Bad People doing Bad Things - Merieke Thievery

Commander / EDH Budget Combo Control Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick WUB (Esper)

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Control-Freaks (31)

• 1x Beguiler of Wills
• 1x Bribery
• 1x Callous Oppressor
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Corrupted Conscience
• 1x Cytoplast Manipulator
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Debt of Loyalty
• 1x Dominating Licid
• 1x Dragonlord Silumgar
• 1x Empress Galina
• 1x Fool's Demise
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Herald of Leshrac
• 1x Hypnotic Siren
• 1x Illusory Gains
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Master Thief
• 1x Memnarch
• 1x Mind Control
• 1x Mind's Dilation
• 1x Old Man of the Sea
• 1x Persuasion
• 1x Preacher
• 1x Roil Elemental
• 1x Seasinger
• 1x Simic Manipulator
• 1x Sower of Temptation
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Willbreaker

Lands (37)

• 1x Adarkar Wastes
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Caves of Koilos
• 1x Choked Estuary
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Fetid Heath
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 15x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mystic Gate
• 1x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Port Town
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Silence
• 1x Watery Grave

Mana-Artifacts (6)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

EleGiggle (4)

• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Mother of Runes

Commander (1)

TapTapping (21)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Beacon Hawk
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Merfolk Skyscout
• 1x Merrow Reejerey
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Niblis of the Breath
• 1x Norritt
• 1x Paradox Engine
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Puppeteer
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Thassa's Ire
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Tideforce Elemental
• 1x Tidewater Minion
• 1x Vigean Graftmage

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'Possesion is ten-tenths of the law'

~ Master Thief

This is a Merieke Ri Berit deck that's more themed around taking control than control itself. While Merieke is popular as a commander that can lead a control deck to victory, this build takes the idea of stealing things to a different, entirely obnoxious, level. As on a basic level I despise blue mages, there are no counterspells, and frankly fairly few cards that could ever be considered anything other than janky af, with the list focusing entirely on three of my favourite areas: Steal, Untap, Profit.

The playstyle is incredibly simple: you just keep on taking control of things and killing them off for value. In the early game, you throw out some unthreatening mana rocks, and some untapping mechanics - letting everyone else paint targets on themselves. In the mid game, start showing off your talent for thievery, preferably locking down the board to the point where everybody is too scared to cast their bombs. Interfere as much as possible. Late game, there are bombs like Grave Betrayal and Mind's Dilation that can turn people's decks against themselves.

There are also some standout cards (In the Ele Giggle category) that do not steal or untap things, but are still excellent and fit in with the theme.

This list is meant to fit within the (fairly tight) budget restrictions of my playgroup, so while you should feel free to give suggestions for obvious inclusions (such as a LOAD of better lands), anything too expensive probably won't end up in the list, although I'm sure that there will be all sorts of interesting in-budget additions that I've overlooked (I'm especially looking for more ways to untap things).

Short little meta-note: A friend of mine has Diaochan, Artful Beauty as their commander, so untapping mechanics can help me out big time even without Merieke Ri Berit in play.

If you like the concept, then go ahead and give the deck a +1, and apart from that, have a nice day, and keep thieving everybody.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.69
Tokens	Gold, Morph 2/2 C
Folders	EDH, Online EDH Decks, Interesting Commanders