Meren's March of the Undead

Commander / EDH Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Bracket 3 Zombie

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Creature (32)

• 1x Cemetery Reaper
• 1x Champion of the Perished
• 1x Cryptbreaker
• 1x Dawntreader Elk
• 1x Death Baron
• 1x Diregraf Colossus
• 1x Dread Wanderer
• 1x God-Eternal Rhonas
• 1x Gravebreaker Lamia
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Grotesque Hybrid
• 1x Headless Rider
• 1x Hobbling Zombie
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Lord of the Accursed
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Lord of the Undead
• 1x Maalfeld Twins
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Quagmire Druid
• 1x Rot Hulk
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Shadow, Mysterious Assassin
• 1x Storrev, Devkarin Lich
• 1x Stronghold Assassin
• 1x Tormod, the Desecrator
• 1x Undead Augur
• 1x Undead Warchief
• 1x Vengeful Pharaoh
• 1x Wight of the Reliquary
• 1x Yavimaya Elder
• 1x Zombie Master

Land (38)

• 1x Blooming Marsh
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darkmoss Bridge
• 1x Deathcap Glade
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 4x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Jungle Hollow
• 1x Necroblossom Snarl
• 1x Nurturing Peatland
• 19x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Malady
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Viridescent Bog
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Instant (8)

• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Force of Despair
• 1x Lifestream's Blessing
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Sephiroth's Intervention
• 1x Village Rites
• 1x Worldly TutorGC

Artifact (5)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bolas's CitadelGC
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner

Commander (1)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Casualties of War
• 1x Demonic TutorGC
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Eliminate the Competition
• 1x Kindred Dominance
• 1x Kodama's Reach
• 1x Necromantic Selection
• 1x Yuna's Decision

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Agent of the Iron Throne
• 1x Doubling Season
• 1x Endless Ranks of the Dead
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Liliana's Mastery
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x The Sibsig Ceremony

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Meren's March of the Undead

Deck Overview

This Golgari Zombie tribal deck leverages sacrifice mechanics and death triggers to amass experience counters via Meren of Clan Nel Toth, ensuring a relentless onslaught of undead minions. By utilizing ETB and LTB effects, the deck maintains board presence and pressure, aiming to overwhelm opponents with a horde of empowered zombies.

Core Strategy

Sacrifice Synergy: Cards like Dawntreader Elk, Sakura-Tribe Elder, and Stronghold Assassin provide consistent sacrifice outlets, fueling Meren's experience counters and enabling recursion.

Zombie Lords: Enhance your undead army with Death Baron, Lord of the Undead, Undead Warchief, and Lord of the Accursed, granting them deathtouch, additional power, and other vital abilities.

Token Generation: Utilize Endless Ranks of the Dead, Liliana's Mastery, and Open the Graves to flood the battlefield with zombie tokens, ensuring a steady stream of attackers and sacrificial fodder.

Card Advantage: Maintain hand advantage with Cryptbreaker, Undead Augur, and Skullclamp, turning your expendable creatures into valuable resources.

Tutors & Removal: Access key pieces with Demonic TutorGC, Diabolic Tutor, and Worldly TutorGC, while controlling the board using Assassin's Trophy, Beast Within, and Casualties of War.

Notable Interactions

Meren + Sacrifice Outlets: Consistently recycle creatures to gain experience counters and recur vital creatures each end step.

Zombie Lords + Tokens: Amplify the effectiveness of your token generators by boosting their power and granting additional abilities, creating a formidable undead legion.

Graveyard Synergy: Cards like Diregraf Colossus and Cemetery Reaper benefit from a stocked graveyard, turning past losses into future threats.

Win Conditions

Overwhelming Horde: Amass a large army of zombies, enhanced by lords, to overpower opponents through sheer numbers.

Drain Effects: Utilize Gray Merchant of Asphodel and Vengeful Pharaoh to drain opponents' life totals while maintaining board control.

Commander Damage: Leverage Meren's recursion to repeatedly bring back potent threats, applying consistent pressure and potential commander damage.

Additional Notes This is the first deck I've built in a long while. I know I could make it stronger by leaning fully into Aristocrat, but I enjoy the zombie sub-theme. Any suggestions are appreciated, but I want the deck to stay bracket 3 as my play group has agreed to stay a that power level.

Date added	4 weeks
Last updated	3 weeks
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	5 - 0 Mythic Rares 46 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Experience Token, Zombie 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B w/ Decayed, Zombie Druid 2/2 B