Nel Toth's Graveyard

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Multiplayer Stax

jrgette

Creature (40)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Doomgape
• 1x Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Glissa, the Traitor *oversized*
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Golgari Thug
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sengir Autocrat
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Smothering Abomination
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spike Feeder
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Thragtusk
• 1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Khalni Garden
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Opal Palace
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Vivid Grove
• 1x Vivid Marsh
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip

Instant (5)

• 1x Altar's Reap
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Go for the Throat
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Putrefy

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk Relentless  ^Flip

Commander (1)

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Commune with the Gods
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Shamanic Revelation
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Vigor Mortis

Artifact (6)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Grave Pact

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mindslicer

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Shamanic Revelation

Land (2)

• 1x Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
• 1x Thespian's Stage

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Attrition

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This my Meren of Clan Nel Toth EDH deck that I've been working with since Meren's release. I'm always looking for both helpful criticism of the deck (provided it has good explanantions, and a way to fix the problem) and suggestions! Primarily my goal of this deck is raising Meren's experience counters, so I am able to use her recursion ability to improve my board state; wether that means answering opponent's threats or cheating in bombs from my graveyard. Below I've listed reasons why I chose each card, so if you're thinking I should replace a card, say why I should use your card over the one I have listed.
If you like the deck then please +1 upvote it! Thanks!

Card Choices(cards with a beside their name are Deck MVPs)

Creatures Show

Abyssal Gatekeeper-Functions as a removal card and sac trigger at the same time, plus low CMC
Avenger of Zendikar- Late game powerhouse that can put lots of tokens on the field for sac effects
Blood Artist- General synergy card that works well with the amount of sacking i do, 1 life at a time adds up, especially when I sack multiple creatures a turn
Catacomb Sifter- Great card, synergy with creatures dying that gives me a way to filter my deck and creates a token that ramps itself
Caustic Caterpillar- Cheap CMC that deals with non-creature removal and generates a sac effect
Creakwood Liege- Creature that buffs my tokens so swinging with them is more viable and generates a token every turn, and only for 4 mana!
Dawntreader Elk- Worse version of Sakura-Tribe Elder that helps with ramp and triggering sacrifice
Doomgape- Powerful late game finisher when combined with Lightning Greaves that can also gain life through sacking itself or other creatures
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder- A very powerful token generator, as long as i remember to alway sack my thrulls so he stays on the field
Eternal Witness- One of the best recursion creatures/spells in magic, especially helpful in such a graveyard based deck. Plus with Meren I can play it over and over
Fleshbag Marauder- Similar to Abyssal Gatekeeper in functioning as a removal and sac trigger, just for 1 extra mana
Glissa, the Traitor- Didn't think this would be useful, but It is an unbeatable blocker I can get out in the early stages of the game, and can make sure my Lightning Greaves, Birthing Pod, and Skullclamp don't stay removed Golgari Grave-Troll- Just a synergy card that can be a beater or just put lots of cards in the graveyard with dredge.
Golgari Thug- Synergy card with a high dredge count
Grave Titan- Awesome token generator and game finisher. Originally didn't include him but after watching deck tech after deck tech include him I thought he was a must.Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord- pretty powerful card for 4 mana that has a occasionally handy sacrifice effect stapled onto it
Lotleth Troll- Early game beater, that also helps if I have a creature in my hand I'd rather cheat into play
Magus of the Abyss- helpful creature in letting me selectively remove opponents creatures, and I almost always have a cheap creature I can blow up on my side
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest- Included due to him being Meren's "co-commander" in the pre-built, and having the potential to power my board
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed- Being able to sac creatures twice and giving them all those bonuses? VERY strong in this deck and is apart of my one infinite combo Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Spike Feeder . Besides Meren, this is probably my favourite card in the deck.

Mycoloth- I like to think of him as junior Avenger of Zendikar, can create quite a few tokens.
Nantuko Husk- My sleeper finisher, whenever I swing with lots of creatures, he gets no blocks as he isn't originally as big, then hits for lots of damage.
Necrotic Ooze- Interesting card that I think of as my sort of toolbox. Since my graveyard is usually full, this has quite a few abilities that i can pick what is the most convenient at the time
Nyx Weaver- Helpful for feeding my graveyard, and also has a eternal witness mana ability stapled onto him.
Puppateer Clique- Part of an infinite combo with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed provided I have a sac outlet. But even without that this card is just fantastic with a great ETB effectReclamation Sage- Like Caustic Caterpillar but handier with Meren's recursion because I don't have to spend mana
Sakura-Tribe Elder- My favourite Early game ramp creature. Best feeling in the world is sacking this, getting a land, end of turn Meren bringing it back so I can get another land. Plus the 2 experience counters from it.
Satyr Wayfinder- A way for me to put more cards in the graveyard, after that it's just a sac creature
Sengir Autocrat- Pretty efficient creature that helps me put tokens on the board
Shriekmaw- Very good with Meren's recursion, one of the best "removal spells" in my deck
Sidisi, Undead Vizier- Very Strong defender with a search ability stapled onto her, that i can use through sacking a creature! very good in this deck
Smothering Abomination- Added due to me wanting more fliers and card draw, this did both for the price of sacking creatures
Solemn Simulacrum- Also Very good in this recursion deck because it Ramps and draws cards! both things every mage player loves
Spike Feeder- This one is only a %(MVP) due to him being apart of the infinite life combo, other than that it's less than mediocre
Spore Frog- I like it because i usually can have an extra mana floating around to cast him, gets my sac triggers up early in the game, and that ability keeps me alive! Yay!
Thragtusk- Very strong ETB effect and LTB effect (tokens!) plus makes a solid beater.
Varolz, the Scar-Striped- More of just a general graveyard synergy card that's a lower CMC so i know i can have pressure out earlier
Viridian Emissary- Part of my Ramp and Sac group, probably the weakest because it doesn't have a sac trigger on him but he finds ways to die anyways...
Wurmcoil Engine- Very strong card that I often try to get on the field. It can be brought back with Glissa, the Traitor or another reanimate, and then can be sacrificed three times with it's tokens. Lots of value.Zulaport Cutthroat- Weaker version of Blood Artist, but still pretty good in this deck

Instants Show

Altar's Reap- Added to my deck as I needed a cheap draw spell that could gain me card advantage
Entomb- Amazing search card that lets me put what I want in my graveyard for a very affordable 1 CMC
Go for the Throat- A standard removal card with the benefit of being 2 mana
Grisly Salvage- A pretty good card for selectively seeding my graveyard with the right creatures, without losing lands to the graveyard
Putrefy- Very good flexible removal spell that I like to save for my opponent's game breaking artifacts

Sorcery Show

Buried Alive- My favourite search card in the deck because my deck is primarily focused on creatures, so I most often always search up creatures anyways. So with that thinking it's basically a triple Entomb in one card.
Commune with the Gods- Just another filtering card that helps me selectively feed my graveyard
Diabolic Intent- A very good search card that actually lets me put the card in my hand, unlike my other graveyard ones, so this is more for spells rather than creatures (as I have few ways of getting spells out of the graveyard)
Jarad's Orders- another search card that is a normal tutor as well as a "graveyard" tutor
Natural Order- a very good spell that I usually like to turn one of my mana dorks into a bomb like Avenger of Zendikar
Rampant Growth- straight forward ramp, also had far seek in previously, but I found 1 was enough
Read the Bones- Probably the better of my "draw" spells, but still think there's other options out there
Victimize- An awesome card, for the minuscule price of one sacrificed token, I can put on the battlefield any of my bombs which have multiple ways of making it to the graveyard. A fantastic cheat effect.
Vigor Mortis- Another "cheat" effect card that benefits me because I play black green, It's strong when I haven't fully stabilized Meren's experience counters yet, or she's offline.

Artifacts Show

Birthing Pod- It was so good in modern it got banned, It's been just as effective in my "EDH toolbox"
Chromatic Lantern- one of the best mana fixing options available in commander in my opinion
Lightning Greaves- gives Meren shroud when she needs to be protected, or can let my heavy hitters like Doomgape swing for damage right after being casted, and even if doom gape dies, it can come back on him next turn for the same thing with Meren's recursion and an equip cost of 0
Sensei's Divining Top- I havve debated about this one a lot, but it still manages to offer enough filtering to stay useful in the deck
Skullclamp- Absolutely fantastic, getting to refill my hand so easily attaching this to 1/1 tokens is great.
Sol Ring- It is THE commander staple in my opinion

Enchantments Show

Animate Dead- A very strong card, especially because often times I bring creatures back from the graveyard for their abilities, not their power. Helpful for when Meren is offline
Awakening Zone- A very good ramp enchantment that gets me tokens as well. Plus nobody ever really sees it as "removal worthy" so it usually gets to stick around
Grave Pact- pure board shutdown for my opponents. I'm the only one that gets to play with creatures!!

Planeswalker Show

Garruk Relentless  - I always want to have at least one planes walker in my commander decks, and based on my testing this one had the most synergy with the deck while also having a low CMC

Lands Show

Haven't gotten around to writing this list out... but it's a consistent mana base and I've found 36 to be my magic number of lands in this deck

Throughout the testing I have also found cards that I just have a preference against, or don't see enough value in including it my deck. Before suggesting a card, please make sure it's not on this list.

My "No" List Show

jet medallion
emerald medallion
dictate of erebos
Carrion feeder
Rampant growth
deadbridge chant
Liliana, Heretical Healer  
Greater Good

Nel Toth's Graveyard Show

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge
Uril, the Miststalker
Daxos the Returned
Maelstrom Wanderer
Anax and Cymede

Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Spike Feeder
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 29 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 21 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.38
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Human 2/2 G, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Serf 0/1 B, Thrull 1/1 B, Wolf 1/1 B, Wolf 2/2 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Deathtouch, Wurm 3/3 C w/ Lifelink, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Meren, grn/blk, Commander