JWK's Meren's Death Engine

JWK's

Meren's Death Engine

Type:

Deck Idea
Format (legal 👍) comCommander

Approx. Value:

$432.95

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Commander:

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Avg. CMC 3.52

Card Color Breakdown

Card Type Breakdown

Main Deck - 100 cards, 87 distinct

Columns

	Name	Edition	$	Type	Cost
	Name	Rarity	$	Type	Color
Creature (32)
1	Acidic Slime		$0.11	Creature - Ooze
1	Avenger of Zendikar		$4.36	Creature - Elemental
1	Bontu the Glorified		$1.93	Legendary Creature - God
1	Corpse Augur		$0.12	Creature - Zombie Wizard
1	Dawntreader Elk		$0.13	Creature - Elk
1	Deathrite Shaman		$4.09	Creature - Elf Shaman
1	Duplicant		$0.24	Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter
1	Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder		$0.51	Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
1	Eternal Witness		$1.20	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Fleshbag Marauder		$0.12	Creature - Zombie Warrior
1	Gray Merchant of Asphodel		$0.72	Creature - Zombie
1	Grim Haruspex		$1.65	Creature - Human Wizard
1	Massacre Wurm		$3.46	Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
1	Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest		$9.89	Legendary Creature - Insect Shaman
1	Meren of Clan Nel Toth		$1.41	Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
1	Mycoloth		$3.92	Creature - Fungus
1	Ophiomancer		$5.57	Creature - Human Shaman
1	Pitiless Plunderer		$4.81	Creature - Human Pirate
1	Ramunap Excavator		$6.64	Creature - Naga Cleric
1	Ravenous Chupacabra		$0.33	Creature - Beast Horror
1	Reaper from the Abyss		$1.24	Creature - Demon
1	Reclamation Sage		$0.17	Creature - Elf Shaman
1	Rune-Scarred Demon		$1.96	Creature - Demon
1	Sakura-Tribe Elder		$1.59	Creature - Snake Shaman
1	Sidisi, Undead Vizier		$5.82	Legendary Creature - Zombie Naga
1	Solemn Simulacrum		$0.66	Artifact Creature - Golem
1	Spore Frog		$0.32	Creature - Frog
1	Terastodon		$1.05	Creature - Elephant
1	Viridian Emissary		$0.18	Creature - Phyrexian Elf Scout
1	Viscera Seer		$0.34	Creature - Vampire Wizard
1	Wall of Blossoms		$0.26	Creature - Plant Wall
1	Wood Elves		$0.52	Creature - Elf Scout
Instant (3)
1	Assassin's Trophy		$3.31	Instant
1	Golgari Charm		$1.21	Instant
1	Tragic Slip		$0.24	Instant
Sorcery (9)
1	Beacon of Unrest		$0.14	Sorcery
1	Blood Divination		$0.10	Sorcery
1	Buried Alive		$8.80	Sorcery
1	Exsanguinate		$1.95	Sorcery
1	Primal Growth		$0.89	Sorcery
1	Regrowth		$0.41	Sorcery
1	Ritual of the Machine		$4.45	Sorcery
1	Scapeshift		$19.41	Sorcery
1	Victimize		$0.62	Sorcery
Artifact (11)
1	Arcane Signet		$0.37	Artifact
1	Birthing Pod		$13.58	Artifact
1	Blade of Selves		$3.84	Artifact - Equipment
1	Eldrazi Monument		$11.43	Artifact
1	Helm of Possession		$5.33	Artifact
1	Mimic Vat		$0.30	Artifact
1	Panharmonicon		$4.46	Artifact
1	Phyrexian Altar		$36.12	Artifact
1	Skullclamp		$5.77	Artifact - Equipment
1	Sol Ring		$1.26	Artifact
1	Strionic Resonator		$3.96	Artifact
Enchantment (9)
1	Attrition		$12.93	Enchantment
1	Awakening Zone		$1.35	Enchantment
1	Bitterblossom		$18.27	Tribal Enchantment - Faerie
1	Black Market		$3.66	Enchantment
1	Dictate of Erebos		$11.83	Enchantment
1	Grave Pact		$11.04	Enchantment
1	Moldervine Reclamation		$0.44	Enchantment
1	Necrogenesis		$0.41	Enchantment
1	Perilous Forays		$2.29	Enchantment
Planeswalker (1)
1	Garruk Wildspeaker		$3.20	Legendary Planeswalker - Garruk
Land (35)
1	Blighted Woodland		$0.99	Land
1	Bojuka Bog		$1.18	Land
1	Cabal Coffers		$21.14	Land
1	Command Tower		$0.13	Land
7	Forest		$0.08	Basic Land - Forest
1	Ghost Quarter		$0.99	Land
1	High Market		$4.23	Land
1	Jungle Hollow		$0.07	Land
1	Khalni Garden		$1.22	Land
1	Myriad Landscape		$0.16	Land
1	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx		$36.23	Legendary Land
1	Overgrown Tomb		$11.38	Land - Swamp Forest
1	Reliquary Tower		$2.45	Land
1	Strip Mine		$18.36	Land
8	Swamp		$1.15	Basic Land - Swamp
1	Tainted Wood		$0.92	Land
1	Temple of Malady		$0.26	Land
1	Terramorphic Expanse		$0.10	Land
1	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth		$40.42	Legendary Land
1	Vesuva		$15.32	Land
1	Westvale Abbey // Ormendahl, Profane Prince		$7.12	Land // Legendary Creature - Demon
1	Woodland Cemetery		$1.83	Land

Sideboard - 0 cards, 0 distinct

No cards here. :(

Notes

Completed 11/24/2015

Changelog:
3/27/2017
- Catacomb Sifter, Evolving Wilds, Golgari Rot Farm
+ Abrupt Decay, Golgari Germination, Vesuva

2/19/2018
- Kessig Cagebreakers, Satyr Wayfarer, Shriekmaw
+ Pitiless Plunderer, Ramunap Excavator, Ravenous Chupacabra

3/5/2018
- Vampiric Rites
+ Bontu the Glorified

7/18/2018
- From Beyond, Golgari Germination, Korozda Guildmage, Putrefy, Read the Bones
+ Blood Divination, Exsanguinate, Panharmonicon, Scapeshift, Sidisi, Undead Vizier

12/28/2018
- Abrupt Decay
+ Assassin's Trophy

7/1/2020
- Deathreap Ritual, Golgari Signet
+ Arcane Signet, Moldervine Reclamation

Comments

DnDxJ9 (24-Mar-2018 01:33)
I use to play competitive in standard and just got into commander not to long ago and looking for a cheaper kitchen table deck to play with friends. But you see i always play the tourny decks so they always gang up to kill me most of the time, this deck looks fun but does look like it takes a bit of time to get up and go
- JWK (24-Mar-2018 12:55)
  Compared to truly competitive commander decks - where games usually end around turn 5 - it is pretty slow, but for a more typical metagame, there is enough creature-based ramp, which is all recurrable with Meren, that you can really get going pretty good most of the time by turn 5 or so, and once you get some of the sac-and-recurssion engines going with something like Grave Pact, things get bad for most opponents pretty quickly. If you are always finding yourself getting taken down by tournament-greade Commander decks (something I personally find an abomination), you might want to look for a more social-minded group to play this format with. In most more typical Commander groups, Meren is a pretty good, but not overpowering, commander. Good luck!
DnDxJ9 (23-Mar-2018 11:26)
Have you tested this deck out? If so how did it do
- JWK (23-Mar-2018 12:40)
  It does pretty well. I don't play in a hyper-competitive, combo-focused meta, more of a typical Commander/EDH environment, and it does well. It has lots of synergy and if Meren is left alone for any significant amount of time, she becomes a huge value engine.