The card that the subgame winner puts onto the main-game battlefield doesn't have to come from the subgame battlefield
There are also plenty of merfolk lords to play, like Merfolk Sovereign, Master of the Pearl Trident, and Merrow Reejerey
Creature - Kraken Color tag templates(None) Simic Sky Swallower Flying, trample Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.) Creature - Leviathan Color tag templates(None) Slinn Voda, the Rising Deep Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) When Slinn Voda enters, if it was kicked, return all creatures to their owners' hands except for Merfolk, Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents
Gemstone Caverns follows this up
Its easy to replace a basic Forest for this card
A new mechanic, Enlist, takes a little bit of explaining, but it's basically an updated version of banding