I'm not sure how active this thread is here but I love this place as it's been helping me build Meren. When I first saw Meren I absolutely had to try her out because I enjoyed playing Sidisi EDH and even played Sultai Whip when it was doing well. Also I'd like to say have you guys thought about Avatar of Woe? Sorry I don't know how to link. I guess all decks depend on play style and the people we play with considering I play with people who play a lot of Creature Heavy builds. I also play Bojuka Bog, I see you guys play it, and Arcane Lighthouse to hose down other Graveyard decks and to hose a Narset Voltron deck. I know someone mentioned Filth so could I also say Brawn is an amazing card to Entomb/Buried Alive/Jarad's Orders.
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Meren is a ton of fun, but depending on your meta she will give you varied success. My meta can be very competitive and people don't like leaving a creature with built-in value unmolested. Every time I've played Meren or begun to place threats in the grave it places a huge target on my head regardless of whether or not I'm as big a threat as the other combo players in the game (reference: Oona, Queen of the Fae, Azami, Lady of Scrolls, Kaalia of the Vast). Without Meren the deck isn't dead, but functions a lot slower and the interactions are less powerful. Once Meren has been sent to the command zone for the second time I'm typically out of the game.
I'm heavily shifting this deck to a different approach where the goal is to get Meren out as fast as possible (turn 2 if you can, turn 3 at the latest) using mana dorks and a sac outlet at the ready. Current dorks include Llanowar Elves, Elves of Deep Shadow, Birds of Paradise, and Devoted Druid (the latter of which is nuts and IMO an auto-include in this deck no matter what you're going for). It isn't fully optimized yet and is missing some obvious money-cards but I'm liking the engine it's turning into. You can see the list below.
Earlier there was a bit of discussion on Sylvan Safekeeper and I think it's a good idea that I'm going to try to pick up at some point.
Syvlan Safekeeper is rather interesting the build I have so far runs some ramp but I'm not sure how I feel about sac-ing land, I don't tend to do it if I have Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord in the graveyard. I'm not sure how fun it is to combo to some of you but I suggest having the full Woodfall Primuspuppeteer clique and Melira, Sylvok Outcast to combo out an opponent if they get out of hand or straight up win. I prefer dealing with an opponent and prolonging the game.
I'm not sure how active this thread is here but I love this place as it's been helping me build Meren. When I first saw Meren I absolutely had to try her out because I enjoyed playing Sidisi EDH and even played Sultai Whip when it was doing well. Also I'd like to say have you guys thought about Avatar of Woe? Sorry I don't know how to link. I guess all decks depend on play style and the people we play with considering I play with people who play a lot of Creature Heavy builds. I also play Bojuka Bog, I see you guys play it, and Arcane Lighthouse to hose down other Graveyard decks and to hose a Narset Voltron deck. I know someone mentioned Filth so could I also say Brawn is an amazing card to Entomb/Buried Alive/Jarad's Orders.
Syvlan Safekeeper is rather interesting the build I have so far runs some ramp but I'm not sure how I feel about sac-ing land, I don't tend to do it if I have Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord in the graveyard. I'm not sure how fun it is to combo to some of you but I suggest having the full Woodfall Primus puppeteer clique and Melira, Sylvok Outcast to combo out an opponent if they get out of hand or straight up win. I prefer dealing with an opponent and prolonging the game.