@Entari0 mazireck pairs alongWoodfall Primus and Puppeteer Clique if mikaeus is out, I don't play him... And vice-verca I really like your idea for Altar of Dementia and Curse of the CabalCan you make any suggestions to take out?

@Tyr_W I still don't see the difference between, Merciless Executioner and Fleshbag Marauder but I do love cabal and pox idea.... But wasn't cabal minion banned?

I think I would suggest cutting Abhorrent Overlord and Skullwinder for Altar of Dementia and Curse of the Cabal.

Abhorrent Overlord is only good, in my opinion, as a means to further your board state, but only if you get rid of it quickly. It doesn't do anything other than eat your creatures, and while that does get you stuff, you have better and more beneficial ways to do that already.

Skullwinder serves as the pre-con's second Eternal Witness, with better stats, but letting an opponent grab a thing as well. Yes, you can subvert this by targeting someone with nothing in their graveyard, but the deathtouch and 2 extra points of toughness are not worth it.

Cool, I agree with slullwinder, but abhorrent is part of a hilarious infinite that my meta hasn't seen before

Abhorrent Overlordfor Archfiend of Depravity while you need to sac some for meren, making you opponent keep no more than 2 creatures at the end of each turn can be awesome (especially vs aggro), tho it can make you a target because such effect

This deck looks like it's a little short on lands to me, especially in a time when Vancouver mulligans are the standard. I'd recommend adding 1 or 2 more, likely Phyrexian Tower and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth if you can get your hands on them. I think good cuts would be Hell's Caretaker for being too slow and Viridian Emissary for being too conditional. You may also want to jam another board wipe (probably Decree of Pain) since having only Living Death can be risky.

thanks TheFanatic i am currently making last minute changes to the deck over the next week, and will strongly look into adding more land, and as it is i am adding in Pox and Curse of the Cabal to go with my current board wipes, Living Death/Death Cloud and the Grave Pact and Dictate of Erebos which funtion very similar to directed creature wipes in this particular deck.

i have been looking for a good replacement for Hell's Caretaker since I do not think I have enough creature reanimation/reclamation... am I wrong on this(if so and I have more than enough, then he will gladly be dropped for a land)? This is the first time I have built a stax reanimate deck.

Replacement for Hell's Caretaker is Apprentice Necromancer. Though you can sac the Caretaker to himself, the Necromancer can dig a creature up any time and even give it haste, which is a steal in EDH. And for 2 mana he is very cheap to cast or dig up with Meren. I've tested quite thoroughly and am happy every time I draw the card.

thanks Tyr_W i will look into one as soon as i decide whether or not to add land in his spot on the deck.

@trobaldo Meren decks don't actually need that many reanimation effects aside from Meren herself. The best ones are probably Sheoldred, Whispering One, Victimize, Dread Return, Animate Dead, and Reanimate. Beyond that, everything just seems superfluous, since your commander does the same thing. Even the last two might just be unnecessary, but I've been happy with them in my own Meren list. I do think Hell's Caretaker is just worse than all of the above, though.

@TheFanatic Relying on Meren for regeneration is risky. You will need to wait for the counters to come in order to bring out the larger creatures. And you bring them back at the end of your turn, so the attackers need to stay alive during all opponents turns before you can use them. And if someone manages to destroy it every time or steal-and-tuck it, your deck is disrupted.

I like it, very budget version of Meren which actually works. I imagine having tutors would just make it infinitely better not sure if it's in your price range but Vampiric Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Diabolic Tutor, even Diabolic Intent is quite good in here, they are generally good staples for any deck with Black. I'm not sure why Braids, Cabal Minion is in your maybeboard, I'd definitely put it mainboard haha purely because you can basically use her as a Stax effect which you can just sac with Phyrexian Altar or Ashnod's Altar or any sac outlet before your upkeep and bring her back with Meren at your end step basically pestering your opponents whilst not affecting your board state very much. I also like in sac decks having a way to draw cards from doing so, so Grim Haruspex and Dark Prophecy might interest you. Greater Good is also quite decent for drawing and dropping important cards for recursion in the yard. Card Draw is always quite crucial in getting your hand loaded up and always having answers to any threats your opponents may bring out.

hey, thanks Ulturascurrently vampiric,demonic,diabolic intent, and greater good are a bit out of my price range.

Braids is currently in my maybeboard, because I am waiting for it to arrive lol it is an amazing card. Can you suggest anything you would take out for Grim Haruspex or another tutor card for the deck?

trobaldo I'd definitely say Agent of Erebos may be one of your weaker cards in here especially only running 6 enchantments and the only one with Flash is Dictate of Erebos so responding to someone doing GY shenanigans is quite difficult. It's always hard deciding, I'm not so sure on Duplicant it's just a weaker form of Phyrexian Metamorph and with the Imprint when Duplicant dies you lose potentially good cards. The rest of your deck is very synergistic which is why I like it :).

Ulturas i will explain both of those cards:Agent of Erebos reads to me: any time i reanimate him, exile a players grave

and Duplicant reads, exile opponents creature for the hell of it lol.do you still believe those two should come out for it?

trobaldo Man I never read cards right aha just tired atm. Yea both very Toolbox sorta themed. If you're playing correctly your opponents will very rarely have any creatures with how many Grave Pact effects you have making Duplicant a little lackluster and for 6 CMC there's definitely better things you can cast for removal. Agent of Erebos definitely sounds better now I've read the card (facepalm moment). So yea man lot of hard choices really your decks really good, I always find removing cards in EDH a chore especially when there's a lot of synergy.

I know the feeling man. I second guess and debate to myself every time I go to remove or add a card.

trobaldo The EDH struggles lol. I even struggle doing it in any format coz it's like "oh but this is in here to do this" "but this card does this better" etc etc. Honestly man really up to you at the end of the day it's your deck haha. Opinions are always useful but not always correct.

I really enjoy this list, so let's start with another +1!

Now some suggestions. I've found that Awakening Zone and From Beyond are just bat-shit crazy in the deck. They literally give you free sac fodder, and extra mana every turn. I'm also a huge fan of Blood Artist to go alongside Zulaport Cutthroat. But one of the things I don't feel I can suggest enough is Lotleth Troll. I've had a game or two where I got him out turn two or three, and won the entire game off of him alone.

The only things I can think to suggest switching out are Agent of Erebos and Phyrexian Plaguelord. Personally, I'm not a big fan of exiling graveyards when playing reanimator. And through the testing I've done, Plaguelord just doesn't do enough.

thanks for the +1 L0stinExile glad you liked it.I have been having trouble getting my hands on Blood Artist but have decided that I will just take it out of my olivia deck after I buy a Horobi, Death's Wail for it. This replacement is mostly because today I realized that I have around 30 more infinite sacs then I thought I did..... pairs nicely with him.

From Beyond is a card I have but am slightly unsure of where it fits in the deck honestly, I will look more into it.

Lotleth Troll currently doesn't seem to go along much with my infinites, or play well with my ramp out style of gaming, I replaced it with Fauna Shaman

Agent of Erebos is currently in testing stages, as a graveyard hate tactic to deal with my mirror, so jury is still out on that card for the time... On the other hand Phyrexian Plaguelord is one of my favorite sacrifice outlets, as he allows me to save my creatures from an unfortunate color called white...... looking at you Path to Exile... and he has the added bonus of dealing with indestructible, that my meta runs quite often.

Thank you for your suggestions, and if there are any further suggestions on adds or cuts, please don't hesitate to comment

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