Meren Sax Value Train

Commander / EDH*

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Creature (33)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nantuko Husk
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Ravenous Chupacabra
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Viridian Emissary
• 1x Viridian Zealot
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x World Shaper

Land (36)

• 1x Command Tower
• 13x Forest
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 13x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Contamination
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Greater Good
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (7)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Eldrazi Monument
• 1x Golgari Signet
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Instant (5)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Golgari Charm
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Tragic Slip

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This Meren deck has been a work in progress since the precon came out, but I think it is a really strong deck. It is a powerful and consistent reanimator engine that wins through either out-valuing the opponent or some kind of combo.

Gameplan:

Creature recursion or Mike/Trike are the main win cons of this deck, and there are multiple ways to get there. Try and ramp a bit early and then find some kind of tutor. Good targets to find early are any creature tutor (Sidisi, but Razaketh is king), Birthing Pod (easy way to access the toolbox), or Buried Alive (usually just wins the game, especially with Victimize).

Why Meren and why play this deck:

This deck evolved slowly from the precon into a Meren deck that just focused on good Golgari stuff, then I added Mike/Trike to actually win sometimes. Slowly it has turned into a tuned graveyard deck. Meren is a value train that never stops. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord could function at the helm as well for a quicker combo deck, but I prefer the added tenacity that Meren brings to the deck. DO NOT play this deck if you hate graveyard strategies or just need countermagic. Those are really the only reasons not to. YES, PLAY this deck if you want a strong, easily upgradable, well rounded reanimator deck. I do legitamtely have a ton of fun playing it, and I hope you do too.

The Main Win-Cons:

1. Classic Mike/Trike. Have Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion in play and remove a counter from Trike dealing one damage to someone. Then remove the other two counters to kill itself (it gets the +1/+1 from Mike). It then comes back into play because when it died it had no counters. You now have an infinite loop of counter-shooting. 2. Gray Merchant of Asphodel + Kokusho, the Evening Star. Recur these bad boys to close games quickly. I've been stuck at 3 life and these cards have brought me back to win. 3. Classic beats. 4. The grindier and more rude way to win is to establish a Contamination lock. Have some mana dorks out or a golgari charm and slam Contamination to keep most opponents out of the game. Obviously this doesn't work againt a black deck but can still make things very difficult and at least turn of Cabal Coffers.

Value:

There are the obvious value cards like Skullclamp, Kokusho, or Grave Titan. Also, Spore Frog is the best card in Magic.

Wrap Up:

Any feedback is welcome! Please! Everyone learns about new things everyday, if you see some things that would be good let me know! Cards like Diabolic/Vampiric Tutor and Sol Ring are not in due to budget or are just make the deck too easy, but could easily be thrown in as an upgrade. Same with some of the better lands. Thnk you!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	3 years
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	99
Avg. CMC	3.25
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elephant 3-3 G, Experience Token, Morph 2/2 C, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	sacs, Premade Deck Fix Ideas, Meren decks, Cool decks