Merieke TapDance Artifacts

Commander / EDH* WUB (Esper)

zysterl

Artifact (21)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Helm of the Host
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Magewright's Stone
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Obelisk of Esper
• 1x Orzhov Signet
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Umbral Mantle
• 1x Unbender Tine
• 1x Voltaic Key

Instant (16)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Cloudshift
• 1x Condemn
• 1x Cryptic Command *list*
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Esper Charm
• 1x Force of Will
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Render Silent
• 1x Utter End
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Land (35)

• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dromar's Cavern
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 8x Island
• 1x Isolated Chapel
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
• 5x Plains
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Oblivion Ring
• 1x Pemmin's Aura
• 1x Retreat to Coralhelm
• 1x Rhystic Study

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Rite of Replication

Commander (1)

Creature (19)

• 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
• 1x Angel of Condemnation
• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Arcum Dagsson
• 1x Captain of the Mists
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Glassdust Hulk
• 1x Glaze Fiend
• 1x Master Transmuter
• 1x Nephalia Smuggler
• 1x Niblis of the Breath
• 1x Puppet Conjurer
• 1x Reflector Mage
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Taigam, Sidisi's Hand
• 1x Tideforce Elemental
• 1x Vedalken Engineer
• 1x Vizier of Tumbling Sands

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Sideboard

Creature (5)

• 1x Deceiver Exarch
• 1x Esper Sojourners
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Pestermite
• 1x Sen Triplets

Instant (1)

• 1x Dream's Grip

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Hidden Strings

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I've had Merieke Ri Berit since 1998 and it has been sitting in my folder, but I've never played it in a deck. As a returning player of MTG, I've decided to construct a deck using her as a commander.

Disclaimer: This deck is not play-tested, comments, feedback, opinions are welcomed!

Untap Mechanics

Merieke doesnt untap during your untap phase, so obviously, we will need some cards which provides some untap functionality.
Land
1. Minamo, School at Water's Edge
Artifacts
1. Umbral Mantle
2. Unbender Tine
3. Thousand-Year Elixir
4. Voltaic Key to untap Thousand-Year Elixir or Unbender Tine
Creatures
1. Niblis of the Breath
2. Tideforce Elemental
3. Vizier of Tumbling Sands
4. Captain of the Mists
5. Fatestitcher
Enchantments
1. Pemmin's Aura (Aura)
2. Freed from the Real (Aura)
3. Retreat to Coralhelm

Note that some of these cards can tap opponents' permanents (i.e. not limited to creatures only) as well.

Control, Blink, Control

Once Merieke is untapped, the previously controlled creature will be destroyed, which got me thinking wouldn't it be good if we can blink and return it to our control?
1. Nephalia Smuggler
2. Ghostly Flicker
3. Cloudshift
4. Conjurer's Closet
Note the wordings on these cards, they exile the creatures that I control and returns them to the controller (not the owner). Key phrase: "return it to the battlefield, under your control."

Creatures with activated abilities which requires tapping

We have a bunch of untappers and it would be a nightmare if the Commander is not in the battlefield. Hence, we supplement the deck with creature which have activated abilities which requires tapping.
1. Adarkar Valkyrie - Quite a bit of synergy with Merieke, as it can animate the creature destroyed by Merieke's ability.
2. Angel of Condemnation - With untappers around, one can trigger the second ability more frequently.
3. Royal Assassin
4: Arcanis the Omnipotent - For card draw, but it has very high CMC (6).

Artifact creatures with triggered abilities

With a bunch of artifact ramps in play, it should suffice to have 2 creatures which grow as artifacts enter the battlefield.
1. Glassdust Hulk
2. Glaze Fiend
3. Puppet Conjurer - to support the creation of artifacts.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 2 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 29 - 1 Uncommons 10 - 4 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.75
Tokens	Copy Clone, Homunculus 0/1 U, Morph 2/2 C