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Overview:
A graveyard-focused value deck led by Meren of Clan Nel Toth, utilizing sacrifice synergies and reanimation to generate incremental advantage through experience counters and recursive creature effects.
Primer:
This deck operates on a classic Golgari sacrifice and recursion strategy, using Meren of Clan Nel Toth's ability to accumulate experience counters through creature deaths and return creatures from the graveyard each turn. The early game focuses on establishing mana acceleration through various mana dorks and artifacts, while setting up the graveyard with key creatures through cards like Buried Alive and Entomb.
The mid to late game revolves around creating value engines through sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer and Carrion Feeder, combined with creatures that generate value when dying or entering the battlefield. The deck can win through combat damage with large creatures, drain effects from Gray Merchant of Asphodel, or by gradually overwhelming opponents with recursive value while controlling the board through sacrifice-based removal effects.
Weaknesses:
The deck is heavily reliant on its commander and graveyard strategies, making it vulnerable to graveyard hate like Rest in Peace or Leyline of the Void. The mana base is relatively budget-focused, which can lead to some consistency issues in the early game. The deck also lacks instant-speed interaction against combo decks and has limited protection for its key pieces.
Top 10 Most Impactful Cards:
- Viscera Seer
- Eternal Witness
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Buried Alive
- Reanimate
- Greater Good
- Phyrexian Arena
- Sol Ring
- Butcher of Malakir
- Spore Frog
Attribute Ratings:
- Speed: 4/10
- Resilience: 6/10
- Consistency: 5/10
- Interaction: 5/10
Rating Justification:
This deck sits firmly in the optimized casual range, showing more focused strategy than a typical precon but lacking the explosive power or consistency of higher-powered builds. While it can generate significant value over time, it typically doesn't threaten wins until turn 10 or later. The deck includes several powerful cards and synergies but maintains a fair, interactive gameplay style that's appropriate for casual pods. It would struggle against decks in the 6.0+ range due to their faster combo wins and more efficient interaction.
Final power level rating: 5.0 - 5.5
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
