If you want to play more of a controlling deck, Talrand, Sky Summoner is the right Merfolk for the job
This past weekends Magic Spotlight: Planetary Rotation was, by most metrics, a disaster
This deck, by elvin7, features the following cards: Creatures: 4x Frenzied Baloth 4x Hemosymbic Mite 4x Keen-Eyed Curator 4x Llanowar Elves 4x Ouroboroid 4x Pawpatch Recruit 2x Sentinel of the Nameless City 3x Surrak, Elusive Hunter Enchantments: 4x Innkeeper's Talent Instants: 3x Giant Growth 2x Royal Treatment 2x Tifa's Limit Break Lands: 18x Forest 2x Soulstone Sanctuary This list is likely not the be-all, end-all of Mono Green MTG decks in Standard, but it's a great example of how a simple game plan can disrupt even the strongest of combos
For instance, a character might generate one example token every turn theyre on the board, and when they get to three of them, you can discard the tokens to banish a character
The black border works well with this artwork adding a dark edging which contrasts with the orange background and flames in the mana well
But no draw punisher can match Orcish Bowmasters, with its combination of a massive amass token, board control, and direct damage making it the single most valuable card in the deck