Carpathian's Meren Update
 
Type: Deck Idea
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comCommander
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Approx. Value:
$563.97
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Avg. CMC 2.69
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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
releases on April 11, 2025!

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm
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Main Deck - 98 cards, 85 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Commander
1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
$0.55 Legendary Creature - Human Shaman
Creature (42)
1 Accursed Marauder
$0.19 Creature - Zombie Warrior
1 Apprentice Necromancer
$0.79 Creature - Zombie Wizard
1 Birds of Paradise
$7.51 Creature - Bird
1 Bloodthrone Vampire
$0.11 Creature - Vampire
1 Braids, Arisen Nightmare
$4.01 Legendary Creature - Nightmare
1 Cankerbloom
$0.16 Creature - Phyrexian Fungus
1 Carrion Feeder
$2.40 Creature - Zombie
1 Cavalier of Night
$3.94 Creature - Elemental Knight
1 Dauthi Voidwalker
$4.92 Creature - Dauthi Rogue
1 Demon's Disciple
$0.15 Creature - Human Cleric
1 Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
$1.32 Creature - Elf Druid // Land
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
$1.42 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Elvish Mystic
$0.42 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Endurance
$10.68 Creature - Elemental Incarnation
1 Eternal Witness
$1.08 Creature - Human Shaman
1 Fiend Artisan
$3.86 Creature - Nightmare
1 Fleshbag Marauder
$0.15 Creature - Zombie Warrior
1 Fyndhorn Elves
$1.16 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Gray Merchant of Asphodel
$0.99 Creature - Zombie
1 Grim Haruspex
$1.17 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Haywire Mite
$1.03 Artifact Creature - Insect
1 Insidious Fungus
$0.24 Creature - Fungus
1 Llanowar Elves
$0.23 Creature - Elf Druid
1 Massacre Wurm
$1.38 Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
1 Merciless Executioner
$0.25 Creature - Orc Warrior
1 Midnight Reaper
$0.24 Creature - Zombie Knight
1 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
$8.66 Legendary Creature - Zombie Cleric
1 Morbid Opportunist
$0.22 Creature - Human Rogue
1 Mosswood Dreadknight // Dread Whispers
$1.27 Creature - Human Knight // Sorcery - Adventure //
1 Phyrexian Delver
$0.43 Creature - Phyrexian Zombie
1 Plaguecrafter
$0.24 Creature - Human Shaman
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
$0.46 Creature - Snake Shaman
1 Scorn-Blade Berserker
$0.08 Creature - Human Berserker
1 Sheoldred, Whispering One
$16.39 Legendary Creature - Phyrexian Praetor
1 Spore Frog
$0.55 Creature - Frog
1 Sutina, Speaker of the Tajuru
$0.49 Legendary Creature - Elf Scout
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
$2.47 Creature - Human Wizard
1 Vile Entomber
$0.30 Creature - Zombie Warlock
1 Viscera Seer
$0.57 Creature - Vampire Wizard
1 Warren Soultrader
$7.75 Creature - Zombie Goblin Wizard
1 Yahenni, Undying Partisan
$0.43 Legendary Creature - Aetherborn Vampire
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
$1.01 Creature - Human Rogue Ally
Instant (4)
1 Assassin's Trophy
$2.82 Instant
1 Beast Within
$0.68 Instant
1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
$3.70 Instant // Land
1 Tear Asunder
$0.33 Instant
Sorcery (7)
1 Farseek
$0.80 Sorcery
1 Nature's Lore
$2.34 Sorcery
1 Rampant Growth
$0.53 Sorcery
1 Reanimate
$6.57 Sorcery
1 Three Visits
$6.74 Sorcery
1 Toxic Deluge
$5.22 Sorcery
1 Victimize
$0.27 Sorcery
Artifact (5)
1 Altar of Dementia
$12.71 Artifact
1 Ashnod's Altar
$6.85 Artifact
1 Birthing Pod
$20.97 Artifact
1 Mithril Coat
$18.44 Legendary Artifact - Equipment
1 Sol Ring
$1.18 Artifact
Enchantment (6)
1 Birthing Ritual
$4.09 Enchantment
1 Evolutionary Leap
$0.45 Enchantment
1 Gift of Doom
$4.15 Enchantment - Aura
1 Grave Pact
$16.71 Enchantment
1 Guardian Project
$10.06 Enchantment
1 Journey to Eternity // Atzal, Cave of Eternity
$6.05 Legendary Enchantment - Aura // Legendary Land
Land (33)
1 Blooming Marsh
$1.96 Land
1 Command Tower
$0.21 Land
1 Deathcap Glade
$6.15 Land
8 Forest
$0.07 Basic Land - Forest
1 High Market
$5.35 Land
1 Llanowar Wastes
$1.02 Land
1 Necroblossom Snarl
$0.44 Land
1 Nurturing Peatland
$6.10 Land
1 Overgrown Tomb
$13.09 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Phyrexian Tower
$17.86 Legendary Land
7 Swamp
$0.05 Basic Land - Swamp
1 Tainted Wood
$0.15 Land
1 Twilight Mire
$0.55 Land
1 Underground Mortuary
$15.93 Land - Swamp Forest
1 Undergrowth Stadium
$11.22 Land
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
$49.54 Legendary Land
1 Verdant Catacombs
$19.18 Land
1 Wastewood Verge
$6.38 Land
1 Woodland Cemetery
$0.45 Land
1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
$8.58 Legendary Land
Sideboard - 36 cards, 36 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (14)
1 Activated Sleeper
$0.86 Creature - Phyrexian Shapeshifter
1 Bloodflow Connoisseur
$0.07 Creature - Vampire
1 Creakwood Liege
$1.20 Creature - Horror
1 Dockside Chef
$0.20 Enchantment Creature - Human Citizen
1 Lokhust Heavy Destroyer
$0.65 Artifact Creature - Necron
1 Nekrataal
$0.27 Creature - Human Assassin
1 Noxious Gearhulk
$0.26 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Old Stickfingers
$0.29 Legendary Creature - Horror
1 Protean Hulk
$4.59 Creature - Beast
1 Skyfisher Spider
$0.12 Creature - Spider
1 Underrealm Lich
$9.18 Creature - Zombie Elf Shaman
1 Walking Ballista
$9.80 Artifact Creature - Construct
1 Wurmcoil Engine
$8.18 Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Wurm
1 Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
$13.80 Legendary Creature - Human Cleric
Instant (1)
1 Chord of Calling
$3.88 Instant
Sorcery (5)
1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
$20.35 Sorcery // Land
1 Culling Ritual
$0.99 Sorcery
1 Footsteps of the Goryo
$0.36 Sorcery - Arcane
1 Natural Order
$7.50 Sorcery
1 Persist
$1.44 Sorcery
Artifact (3)
1 Perpetual Timepiece
$0.31 Artifact
1 Phyrexian Altar
$44.61 Artifact
1 Weatherlight Compleated
$0.67 Legendary Artifact - Vehicle
Enchantment (6)
1 Attrition
$17.75 Enchantment
1 Awakening Zone
$0.96 Enchantment
1 Dictate of Erebos
$11.96 Enchantment
1 Pattern of Rebirth
$3.69 Enchantment - Aura
1 Vampiric Rites
$0.20 Enchantment
1 Virtue of Persistence // Locthwain Scorn
$9.40 Enchantment // Sorcery - Adventure //
Land (7)
1 Darkmoss Bridge
$0.15 Artifact Land
1 Foul Orchard
$0.08 Land
1 Hissing Quagmire
$0.71 Land
1 Jungle Hollow
$0.02 Land
1 Temple of Malady
$0.27 Land
1 Witherbloom Campus
$0.09 Land
1 Woodland Chasm
$0.71 Snow Land - Swamp Forest

Notes
 
Now for replacements, we're going to stick with cards that are as close as possible in mana cost but are still good in a Meren reanimator strategy:

Activated Sleeper can be replaced with Vile Entomber.

Walking Ballista can be replaced with pretty much anything. Some options I would consider are Weatherlight Compleated, Gray Merchant of Asphodel, Underrealm Lich, Creakwood Liege or Old Stickfingers.

Budget Options
Lands

Blooming Marsh, Darkbore Pathway, Deathcap Glade, Nurturing Peatland, Overgrown Tomb, Undergrowth Stadium and Verdant Catacombs can all be removed to save a good chunk of money and replaced with Darkmoss Bridge, Temple of Malady, Jungle Hollow, Woodland Chasm, Witherbloom Campus, Foul Orchard and Hissing Quagmire.

Phyrexian Tower can be replaced with a basic Swamp.

Prismatic Vista can become a basic Swamp or Forest.

Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth can also become a basic Swamp and Forest.

Sorceries

Reanimate can be replaced with Persist, Victimize or Footsteps of the Goryo.

Agadeem's Awakening can just be replaced with a basic Swamp.

Toxic Deluge can be replaced with Culling Ritual.

Natural Order can be replaced with Pattern of Rebirth.

Artifacts

Ashnod's Altar can be replaced with Bloodflow Connoisseur.

Phyrexian Altar can be replaced with Bloodthrone Vampire.

Birthing Pod can be replaced with Vampiric Rites.

Enchantments

Journey to Eternity can be replaced with Awakening Zone.
Creatures

Birds of Paradise can be replaced with Dockside Chef.

Dauthi Voidwalker can be replaced with Weatherlight Compleated.

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician can be replaced with Shadowheart, Dark Justiciar, Midnight Reaper or Skyfisher Spider.

Wurmcoil Engine can be replaced with Noxious Gearhulk or Massacre Wurm.

Protean Hulk should probably be replaced with Sheoldred, Whispering One or Virtue of Persistence.

Natural Order and Chord of Calling can be replaced with any utility cards of your choice. Some I like are Victimize, Perpetual Timepiece and Apprentice Necromancer. Or if you want more removal, Dictate of Erebos, Lokhust Heavy Destroyer and Nekrataal are good options.
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