Smash & Grab by Slaytanic

Format: Commander

Commander: Merieke Ri Berit

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 38

Deck overview

This deck is an Esper control build centered on Merieke Ri Berit and untap mechanics. It controls the game by repeatedly tapping Merieke to steal opposing creatures, then untapping her with cards like Freed from the Real, Aphetto Alchemist, or Thousand-Year Elixir to destroy those creatures. To keep stolen threats permanently, the deck flickers them with Thassa, Deep-Dwelling or Conjurer's Closet. It suppresses aggression through pillowfort pieces like Ghostly Prison and asymmetric stax pieces like Archfiend of Depravity and Intruder Alarm. Victory is achieved either by infinite untap loops using Aphetto Alchemist and Illusionist's Bracers or by beating down opponents with stolen creatures and zombie tokens.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Arcane Denial
  • 1 Arcane Sanctum
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Archfiend of Depravity
  • 1 Athreos, Shroud-Veiled
  • 1 Aven Mindcensor
  • 1 Azorius Chancery
  • 1 Azorius Guildmage
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Baleful Strix
  • 1 Blue Sun's Twilight
  • 1 Brainstorm
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Commander's Sphere
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Contaminated Landscape
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Damn
  • 1 Dark Petition
  • 1 Demonic Counsel
  • 1 Dictate of Erebos
  • 1 Dimir Aqueduct
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Dismantling Wave
  • 1 Dovin's Veto
  • 1 Dramatic Reversal
  • 1 Drift of Phantasms
  • 1 Drowned Catacomb
  • 1 Empress Galina
  • 1 Esper Charm
  • 1 Esper Panorama
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Fabricate
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Fracture
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Geralf, Visionary Stitcher
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Ghostly Prison
  • 1 Giver of Runes
  • 1 Glacial Fortress
  • 1 Hallowed Fountain
  • 1 Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 6 Island
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Kelpie Guide
  • 1 Lavaspur Boots
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Merieke Ri Berit
  • 1 Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry
  • 1 Mystical Tutor
  • 1 No Mercy
  • 1 Obscura Charm
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Orzhov Signet
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Raffine's Tower
  • 1 Ratadrabik of Urborg
  • 1 Retreat to Coralhelm
  • 1 Rot-Curse Rakshasa
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 Thought Vessel
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Time Wipe
  • 1 Tribute Mage
  • 1 Umbral Mantle
  • 1 Unstoppable Slasher
  • 1 Utter End
  • 1 Void Rend
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wrath of God