Merieke 2 by Marroc17

Format: Commander

Commander: Merieke Ri Berit

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 35

Deck overview

This Esper control deck uses Merieke Ri Berit alongside a deep suite of untap enablers to dominate the creature landscape. By combining Merieke with cards like Aphetto Alchemist, Sting, the Glinting Dagger, and Freed from the Real, the deck repeatedly steals and destroys opposing threats at instant speed. Blink effects such as Thassa, Deep-Dwelling and Conjurer's Closet reset stolen creatures, giving you permanent control while freeing Merieke to capture new targets. Meanwhile, engines like Intruder Alarm and Propaganda lock down combat and stall opposing attacks. The deck transitions into the late game by accumulating massive resource disparity through Rhystic Study and theft effects like Agent of Treachery. It closes the game by swinging with opponents' best creatures or assembling infinite untaps with Aphetto Alchemist and Illusionist's Bracers to steal every permanent on the table. With dense interaction and resilient protection, the deck systematically suffocates opposing game plans.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Adarkar Valkyrie
  • 1 Agent of Treachery
  • 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Aphetto Alchemist
  • 1 Arcane Lighthouse
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Azorius Signet
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charming Prince
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 City of Brass
  • 1 City of Shadows
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Cloudshift
  • 1 Coffin Queen
  • 1 Cold Storage
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conjurer's Closet
  • 1 Control Magic
  • 1 Counterspell
  • 1 Dance of the Dead
  • 1 Deadeye Navigator
  • 1 Demonic Tutor
  • 1 Deserted Beach
  • 1 Dimir Signet
  • 1 Empress Galina
  • 1 Energy Arc
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fatestitcher
  • 1 Fell the Mighty
  • 1 Forensic Researcher
  • 1 Freed from the Real
  • 1 Ghostly Flicker
  • 1 Gilded Drake
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 High Market
  • 1 Hostage Taker
  • 1 Illusionist's Bracers
  • 1 Inkshield
  • 1 Intruder Alarm
  • 1 Ioreth of the Healing House
  • 5 Island
  • 1 Kelpie Guide
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Marvin, Murderous Mimic
  • 1 Merieke Ri Berit
  • 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 North Pole Patrol
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 1 Patriar's Seal
  • 1 Pemmin's Aura
  • 1 Phyrexian Altar
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Propaganda
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Restoration Angel
  • 1 Rhystic Study
  • 1 Robaran Mercenaries
  • 1 Royal Assassin
  • 1 Sea of Clouds
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Spark Double
  • 1 Split Up
  • 1 Sting, the Glinting Dagger
  • 1 Strip Mine
  • 5 Swamp
  • 1 Swiftfoot Boots
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
  • 1 The Wandering Rescuer
  • 1 Thousand-Year Elixir
  • 1 Treachery
  • 1 Unbender Tine
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Viscera Seer
  • 1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
  • 1 Wasteland
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wrath of God