Mirror Mirror On the Wall

Commander / EDH Artifact Competitive Control WUB (Esper)

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Creature (27)

• 1x AEtherling
• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Bloodline Keeper  ^Flip
• 1x Clever Impersonator
• 1x Clone
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Evil Twin
• 1x Faerie Artisans
• 1x Fatestitcher
• 1x Gilded Drake
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria
• 1x King Macar, the Gold-Cursed
• 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
• 1x Liliana, Heretical Healer  ^Flip
• 1x Magister Sphinx
• 1x Mangara of Corondor
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Peregrine Drake
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
• 1x Vesuvan Shapeshifter

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Ponder
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Rite of Replication
• 1x Saheeli's Artistry
• 1x Supreme Verdict
• 1x Vindicate
• 1x Wrath of God

Land (39)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Arcane Sanctum
• 1x Azorius Guildgate
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Dismal Backwater
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Ghost Quarter
• 1x Godless Shrine
• 1x Halimar Depths
• 6x Island
• 1x Orzhov Guildgate
• 3x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Scoured Barrens
• 1x Seat of the Synod
• 1x Secluded Steppe
• 1x Shambling Vent
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 7x Swamp
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Vault of Whispers

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Crab Umbra
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Frozen Aether
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Intruder Alarm
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Pemmin's Aura

Commander (1)

Artifact (9)

• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Conjurer's Closet
• 1x Helm of Obedience
• 1x Illusionist's Bracers
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Unbender Tine

Instant (8)

• 1x Anguished Unmaking
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disenchant
• 1x Mortify
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Telling Time
• 1x Utter End

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Venser, the Sojourner

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"...Who's the fairest of them all?"

Merieke Ri Berit

What this deck is...

This deck is played like a mirror deck. Either steal or copy your opponents creatures and permanents and whoop 'em with their best stuff.

Copy! Clever Impersonator , Clone , Cryptoplasm , Evil Twin , Lazav, Dimir Mastermind , Phantasmal Image , Sakashima the Impostor , Vesuvan Shapeshifter .

Steal! Dominating Licid , Gilded Drake , Treachery , Debtors' Knell , Bribery .

The other tactic with this deck is to work with Merieke's taping/untapping needs. There's a good amount of cards that also untap your creatures.

Untap! Thousand-Year Elixir , Pemmin's Aura , Intruder Alarm , Crab Umbra , Retreat to Coralhelm , Fatestitcher , Aphetto Alchemist .

How this deck plays...

This deck plays very much like a control deck and has a good balance of tapping/untapping and then stealing or copying many creatures. I usually like to play Merieke as soon as possible depending on how the first few turns play out. With several untap mechanics available, Merieke can have a strong early presence - especially if quickly equipped with Lightning Greaves .

Notable Interactions:

Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers

This allows several infinite things including cleared opponents board with Merieke Ri Berit , infinite mana with any mana producing artifact, (even colored with Gilded Lotus ), infinite draw with Arcanis the Omnipotent , and similar effects with many other cards. This is also achievable with Fatestitcher and even Rings of Brighthearth when paired with Thran Dynamo or Gilded Lotus .

Gilded Drake + Venser, the Sojourner

His +2 allows you to easily trade away the Drake every turn to steal your opponents side of the field.

Bloodline Keeper + Intruder Alarm

Infinite 2/2 flying vampires. (And then 4/4 flying vampires with Lord of Lineage ).

The main thing to keep in mind is when it's the most safe to cast Merieke. She is not always needed but is a huge target when on the field since she can steal anything they play once she's ready. I haver never wanted to go the route of mass counter spells but have often debated adding a couple just in case.

It isn't always possible to copy or steal your opponents creatures so there are some creatures included that would be highly beneficial to copy ourselves.

Beatdown Copying! Sphinx of the Steel Wind , Magister Sphinx , Consecrated Sphinx .

Controlly Copying! Fatestitcher , Necrotic Ooze , Mother of Runes , Deadeye Navigator , Gilded Drake .

Most games end with killing them with their own big creatures or mass producing your own creatures and poking them here and there. Fun to play and never the same game twice!

Thanks!!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	5 years
Exclude colors	RG
Key combos	Bloodline Keeper + Intruder Alarm Aphetto Alchemist + Illusionist's Bracers Gilded Drake + Venser, the Sojourner
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	9 - 0 Mythic Rares 38 - 0 Rares 19 - 0 Uncommons 18 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.72
Tokens	Copy Clone, Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Emblem Liliana, Defiant Necromancer, Emblem Venser, the Sojourner, Gold, Morph 2/2 C, Vampire 2/2 B, Zombie 2/2 B
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