If you strike me down...

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Cruel Control Reanimator

FormerBalloon

Creature (32)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Bane of Progress
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Noosegraf Mob
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Satyr Wayfinder
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Visara the Dreadful
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen

Land (39)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 6x Forest
• 1x Foul Orchard
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 8x Swamp
• 3x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Curse of the Cabal
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Victimize

Commander (1)

Enchantment (9)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Song of the Dryads

Artifact (8)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Strionic Resonator
• 1x Worn Powerstone

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Fresh Meat
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Putrefy

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My take at a competitive Meren deck, always looking for suggestions, though. Im slowly in the process of acquiring some of the more expensive cards on the list, if you want to see a more budget-friendly version im playing with now it's on my page with a similar name.

The deck runs mostly off tokens as sac fodder and using the exp counters to keep token creators on the field. Tried to balance sac outlets, token creators, and auxiliary effect working off of creature death. Other cards are things with high value/ powerful etb effects that can be exploited with Meren's recursion

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 41 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 0 Commons
Cards	102
Avg. CMC	4.21
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen, Experience Token, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Plant 0/1 G, Saproling 1/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Based on	Meren's bitches FormerBalloon EDH