Meren’s Thousand-Eyed Army [Primer]

Commander / EDH Control_Train

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Ding Dong Ravnica Allegiance is Here —March 15, 2019

Also, this hit 100 upvotes?? Thank you everyone for the positive feedback and questions, I never thought 100 people would even see this deck let alone like it. I’m humbled to be in the top percentage of Meren decks on the website.

IN

  • Dark Confidantfoil - solid card draw engine early, good sac fodder later, can hurt me badly but is offset by Savra and Viscera Seer can scry away large chunks of damage
  • Guardian Projectfoil - just seems like a good card draw engine; better than Beast Whisperer even though the latter is a creature because ETB triggers synergize with Meren's ability whereas a cast trigger would not
  • Khalni Gardenfoil - comes in tapped I know, but makes a free dude to sacrifice and pairs nicely with World Shaper
  • Krav, the Unredeemedfoil - not technically a free sac outlet but man if he isn't a good one; wasn't convinced by the preview but after seeing it literally win a game in my friends' Teysa deck, I was sold
  • Mausoleum Secretsfoil - this can find almost anything relevant in the deck and is instant speed; weak to graveyard hate, but so is, ya know, the whole deck
  • Memorial to Unityfoil - comes in tapped, but has utility when I'm starved for resources
  • Skirge Familiar - good discard outlet and mana generator
  • Soul of the Harvestfoil - good card draw, essentially just Guardian Project on a body
  • Worldly Tutor - solid Tutor effect at any stage of the game; also good card is good OUT
    • Adventurous Impulsefoil - bad card is bard
    • Grapple with the Pastfoil - it's like a bad Noxious Revival, really not worth the slot to not be a creature spell
    • Grim Tutor - a bad impostor of Demonic Tutor, not worth the price tag
    • Grisly Salvagefoil - now I remember why I cut it over a year ago; basically the downside is that it's a one time thing and isn't a creature so I can't reuse it in any way and I'm certainly not wasting an Eternal Witness trigger on something this mopey
    • Matter Reshaperfoil - good, but the easiest cut
    • Smothering Abominationfoil - the forced sacrifice is really a killer, and having more ETB draw as opposed to only death trigger draws is not as limiting because a lot of my creatures I actually don't want to sacrifice for a single card draw
    • Tarnished Citadelfoil - bad card is BAD; just, Ouphe man
    • Twilight Mirefoil - ugly foil is ugly; yes I know that's a terrible reason to cut a card but I can't stand looking at it
    • Vivien Reidfoil - a fine card for standard, not so much for EDH; reasonable, but overall pretty bad