Control Meren

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari)

Linnell

Creature (33)

• 1x Agent of Erebos
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise *f-pre*
• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x God-Eternal Bontu
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Underrealm Lich
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Land (31)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 5x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Artifact (5)

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

Sorcery (19)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Cultivate
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Exhume
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Torment of Hailfire *f-pre*
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Assassin's Trophy *f-pre*
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets *f-pre*
• 1x Tragic Slip

Enchantment (4)

• 1x Contamination
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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This Meren build controls the pace of the game until you can tutor for your win cons.

Mindslicer + Sac outlet = everyone has 0 card hands Merlia + Woodfall Primus + Sac Outlet = infinite destroy non-creatures Greymerch and Kokusho drain everyone

For a more combo style Meren, remove some of the control spells and replace them with: Necrotic Ooze + Phyrexian Devourer + Walking Ballista = infinite damage verdant succession + god-eternal rhonas + phyrexian altar (or ashnod's altar or viscera seer) = infinite damage, infinite mana can be dumped into torment of hailfire

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	21 - 1 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.29
Tokens	Copy Clone, Elephant 3/3 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Experience Token, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Marit Lage, Zombie 2/2 B