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My take on a Meren list, inspired by pao2's Meren list found here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/honorless-meren-cedh/

We’re able to break parity in a number of ways with this deck. We’re running a lot of mana dorks, and running Null Rod, Collector Ouphe, & Manglehorn to punish artifact heavy mana bases. This combined with Contamination makes some decks simply unable to generate colored mana.

Thorn of Amethyst & Sphere of Resistance both punish storm and act as general stax effects.

Props to pao2 for the Meren list created here: http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/honorless-meren-cedh/ as this pile is created there:

Hulk Pile

Once you get Protean Hulk's death trigger, fetch Melira, Sylvok Outcast , Lesser Masticore , Disciple of the Vault , a sacrifice outlet (either Carrion Feeder or Viscera Seer work), and Dryad Arbor because you can. Sacrifice Lesser Masticore to the sacrifice outlet and it will return due to persist without a -1/-1 counter because of Melira, Sylvok Outcast . This will also trigger Disciple of the Vault , pinging an opponent for 1 life. Since Lesser Masticore comes back without a -1/-1 counter, you can repeat the loop to trigger Disciple of the Vault infinitely.

Protected Hulk Pile:

Once Protean Hulk's death trigger occurs, grab Body Snatcher , a sacrifice outlet (either Carrion Feeder or Viscera Seer) , Sylvan Safekeeper , and Dryad Arbor . Respond to Body Snatcher's ETB ability by sacrificing it to your sac outlet, triggering its death trigger which will target Protean Hulk in your graveyard. You can allow the ETB to resolve and choose not to discard anything since Body Snatcher is already exiled anyway. From here, proceed to the line above. The obvious advantage of this line is the presence of Sylvan Safekeeper which will allow you to protect your combo if you suspect people have interaction up, however this does have the downside of requiring 2 Protean Hulk triggers.

With Earthcraft and a basic land enchanted with Squirrel Nest you can do a few interesting things. With Viscera Seer you basically get as much Vampiric Tutor as you want, you can make an arbitrarily large Carrion Feeder and with any sac outlet get as many experience counters as you want with Meren of Clan Nel Toth
This is taken from pao2's Meren list:

Razaketh, the Foulblooded is another way you can combo off earlier - if you happen to have a reanimation spell without a way to sacrifice a creature, Razaketh can often be a better reanimation target than Protean Hulk , board state depending. With enough creatures or mana out, you can go for Earthcraft + Squirrel Nest immediately and generate a tutor engine bounded only by your life total, but it is far more common for Razaketh to be used as a bridge to the Hulk lines as Hulk lines win immediately. Special thanks to roguelikedev for being the progenitor of the Razaketh/Hulk lines.

Razaketh to Hulk lines

Life Line

Bread and butter line shared by all Razahulk decks. Lowest life cost. Requires 3 lands, Razaketh, the Foulblooded , and one other creature in play, 1 mana, >10 life

Sacrifice a creature via Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Life / Death , cast Life (0 floating)

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Lion's Eye Diamond

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Protean Hulk

Crack Lion's Eye Diamond for , discarding Protean Hulk ( floating)

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any reanimation spell ( Reanimate, Animate Dead )

Reanimate Protean Hulk with your reanimation spell of choice (0- floating)

Sacrifice Protean Hulk to Razaketh, the Foulblooded to search for whatever, proceed to Hulk combo line

Eternal Witness Line

An omnipresent manaless, land-free alternative. Low risk but the two creatures can take time. Requires 2 creatures and Razaketh, the Foulblooded in play, 0 mana, >16 life

Sacrifice a creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Lion's Eye Diamond , crack for

Sacrfice a creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Eternal Witness Cast Eternal Witness , returning Lion's Eye Diamond and casting it, crack for

Sacrifice Eternal Witness to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , search for Reanimate Cast Reanimate targeting Eternal Witness , which will return Reanimate to your hand ( floating)

Sacrifce Eternal Witness to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , seaching for Protean Hulk Cast Reanimate targeting Eternal Witness , returning Lion's Eye Diamond to your hand using its ETB trigger

Sacrifice Eternal Witness to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any reanimation spell ( Animate Dead ), crack Lion's Eye Diamond in response ( floating) Reanimate Protean Hulk using the reanimation spell you searched for, sacrifice it to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for anything and proceeding to the Hulk combo line

Hybrid Line

Requires 2 lands, Razaketh, the Foulblooded and one other creature in play, , >18 life

Sacrifice a creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Life / Death

Cast Life half of Life / Death (0 floating), go to Eternal Witness line

Razaketh to Squirrelcraft lines

In the unfortunate situation that Hulk combo pieces have been exiled or are otherwise unavailable, you'll have to go for the Earthcraft / Squirrel Nest combo. The lines are numerous but here are just a few ways to do so with minimal resources. A note that for these lines, if you have extra mana or lands, the requirements get easier since the last few steps of some lines involve fetching 1 drops to untap enchanted lands to generate mana. Again, this is in no way an exhaustive list of all possible Razaketh to Squirrelcraft lines, just some examples. Also noteworthy is that if you do get Squirrelcraft out, Gaea's Cradle will generate infinite .

Life Line, 3 lands Requires an untapped Razaketh, the Foulblooded , 2 other creatures in play (one of which should be untapped), 3 lands (one of which MUST be an untapped basic Forest), mana, >14 life

Sacrifice a creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Earthcraft ( floating, 1 untapped Forest)

Cast Earthcraft (0 floating, 1 untapped Forest)

Tap Forest for , use Earthcraft to tap your untapped creature ( floating, 1 untapped forest)

Sacrifice the creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Life / Death and cast the Life half (0 floating, 1 untapped forest)

From here, you can either do this set of actions:

Sacrifice a tapped 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Lion's Eye Diamond , crack for

Sacrifice a tapped 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Squirrel Nest , cast it on your untapped land, proceed to make infinite 1/1 tapped Squirrels and ending with an untapped basic land.

OR, do this set of interactions in case a Null Rod is down or something:

Sacrifice a tapped 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Utopia Sprawl

Tap your Forest to cast Utopia Sprawl on it, naming choosing black (0 floating, 0 untapped lands)

Tap Razaketh, the Foulblooded to untap your Forest, then tap it for mana ( floating)

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any 1 black drop (you must pay attention to your green mana, as you must end with and an untapped basic land before finding Squirrel Nest ), cast it ( floating)

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land, tap the land for 2 mana ( mana floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any 1 drop, cast it ( or floating)

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land, tap the land for 2 mana ( or floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for another 1 drop, cast it, making sure to leave floating

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land ( floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Squirrel Nest , proceed to make infinite 1/1 tapped Squirrels and ending with an untapped basic land.

In either case:

If you have 2 more life to spare, sacrifice a Squirrel to Razaketh, the Foulblooded to find Plunge into Darkness , tap your basic to cast it to gain infinite life. You may now tutor as many cards as you want from your deck.

Life Line, 5 lands

Requires Razaketh, the Foulblooded , 1 other creature in play, mana, 5 lands (one of which must be basic), >16 life

Sacrifice a creature to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Life / Death

Cast Life half of Life / Death

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Lion's Eye Diamond , crack for

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Utopia Sprawl

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Earthcraft

cast Wild Growth/Utopia Sprawl on your basic land (Utopia Sprawl choosing black if forest, Wild Growth if Swamp)

Cast Earthcraft (0 floating)

Tap Razaketh, the Foulblooded to untap your basic land ( floating)

Sacrifice a 1/1 land to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any 1 black drop (you must pay attention to your green mana, as you must end with and an untapped basic land before finding Squirrel Nest ), cast it ( floating)

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land, tap the land for 2 mana ( mana floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for any 1 drop, cast it ( or floating)

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land, tap the land for 2 mana ( or floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for another 1 drop, cast it, making sure to leave floating

Tap the creature you just cast via Earthcraft to untap your basic land ( floating)

Sacrifice the 1 drop to Razaketh, the Foulblooded , searching for Squirrel Nest , proceed to make infinite 1/1 tapped Squirrels and ending with an untapped basic land.

If you have 2 more life to spare, sacrifice a Squirrel to Razaketh, the Foulblooded to find Plunge into Darkness , tap your basic to cast it to gain infinite life. You may now tutor as many cards as you want from your deck.

Manaless Earthcraft Line, 5 lands (N/A for this deck)

You can also begin this line with Razaketh, the Foulblooded , 2 other creatures in play, 5 lands one of which must be basic, and >16 life (>18 life for infinite life with Plunge into Darkness ).

In this case you will need to tutor Mana Crypt with that extra creature to complete the same chain outlined above. If you are unable to do so, you'll need to >18 life (>20 for infinite life with Plunge into Darkness ) and instead tutor for Chrome Mox or Mox Diamond first depending on your hand and casting it, tapping that for G, sacrificing the second creature to find Life / Death , the continue with the above line. It will require 2 extra life compared to the Mana Crypt line since you'll need to tutor another 1-drop to get the requisite mana.

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Date added 4 years
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This deck is Commander / EDH legal.

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8 - 0 Mythic Rares

43 - 0 Rares

18 - 0 Uncommons

11 - 0 Commons

Cards 100
Avg. CMC 2.25
Tokens Experience Token, Squirrel 1/1 G
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