Aaron's Meren

Commander / EDH

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Creature (34)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Minister of Pain
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Scavenging Ooze
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvok Replica
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Land (38)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 11x Forest
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Dismember
• 1x Nature's Claim

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Never / Return
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Artifact (5)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

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Maybeboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Sylvok Replica

Instant (1)

• 1x Shallow Grave

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Black Sun's Zenith
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Killing Wave

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip

Artifact (1)

• 1x Altar of Dementia

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Grindy recursion. No infinites.

Birthing Pod

CMC 2:

• Devoted Druid - Mana dork that can sac itself.

• Sakura-Tribe Elder - Land fetch that can sac itself.

• Scavenging Ooze - Graveyard hate. Exiling 'Target' card is huge.

CMC 3:

• Eternal Witness - Grab a card from the yard, woohoo!

• Fleshbag Marauder - Everyone sacs a creatue. Sac to self & recur w/meren if >= 3 exp.

• Merciless Executioner - Same as above. Pairs w/Dictate of Erabos. Flash in response to sac trigger.

• Grim Haruspex - Card draw when your creatures die. Most likely never grabbing this from Pod.

• Manglehorn - Artifact Hate. Opponents artifacts enter tapped.

• Minister of Pain - Can exploit itself and recur w/meren to give opponents creatures -2/-2. Pair with Massacre Wurm for -4/-4.

• Reclamation Sage - Artifact/Enchantment Hate.

• Sylvok Replica - Artifact/Enchantment Hate.

CMC 4:

• Mindslicer - Everyone discards hand. Fun fun.

• Creakwood Liege - Buffs our creatures and also gives us a free 3/3 that we can sac.

• Solemn Simulacrum - Sad Robot bringing us lands & cards!

• Agent of Erebos - Exile the yard.

CMC 5:

• Acidic Slime - Artifact/Enchant/Land hate. Deathtouch.

• Gray Merchant of Asphodel - ETB. Looping this can swing a game if you have high devotion to black.

• Phyrexian Delver - Bring back an creature that you don't have exp for or meren isn't on the field.

• Puppeteer Clique - Steal opponents creature from graveyard, gets haste & exiled end of turn.

• Shriekmaw - Cast for evoke cost 1b1c, return to hand, repeat. Builds quick early exp.

• Sidisi, Undead Vizier - Exploit itself or ETB/LTB creatures. Fetch card, win!

CMC 6:

• Grave Titan - Supplies creatures to sac or block.

• Kokusho, the Evening Star - LTB lifegain/damage.

• Massacre Wurm - ETB -2/-2. Works wonders with Minister of Pain.

CMC 7:

• Rune-Scarred Demon - Fetch a card, win!

• Sepulchral Primordial - Steal all the creatures!

CMC 8:

• Terastodon - Destroy 3 noncreatures. They get 3/3 token.

• Woodfall Primus - ETB Destroy noncreature, sac, persist, ETB, sac, recur w/meren, ETB, sac, ETB..

Schenanigans

---Buried Alive--- Goofing around with finding the ultimate opening hand!!

Opening hand: Birds of Paradise, Sol Ring, Buried Alive, Animate Dead, Lightning Greaves Command Tower Swamp

t1: Land, Sol Ring, Lightning Greaves

t2: Land, Mana Dork, Buried Alive, Dump Terastodon, Eternal Witness, Merciless/Fleshbag.

t3: Animate Dead Targeting Terastodon, Destroy 3 non-creatures (Land, Mana Rock), Equip Lightning Greaves. Don't attack because they can triple defend which kills Terastodon. If you got lucky and top decked a land, you can play Meren and grab back Merciless/Fleshbag.

t4: Play Meren & Merciless/Fleshbag, Attack with Terastodon

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.35
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B