stax combo meren

Commander / EDH*

Eternal_Schnee

Creature (37)

• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Boreal Druid
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Diligent Farmhand
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Joraga Treespeaker
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Phyrexian Devourer
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Sylvan Ranger
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Land (32)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 6x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (6)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Null Rod
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst
• 1x Winter Orb

Instant (6)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Chord of Calling
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Root Maze
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Victimize

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Meren Bitches! I originally developed the deck with many Enter the Battlefield (ETB) and Leave the Battlefield (LTB) abilities, focusing on Midrange "Value" creatures to abuse with Meren's ability. In addition, I had a subtheme of Stax, where I would use cards like Grave Pact and Smokestack to grind the board in my favor, while getting free reanimation triggers off Meren. This caused my curve to be quite high, and made the deck just as slow as Shattergang Bros without a solid hand that curved out well. I realized after about a dozen games playtesting the build, I needed to lower the curve, focus on a few concrete win conditions, remove the the poor performing and pet cards. In doing so, I've replaced those cards with more efficient, general answers to cover my weaknesses and not play so many silver bullets. In addition, in lowering the curve, the deck explodes out of nowhere when Meren makes her appearance, and she quickly becomes public enemy #1!

In conclusion, we are now a stax/combo deck. We aim to ramp quickly with mana dorks, then clutch control of the board, then win via one of our numerous combos.

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 51 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 13 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.50
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C