Meren, the Value Engine

Commander / EDH

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Creature (38)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Bloodspore Thrinax
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Viridian Zealot
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wood Elves

Land (37)

• 1x Command Tower
• 10x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Mortuary Mire
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Overwhelming Stampede
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Sign in Blood
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necropotence

Instant (3)

• 1x Dismember
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Putrefy

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Sorcery (8)

• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Rise from the Grave
• 1x Stir the Grave
• 1x Stitch Together
• 1x Tempt with Immortality
• 1x Twilight's Call
• 1x Unearth
• 1x Vigor Mortis

Creature (6)

• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Diabolic Servitude
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip

Artifact (2)

• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Instant (1)

• 1x Wake the Dead

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First paper commander deck that I'll be doing some small upgrades on still, I think. Not trying to focus on combo's as much as stompy value creatures as that's more fun, but depending on how competitive my meta reveals themselves to be I might do some more competitive alterations.

For the most part the deck relies on ETB creatures. Once they've been used, I'll usually either sacrifice them to a sac outlet for an effect or run them into an opponent with Meren on the board to generate an Experience Counter. The deck strives to be as interactive with the board as possible each turn, and markedly does not care so much about what the opponents will do often times. Smart counterspells or removal will throw a hard wrench into the deck's core, and I'm not quite sure what to do about that lest I sacrifice the main power of the deck. In the end I decided that I would like the deck to be the best at generating value to the point that being slowed by counterspells is almost a non-issue, instead of spreading the strategies thin so I can have counters for X deck or Y deck in mind.

Any recommendations are welcome!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 17 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3-3 G, Experience Token, Saproling 1/1 G, Treasure, Zombie 2/2 B