Merieke is really awesome and you vid, as always, is GREAT. But, in order of using her, using the stack is crucial... Because if you tap her to steal something and IN RESPONSE untap her and tap again, you can steal more things at once with the same effect and keep them all. This can really bring this commander to a whole new level
From someone who’s had a Merieke deck for a couple years now, I’m glad you finally did a deck tech on her. She’s a really cool commander (albeit a huge pain in the ass). She’s very versatile in terms of how to build the deck, and she’s one of my favorite decks ever to play. Thanks for making this, DJ :)
Thornbite Staff is a one-sided board wipe with her! Untap her with it attached to kill the creature you stole, and get a trigger to untap her again. Respond to the trigger by taking something else, and you get a combo going.
I play Rubinia as my primary theft commander. The deck has a group hug element to it and its really fun to steal the nice things that you help them cast!
I have a deck very similar to this but it was budget. You have a lot of the more expensive cards in there, if i ever want to upgrade this deck I'll look back at this video!
As DJ didn't mention this, I wanted to add, that it is possible to steal multiple creatures with Merieke at once. If you put multiple instances of her ability on the stack through untapping effects, she won't destroy the targeted creatures when she becomes untapped, as her ability has not yet resolved. This means that "Pemmin's Aura" and "Freed from the Real" let you take control of any number of creatures equal to the number of the blue Mana you have got left. Also you are able to take over the whole board with the "Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter" combo (or alternatively tap all opponents permanents during their upkeep, with one of the "tap target permanent" creatures)
Idk if this is said in the vid but you can steal multiple creatures with Merieke and not have them be destroyed, if you untap her while tap ability is still on the stack you cap her and take another creature while both are on the stack so the first creature doesn't see the untap
I like cards like Frontline Medic to grant indestructible. Then you get to keep the stolen creature when Merieke's untap resolves. And Willbreaker to essentially turn all your untappers into mini-Meriekes'
I built a similar but less spendy Merieke deck a few weeks ago. It is so much fun to play and I feel like it really attacks opponents from a unique angle. And there is nothing better than the look on their faces when you successfully cast Pemmins Aura on Merieke and it dawns on them what is about to happen
@@shawnwilt7196 This list is a little outdated to the current deck but it's pretty close. It is such a fun deck to play but it's miserable to play against so I sadly don't take it out the box all the time: 1 Esper Charm 1 Restoration Angel 1 Dissolve 1 Agent of Treachery 1 Dimir Keyrune 1 Crab Umbra 1 Dimir Signet 1 Fatestitcher 1 Unbender Tine 1 Pemmin's Aura 1 Smothering Tithe 1 Merciless Eviction 1 Illusionist's Bracers 1 Mother of Runes 1 Evil Twin 1 Hostage Taker 1 Azorius Signet 1 Azorius Cluestone 1 Approach of the Second Sun 1 Avatar of Woe 1 Talisman of Hierarchy 1 Debt to the Deathless 1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands 1 Mulldrifter 1 Sol Ring 1 Wayfarer's Bauble 1 Adarkar Valkyrie 1 Arcanis the Omnipotent 1 Thousand-Year Elixir 1 Mindslaver 1 Counterspell 1 Aphetto Alchemist 1 Archivist 1 Gideon, Martial Paragon 1 Unwind 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Freed from the Real 1 Diabolic Tutor 1 To Arms! 1 Utter End 1 Niblis of the Breath 1 Cloudblazer 1 Dovin's Veto 1 Negate 1 Patrician's Scorn 1 Tideforce Elemental 1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury 1 Solemn Simulacrum 1 Callous Oppressor 1 Coffin Queen 1 Sun Titan 1 Spark Double 1 Lightning Greaves 1 Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage 1 Mind Stone 1 Conjurer's Closet 1 Exsanguinate 1 Cackling Counterpart 1 Blatant Thievery 1 Thief of Sanity 1 Ethersworn Adjudicator 1 Puppeteer 1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge 9 Swamp 1 Detection Tower 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Command Tower 1 Azorius Guildgate 1 Orzhov Guildgate 1 Arcane Sanctum 1 Dimir Guildgate 14 Island 6 Plains // Commander 1 Merieke Ri Berit
@@EbonAvatar Thanks a lot!! I will be looking at building one. I have around 10 decks that have been banned at several friends play groups and at the local game store. I have a regular deck that I have literally killed 7 people in one turn ... on turn 3 of the game. I had my full 20 life. It is hated above all.
@@shawnwilt7196 Yeah the version I posted above could definitely use an upgrade if you want to make it more competitive but it's still pretty fun as is. Every game is different cause you are essentially playing with your opponent's decks
I'm 3 years late for this list, but thanks for it. I'm looking at using ishai/tevesh to steal stuff, some useful ideas in here! I could suggest intruder alarm for your list.....but I'm only halfway through the vid so far.
So, I am going to build this but I think I am going to try to work in a sacrifice theme and use cards that allow me to return the creature targeted by them back to play when it dies. Black has a lot of those. Sack outlets like ashnods altar, blasting station. Stuff like thst.
I'm not all the way through, so I don't know if you've mentioned it yet, but if your untap shenanigans are at instant speed, then with merieke you can steal multiple things by abusing the stack instead of having to let each but the last one you steal die
DJ what about thada adel and coffin queen? This was the first commander I've ever built and one of the only ones I've never gotten bored of or disassembled. Keep up the awesome techs.
Don't forget you can steal more than one thing by untapping her in response to the tap effect. If you can do this you can steal more than one thing per turn.
The second EDH deck I built. Just mind control, untap abilities, and sac outlets. Don't forget a nice Rings of Brighthearth and Thousand-Year elixer. Most important cards in the deck. Also Overtaker sucks. It's all about OLD MAN OF THE SEA.
This was one of the first commanders I built around years ago. I do love the deck but it does slow the game down or I become enemy number one. So I don’t play it very often. Hahaha
I couldn’t play my Merieke deck anymore because everyone stopped playing creatures since they were afraid that they get stolen. Maybe I will try again someday ^^
I have one of her, and I REALLY want to build this deck, but I'm already on thin ice with my playgroup for playing my "oppressive" control decks like Savra, Aboshan, and Firesong&Sunspeaker. They aren't competitively built, my meta just hates control/disruption. So for now she has a home sitting in my cube.
Aura of Dominion is more efficient alternative to freed From the Real for Merieke. You can steal the creature, tap it to untap Merieke and repeat this process Also it can tap inspired creatures
I love Merieke, is my main deck since i started play Commander. However, i just cant follow your advices on a lot of cards. The meta in my friends group is way too aggro. Cant spend 6 mana on Arcanis, need to wrath those goblins man XD
Get commander in play Generate infinite tap and untaps with commander Now you got instant speed one sided nuke and your opponents will NEVER have creatures ever again. Now you sit there almost indenfinty while your opponents can not stop you
I built Mereike 3 or 4 years ago 🤔 your playing her wrong 1st tap and target a creature hold priority 2nd untap her with whatever source is available... no it doesn't kill the creature you have targeted because you have not actually gained control of thus said creature yet after untapping merieke hold priority at the same spot 3rd target another creature repeat steps 1 & 2 4th as long as she is tapped at the end of your untapping and re-tapping you gain control of all the creatures last one first comes to your side and so forth as the stack 😉 goes 5th please pronounce her name correctly it is French so I understand not knowing it 😅but I am going to give you shit anyways
I love this channel. But I absolutely hate these kinds of decks. To me, Esper control or some variant thereof, or Stax, is the antithesis of Commander. If I'm taking the night off away from my family to play cards, I don't really want to sit down and watch Counterbalance, Merieke, Sensei's Divining Top, and Power Artifact strapped to Grim Monolith lock me out of a game. The same goes for those who play Stax strategies. Social awareness is nothing new in Commander. Look no further than the unwritten social contract around not playing mass land destruction. Why? Because people want to actually play the game that they've taken time off of their lives to come together and play. I am NOT saying that I only want people to play the way I want to play, or that I want some soft fluffy safe environment where I don't have to fear any disruption as I play. That is just as bad and doesn't make gameplay interesting either. Great video either way, DJ! Just a reminder to the world that it's ok to disagree with something while remaining civil and constructive. Happy brewing to all. What does everyone else think?
Merieke is really awesome and you vid, as always, is GREAT. But, in order of using her, using the stack is crucial... Because if you tap her to steal something and IN RESPONSE untap her and tap again, you can steal more things at once with the same effect and keep them all. This can really bring this commander to a whole new level
I have one Merieke and never thought about that lol
From someone who’s had a Merieke deck for a couple years now, I’m glad you finally did a deck tech on her. She’s a really cool commander (albeit a huge pain in the ass). She’s very versatile in terms of how to build the deck, and she’s one of my favorite decks ever to play. Thanks for making this, DJ :)
She steals your stuff, refuses to give it back, and breaks it when she's done with it. I call her the ex-wife.
If I ever build this deck I will call it the Ex-Wife!
saaame and to make matters worse once you tap her you cant untap her...not really...takes magic lol
Classic
Thornbite Staff is a one-sided board wipe with her! Untap her with it attached to kill the creature you stole, and get a trigger to untap her again. Respond to the trigger by taking something else, and you get a combo going.
I play Rubinia as my primary theft commander. The deck has a group hug element to it and its really fun to steal the nice things that you help them cast!
This was my first Edh deck! Like the direction you took it
Maybe I'm dumb , why no intruder alarm ?
seems perfect for this deck.
I have a deck very similar to this but it was budget. You have a lot of the more expensive cards in there, if i ever want to upgrade this deck I'll look back at this video!
As DJ didn't mention this, I wanted to add, that it is possible to steal multiple creatures with Merieke at once. If you put multiple instances of her ability on the stack through untapping effects, she won't destroy the targeted creatures when she becomes untapped, as her ability has not yet resolved.
This means that "Pemmin's Aura" and "Freed from the Real" let you take control of any number of creatures equal to the number of the blue Mana you have got left. Also you are able to take over the whole board with the "Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter" combo (or alternatively tap all opponents permanents during their upkeep, with one of the "tap target permanent" creatures)
Dude, love your background tunes!
Also, a badass deck teck
About time you did an older commander
Love Esper. Love Control. Love this Tech! Thanks DJ!!
My group absolutely hated this deck when I built it
I just have one of Her sitting around, so I'm totally gunna build this!
Oooooo, and after every mtg tuber I’ve seen talk down about scaretiller, DJ finds its perfect deck!
No Dominating Licid? I love that little creature!
Idk if this is said in the vid but you can steal multiple creatures with Merieke and not have them be destroyed, if you untap her while tap ability is still on the stack you cap her and take another creature while both are on the stack so the first creature doesn't see the untap
I like cards like Frontline Medic to grant indestructible. Then you get to keep the stolen creature when Merieke's untap resolves. And Willbreaker to essentially turn all your untappers into mini-Meriekes'
I use Tidewater Minion and Illusionist Bracers to untap multiple permanents of all types repeatedly
I built a similar but less spendy Merieke deck a few weeks ago. It is so much fun to play and I feel like it really attacks opponents from a unique angle. And there is nothing better than the look on their faces when you successfully cast Pemmins Aura on Merieke and it dawns on them what is about to happen
Can you provide a deck list?
@@shawnwilt7196 This list is a little outdated to the current deck but it's pretty close. It is such a fun deck to play but it's miserable to play against so I sadly don't take it out the box all the time: 1 Esper Charm
1 Restoration Angel
1 Dissolve
1 Agent of Treachery
1 Dimir Keyrune
1 Crab Umbra
1 Dimir Signet
1 Fatestitcher
1 Unbender Tine
1 Pemmin's Aura
1 Smothering Tithe
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Illusionist's Bracers
1 Mother of Runes
1 Evil Twin
1 Hostage Taker
1 Azorius Signet
1 Azorius Cluestone
1 Approach of the Second Sun
1 Avatar of Woe
1 Talisman of Hierarchy
1 Debt to the Deathless
1 Vizier of Tumbling Sands
1 Mulldrifter
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Adarkar Valkyrie
1 Arcanis the Omnipotent
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Mindslaver
1 Counterspell
1 Aphetto Alchemist
1 Archivist
1 Gideon, Martial Paragon
1 Unwind
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Freed from the Real
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 To Arms!
1 Utter End
1 Niblis of the Breath
1 Cloudblazer
1 Dovin's Veto
1 Negate
1 Patrician's Scorn
1 Tideforce Elemental
1 Gonti, Lord of Luxury
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Callous Oppressor
1 Coffin Queen
1 Sun Titan
1 Spark Double
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
1 Mind Stone
1 Conjurer's Closet
1 Exsanguinate
1 Cackling Counterpart
1 Blatant Thievery
1 Thief of Sanity
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Puppeteer
1 Minamo, School at Water's Edge
9 Swamp
1 Detection Tower
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Command Tower
1 Azorius Guildgate
1 Orzhov Guildgate
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Dimir Guildgate
14 Island
6 Plains
// Commander
1 Merieke Ri Berit
@@EbonAvatar Thanks a lot!! I will be looking at building one. I have around 10 decks that have been banned at several friends play groups and at the local game store.
I have a regular deck that I have literally killed 7 people in one turn ... on turn 3 of the game. I had my full 20 life. It is hated above all.
@@shawnwilt7196 Yeah the version I posted above could definitely use an upgrade if you want to make it more competitive but it's still pretty fun as is. Every game is different cause you are essentially playing with your opponent's decks
@@EbonAvatar none of my banned decks cost more than like $60 or $70. My most hated deck costs like $30.
I'm 3 years late for this list, but thanks for it. I'm looking at using ishai/tevesh to steal stuff, some useful ideas in here! I could suggest intruder alarm for your list.....but I'm only halfway through the vid so far.
Merieke was my first... such a joy!
Merieke was actually the very first commander I ever built, so this video was pretty nostalgic for me.
I really thought he was going to mention Sen triplets for this deck, what better cards to steal than directly from the hands of your opponent. 😈
So, I am going to build this but I think I am going to try to work in a sacrifice theme and use cards that allow me to return the creature targeted by them back to play when it dies. Black has a lot of those. Sack outlets like ashnods altar, blasting station. Stuff like thst.
I'm not all the way through, so I don't know if you've mentioned it yet, but if your untap shenanigans are at instant speed, then with merieke you can steal multiple things by abusing the stack instead of having to let each but the last one you steal die
If you want Merieke to be like Rambo you can put intruder alarm and watch it destroy everything that enters 🦄
DJ what about thada adel and coffin queen? This was the first commander I've ever built and one of the only ones I've never gotten bored of or disassembled. Keep up the awesome techs.
This is a very creative deck build
Any chance we could see some more Oathbreaker Deck Techs? Would love to see some more from you. Thanks!
Don't forget you can steal more than one thing by untapping her in response to the tap effect. If you can do this you can steal more than one thing per turn.
The second EDH deck I built. Just mind control, untap abilities, and sac outlets. Don't forget a nice Rings of Brighthearth and Thousand-Year elixer. Most important cards in the deck.
Also Overtaker sucks. It's all about OLD MAN OF THE SEA.
This was one of the first commanders I built around years ago. I do love the deck but it does slow the game down or I become enemy number one. So I don’t play it very often. Hahaha
How many times you said "Tap"? loved it
Sounds cool.
Where's the deck list
I couldn’t play my Merieke deck anymore because everyone stopped playing creatures since they were afraid that they get stolen. Maybe I will try again someday ^^
I have one of her, and I REALLY want to build this deck, but I'm already on thin ice with my playgroup for playing my "oppressive" control decks like Savra, Aboshan, and Firesong&Sunspeaker. They aren't competitively built, my meta just hates control/disruption.
So for now she has a home sitting in my cube.
Intruder Alarm could be broken here. You boardwipe anytime a creature enters.
Aura of Dominion is more efficient alternative to freed From the Real for Merieke. You can steal the creature, tap it to untap Merieke and repeat this process
Also it can tap inspired creatures
Can we please get a decklist?
which graveyard do they go to when they die?
Love this
I’ve been pronouncing it “Merrick Re Bear-it” forever
Same
I've been pronouncimg it mer-eke-ee Rey ber-reet
Am I missing it, or is the card list not available?
Momentary Blink!!!
Why is no one commenting on that gorgeous Heather Hudson artwork?
Seems a good time.
I use endemic plague to counter tribal strategies
good tech bro
No deck list?
I love Merieke, is my main deck since i started play Commander. However, i just cant follow your advices on a lot of cards. The meta in my friends group is way too aggro. Cant spend 6 mana on Arcanis, need to wrath those goblins man XD
Decklist please!
Do a saskia the unyielding deck tech
I second that. I like my Saskia deck a lot, but I know it could be better. I would love to see DJ's take on her.
Pretty sure that's a European name and should not be pronounced that way.
Nevertheless, that deck tech is highly appreciated. Sounds dope
Love your content. Watch your spelling "Finshing"😉
Merieke luv's Avacen.
Lmao fist deck I made and just played against this deck today it's a blast
A month ago, I had my Merieke deck stolen! Lol! They stole my theif. True story.
Yo, is that you bru?
@@Pinetree747 - Who are you?
Conjurers closet ... it's all I am going to say.
Lol i'm building this deck :P but it's a lot different.
Get commander in play
Generate infinite tap and untaps with commander
Now you got instant speed one sided nuke and your opponents will NEVER have creatures ever again.
Now you sit there almost indenfinty while your opponents can not stop you
Or until all your opponents focus removal on her?
@@mark1A100 It's usually to late.
Herald of Lesrach and Polar Kraken..... its on theme... stealing
Love it but there are a lot of homeward paths in my meta
People hate her. I always get hated off the table when I play her.
It's a Dutch name. Pronounced Meh-ree-keh.
I would like this video but the count is currently 666...
Candelabra of tawnos is 2000$ card lol
I built Mereike 3 or 4 years ago 🤔 your playing her wrong
1st tap and target a creature hold priority
2nd untap her with whatever source is available... no it doesn't kill the creature you have targeted because you have not actually gained control of thus said creature yet after untapping merieke hold priority at the same spot
3rd target another creature repeat steps 1 & 2
4th as long as she is tapped at the end of your untapping and re-tapping you gain control of all the creatures last one first comes to your side and so forth as the stack 😉 goes
5th please pronounce her name correctly it is French so I understand not knowing it 😅but I am going to give you shit anyways
Wait. It’s not said mary-ekee ree buhree?
Lolol mine is still so much better and its just amazing that no one else has figured it out....y'all need to up your skills
I love this channel. But I absolutely hate these kinds of decks. To me, Esper control or some variant thereof, or Stax, is the antithesis of Commander. If I'm taking the night off away from my family to play cards, I don't really want to sit down and watch Counterbalance, Merieke, Sensei's Divining Top, and Power Artifact strapped to Grim Monolith lock me out of a game. The same goes for those who play Stax strategies. Social awareness is nothing new in Commander. Look no further than the unwritten social contract around not playing mass land destruction. Why? Because people want to actually play the game that they've taken time off of their lives to come together and play. I am NOT saying that I only want people to play the way I want to play, or that I want some soft fluffy safe environment where I don't have to fear any disruption as I play. That is just as bad and doesn't make gameplay interesting either. Great video either way, DJ! Just a reminder to the world that it's ok to disagree with something while remaining civil and constructive. Happy brewing to all. What does everyone else think?
run more removal
It sucks hard to play against this Commander. Should be banned.
Stop encouraging this obnoxious style of play. It's incredibly annoying to play against.
Get güd
sounds like you don't run enough removal
Looky here, an elf ball player 🤓🤓🤓🤓
Who are you to gatekeep a playstyle?