Jarad and Meren: BFFs

Commander / EDH* Aristocrats BG (Golgari) Competitive

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Creature (35)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apocalypse Demon
• 1x Archfiend of Depravity
• 1x Bontu the Glorified
• 1x Braids, Cabal Minion
• 1x Brawn
• 1x Burnished Hart
• 1x Catacomb Sifter
• 1x Creakwood Liege
• 1x Deathcap Cultivator
• 1x Dread Defiler
• 1x Duplicant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Extractor Demon
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Grave Titan
• 1x Gravedigger
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Magus of the Abyss
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Noxious Gearhulk
• 1x Nyx Weaver
• 1x Pawn of Ulamog
• 1x Phyrexian Delver
• 1x Phyrexian Revoker
• 1x Reclamation Sage
• 1x Sadistic Hypnotist
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• 1x Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
• 1x Wall of Blossoms
• 1x Wood Elves
• 1x World Shaper
• 1x Xathrid Demon

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Blighted Woodland
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of Agadeem
• 1x Desert of the Glorified
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 8x Forest
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x Grim Backwoods
• 1x High Market
• 1x Memorial to Folly
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Opal Palace
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Wood
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Throne of the High City
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Westvale Abbey  ^Flip
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (7)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Black Market
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Journey to Eternity  ^Flip
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Vampiric Rites

Instant (4)

• 1x Crop Rotation
• 1x Grisly Salvage
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Unravel the Aether

Commanders (2)

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Dread Summons
• 1x Ever After
• 1x Gaze of Granite
• 1x Jarad's Orders
• 1x Life / Death
• 1x Treasured Find
• 1x Victimize

Artifact (7)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Whip of Erebos

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Creature (8)

• 1x Filth
• 1x Lord of Extinction
• 1x Riftsweeper
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Ulvenwald Hydra
• 1x Vampire Hexmage
• 1x Vindictive Lich
• 1x Whisper, Blood Liturgist

Instant (2)

• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Golgari Charm

Artifact (1)

• 1x Expedition Map

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Lignify

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A WIP for a more "competitive" deck (based on my standards at least). This largely translates to having a proper land base first and having powerful removal second. For now (05-28-18) I am wanting to avoid infinite combo, but still retain near infinite combo effects.

My friends have a casual rule of "infinite partners" (as long as the cards don't go infinite, we can have any two legendary creatures as if they were partners). As such, I have elected to try putting Jarad and Meren together to very lightly test the limits of this rule. In any less casual setting, Meren is considered to be the true commander, with Jarad adjusted to be a hidden commander within the build. The strategy, in any case, is to out-value/place a stranglehold over my opponents until my scaling power creatuers, reanimation effects, and Jarad are in play.

(12-25-18) The Og deck has been lost/stolen. A more budget friendly rework is coming in the near future.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	5 years
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 0 Mythic Rares 34 - 0 Rares 33 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.61
Tokens	Eldrazi Scion 1/1 C, Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Experience Token, Human Cleric 1/1 BW, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Monarch Emblem, Worm 1/1 BG, Zombie 2/2 B