Merieke replenish animator

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (12)

• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Griselbrand
• 1x Karmic Guide
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Sovereigns of Lost Alara
• 1x Sun Titan

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Liliana of the Veil

Land (35)

• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Dimir Aqueduct
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x High Market
• 7x Island
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 3x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Scalding Tarn
• 1x Scrubland
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tundra
• 1x Underground Sea
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x Windswept Heath

Enchantment (16)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attunement
• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Dance of the Dead
• 1x Detention Sphere
• 1x Eldrazi Conscription
• 1x Journey to Nowhere
• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Parallax Nexus
• 1x Parallax Tide
• 1x Parallax Wave
• 1x Recurring Nightmare
• 1x Treachery

Artifact (1)

• 1x Vedalken Shackles

Instant (23)

• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Condescend
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Daze
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Forbidden Alchemy
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Force Spike
• 1x Frantic Search
• 1x Impulse
• 1x Intuition
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Mana Leak
• 1x Mana Tithe
• 1x Miscalculation
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Read the Runes
• 1x Remand
• 1x Skeletal Scrying
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Withdraw

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Ancestral Vision
• 1x Careful Study
• 1x Compulsive Research
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Ideas Unbound
• 1x Inquisition of Kozilek
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Commander (1)

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Focuses around efficient reanimation and long term synergies.

Some combos and notes:

Guide loopingAnimated Dead -> Karmic Guide -> Sun TitanSun Titan -> Animate Dead -> Karmic GuidePhantasmal Image -> Sun Titan -> Animate Dead -> Karmic Guide-> Loop additional animated dead / guide combos into other creatures etc. Guide dies before Sun Titan is returned.

Cloudshift will steal permanent control, allowing you to recycle Merieke/Vedalkan Shackles.

When replenish returns aura's into the battlefield, they are put into play without targeting. Your opponent can only respond to Replenish, not any of the decisions as to which aura enchants where. This means Treachery can enchant shrouded creatures, and your opponents cannot respond by sacrificing after replenish resolves.

Necromancy cast instant speed works really well with Academy Rector, which can also put treachery into play enchanting a shrouded creature.

Eldrazi Conscription doesn't trigger initially when put into play via Soverigns of Lost Alara. Usually you'll want to tutor up Treachery onto your own creature for an immediate untap.

Treachery combos really well with Replenish, and often times it's a very strong strategy to use something like Phyrexian Tower to sacrifice the enchanted creature prior to replenish.

Dance of the dead untaps Merieke.

Read the runes can be used to permanently remove creatures or lands from Parallax wave/tide if you're able to respond to unresolved triggers.

It's worth shielding creatures whenever possible with Phyrexian Tower and High Market. Exile's suck, as does counter control magic effects.

Recurring Nightmare can be shielded from removal by simply triggering immediately after casting, before passing priority.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 17 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05