Shizo, Death's Storehouse and Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

I have both of those cards but I don't feel like I need to run them because there are only 5 Legendary creatures in the deck and none of them really need evasion or +1/+1. They are in there to do other stuff and not necessarily attack. Is there any specific reason you think I should play them?

Awesom! maybe Cabal Coffers you already run urborg.

I see Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed in your maybeboard, if you have that, you should slot him in. And let me know how he does too. I want one so bad

Unfortunately I don't have a Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed but I hope to get one soon. However, I just changed a bunch of stuff in the deck so take another look and let me know what you think.

The shaman seems interesting i approve of the vraska too.

have you considered Corpse Connoisseur? Seems like he could be pretty fun. Overall, I love your deck tho

+1... And its hard to advise on stuff to add. This deck looks packed with lots of good stuff.

Genesis and Survival of the Fittest maybe? Other than that, maybe a bit more of rocks... To make it run faster early game?

Deathrite Shaman maybe? So much utility from one little one drop.

Nice deck. +1 Love the foils. You seem to be more of a creature beat down strategy than I run. either way looks powerful. Check out my Meren deck and feel free to comment. I am starting the foiling process as well.

PS I would +1 again if I could for being one of the few others to run Strionic Resonator

+1 for the foils and the Meren!

You are evil

Thanks Lutachris23! Definitely evil, gotta love all the value that Golgari has access to! Thanks for the +1!

hum.... where did you got your altered???

Lethix.com it was like $6 and pretty decent quality. Thanks for the +1!

Hello sir! I would like to offer you some comments on your deck. I've been a long fan of Golgari and Meren is an exquisite commander!

First and foremost, I think the addition of mana dorks (Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise, Elves of Deep Shadow, Fyndhorn Elves, Elvish Mystic) will greatly help the consistency and most importantly speed of this deck. Every Meren player wants to have Meren out with creatures around her so she can watch them die. Let's do that by getting him out before turn 4 more consistently AND having an expendable creature next to her when she arrives.

I think the second most important thing for a Meren deck to have would be a good way to tutor for creatures to put into your graveyard. You've got excellent choices with Entomb and Buried Alive (I'm on the fence about Jarad's Orders), but have you considered Hermit Druid? You can tutor for it (if you have to) and it does a marvelous job of filling your graveyard with all kinds of goodness.

I'm concerned that 33 creatures is actually a bit low for this type of deck. I think that you might consider trading honest, good cards like Krosan Grip in for Reclamation Sage. Let's be honest, you don't really need Split Second, and if your opponent is interested in countering your Reclamation Sage, then sure, let them waste a spell on a card you'll get right back, and perhaps directly to the battlefield.

One creature that I was somewhat impressed with was Smothering Abomination. It has incredible synergy with Meren in that the normal act of gaining experience will now net you cards. In addition, it is a once-per-turn sac outlet that guarantees steady progression of your experience counters. I ended up swapping him in and cutting Mindslicer. They're nearly the same card, but Mindslicer actually worked to my detriment in some games. Turns out not everyone dislikes discarding their hand :(

I feel that Scavenging Ooze has low synergy in this deck. If you actually want to exile the creatures from your graveyard, I think this is a misstep. Each thing you put in your graveyard is a resource, and you dont want to remove those for a paltry counter and life point. He is amazing in a 20 point game, but less significant in a 40 point game. Handling your opponents graveyard is not a bad plan, but his slot should really be Sakura-Tribe Elder...why is that not in this deck?

I would trade things like Sylvan Scrying for Primal Surge. It can net you experience while drawing out two lands. This is unless of course there is some land that justifies the need for a purely land tutoring spell. This could be Vampiric Tutor and be more flexible, perhaps.

I, myself, toyed with Hell's Caretaker but I finally succame to the notion that it was too slow of a card due to the need to tap it. I felt like Phyrexian Delver was a more immediate solution to the same problem. You can indeed pull more creatures out of the graveyard with Hell's Caretaker but Phyrexian Delver is just faster and ultimately that's what won me games with Meren.

I really like where your head is at with this list. I feel like the presence of Craterhoof Behemoth begs that you give this deck a more aggressive stance with mana dorks to accelerate your game to the fun! +1

Sorry, I had said Primal Surge but I actually meant Primal Growth!

-1 for lacking Death Pits of Rath... but +2 for a cool deck showing off a cool commander in a nice alter. I'm not normally an alter person but the color scheme actually works. So I think that sums to... +1 ;)

Do you really need the Urborg for fixing? Granted, it's better-than-basic, but I feel like with no Coffers nor Mutilate, it's a little wasted. Heck, Urborg is Better Than Basic but I doubt it would merit inclusion.

In general, how's the curve working for you? It looks a little high for 37 land.

I prefer small creatures that fetch lands out instead of mana dorks. Dorks just sit there but ETB triggers is where meren shines. Wood Elves is great because it brings in a forest untapped. Paniharmicon or however you say it would work quite nicely as well. I've been playtesting Blade of Selves and it is just pure value with the ETB triggers, and if your opponents destroy them that is just another xp counter for free. There really is no downside for it. Yeah 6 mana is steep but it makes up for it.

So I was looking over your deck to see what I should add to my Meren List, and I was wondering how well Wurmcoil Engine does in your deck? seems like It'd be very powerful but thought I'd ask the source. Also +1

jrgette: Thanks for the +1! Wurmcoil Engine is awesome, it can completely turn a game around and if I have more than 6 experience counters and a sac outlet it's even better! Definitely one of the best creatures in the deck.

Also if you only have 3 experience counters you can gain another 3 and get it back onto the battlefield at end of turn if you have a sac outlet.

I know I would run it if I wasn't a cheapskate. I need to do fancy tabs and backgrounds. Lol I see you added the hit list.

Panharmonicon is really fun in etb meren, I also need to get a Blade of Selves. Reyhan, Last of the Abzan seems really good for the deck as well.

I've always been a fan of the card Lifeline