Meren’s Thousand-Eyed Army [Primer]
Commander / EDH
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Dec. 27, 2017
In:
- Golgari Thug - Dredge 4 seems decent, and the text box isn't completely irrelevant
- Terastodon - destroying three non-creatures seems decent
- Putrid Imp - it costs less mana for a discard outlet
- Agent of Erebos - for mass graveyard removal; this was used against me recently and I discovered that it fits the mass grave-hate slot perfectly because it is a creature and it is and ETB effect
- Corpse Connoisseur - I'm trying this out as Entomb on a creature; five cmc seems a little steep, but I'm going to test it
- Woodfall Primus - seems like extremely good value; destroys anything non-creature and has persist, so it has additional reuse value on top of playing a reanimator deck
- Rune-Scarred Demon - more tutors
- Bloodghast - free recursive creature
- Nether Traitor - an extremely easy to recur creature that can die to skullclamp
- Damnation - black Wrath of God, just seems good
- Butcher of Malakir - Fleshbag Marauder on steroids, why not
Out:
- Sylvan Scrying - good, but just rarely ever needed
- Primal Growth - great ramp, on theme, works perfectly, just hate drawing this late game and the slot could be better served
- Wild Mongrel - found the same card essentially but one cmc less
- Fyndhorn Elves, Llanowar Elves. Elvish Mystic - I'm cutting all the mana dorks that don't color fix; they don't have haste, they're decent early drops and great skullclamp targets, but having them late-game is not great
- Krosan Restorer - it doesn't have haste, and having to delay a turn or waste time getting it into play after a board wipe just always feels bad; Deserted Temple serves the same essential function and is harder to destroy
- Grisly Salvage - it's a good card, but I just needed something better in the slot
- Phyrexian Delver - seems good, it's a two for one technically, but it honestly doesn't do that much unless you cast it from your hand
- Temur Sabertooth - it served a purpose once, but honestly it is so severely niche, in that it can protect from spot removal through a RIP or Leyline of the Void, it's seriously not worth the slot and not at that mana cost
Indexxical says... #1
I totally appreciate the amount of time and thought you put into this. Meren is one of my favorite commanders and you gave me a few ideas so I thank you for that. You deserve more upvotes (or comments for that matter). +1 for you! :)
Wanna trade brains for a bit? Meren, Who Tutors Golgari-Style
December 19, 2017 4:52 p.m.