Meren Combo

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

bobrinkman

Creature (42)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Myr Battlesphere
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (38)

• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 7x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Strip Mine
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Talisman of Resilience
• 1x Thought Vessel

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Tooth and Nail

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

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This is a combo-focused version of Meren, rather than a control/stax build. Options include Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion , Carrion Feeder + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista , Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Zulaport Cutthroat or Melira, Sylvok Outcast + Zulaport Cutthroat + Putrid Goblin + Carrion Feeder. Viscera Seer, Woe Strider, and Ashnod's Altar are backup sac outlets, Woodfall Primus is a backup persist creature, and Syr Konrad, the Grim is a backup Cutthroat.

The rest of the deck consists of toolbox creatures and tutors. If you can get Protean Hulk plus a sac outlet (Phyrexian Tower is great) you can do: Sac Protean Hulk to tutor for Phyrexian Delver + Carrion Feeder. Delver brings back Protean Hulk. Sac it to Carrion Feeder and go get Melira, Cutthroat and Putrid Goblin to complete the combo. Another option is to entwine Tooth and Nail to get Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion .

As much as possible I've chosen cheap creatures for ramp, the goal being to get Meren out on turn 3. The best ramp pieces are the ones that can sac themselves to give experience counters and then be recurred with Meren.

Journey to Eternity   is very good. Being able to recur a creature at instant speed (say Protean Hulk) when everyone else is tapped out can sometimes win you the game on the spot. Putting it on Sakura-Tribe Elder in the early turns feels pretty good too.

2020-02-01 updates

Wanted to try some Eldraine and Theros: Beyond Death cards. Mostly 1:1 substitutions for cards that play similar roles.

• • Arcane Signet, - Everflowing Chalice
• • Erebos, Bleak-Hearted, - Harvester of Souls
• • Gravebreaker Lamia, - Corpse Connoisseur
• • Prismatic Vista, - Forest
• • Syr Konrad, the Grim, - Poison-Tip Archer
• • Living Death, - Exsanguinate. Exsanguinate was a leftover of the time when I was making big mana in this deck.
• • Woe Strider
• • Butcher of Malakir
• • Disciple of Bolas
• • Underrealm Lich

Version 10 updates

• Cut a Swamp for Nurturing Peatland
• Cut MindStone for Talisman of Resilience
• Cut Rendclaw Trow for Putrid Goblin. It serves the same purpose and costs 1 mana less, which can be important when searching it up with Protean Hulk

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion Carrion Feeder + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Walking Ballista + Zulaport Cutthroat
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.47
Tokens	Experience Token, Goat 0/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Myr 1/1 C