Meren's Shadowborn Apostles
Commander / EDH* BG (Golgari) Demons Discard Humans Theme/Gimmick Zombie
Creature (42)
- 1x Archfiend of Depravity
- 1x Archfiend of Despair
- 1x Bane of Progress
- 1x Carrion Feeder
- 1x Caustic Caterpillar
- 1x Craterhoof Behemoth
- 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
- 1x Demon of Death's Gate
- 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- 1x Grim Haruspex
- 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer Flip
- 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
- 1x Overseer of the Damned
- 1x Pathbreaker Ibex
- 1x Ravenous Demon Flip
- 1x Razaketh, the Foulblooded
- 1x Rotlung Reanimator
- 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
- 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
- 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
- 20x Shadowborn Apostle
- 1x Viscera Seer
- 1x Xathrid Necromancer
Land (35)
- 1x Blooming Marsh
- 1x Cabal Coffers
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Field of Ruin
- 9x Forest
- 1x Golgari Rot Farm
- 1x Overgrown Tomb
- 15x Swamp
- 1x Tainted Wood
- 1x Twilight Mire
- 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- 1x Westvale Abbey Flip
- 1x Woodland Cemetery
Enchantment (6)
- 1x Attrition
- 1x Bloodbond March
- 1x Cryptolith Rite
- 1x Dictate of Erebos
- 1x Grave Pact
- 1x Open the Graves
Artifact (5)
Commander (1)
Sorcery (10)
- 1x Buried Alive
- 1x Cultivate
- 1x Diabolic Intent
- 1x Jarad's Orders
- 1x Kodama's Reach
- 1x Living Death
- 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
- 1x Torment of Hailfire
- 1x Traverse the Outlands
- 1x Victimize
Instant (1)
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Creature (2)
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7/1/2013 Shadowborn Apostle’s first ability lets you ignore only the “four-of” rule. It doesn’t let you ignore format legality.
July 23, 2018
9:45 a.m.
It does! The EDH rules committee allows it!
July 23, 2018
9:50 a.m.
KumaLKS, that just means that if Shadowborn Apostle ever got banned in a format, the card text would not supersede the banning. It works exactly like Relentless Rats and Rat Colony.
July 23, 2018
10:16 a.m.
And Gooddaysir036, amazing deck. My only thought is that maybe you add Crucible of Worlds to take advantage of the synergy between Field of Ruin and Ob Nixilis, Unshackled.
All things considered though, the deck is phenomenal and definitely gets a +1 from me!
July 23, 2018
10:20 a.m.
devastated-heart, thankyou for the comment! And I have played Crucible in this deck, unfortunately it was one of the cards that I almost never wanted to draw into, since this version of Meren has no dredge it doesn't have to worry as much about land going to the grave. Retrieving Field of Ruin would be nice, but not enough to warrant its inclusion. Thankyou for the suggestion though! Any are absolutely worthwhile.
July 24, 2018
10:26 a.m.
I would greatly suggest upping the Shadowborn Apostle count up to ~25-28, this would allow Thrumming Stone to consistently draw out all of them. My normal line of play is Apostle into Rune-Scarred or Razaketh to fetch Thrumming Stone, then draw them all out, and sacrifice them to get a ton of giant Demons!
July 24, 2018
10:34 a.m.
SynergyBuild, so it is funny you mention this. One of the sections I'll be adding is "alternate/ previous iterations of the deck". I'll be doing this soonish? I actually used to use 30 Shadowborns for that reason, it is powerful, but very glass cannony and easier to disrupt. One bit of removal can be crippling without some tech to mitigate that (artifact recursion). This version is a more controlled but still has the explosive potential, just slightly more limited. With the current 20 Shadowborns I rarely pull less than 6 with Thrumming Stone. Usually I can pull them all out if my deck unless it is shuffled weird, but the magic number is 6 so it is almost never an issue :)! Thankyou for the comment! I'll be writing that next section once I get some extra time.
July 24, 2018
10:48 a.m.
I've made a few alterations to your formula due to budget constraints but I believe it's gonna be fun and interesting to see this deck play out. If this goes well and even if it doesn't thank you for the idea of this deck.
January 11, 2019
2:58 a.m.
TraneHeartnet, I definitely hope it works out for you! And thankyou! I'll try and write about a few variations I have done with the deck this weekend, perhaps one of them might interest you more than my current build here. Thanks again for the comment and view!
January 24, 2019
12:11 a.m.
I love running Meren as my commander as well. This is a clever build and one I've never seen before. +1 from me, keep up the good work.
November 26, 2017
3:43 p.m.
This is cute. I like it and wish I'd thought of it, so here's a +1 from me.
Pack Hunt and Secret Salvage can help find your Demon Cult. With as high as your devotion can go, Gray Merchant of Asphodel can be an outright win con and Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx will generate a ton of mana for the spells Razaketh, the Foulblooded finds for you.
Also, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled has some pretty funny interactions with Field of Ruin and to a slightly lesser extent Ghost Quarter. Especially if you run a way to recur them.
Lifeline is also pretty cute with a deck that sacrifices en masse, but its better if you can exile from your opponents graveyard on command.
December 21, 2017
6:03 a.m.
FancyLadies, thankyou for the support!! :D
t3hdarkness, holy crap your card suggestions are amazing! I especially love Fields of Ruin, been looking for something to interact with Ob Nixilis a bit more, so thankyou!! Lifeline is going into my side deck for sure.
December 23, 2017
6:08 a.m.
I just realized Shadowborn Apostle is a cleric. Try out a Rotlung Reanimator for some extra redundancy on top of Xathrid Necromancer
December 29, 2017
3:35 a.m.
This deck is screaming for Liliana's Contract.
July 17, 2018
10:28 a.m.
Bearmagus, The card is definitely a flavor win, but in the deck it was underperforming, couldn't reliably get it to proc a win since demons tend to get attention the moment they hit the field. Thankyou for the suggestion though!
July 17, 2018
8:48 p.m.
Pox would be a great card in this deck
July 19, 2018
6:10 p.m.
+1 for Golgari!
July 20, 2018
12:30 p.m.
golgariizzet, I've considered Pox and one of the new cards Fraying Omnipotence several times. I might have to test them out soon. They definitely seem like they'd work well. especially with Archfiend of Despair on the field.
SynergyBuild, I like the suggestion dude! Normally I opt for Caustic Caterpillar since he is only 1 CMC, however in a heavy enchantment meta I would absolutely grab that guy up. He will likely be in a sideboard.
Thankyou both for the support!
July 22, 2018
4:01 a.m.
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Thank you for the reply!
July 22, 2018 7:59 a.m.