Meren Combo Budget

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Dredge Sacrifice

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Creature (41)

• 1x Acolyte of Affliction
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Artisan of Kozilek
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Blisterpod
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Daemogoth Woe-Eater
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dosan the Falling Leaf
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Eyeless Watcher
• 1x Eyetwitch
• 1x Fleshwrither
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Grim Flayer
• 1x Junji, the Midnight Sky
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Old Stickfingers
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Putrid Goblin
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shambling Ghast
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Stitcher's Supplier
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Vile Entomber
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Young Wolf
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Darkmoss Bridge
• 1x Everglades
• 8x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Basin
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Lotus Field
• 1x Mage-Ring Network
• 1x Path of Ancestry
• 1x Spawning Bed
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Witherbloom Campus

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Commander's Sphere
• 1x Golgari Locket
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana, Untouched By Death

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Animate Dead

Commander (1)

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Barter in Blood
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Incarnation Technique
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Spark Harvest
• 1x Tormented Thoughts
• 1x Unmarked Grave
• 1x Victimize

Instant (5)

• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Mausoleum Secrets
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Rescue from the Underworld
• 1x Tragic Slip

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Sideboard

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Basic Conjuration
• 1x Confront the Past
• 1x Pest Summoning

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Maybeboard

Creature (12)

• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Daemogoth Titan
• 1x Emrakul's Evangel
• 1x Golgari Findbroker
• 1x Impervious Greatwurm
• 1x Korozda Guildmage
• 1x Lord of the Forsaken
• 1x Reaper from the Abyss
• 1x Sifter of Skulls
• 1x Slitherhead
• 1x Splinterfright
• 1x Ulamog's Crusher

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Grave Pact

Instant (1)

• 1x Back for More

Land (1)

• 1x Sanctum of Ugin

Artifact (1)

• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Kamahl's Druidic Vow

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This deck is a mostly combo-based Meren deck but can also close out the game with big creatures.
There are two main combo lines:

Line 1

Zulaport Cutthroat + Putrid Goblin + Melira, Sylvok Outcast
This line is preferable as all can three pieces are creatures and can be returned with Meren, and all three can be fetched at once with Protean Hulk. If you have Protean Hulk and a way to kill it, first get Viscera Seer/Carrion Feeder for a sac outlet and Phyrexian Delver/Junji, the Midnight Sky to bring back Protean Hulk. Then get the three combo pieces and sac Putrid Goblin infinitely for the win.

Line 2

Zulaport Cutthroat + Liliana, Untouched By Death (last loyalty ability) + Shambling Ghast
This line works too but planeswalkers are harder to fetch. If you have Zulaport Cutthroat and Shambling Ghast you can tutor Liliana, Untouched By Death with Grim Tutor or return her from the graveyard with Acolyte of Affliction or Confront the Past (fetched with Eyetwitch)

Shut down opponent interaction with Mindslicer or Dosan the Falling Leaf before comboing off.

Any suggestions for improvement welcome!

Date added	3 years
Last updated	1 year
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 25 - 2 Rares 28 - 0 Uncommons 20 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.86
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Experience Token, Goat 0/1 W, Pest 1/1 BG, Treasure
Folders	Decks