Meria Equipment by Bitfl1p

Format: Commander

Commander: Meria, Scholar of Antiquity

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 34

Deck overview

This deck is a Gruul Equipment and artifact-stompy strategy commanded by Meria, Scholar of Antiquity. Meria circumvents the typical tempo loss of Equipment by turning each artifact into a mana generator and impulse draw engine, allowing you to deploy and attach weapons without falling behind on board development. The game plan focuses on establishing low-cost artifacts early, casting Meria to accelerate into high-impact beaters like Traxos, Scourge of Kroog, Kaldra Compleat, and Nettlecyst, and stacking protective and evasive Equipment to take down opponents. With support from Xenagos, God of Revels and Embercleave, the deck delivers massive chunks of combat damage starting around Turn 5, closing the game around Turn 7 across two opponent response cycles. While vulnerable to artifact sweepers and lacking stack interaction, the deck boasts resilient recovery and high threat redundancy.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Akoum Warrior // Akoum Teeth
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Argentum Armor
  • 1 Basilisk Collar
  • 1 Blackblade Reforged
  • 1 Bladegraft Aspirant
  • 1 Bloodforged Battle-Axe
  • 1 Bridgeworks Battle // Tanglespan Bridgeworks
  • 1 Chainsaw
  • 1 Cinder Glade
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Plate
  • 1 Conformer Shuriken
  • 1 Connecting the Dots
  • 1 Copperline Gorge
  • 1 Cragcrown Pathway // Timbercrown Pathway
  • 1 Dowsing Dagger // Lost Vale
  • 1 Dowsing Device // Geode Grotto
  • 1 Dragonfire Blade
  • 1 Embercleave
  • 1 Escape to the Wilds
  • 1 Everflowing Chalice
  • 1 Explorer's Scope
  • 1 Ezuri's Predation
  • 11 Forest
  • 1 Foundry Inspector
  • 1 Game Trail
  • 1 Generous Ent
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Giggling Skitterspike
  • 1 Gingerbrute
  • 1 Haywire Mite
  • 1 Heaven // Earth
  • 1 Jhoira's Familiar
  • 1 Kaldra Compleat
  • 1 Liberator, Urza's Battlethopter
  • 1 Lizard Blades
  • 1 Loxodon Warhammer
  • 1 Mask of Avacyn
  • 1 Mask of Memory
  • 1 Masterwork of Ingenuity
  • 1 Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 10 Mountain
  • 1 Mystic Forge
  • 1 Nettlecyst
  • 1 Oliphaunt
  • 1 Ornithopter of Paradise
  • 1 Palladium Myr
  • 1 Patchwork Automaton
  • 1 Pinnacle Monk // Mystic Peak
  • 1 Rabbit Battery
  • 1 Raging Ravine
  • 1 Rebel Salvo
  • 1 Restless Ridgeline
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Rootbound Crag
  • 1 Sanctuary Blade
  • 1 Sandwurm Convergence
  • 1 Sidequest: Play Blitzball // World Champion, Celestial Weapon
  • 1 Slagwoods Bridge
  • 1 Spire Garden
  • 1 Steel Hellkite
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stump Stomp // Burnwillow Clearing
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Sword of Forge and Frontier
  • 1 Sword of Hearth and Home
  • 1 Sword of Vengeance
  • 1 Sword of the Animist
  • 1 Tarrian's Soulcleaver
  • 1 The Irencrag
  • 1 Thran Power Suit
  • 1 Tormod's Crypt
  • 1 Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
  • 1 Vastwood Fortification // Vastwood Thicket
  • 1 Walking Ballista
  • 1 Wayfarer's Bauble
  • 1 Wrap in Vigor
  • 1 Wurmcoil Engine
  • 1 Xenagos, God of Revels