Merfolk - Guardians of the Sea | Magic: The Gathering Lore

Learn about the myriad races of merfolk that populate Magic: The Gathering's vast Multiverse.

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Time Stamps
0:00 - Intro and Characteristics
5:07 - Dominaria
9:56 - Lorwyn/Shadowmoor
14:42 - Zendikar
17:25 - Ixalan
21:38 - Lesser Planes
25:30 - Outro

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[warrioraidan]

My favorite Merfolk doesn't have a named plane, although I would love it if they made Shandalar her home. Araumi of the Dead Tide has lore referencing her leading pirates to her home and they slaughtered a lot of them. She then awakened her necromantic powers and she drove them away. It's a great dichotomy to Talrand who was my OG favorite Merfolk. And my 1st commander budget deck that I loved building.

[jdeaconl]

Heyyy sweet, new vid! And it looks like there's no ad breaks for this one! I don't know how much control you have over that, but not having ads in the middle is much better. They tend to be significantly louder. This channel is one of my favorites to listen to in my headphones when falling asleep... No loud, sudden ad breaks is a huge QOL fix!

Edit: I was wrong, it does have ad breaks :(

[subpump]

I love listening to these creature type stories and character stories. Learning more about the lore within this game I love is so fun. I hope more ppl start playing bc they stumbled upon your videos.

[adamhall]

Best writer in the MTG space. Love your work, keep it up!

[dac]

I just updated my Simic Merfolx deck from Tishana to Kumena, and I'm so happy to see all the depth and diversity within such an underappreciated tribe. Thank you!

[onieyoh]

I wish they would explore stories about the everyday mundane things and the adventures of everyday beings across the multiverse more. They seem so much more interesting than the stories about the Planeswalkers.

[gerald]

This was a great video. Merfolk is my favorite race besides the big baddies.

I really appreciate how much work goes in to these videos!

[weenwass]

I'm not gonna lie, I've been looking back on all of these videos you've made on these studies of different creature types. Something that would be cool to see would be a study in the color pie theory as a whole. And I mean as a whole like the normal colors, colorless, color combinations and phyrexian colors (yes they are different than the normal colors) either way if you do or don't, I'm still going to watch what you make. You're a fantastic story teller taking from the cards and the stories which creates a more concrete and definitive study. Keep up the fantastic work

[LysergicHouseplant]

Absolutely love your videos! So much depth and quality packed into a nice concise package.

Would love to see a video diving into the lore and history of the many Rats in Magic the Gathering.

[kalemas]

I really enjoyed this video. Lore videos that devle into the histories of races is always amazing/ facinating. MTG has such a vast multiverse to get a good chunk of it here, is a wonderful taste of the blind enternities. I hope to see more race videos going forward.

[mattd]

Love the background ocean sounds, really brings the video together. Would love to see it more in future videos 😄

[isaaccordova]

So I've been completely enamored with the way you story-tell and explain the world's and everything in between, I've been trying to write a d&d camping in MTG and the best multiverse they have and the single-player I have is a merfolk.

[lazarus]

I am very happy to have found this channel!

[christemme]

So in love with your videos! ❤ keep up the good work!!!

[Brodiesaurus]

Looking forward to a future study of kitties

[ligtnin]

I love you intro! Some feedback though, slow down the intro narrative and it would give it that final edge :)

[themaidguy]

Man I'm excited to get more merfolks this year for our return to Ixalan.

[Ash-qpyw]

Despite being home to the only merfolk planeswalker, I never really think of merfolk being a race on Zendikar... It's a very vertical plane, you don't really think downwards. I'd imagine the Roil is even worse underwater, with sharp waterways and whirlpools and things like that Although now they're slowly going extinct after the eldrazi attack could make for an interesting story....

Also I agree with the other guy saying they're very elf-life.

[gooderambles]

I've been looking forward to this one for a while and I love it, but...
How could you forget to mention the Saprazzans?

[AlexYuvia]

I’ve been waiting for this!!! Super 🥲 making pop corn for this one 🍿