Recycling for Profit: Dedgin' the Fill with Meren

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Control Dredge Midrange

Guerric

Creature (52)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Demon's Disciple
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Falkenrath Noble
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Massacre Girl
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Morbid Opportunist
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Springbloom Druid
• 1x Stinkweed Imp
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Tergrid, God of Fright  ^Flip
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Undercity Informer
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Viridian Zealot
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Woodland Bellower
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Yavimaya Granger

Land (36)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of the Dead
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl *f-pre*
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Commander (1)

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Unmarked Grave

Artifact (3)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (2)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Evolutionary Leap

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Below is my Meren list, a powerful deck which I've modified much over the years and grown quite fond of. There are many approaches to building Meren, and I have opted here for a non-combo dredge build that can build incredible value over time until your opponents just can't put up a fight any more. For those looking for an excellent introduction to the Dredge build for Meren, I'd highly recommend the Meren episode of the Command Zone podcast where Alex Kessler explains his build. A lot of great cards have come out since then and this build reflects that, but Kessler's basic approach to the deck is still unparalleled in my estimation. I'd also highly recommend the excellent primer here on tappedout by control_train, as my build is quite similar to his in ethos even though our lists differ in some points. I've opted to avoid the combo approach for Meren not because I am philosophically opposed to combos (which I have in spades in my Inalla deck), but simply because when I do run combos I want the pieces to be individually useful on their own, and I can't stand running cards like Triskelion that are straight up bad except for comboing off. Its far better to wear them down until you can drain them out with a high quality aristocrat or overwhelm them with an army of field of the dead generated zombies and other value creatures. The expansive suite of high-quality tutors and powerful control and recurring value creatures make this deck a powerhouse that is hard to stop.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 20 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Experience Token, Insect 1/1 BG, Marit Lage, Morph 2/2 C, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	My Decks!, Possible Builds