Meren AristoCombo

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

Alaith

Land (35)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 8x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Winding Canyons
• 1x Woodland Cemetery
• 1x Yavimaya Hollow

Draw (8)

• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Doom Whisperer
• 1x Harvester of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Soul of the Harvest
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Underrealm Lich

Advantage (7)

• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Yahenni, Undying Partisan

Tutor (11)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor
• 1x Yavimaya Elder

Combo (9)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Removal (9)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Shriekmaw

Enabler (2)

• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Spore Frog

Commander (1)

Ramp (10)

• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Farhaven Elf
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Primal Growth
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Recur (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Victimize
• 1x World Shaper

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Maybeboard

Land (12)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bayou
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Polluted Mire
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Wasteland

Other (6)

• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Scourge of Nel Toth
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Wurmcoil Engine

Combo (5)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Phyrexian Plaguelord
• 1x Triskelion

Token (4)

• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Izoni, Thousand-Eyed
• 1x Kessig Cagebreakers
• 1x Mycoloth

Advantage (10)

• 1x Bramble Sovereign
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Kraul Foragers
• 1x Lotleth Giant
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Mind Slash
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Ravenous Slime
• 1x Thorn of Amethyst

Enabler (7)

• 1x Gravepurge
• 1x Living Plane
• 1x Nature's Revolt
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Temur Sabertooth
• 1x Triumph of the Hordes
• 1x Wretched Confluence

Tutor (5)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon

Ramp (2)

• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Explosive Vegetation

Removal (10)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Tribute to the Wild
• 1x Vraska the Unseen
• 1x Windgrace's Judgment

Draw (6)

• 1x Beast Whisperer
• 1x Corpse Augur
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Lifecrafter's Bestiary

Recur (6)

• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nim Deathmantle
• 1x Ramunap Excavator
• 1x Sepulchral Primordial
• 1x Splendid Reclamation

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I took this deck apart mostly because it wasn't that fun to play. It wouldn't win quickly, and just killed peoples creatures with dictate effects, and then would win from nowhere with mike+ball combo. But it was hard to do because I didn't run enough reanimation effects to cheat hulk out from the yard, and by the time I hard-cast mike everyone had lots of mana to remove him, or counter, etc.

Focus is on grinding value from meren while trying to combo or just kill people by getting more value out of my creatures through graveyard recursion.

Combos in this deck are:

1. Persist creature with a way to give +1/+1 counters and a sac outlet. E.x. Ashnod's Altar + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Puppeteer Clique . This seems like a great combo since you can get many different effects depending on the sac outlet or persist creature.

2. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion DMG engine

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion Ashnod's Altar + Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest + Puppeteer Clique
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.31
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token
Based on	Meren Sacrifice with Combo Alaith EDH