Heheheheheh, Do you have like a secret BEEF with dragons or something??? LMFAO Crux of Fate

To be honest, this deck is really random and doesn't have a lot of synergy. So you want a cEDH deck, on budget. Well here is my own home brew that is super competitive on my budget. Let me know what you think. Tatyova Take Ova

@bwanabeast5 - Nah, just played a lot back in that era of standard so I have a ton of them laying around. Ultimately I'm just wiping boards on a budget. Haha. I try to include a few board wipes in every EDH deck I build This deck is by no means my attempt at cEDH. It's just a super fun graveyard recursion deck. Plays really well in my meta. Balanced for that level of play. I tried making a Vela deck competitive but it really just kind of failed me so I broke it down and took it back to its fun roots. I'll absolutely take a look at that deck, thanks!

Hey man Rock the hell out of that Crux of Fate we all know at least one person who plays the dragon tribal ever since the commander tribal sets came out!

But maybe run some cards like Fleshbag Marauder or Merciless Executioner and Slum Reaper!

you can wreck a lot of boards that way,add it with something like Dictate of Erebos and you're gross.... but in a good good way!

Gray Merchant of Asphodel can also be used to do massive damage depending on your board

@Homelessguy - I should run Gary here probably... but honestly I early have a board state. I'm normally sacrificing things so often I never build up devotion until I'm ready to win anyway. I'll take a look at him again though, maybe there is a place for him. I do like the idea of the trio of sac bros, but I'm not sure where they fit here. Maybe drop the token themes to go a little more controlling? What do you suggest?

Yeah, I think control would be a more competitive way to go with this and if you're not expressly making a tokens deck I think changing that to control will give you an edge in most games.

especially because there's just so many ways to just lose your tokens All at once.... it's a bad feeling

Languish over Crux of Fate?

Crop Sigil over Crawling Sensation?

Thrashing Brontodon over Indrik Stomphowler?

@Homelessguy and SynergyBuild - Made a few changes tonight when I got home from work. I think it will make it a little more consistent.

Out: Indrik Stomphowler, Bloodspore Thrinax, Bonehoard, and Spider Spawning

In: Fleshbag Marauder, Merciless Executioner, Thrashing Brontodon, and Ravenous Chupacabra

What do y'all think of the changes. To answer your suggestions SynergyBuild

Languish is less efficient in my meta because I primarily face green stompy, Kaalia, Oloro, and Tribal decks designed to pump up and swing in. Not the most powerful meta I'm aware, but that is why semi tuned decks like this are very good. Consequently, cards that normally are very good, just aren't. Crop Sigil is cheaper, but it only mills one, and I have plenty of methods of recursion. So I prefer the additional mill and token generation as a chump blocker or additional sac fodder. Brontodon was just straight up better and I had one laying around, slotted straight in. :) Thanks for your time and suggestions!

Thanks for the response.

One last suggestion, bit of my personal super-spicy-super-secret tech for you in Soldevi Adnate, it is half a joke, but a pet card for sure~

Yeah, I think all the swaps you made are much better additions.

Hey guy's Check out the new deck!!! Rat Tribal... What???

Wait, why are you using this deck's comment section for advertising your deck bwanabeast5, thats pretty douchey of you.

So personally, I love Meren and all that she does. Because of that, I have a good amount of cards that I really enjoy that you may also like..

Vampire Hexmage is a free sacrifice that can kill walkers and make some permanents bad - but its totally a meta call.

Spore Frog AKA fog frog should be in every Meren deck because of how BEAUTIFUL he is in negating combat.

Night's Whisper I think is better than ambition's cost. It's half the mana for one less card. Usually, you want 4+ mana things to be doing big stuff and taking the turn off to draw 3 is medium sometimes. If you are looking for that kind of effect, Harmonize does the same thing in a different color.

Life // Death is a GREAT budget card. Reanimates things from your graveyard, can make your lands into creatures to sacrifice with Ashnod's Altar to get experience and lots of mana.

Carrion Feeder can be seer #2

Black Sun's Zenith and Green Sun's Zenith (depending on budget) can be good additions for wiping/searching

Triumph of the Hordes is a personal favorite of mine, but if you dislike infecting people, I understand.

Birthing Pod I think should be in all the Merens, but that also depends on budget and how your people react to that sort of thing.

Pattern of Rebirth can be a tutor for combo-y things if you ever go that way or you can just get a big dumb thing by trading in a little guy.

Dark Prophecy is a budget Necropotence that draws lots of cards.

Kokusho, the Evening Star is my favorite card in MtG and he has a home in all my Meren builds. CoCo Puffs the dragon is a house!

Sorry for the wall of words.. I just enjoy naming cards I enjoy in decks I also enjoy! Make your choices around what you want your deck to remain and make your friends fear the swamp lady!

@SynergyBuild - That is some pretty sweet tech. I'm gonna have to look into that little guy. Thanks!

@Aiding - Sorry this took awhile, really appreciate the recommendations...let me break them down.

Vampire Hexmage - Decent in my meta, I'll certainly consider it...if I decide to use it, I'll probably go ahead and add Dark Depths as well.

Spore Frog going in as soon as I get one.

Night's Whisper is good, but I dump my hand so fast, and my meta is actually pretty slow, so the three cards ultimately just outweighs it for me personally.

Harmonize on the other hand is strictly better, so it will replace Cravings as soon as I acquire one. :p

Life // Death - Another meta call, board wipes are often at instant speed in my meta due to other effects and getting my entire mana base scrubbed would be devastating.

Carrion Feeder seems interesting...i may tinker with this but ultimately I'd prefer one of the Altars or Viscera Seer.

Both Zeni...Zeniths?...are great, I just don't own them and while I do ramp, it seems little underwhelming unless I buff my ramp package.

Triumph of the Hordes - I absolutely adore giving people poison counters! This has been on the acquire list for awhile, I just haven't gotten there yet. :p

Birthing Pod should be here...just Another case of I yet to own it. Haha.

Pattern of Rebirth into Craterhoof Behemoth seems legit...but another non-creature spell...may think about Fauna Shaman here actually...

Dark Prophecy is another card on the acquire list...along with Necropotence I don't really have a budget constraint...I'mjust not gonna pick up something like Gaea's Cradle. Anything under like $50 is probably cool tho.

I actually have Kokusho, the Evening Star in another deck...but he fits much better here. I'll make that swap for sure. What would you take out?

Kessig Cagebreakers for kokusho?

I run 36 creatures. Cagebreakers is a BOMB. Even if he only swings once...ever. :p To be honest what I'm finding is I need more consistent and powerful mill options. Altar of Dementia is basically the dream...if only I could run 10 copies. Haha.

Dropped Mycoloth for Kokusho, the Evening Star. I didn't need the additional sac outlet and without some of the other token cards I've removed, Mycoloth was substantially less effective. Though at one time he was a BOMB. Once dropped 57 57/57's thanks to him...oh the good old out of the box days. Haha. Much more consistent now though.

Do y'all have any information on additional cards to really help tune the deck. I need additional and better mill cards, and perhaps more consistent sacrifice outlets. Card draw would be nice as well as ramp. Not looking to push this into cEDH or anything, but I do want to get it tuned up and perhaps a 7 on a scale of 1-10...currently I think it is between a 4 or 5.

Commune with the Gods would be my self-mill of choice.

Commune with the Gods is a little meh, and it isn't even recurrable for me with Meren.

Homelessguy and i are chill trust. And I started e thread for promoting anyway which he posted on.

SO Dis my buddy here Scytec

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I'm going to be honest...not really sure what you're trying to tell/ask me bwanabeast5...

I didn't ask you anything, i was making a statement to SynergyBuild