Meran of Clan Nel Toth [Competitive][Primer]

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Competitive Control Death and Taxes

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Creature (33)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Avenger of Zendikar
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Cavalier of Night
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Genesis
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Midnight Reaper
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nissa, Vastwood Seer  ^Flip
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
• 1x Skullwinder
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Viridian Zealot

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
• 1x Vraska, Golgari Queen

Land (33)

• 1x Ancient TombGC
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 5x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Rogue's Passage
• 1x Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
• 4x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Find / Finality
• 1x Harvest Season
• 1x Spider Spawning
• 1x Torment of Hailfire

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chalice of the Void
• 1x Defense Grid
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Pithing Needle
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sphere of Resistance
• 1x Talisman of Resilience

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Guardian Project
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Survival of the FittestGC
• 1x Sylvan Library

Instant (5)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Arachnogenesis
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Deathsprout
• 1x Entomb

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General Game Plan

This deck takes advantage of consistently locking the board down in the early game and maintaining that relentless game control to preventing anyone from breaking the lock and enabling you to win quickly and efficiently. Cards such as Defense Grid , Sphere of Resistance and Static Orb are only some examples of this. We also just want to generate value through Meren of Clan Nel Toth 's ends step ability with cards like Blood Artist , Merciless Executioner and Sakura-Tribe Elder to tax, sacrifice and ramp. To take advantage of all these triggers we try to have sac outlets in place to get rid of our creatures at will. Ways to bring those creatures back other than Meren of Clan Nel Toth 's ability are also important, it allows us to get more value by just doing it all over again. Once Meren of Clan Nel Toth 's experience counters are high enough we can abuse the disruption tools and recursion engines to maximise the access to the cards we need.

The Commander

W.I.P

Disruption

We have some good options when it comes to locking down the board in this deck.

• Many artifacts cause spells to cost more to cast, such as Damping Sphere , Defense Grid and Trinisphere which would usually be a negative as it affects us as it effects everyone but seeing as we rarely need to cast cards, we can make it so everyone else can't.

• Pithing Needle , Winter Orb , Crawlspace , Damping Matrix , Mana Web , and Static Orb : All of these stop opponents from ramping, activating abilities and untapping perminants which is very powerful with Meren. The restriction on our opponents will allow us to flood the board and beat down our opponents.

• Bottomless Pit , Oppression , and Mindslicer : These cards allow us to negate the opponents card draw. Mindslicer can be consistently sacked and brought back out.

Sac Outlet

Alright, we have the ability to consistently recur creatures from the graveyard but with the CMC for spells being 300-500% higher then normal it's unreasonable to cast them.

Sakura-Tribe Elder : Helps generate mana so we can cast more spells.

Caustic Caterpillar and Plaguecrafter : These cards can act as removal, especially for those pesky indestructible creatures and artifacts.

Grim Flayer , Entomb , Innocent Blood , Grisly Salvage , Buried Alive and Vampiric Rites : Are our main sac outlets transferring the cards we want from our library to the graveyard, just how Golgari like it.

Apprentice Necromancer , Eternal Witness , Skullwinder , Golgari Findbroker , Titania, Protector of Argoth and Find / Finality : These cards allow us to bring back creature that were either killed or sacked.

Lord of Extinction : All round beefcake.

Combos

Now that we've got sac outlets and recursion covered, lets start making our creatures big.

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Corpsejack Menace : For each creature we sacrifice or force our opponents to sacrifice will now net us +1/+1 (x2) counters on all of our creatures.

Lord of Extinction + Tainted Strike : Sac outlet until you can drop Lord of Extinction then swing for [X] infect.

Win Conditions

Lotleth Giant : 33% of this deck is made up of creatures, if a majority of them end up in the graveyard this card can end games.

Izoni, Thousand-Eyed : Same deal as Lotleth Giant create a bunch of 1/1 black and green insect creature tokens.

Lord of Extinction + Tainted Strike : Sac outlet until you can drop Lord of Extinction then swing for [X] infect.

Vraska, Golgari Queen or Vraska the Unseen : If you can ult either Vraska's then GG.

I hope you like the deck! Comments, suggestions, and upvotes are encouraged.

Date added	6 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 44 - 0 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.12
Tokens	Ashaya, the Awoken World, Bat 1/1 B, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Vraska, Golgari Queen, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C, Plant 0/1 G, Spider 1/2 G, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Out of Rotation