Merfolk tribal strategies use the deep pool of lord effects and islandwalk enablers to create a consistently buffed team of evasive creatures. Top Merfolk commanders for EDH stack lord bonuses across multiple merfolk lords to create massive evasive threats.
Merfolk commanders build around a lord-heavy tribe that rewards going wide, usually in blue for card draw and tempo. Islandwalk and other evasion effects show up often.
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