Meren Stax and Combo V3

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari)

SirJeivus

Creature (33)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Collector Ouphe
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Disciple of the Vault
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fyndhorn Elves
• 1x Grim Haruspex
• 1x Lesser Masticore
• 1x Liliana's Specter
• 1x Llanowar Elves
• 1x Manglehorn
• 1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
• 1x Mindslicer
• 1x Nest Invader
• 1x Ophiomancer
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Plaguecrafter
• 1x Priest of Titania
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Thrashing Brontodon
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wall of Roots
• 1x Woe Strider
• 1x Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Land (34)

• 1x Bayou
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Command Tower
• 8x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 5x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (7)

• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Force of Vigor
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Artifact (3)

• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Commander (1)

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Maelstrom Pulse
• 1x Natural Order
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize
• 1x Yahenni's Expertise

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Defense of the Heart
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Earthcraft
• 1x Evolutionary Leap
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Squirrel Nest
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

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Difference in V3 from V2 is that I've foregone the stax element and went full combo. Also included Razaketh lines for infinite squirrels.

Meren Stax for CEDH. Not meant for casual play. Deck is meant to be played the exact same every time. The 2 major steps are. It's on the lower end of CEDH (8.5/10) as no expensive mana rocks are in here like Mana Crypt and Mana Vault.

1. Make everyone discard their hand to prevent any interaction, and
2. Aim to get your combo assembled using either the Protean Hulk combo chain or Survival of the Fittest combo chain.
3. Plan B is to make infinite squirrels with Earthcraft and Squirrel Nest.

Objective 1: Discard everyone's hand:

1. Find Birthing pod + Mindslicer OR Mindslicer + sacrifice outlet (Viscera Seer, etc). This is to shred everyone's hand
2. Play Meren of Clan Nel Toth to get your value chain going
3. Find Survival of the Fittest OR Defense of the Heart OR Protean Hulk + sacrifice outlet
4. Pick one of below combo chains to finish the game depending on Step 3.

Objective 2: Choosing an appropriate combo chain:

1. Sacrifice Protean Hulk
2. Get Phyrexian Delver + Viscera Seer
3. Phyrexian Delver ETB trigger, get back Protean Hulk
4. Sacrifice Protean Hulk to Viscera Seer
5. Tutor for Disciple of the Vault, Melira, Sylvok Outcast, Lesser Manticore
6. Sacrifice Lesser Manticore to Melira, Sylvok Outcast.
7. Disciple of the Vault deals 1 damage to target opponent due to death trigger.
8. Lesser Manticore comes out due to persist, but no -1/-1 counters are put on it.
9. Rinse and repeat until everyone dies.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	6 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.55
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Goat 0/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Snake 1/1 B, Squirrel 1/1 G
Folders	Meren