Sith Mind-Tricks -- (Esper Reanimator +Theft)
Commander / EDH Alt Win Casual Control Reanimator Tap/Untap Theft WUB (Esper)
Land (36)
- 1x Arcane Lighthouse
- 1x Arcane Sanctum
- 1x Bojuka Bog
- 1x Caves of Koilos
- 1x Command Tower
- 1x Dimir Aqueduct
- 1x Dromar's Cavern
- 1x Evolving Wilds
- 1x Exotic Orchard
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 1x Glacial Fortress
- 1x Grand Coliseum
- 1x Halimar Depths
- 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
- 1x High Market
- 4x Island
- 1x Isolated Chapel
- 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1x Path of Ancestry
- 5x Plains
- 1x Prairie Stream
- 1x Sunken Hollow
- 3x Swamp
- 1x Temple of Deceit
- 1x Temple of Silence
- 1x Terramorphic Expanse
- 1x Underground River
Removal (8)
- 1x Cleansing Nova
- 1x Despark
- 1x Generous Gift
- 1x Intrepid Hero
- 1x Royal Assassin
- 1x Stroke of Midnight
- 1x Visara the Dreadful
- 1x Void Rend
Counterspell (3)
Utility (3)
Bounce (1)
GraveyardHate (1)
Creature (14)
- 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
- 1x Aphetto Alchemist
- 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
- 1x Fatestitcher
- 1x Intrepid Hero
- 1x Morbid Opportunist
- 1x Ophiomancer
- 1x Royal Assassin
- 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
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1x
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
- 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
- 1x The Scarab God
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1x
Unstable Glyphbridge
Flip
- 1x Visara the Dreadful
Untap (9)
- 1x Aphetto Alchemist
- 1x Fatestitcher
- 1x Freed from the Real
- 1x Magewright's Stone
- 1x Minamo, School at Water's Edge
- 1x Patriar's Seal
- 1x Pemmin's Aura
- 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
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1x
Unbender Tine
Reanimation (8)
- 1x Adarkar Valkyrie
- 1x Breach the Multiverse *f-pre*
- 1x Debtors' Knell
- 1x Grave Betrayal MP
- 1x Necromancy
- 1x Reanimate
- 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
- 1x The Scarab God
Wrath (5)
- 1x Cleansing Nova
- 1x Cyclonic Rift
- 1x Hour of Revelation
- 1x Supreme Verdict
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1x
Unstable Glyphbridge
Flip
Stax (3)
Tutor (2)
Recursion (1)
Commander (1)
Draw (11)
- 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
- 1x Fact or Fiction
- 1x Finale of Revelation
- 1x Morbid Opportunist
- 1x Painful Truths
- 1x Phyrexian Arena
- 1x Pull from Tomorrow
- 1x Read the Bones
- 1x Rhystic Study
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1x
Shorikai, Genesis Engine
-
1x
Syphon Mind
Ramp (8)
- 1x Arcane Signet
- 1x Azorius Signet
- 1x Chromatic Lantern
- 1x Dimir Signet
- 1x Fellwar Stone
- 1x Orzhov Signet
- 1x Patriar's Seal
- 1x Sol Ring
Protection (5)
Win-con (4)
- 1x Approach of the Second Sun
- 1x Breach the Multiverse *f-pre*
- 1x Revel in Riches
- 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
LateRamp (2)
Maybeboard
Creature (44)
- 2x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal Flip
- 2x Adept Watershaper
- 1x Archivist SL
- 1x Avatar of Woe
- 1x Bastion Protector
- 1x Callous Oppressor
- 1x Coffin Queen
- 2x Consecrated Sphinx
- 1x Doom Weaver SL
- 1x Empress Galina
- 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- 1x Erebos, God of the Dead SL
- 1x Faerie Artisans SL
- 1x Forensic Researcher
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2x
Giver of Runes
- 1x Grand Abolisher SL
- 1x Grim Haruspex SL
- 2x Harvester of Souls
- 1x Hell's Caretaker
- 2x Ioreth of the Healing House
- 1x Kelpie Guide SL
- 1x Loran of the Third Path SL
- 1x Loyal Inventor
- 2x Mother of Runes
- 1x Niblis of the Breath SL
- 1x Norritt
- 2x Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
- 1x Puppeteer SL
- 1x Serra's Emissary SL
- 2x Sheoldred Flip
- 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
- 1x Thief of Sanity
- 2x Vizier of Tumbling Sands SL
- 1x Weatherlight Compleated
Untap (9)
- 1x Forensic Researcher
- 2x Ioreth of the Healing House
- 1x Kelpie Guide SL
- 1x Niblis of the Breath SL
- 1x Norritt
- 1x Puppeteer SL
- 2x Vizier of Tumbling Sands SL
Stax (2)
Clone (1)
Copy (1)
Draw (26)
- 2x Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal Flip
- 1x Archivist SL
- 2x Consecrated Sphinx
- 1x Dark Prophecy SL
- 1x Doom Weaver SL
- 1x Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
- 1x Erebos, God of the Dead SL
- 1x Grim Haruspex SL
- 2x Harvester of Souls
- 1x Insight SL
- 1x Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- 1x Loran of the Third Path SL
- 1x Lunar Insight
- 1x Mask of Griselbrand SL
- 1x Midnight Reaper SL
- 1x Patient Rebuilding SL
- 1x Skullclamp
- 3x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key SL
- 1x Stock Up
- 1x Weatherlight Compleated
- 1x Will of the Temur SL
Land (21)
- 2x Deserted Beach
- 2x Godless Shrine
- 2x Hallowed Fountain
- 2x Morphic Pool
- 1x Phyrexian Tower
- 2x Raffine's Tower
- 2x Sea of Clouds
- 2x Shattered Sanctum
- 2x Shipwreck Marsh
- 2x Vault of Champions
- 2x Watery Grave
Removal (10)
- 2x Anguished Unmaking SL
- 1x Aura of Silence SL
- 1x Avatar of Woe
- 1x Loran of the Third Path SL
- 1x Norritt
- 1x Portal to Phyrexia
- 1x Vindicate SL
- 2x Virtue of Persistence
Theft (5)
Other (16)
- 3x Changing Loyalty
- 2x Decorum Dissertation
- 1x Defacing Duskmage
- 1x Dream Harvest
- 1x Giggling Skitterspike
- 2x Loki, God of Mischief
- 1x Mirror Room / Fractured Realm
- 1x Ominous Harvest
- 1x Restoration Magic
- 1x Return to the Light Realms
- 1x The Legend of Yangchen Flip
- 1x Twilight Diviner
Protection (17)
- 2x Adept Watershaper
- 1x Bastion Protector
- 1x Darksteel Plate
- 1x Flawless Maneuver
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2x
Giver of Runes
- 1x Grand Abolisher SL
- 1x Haystack
- 1x Mithril Coat
- 2x Mother of Runes
- 2x No Mercy
- 2x Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
- 1x Serra's Emissary SL
Reanimation (14)
- 1x Animate Dead SL
- 1x Boneyard Parley SL
- 1x Coffin Queen
- 1x Debt of Loyalty SL
- 1x Hell's Caretaker
- 1x Portal to Phyrexia
- 2x Sheoldred Flip
- 3x Staff of Eden, Vault's Key SL
- 1x Thrilling Encore
- 2x Virtue of Persistence
Utility (7)
- 1x Glaring Spotlight SL
- 2x Illusionist's Bracers
- 1x Mask of Griselbrand SL
- 1x Midnight Reaper SL
- 1x Teleportation Circle
- 1x Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Counterspell (4)
Tutor (1)
- - - Version 3.2 - - - 9/23/25
Trying to make a reanimator deck with Merieke Ri Berit
. If it doesn't work out the way I like I'll go full Merieke-mode.
The last build was my attempt at a permission-control deck with lots of tutors and non-combat finishers. A few finishers remain in the deck. I used lots of wraths and Merieke's threat to stall the board. Worked well enough, but it was not the most fun deck to go up against. I am now a firm believer in making decks that are fun to lose to, so I found myself playing the deck less and less. "Make decks that get you invited back to the table", as they say.
The original build was just tons of Merieke enablers and other theft cards. At the time I felt it was too similar to my mono-Blue theft deck, but I recently pared back the theft elements of the Blue deck, so perhaps a return to a more Merieke-focused deck is in order, if I don't like the reanimator theme. I do like how the reanimation package steals from graveyards, staying on-theme.
I am running Debtors' Knell and Grave Betrayal; remember ten years ago when these were the best? This was one of my first decks so I like having older cards in it. Someone buy me a Virtue of Persistence!
The lands definitely need an upgrade. I could squeeze in some MDFCs too.
Cards to likely add: Show
Cards to maybe add: Show
Cards with an SL in the Maybeboard are cards I own. Cards with an MP are potential cuts. Cards with an HP are proxies.
Audited 1/30/24
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91% Casual
Competitive
| Date added | 10 years |
| Last updated | 2 weeks |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 4 - 0 Mythic Rares 45 - 0 Rares 25 - 0 Uncommons 14 - 0 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 3.62 |
| Tokens | Bird 2/2 U, Copy Clone, Elephant 3-3 G, Human 1/1 W, Morph 2/2 C, Pilot 1/1 C, Snake 1/1 B, Spirit 1/1 WB, Treasure |
| Folders | +1 Non-Budget, Decks I want, EDH, My Decks, Decks I Want to Build, EDH decks, make it, Merieke's Many Ways, 4_Big Mess, Sith Mind-Tricks -- (Esper Control +Theft) |
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