurple gameplay otw soon so check em out! I'll try to go into the nuances and specifics of the deck to hopefully help y'all navigate my build! 🫡
played blurple all set. It was fun. hard to play against steel song at times. I was avid that merlin tutor was good and I also found the sweet spot to be at 2x. Mufasa was a good closer. I took out my cogsworth and added pan for diablo but regret it. I definitely think 4 chernabogs followers is needed.
Steelsong was rough for sure, ursula for 7 followed by mufasa for 8 felt so good against them though haha. Yeah the cogs was great, pete for diablos might've been a good idea for me as well! And yeah rafiki didnt do too well for me personally more followers sounds good!
I did not have to play against it often but if it's a constant problem perhaps the 2 drop 3/2 evasive Cruella could be an answer? Usually I just leave Diablo alone until I deal with them with Elsa or Belle or something 😅
When green steel discard was bad I did the 2/3 pan and he did WORK. take out Diablo and then crab to take out beast and then their discard draw engine isn't enough to support them.
@@bryanwong1625 I agree! I did add it to the list initially for that, just found I didn't have to do it often? I may just have been biased during the making of this video from the volume of red blue players I encountered 😂
@@zerotheherolorcana It really depends on your matchup. If you play against steel song, you need things to kill singers. If you play against ES, you need something to kill ursula. If you are playing against Hyper aggro, you will NEED it. Jank location decks, yes. But if you are playing a bunch of red blue, it is completely useless, but that is only 1 deck out of the entire meta. Don't let one tournament dictate a card. I'm watching your video right now.
Oh I gotcha for sure, I'm not considering eliminating it but bringing it down to 2 instead of 3. One thing to note with Steelsong/ES is they can sing Storm Rage On to take him out too so it's still ehhh, but he does help a lot with locations or when Crab buffs him for a big hit
@@zerotheherolorcana well...if the idiot wants to waste a 3 drop song on a rafiki. You say go ahead, otherwise it would be a turn 4 play with ursula. But if they do sign storm rage with ursula, its not the song thats the problem. Its ursula. You have rush to kill that singer.
Steelsong with Cinderella on 1 will almost always sing LTSRO on anything that moves 😂 and the problem with Rafiki is he can't quest or be traded for free with, so he stands at the ready til removed sometimes haha. But he does deter like Smee and the like from questing so not bad still!
Would not be a bad idea, Library has carried so many of my games 👀 and agreed! If anything I don't have enough Merlins haha kinda wanna slot a Crab back in!
Turn 3 Library was usually cracked. Would get me 4+ lore, sometimes surviving the whole game, and so many cards. One game I played, it got Hide Awayed so I played another one on turn 4 as well. Beyond that, just be careful not to overcommit and maintain a resource advantage. Take out Hirams ASAP. Also if you see them bricking, like not inking or playing on turn 5, apply heavy pressure before they reach those outs in their hand. Some games just get out of hand though if they accelerate ramp and have all the removal against you
How do you think this would run with 3x Merlin instead of 2x? I've pulled four Merlins so far but no Mufasas, and I'm missing one or two of the other 7-cost cards in your list. Wondering if I can sub a Merlin in place!
You could certainly give it a shot! I will say I had a few instances where I had shift Merlin in hand but couldn't get Merlin to stick on board to shift onto and they're kinda dead cards in that scenario.. maybe 3 might not be so bad tho! Could give it a shot. Also running more Let it Gos if you're running more Merlins might be correct so you have more to search for!
For Diablo I usually have to ramp to Elsa, the good part of that at least is usually I can exert something else to also take out. If it's a constant issue I may suggest teching in Peter Pan or his Shadow? Probably the Shadow since it works with Fox and can be ramped into with Tipo. For Hiram, usually they get 1 quest in but from there we can usually trade into it, especially with Crab in hand!
What was your match up during this event ? I feel Merlin is you're less experienced like me.. its hard to know what to find. I love your deck list. I would like to fit GSD seems great card against discard, maybe cut 2 donald. Do you have discord ( I supose yes ) .. i would like to discuss about this deck. :)
I went into matchups in another comment but if you want the more detailed rundown I did that on my twitter live as I was playing! For Merlin searching I usually ask myself what I need done in a certain situation. Is there something in my deck that will solve it? Does playing Merlin even help the situation or should I develop something else? Sometimes I search for a Mim so I can bounce a Goat one more time or vice versa, or search for a Library so I can pressure the board but not overcommit into a board wipe. He's super flexible which I love!
@@zerotheherolorcana I'll check this out ! But anyway to msg you.. my store championship its October 20th.. i might bring this deck if I feel comfortable with it.
@@NickRondo Alright! Best of luck! I will be posting several more Blurple games before that so hope they'll be of help in the understanding of the deck 😁
What was the matchup spread for your champs? I played Set champs the other day was 3-0 against Green Yellow, Red Purple & Red Blue, i then got paired down twice and lost to amber amethyst aggro, then lost to vegas red steel.
Ah sorry to hear, that's unfortunate D: after I saw the Vegas red steel build I was actually concerned about our matchup into it too lol, feel like you have to hit crab at least to survive... and aggro of course otd and/or bricking it's over. I went to 2 smaller ones this weekend since they were back to back and I didn't want to burn out. The first only 8 out of like 16 showed up so a 3-0 got us the win as the only undefeated. We beat 2 RB Sisu on Ices and 1 GS Discard. Day 2 we went 2-1-1 beating AmySteel and Amber Sapphire, tied against Sisu and lost to Steelsong. We got paired down so bubbled out at 5th!
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The library was so gas!! It definitely was putting in work!! Congrats on the journey so far man!! 1k subs around the corner 🎉
Thank youuuu!! It was fun playing against you! Let's gooo 1k!! 💪💪💪
Congratz king! Well deserved =) Grabbed a Promo last weekend as well, yay! Let's see what the next stores will bring...
Thanks friend!! And congrats to you as well!!!
Best of luck in your upcoming championships haha
I was literally just becoming dejected with this game because I wanted to play big Merlin snd big Dragon Mim but I couldn't line up my ratios, resulting in some bad-feeling losses. This deck is VERY close to my list, but I'm 10 cards off ratio-wide, and honestly this list feels like the difference I may have needed to stay in the game.
Thanks for this. Congratulations. As a blurple Merlin main since the trial deck, I cry tears of joy seeing this. Thank you
@@ValianceGames I love to hear that 😭 I know exactly what you mean too, I had a string of losses to all the meta decks until I got to this exact list.
I have some Blurple gameplay otw soon so check em out! I'll try to go into the nuances and specifics of the deck to hopefully help y'all navigate my build! 🫡
@@zerotheherolorcana I subbed, too, so I'll definitely be peeping the next vids coming. Stand strong for us Merlin enjoyers
@@ValianceGames You know I will!! 💪💪💪
As a blurple main this set. This makes me so happy. Congrats!
Thank you!! Blurple boys rise up!! 🙌
played blurple all set. It was fun. hard to play against steel song at times. I was avid that merlin tutor was good and I also found the sweet spot to be at 2x. Mufasa was a good closer. I took out my cogsworth and added pan for diablo but regret it. I definitely think 4 chernabogs followers is needed.
Steelsong was rough for sure, ursula for 7 followed by mufasa for 8 felt so good against them though haha. Yeah the cogs was great, pete for diablos might've been a good idea for me as well! And yeah rafiki didnt do too well for me personally more followers sounds good!
Congrats on the mat man. The deck looks fun.
Thank you!! Can't wait to see more content from you as well!
@@zerotheherolorcana I'll have the chance to stream 2 store champs this weekend.
Congrats!
Thank you!!
Awesome deck played it the weekend, only issue I had was against Diablos in hidden cove. Any advice? I found Elsa was just too slow against Diablo
I did not have to play against it often but if it's a constant problem perhaps the 2 drop 3/2 evasive Cruella could be an answer? Usually I just leave Diablo alone until I deal with them with Elsa or Belle or something 😅
When green steel discard was bad I did the 2/3 pan and he did WORK. take out Diablo and then crab to take out beast and then their discard draw engine isn't enough to support them.
What are those card sleeves? They are awesome with the shiny side
They're art sleeves of the anime Frieren! Found them on Amazon 😁
I think rafiki is necessary just to beat things up early game. It keeps the 1-3 drops at bay while you build your board on ink.
@@bryanwong1625 I agree! I did add it to the list initially for that, just found I didn't have to do it often? I may just have been biased during the making of this video from the volume of red blue players I encountered 😂
@@zerotheherolorcana It really depends on your matchup. If you play against steel song, you need things to kill singers. If you play against ES, you need something to kill ursula. If you are playing against Hyper aggro, you will NEED it. Jank location decks, yes. But if you are playing a bunch of red blue, it is completely useless, but that is only 1 deck out of the entire meta. Don't let one tournament dictate a card. I'm watching your video right now.
Oh I gotcha for sure, I'm not considering eliminating it but bringing it down to 2 instead of 3. One thing to note with Steelsong/ES is they can sing Storm Rage On to take him out too so it's still ehhh, but he does help a lot with locations or when Crab buffs him for a big hit
@@zerotheherolorcana well...if the idiot wants to waste a 3 drop song on a rafiki. You say go ahead, otherwise it would be a turn 4 play with ursula. But if they do sign storm rage with ursula, its not the song thats the problem. Its ursula. You have rush to kill that singer.
Steelsong with Cinderella on 1 will almost always sing LTSRO on anything that moves 😂 and the problem with Rafiki is he can't quest or be traded for free with, so he stands at the ready til removed sometimes haha. But he does deter like Smee and the like from questing so not bad still!
Without the brooms and very few followers, test four library's!
Always run four rabbits!
Would not be a bad idea, Library has carried so many of my games 👀 and agreed! If anything I don't have enough Merlins haha kinda wanna slot a Crab back in!
Great deck i run a similar version. Very minor differences. What do you do against Ruby/Sapphire. I went 0-2 against it Sunday.
Turn 3 Library was usually cracked. Would get me 4+ lore, sometimes surviving the whole game, and so many cards. One game I played, it got Hide Awayed so I played another one on turn 4 as well.
Beyond that, just be careful not to overcommit and maintain a resource advantage. Take out Hirams ASAP. Also if you see them bricking, like not inking or playing on turn 5, apply heavy pressure before they reach those outs in their hand.
Some games just get out of hand though if they accelerate ramp and have all the removal against you
How do you think this would run with 3x Merlin instead of 2x? I've pulled four Merlins so far but no Mufasas, and I'm missing one or two of the other 7-cost cards in your list. Wondering if I can sub a Merlin in place!
You could certainly give it a shot! I will say I had a few instances where I had shift Merlin in hand but couldn't get Merlin to stick on board to shift onto and they're kinda dead cards in that scenario.. maybe 3 might not be so bad tho! Could give it a shot. Also running more Let it Gos if you're running more Merlins might be correct so you have more to search for!
@@zerotheherolorcana Thank you for the reply :) I think I'll give it a shot!
How you deal with hiram and diablo i want to play the deck but those 2 interactions have been pissing me out
For Diablo I usually have to ramp to Elsa, the good part of that at least is usually I can exert something else to also take out. If it's a constant issue I may suggest teching in Peter Pan or his Shadow? Probably the Shadow since it works with Fox and can be ramped into with Tipo. For Hiram, usually they get 1 quest in but from there we can usually trade into it, especially with Crab in hand!
What was your match up during this event ? I feel Merlin is you're less experienced like me.. its hard to know what to find. I love your deck list. I would like to fit GSD seems great card against discard, maybe cut 2 donald. Do you have discord ( I supose yes ) .. i would like to discuss about this deck. :)
I went into matchups in another comment but if you want the more detailed rundown I did that on my twitter live as I was playing!
For Merlin searching I usually ask myself what I need done in a certain situation. Is there something in my deck that will solve it? Does playing Merlin even help the situation or should I develop something else? Sometimes I search for a Mim so I can bounce a Goat one more time or vice versa, or search for a Library so I can pressure the board but not overcommit into a board wipe. He's super flexible which I love!
@@zerotheherolorcana I'll check this out ! But anyway to msg you.. my store championship its October 20th.. i might bring this deck if I feel comfortable with it.
@@NickRondo Alright! Best of luck! I will be posting several more Blurple games before that so hope they'll be of help in the understanding of the deck 😁
What was the matchup spread for your champs? I played Set champs the other day was 3-0 against Green Yellow, Red Purple & Red Blue, i then got paired down twice and lost to amber amethyst aggro, then lost to vegas red steel.
yeah if A/A Aggro OTP .. could be fatal if they got everything.
Ah sorry to hear, that's unfortunate D: after I saw the Vegas red steel build I was actually concerned about our matchup into it too lol, feel like you have to hit crab at least to survive... and aggro of course otd and/or bricking it's over.
I went to 2 smaller ones this weekend since they were back to back and I didn't want to burn out. The first only 8 out of like 16 showed up so a 3-0 got us the win as the only undefeated. We beat 2 RB Sisu on Ices and 1 GS Discard. Day 2 we went 2-1-1 beating AmySteel and Amber Sapphire, tied against Sisu and lost to Steelsong. We got paired down so bubbled out at 5th!
What is Vegas red steel? The knights flynn gustav and 8 locations package?
@@drorios8864 yes