Meren Necro-Re-genesis

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Competitive Cruel Control Death and Taxes Reanimator Tokens

NSane035

Instant (5)

• 1x Crypt Incursion
• 1x Hero's Downfall
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Naturalize
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Bone Splinters
• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Death Stroke
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life's Finale
• 1x Primal Command
• 1x Victimize

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Asceticism
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Bonds of Mortality
• 1x Deadbridge Chant
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Golgari Germination
• 1x Gutter Grime
• 1x Nettlevine Blight
• 1x Oversold Cemetery
• 1x Shadows of the Past
• 1x Zendikar Resurgent

Artifact (4)

• 1x Carnage Altar
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Garruk, Apex Predator

Creature (37)

• 1x Abyssal Gatekeeper
• 1x Big Game Hunter
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Butcher of Malakir
• 1x Corpse Connoisseur
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Dutiful Attendant
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Flesh Carver
• 1x Ghoulcaller Gisa
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Hell's Caretaker
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Mycoloth
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Ogre Slumlord
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Royal Assassin
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Savra, Queen of the Golgari
• 1x Scute Mob
• 1x Sheoldred, Whispering One
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Tajuru Preserver
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zulaport Cutthroat

Land (32)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 10x Forest
• 1x Golgari Guildgate
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Rupture Spire
• 1x Slippery Karst
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Vivid Marsh

Commander (1)

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Instant (3)

• 1x Entomb
• 1x Spoils of Blood
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Living Death
• 1x Praetor's Counsel

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Grave Betrayal
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Mirri's Guile
• 1x Night Soil
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Quest for Renewal
• 1x Retribution of the Ancients
• 1x Survival of the Fittest

Artifact (4)

• 1x MImic Vat
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak
• 1x Winter Orb

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Liliana Vess

Creature (4)

• 1x Blood Artist
• 1x Doomed Necromancer
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Smothering Abomination

Land (5)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Vesuva
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

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A Meren of Clan Nel Toth graveyard play deck. It's all about recursion and ETB/LTB effects. With Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Sheoldred, Whispering One, and Deadbridge Chant as reliable ways of pulling from the graveyard and Buried Alive, Corpse Connoisseur and a ton of tutoring in there to get what I need it plays pretty well.

Have the Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion infinite combo in there as a win-con, but the primary is have either Butcher of Malakir or Dictate of Erebos on the board with some token creation creating an I Sac, You Sac situation. Main goal is to keep the opponent's board state nonexistent. Sac outlets are Carnage Altar, Skullclamp, Ghoulcaller Gisa, and Flesh Carver.

Besides the main sacrificing meta there's a token sub-theme provided by things like Ogre Slumlord, Golgari Germination, Gutter Grime, Mycoloth, and Ghoulcaller Gisa.

Have Burnished Hart, Sakura-Tribe Elder, and Yavimaya Elder in there for my ramp options.

Will post updates as I try out different cards and builds for the deck.

Any recommendations or advice on how to further improve the deck would be greatly appreciated. Also looking for some input on how to make this more competitive. I play with a pretty strong group and I would like it to hit the point that I'm able to hang in there a little better.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 4 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Exclude colors	WUR
Key combos	Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 33 - 0 Rares 21 - 0 Uncommons 16 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.81
Tokens	Beast 3/3 B, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Emblem Garruk, Apex Predator, Experience Token, Horror */* B, Ooze */* G, Rat 1/1 B, Saproling 1/1 G, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B
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