The deck is designed to be fun in multiplayer. It doesn't want to dominate the board entirely, but rather sit and build board position until you do a lot of things at once.
How to Play the Deck:
The playstyle is fairly straightforward:
a) Build Mana
b) Use utility creatures when necessary to keep board position while setting up combos and tap / untap strings
c) Cast Merieke Ri Berit, protecting her with the suite of Counterspells
d) Proceed to gain control of and destroy various creatures, saving the best creature on-board for last so you can best utilize it.
e) Use the various other "Steal" spells to get the best permanents on-board
It's not the most competetive deck, but for flavor I focused almost entirely on abusing (or copying) Merieke's ability. It's decently fun to play, although when piloted incorrectly you WILL garner a lot of hate. People don't want you to steal and kill their creatures for the entire game, and if you do that you'll be hated out. Rather, staying under the radar and then exploding in the late-game seems to be the best strategy (not to mention the least frustrating for your friends).
I've been wanting to build a Merieke deck for a while because it looks like a lot of fun. One card that I wanted to use was Pemmin's Aura as it can actually protect whomever is wearing it.
Another thing I had considered, and wonder if you'd thought about, was the idea of expanding on the "must attack" function of Norrit. With cards such as Royal Assassin, Maddening Imp and Oracle En-Vec, you could kill a lot of creatures by tapping them down. I doubt this would be any sort of improvement over just using Merieke, but to me it seems like a lot of fun synergy to exploit.
I've been wanting to build a Merieke deck for a while because it looks like a lot of fun. One card that I wanted to use was Pemmin's Aura as it can actually protect whomever is wearing it.
Another thing I had considered, and wonder if you'd thought about, was the idea of expanding on the "must attack" function of Norrit. With cards such as Royal Assassin, Maddening Imp and Oracle En-Vec, you could kill a lot of creatures by tapping them down. I doubt this would be any sort of improvement over just using Merieke, but to me it seems like a lot of fun synergy to exploit.
Good call on Pemmin's Aura!! My MWS has a tendency to hide 1 card in every deck I make, and I think that was it, I'll be sure to add it back in!!
I've found it's a little too difficult to properly utilize the "Destroy target tapped creature" effects, as almost all of my interactions focus on untapping rather than tapping.
1 Merieke Ri Berit
- CREATURES -
2 Angel of Despair
3 Aphetto Alchemist
4 Arcanis the Omnipotent
5 Archon of Justice
6 Clone
7 Draining Whelk
8 Ertai, Wizard Adept
9 Ethersworn Adjudicator
10 Fatestitcher
11 Glen Elendra Archmage
12 Keiga, the Tide Star
13 Memnarch
14 Norritt
15 Reveille Squad
16 Solemn Simulacrum
17 Stonybrook Angler
- INSTANTS -
18 Condemn
19 Counterspell
20 Countersquall
21 Dissipate
22 Dromar's Charm
23 Fact or Fiction
24 Force of Will
25 Hinder
26 Hindering Light
27 Mana Drain
28 Mana Leak
29 Mortify
30 Muddle the Mixture
31 Negate
32 Perplex
33 Return to Dust
34 Swords to Plowshares
35 Blatant Thievery
36 Bribery
37 Dust to Dust
38 Vindicate
- ENCHANTMENTS -
39 Confiscate
40 Control Magic
41 Dream Leash
42 Freed from the Real
43 Intruder Alarm
44 March of the Machines
45 Oblivion Ring
46 Pemmin's Aura
47 Take Possession
48 Treachery
- ARTIFACTS -
49 Azorius Signet
50 Coalition Relic
51 Darksteel Ingot
52 Dimir Signet
53 Gilded Lotus
54 Jandor's Saddlebags
55 Lapis Lazuli Talisman
56 Magewright's Stone
57 Mind's Eye
58 Orzhov Signet
59 Puppet Strings
60 Rings of Brighthearth
61 Sol Ring
62 Staff of Domination
63 Thousand-Year Elixir
64 Umbral Mantle
- LANDS -
65 Academy Ruins
66 Adarkar Wastes
67 Arcane Sanctum
68 Azorius Chancery
69 Boreal Shelf
70 Caves of Koilos
73 Dromar's Cavern
74 Drowned Catacomb
75 Flagstones of Trokair
76 Fetid Heath
77 Frost Marsh
78 Glacial Fortress
79 Godless Shrine
80 Grand Coliseum
81 Hallowed Fountain
82 High Market
83 Kor Haven
84 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
85 Miren, the Moaning Well
86 Mystic Gate
87 Orzhov Basilica
88 Reflecting Pool
89 Rupture Spire
90 Scrubland
91 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
92 Spawning Pool
93 Tolaria West
94 Tolarian Academy
95 Tundra
96 Underground River
97 Underground Sea
98 Volrath's Stronghold
99 Wanderwine Hub
100 Watery Grave
The deck is designed to be fun in multiplayer. It doesn't want to dominate the board entirely, but rather sit and build board position until you do a lot of things at once.
How to Play the Deck:
a) Build Mana
b) Use utility creatures when necessary to keep board position while setting up combos and tap / untap strings
c) Cast Merieke Ri Berit, protecting her with the suite of Counterspells
d) Proceed to gain control of and destroy various creatures, saving the best creature on-board for last so you can best utilize it.
e) Use the various other "Steal" spells to get the best permanents on-board
Notable Interactions with Merieke Ri Berit:
-Aphetto Alchemist
-Fatestitcher
-Freed from the Real
-Intruder Alarm
-Jandor's Saddlebags
-Lapis Lazuli Talisman
-Magewright's Stone
-March of the Machines
-Minamo, School at Water's Edge
-Norritt
-Puppet Strings
-Reveille Squad
-Rings of Brighthearth
-Staff of Domination
-Stonybrook Angler
-Thousand-Year Elixir
-Umbral Mantle
It's not the most competetive deck, but for flavor I focused almost entirely on abusing (or copying) Merieke's ability. It's decently fun to play, although when piloted incorrectly you WILL garner a lot of hate. People don't want you to steal and kill their creatures for the entire game, and if you do that you'll be hated out. Rather, staying under the radar and then exploding in the late-game seems to be the best strategy (not to mention the least frustrating for your friends).
Enjoy!!
UR [PRIMER] Flash of the Firemind (Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind) RU
BG Death and Staxes: FireStorm4056's Competitive Meren Stax List GB
W Avacyn Angel of Hope W
R Akroma, Angel of (Your Opponent's) Fury R
R 99-Mountain Ashling R
Another thing I had considered, and wonder if you'd thought about, was the idea of expanding on the "must attack" function of Norrit. With cards such as Royal Assassin, Maddening Imp and Oracle En-Vec, you could kill a lot of creatures by tapping them down. I doubt this would be any sort of improvement over just using Merieke, but to me it seems like a lot of fun synergy to exploit.
Good call on Pemmin's Aura!! My MWS has a tendency to hide 1 card in every deck I make, and I think that was it, I'll be sure to add it back in!!
I've found it's a little too difficult to properly utilize the "Destroy target tapped creature" effects, as almost all of my interactions focus on untapping rather than tapping.
Thanks!!
UR [PRIMER] Flash of the Firemind (Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind) RU
BG Death and Staxes: FireStorm4056's Competitive Meren Stax List GB
W Avacyn Angel of Hope W
R Akroma, Angel of (Your Opponent's) Fury R
R 99-Mountain Ashling R
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