Meren, the Shaman of Life and Death

Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Multiplayer

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Creature (33)

• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Carrion Feeder
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Disciple of Bolas
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x Terastodon
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x Woodfall Primus
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (36)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Beacon
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 8x Forest
• 1x High Market
• 1x Hissing Quagmire
• 1x Llanowar Wastes
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Strip Mine
• 10x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Deathreap Ritual
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Necromancy
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Pattern of Rebirth
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Instant (3)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Krosan Grip
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Commander (1)

Sorcery (12)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Eldritch Evolution
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Panharmonicon
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

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This deck has gone through many iterations to get to where it is now. It's hyper-resillient and is built for the late game; the longer the game goes, the more likely this deck is to win. There is a ton of things that can be done with the suit of tutor effects in this deck. It generally plays out that you react to what your opponents do and keep them at bay via attrition tactics while you get the ball rolling. There is a literal snowball effect that occurs some point during the game where you have enough reusable pieces and experience counters to pull off a win that people wont see coming, whether from reanimating Kokusho/Gray Merchant 4+ times in a turn to comboing off with Mikaeus with none of the pieces on board at the beginning of your upkeep. There is also a strong etb-matters theme present throughout the entire deck to achieve maximum value out of the sac-->recursion loops you can create.

If you have any ideas for cards I haven't included (except vampiric tutor, I know that should be in here, I just don't feel like spending that amount of money on it right now), or thoughts about the deck in general, feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks for checking out my Meren build!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 39 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.48
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Elephant 3/3 G, Experience Token, Zombie 2/2 B
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