Art by Mark Winters
Saved commander deck
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Sacrifice creatures repeatedly to stack experience counters with Meren, leveraging death triggers and aristocrat drain effects while recurring high-impact creatures each turn for compounding value.
Prompt: A $600 Meren of Clan Nel Toth commander deck — an aristocrats deck focused on sacrificing your own creatures for value, with death triggers, token generation, and drain payoffs.
Commander
1 cards
Meren of Clan Nel Toth
{2}{B}{G}Legendary Creature — Human Shaman
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
10 cards
Sakura-Tribe Elder
{1}{G}Creature — Snake Shaman
self-sacrificing ramp creature that triggers Meren
Wood Elves
{2}{G}Creature — Elf Scout
creature that fetches untapped Forest and provides sacrifice fodder
Farhaven Elf
{2}{G}Creature — Elf Druid
enters and fetches a basic land while offering a recurrable body
Elves of Deep Shadow
{G}Creature — Elf Druid
cheap mana dork producing black mana
Delighted Halfling
{G}Creature — Halfling Citizen
un-counterable commander casting and acceleration
Card Draw
10 cards
Skullclamp
{1}Artifact — Equipment
converts one-toughness creatures and tokens into card advantage
Grim Haruspex
{2}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
draws cards on nontoken creature deaths
Midnight Reaper
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Knight
steady card draw from creature deaths
Morbid Opportunist
{2}{B}Creature — Human Rogue
triggers off deaths on each player's turn
Beast Whisperer
{2}{G}{G}Creature — Elf Druid
draws a card whenever a creature spell is cast
Disciple of Bolas
{3}{B}Creature — Human Wizard
sacrifices high-power creatures to draw cards and gain life
Greater Good
{2}{G}{G}Enchantment
free sacrifice outlet that digs deep into the library
Removal
10 cards
Culling Ritual
{2}{B}{G}Sorcery
clears low-cost permanents and generates massive mana
Plaguecrafter
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
recurrable edict effect that sacrifices itself
Demon's Disciple
{2}{B}Creature — Human Cleric
redundant self-sacrificing edict creature
Fleshbag Marauder
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Warrior
classic recurrable each-player sacrifice effect
Reclamation Sage
{2}{G}Creature — Elf Shaman
artifact and enchantment removal on a recurrable body
Haywire Mite
{1}Artifact Creature — Insect
exiles problematic artifacts/enchantments and triggers death
Ravenous Chupacabra
{2}{B}{B}Creature — Beast Horror
targeted creature destruction on a body
Threats/Wincons
24 cards
Blood Artist
{1}{B}Creature — Vampire
classic drain payoff when any creature dies
Zulaport Cutthroat
{1}{B}Creature — Human Rogue Ally
drains each opponent on your creature deaths
Bastion of Remembrance
{2}{B}Enchantment
enchantment-based drain payoff that leaves a token
Marionette Apprentice
{1}{B}Creature — Human Artificer
flexible fabricator and drain engine for creature or artifact deaths
Syr Konrad, the Grim
{3}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Knight
massive burn damage on mill, discard, and death
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
{3}{B}{B}Creature — Zombie
devotion finisher and massive life swing
Viscera Seer
{B}Creature — Vampire Wizard
one-mana free sacrifice outlet with scry
Carrion Feeder
{B}Creature — Zombie
one-mana free sacrifice outlet that grows huge
Woe Strider
{2}{B}Creature — Horror
free sacrifice outlet that provides a goat token and escapes
Phyrexian Altar
{3}Artifact
free colored mana sacrifice outlet for aristocrat combos
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician
{2}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Human Cleric
sacrifice outlet, removal, and card draw on one card
Ophiomancer
{2}{B}Creature — Human Shaman
generates deathtouch Snake tokens on every upkeep
Deep Forest Hermit
{3}{G}{G}Creature — Elf Druid
generates four Squirrel bodies to flood the board for sacrifice
Chittering Witch
{3}{B}Creature — Human Warlock
token generator and repeatable creature removal via rat sacrifice
Avenger of Zendikar
{5}{G}{G}Creature — Elemental
swarms the board with plant tokens to sacrifice or pump
Grave Titan
{4}{B}{B}Creature — Giant
efficient token generator and combat threat
Protean Hulk
{5}{G}{G}Creature — Beast
tutors winning aristocrat combos straight to the battlefield upon death
Kokusho, the Evening Star
{4}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit
enormous life drain when looped through the graveyard
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
{3}{B}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric
grants undying to all creatures for double sacrifices
Pitiless Plunderer
{3}{B}Creature — Human Pirate
generates treasure mana on creature deaths to fuel combos
Warren Soultrader
{2}{B}Creature — Zombie Goblin Wizard
free sacrifice outlet producing treasure tokens
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
{1}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Nightmare
forces opponents to sacrifice or give card advantage and damage
Utility
8 cards
Stitcher's Supplier
{B}Creature — Zombie
fast self-mill on enter and death to stock Meren targets
Satyr Wayfinder
{1}{G}Creature — Satyr
mills cards and smooths land drops on an easy sacrifice body
Fiend Artisan
{B/G}{B/G}Creature — Nightmare
tutor on a stick that grows with graveyard size
Entomb
{B}Instant
instantly places optimal reanimation target into the graveyard
Animate Dead
{1}{B}Enchantment — Aura
efficient two-mana reanimation backup for Meren
