Art: Mark Winters · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman · from $1.98

Whenever another creature you control dies, you get an experience counter. At the beginning of your end step, choose target creature card in your graveyard. If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

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A typical Commander deck

A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.

Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan

Staples in these colors

The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).

Budget

54 of 100 at $5 or less · 34 at $1 or less

#	Card	Type	MV	Price
1	Sol Ring	Artifact	1	$1.07
2	Command Tower	Land	0	$0.26
3	Arcane Signet	Artifact	2	$0.34
4	Exotic Orchard	Land	0	$0.19
5	Reliquary Tower	Land	0	$4.28
6	Swiftfoot Boots	Artifact	2	$1.43
7	Lightning Greaves	Artifact	2	$3.86
8	Path of Ancestry	Land	0	$0.16
9	Fellwar Stone	Artifact	2	$0.47
10	Rogue's Passage	Land	0	$0.31
11	Evolving Wilds	Land	0	$0.09
12	Cultivate	Sorcery	3	$0.38
13	Thought Vessel	Artifact	2	$2.23
14	Farseek	Sorcery	2	$0.42
15	Bojuka Bog	Land	0	$1.12
16	Beast Within	Instant	3	$0.49
17	Nature's Lore	Sorcery	2	$2.15
18	Rampant Growth	Sorcery	2	$0.39
19	Heroic Intervention	Instant	2	$9.28
20	Terramorphic Expanse	Land	0	$0.10
21	Myriad Landscape	Land	0	$0.25
22	Mind Stone	Artifact	2	$0.21
23	Dark Ritual	Instant	1	$0.44
24	Birds of Paradise	Creature	1	$4.98
25	Polluted Delta	Land	0	$19.85
26	Kodama's Reach	Sorcery	3	$1.55
27	Flooded Strand	Land	0	$12.78
28	Three Visits	Sorcery	2	$5.55
29	Skullclamp	Artifact	1	$4.85
30	Solemn Simulacrum	Creature	4	$0.27
31	Misty Rainforest	Land	0	$35.98
32	Bloodstained Mire	Land	0	$14.54
33	Fabled Passage	Land	0	$0.65
34	Windswept Heath	Land	0	$11.19
35	Wooded Foothills	Land	0	$17.96
36	Verdant Catacombs	Land	0	$29.16
37	Scalding Tarn	Land	0	$36.86
38	Marsh Flats	Land	0	$32.04
39	Commander's Sphere	Artifact	3	$0.19
40	Reanimate	Sorcery	1	$6.56
41	Arid Mesa	Land	0	$31.40
42	Llanowar Elves	Creature	1	$0.24
43	Demonic Tutor	Sorcery	2	$62.80
44	Toxic Deluge	Sorcery	3	$5.04
45	Ancient Tomb	Land	0	$56.94
46	Overgrown Tomb	Land	0	$8.00
47	Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth	Land	0	$56.13
48	Boseiju, Who Endures	Land	0	$50.48
49	Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth	Land	0	$16.76
50	Temple of the False God	Land	0	$0.19
51	Chromatic Lantern	Artifact	3	$0.38
52	Garruk's Uprising	Enchantment	3	$0.39
53	Feed the Swarm	Sorcery	2	$0.19
54	City of Brass	Land	0	$9.17
55	The One Ring	Artifact	4	$109.88
56	Elvish Mystic	Creature	1	$0.35
57	Phyrexian Arena	Enchantment	3	$1.92
58	Deadly Rollick	Instant	4	$26.52
59	Cavern of Souls	Land	0	$47.72
60	Woodland Cemetery	Land	0	$0.62
61	Sakura-Tribe Elder	Creature	2	$0.30
62	Vampiric Tutor	Instant	1	$48.13
63	Mana Confluence	Land	0	$34.75
64	Urza's Saga	Enchantment	0	$34.67
65	Lotus Petal	Artifact	0	$35.11
66	Eternal Witness	Creature	3	$1.10
67	Assassin's Trophy	Instant	2	$1.01
68	Wayfarer's Bauble	Artifact	1	$0.31
69	Black Market Connections	Enchantment	3	$10.78
70	Victimize	Sorcery	3	$0.57
71	Deadly Dispute	Instant	2	$0.29
72	Roaming Throne	Creature	4	$47.06
73	Ashnod's Altar	Artifact	3	$8.15
74	Llanowar Wastes	Land	0	$0.59
75	War Room	Land	0	$0.79
76	Blood Artist	Creature	2	$2.78
77	Delighted Halfling	Creature	1	$25.91
78	Herald's Horn	Artifact	3	$2.88
79	Mana Vault	Artifact	1	$91.59
80	Chrome Mox	Artifact	0	$51.19
81	Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx	Land	0	$45.68
82	Reflecting Pool	Land	0	$5.50
83	Worldly Tutor	Instant	1	$26.58
84	Undergrowth Stadium	Land	0	$5.20
85	Three Tree City	Land	0	$29.09
86	Return of the Wildspeaker	Instant	5	$1.51
87	Gemstone Caverns	Land	0	$62.05
88	Night's Whisper	Sorcery	2	$0.23
89	Command Beacon	Land	0	$7.99
90	Hardened Scales	Enchantment	1	$1.85
91	Tireless Provisioner	Creature	3	$2.33
92	Doubling Season	Enchantment	5	$29.62
93	Idol of Oblivion	Artifact	2	$2.40
94	Prismatic Vista	Land	0	$28.10
95	Buried Ruin	Land	0	$0.38
96	Phyrexian Tower	Land	0	$29.06
97	Thran Dynamo	Artifact	4	$1.94
98	Mosswort Bridge	Land	0	$0.21
99	Fell the Profane // Fell Mire	Instant	4	$5.80
100	Cabal Coffers	Land	0	$20.77

Curve of these staples

Most played with Meren of Clan Nel Toth

The 25 most-played cards in 7 settled top-16 lists running Meren of Clan Nel Toth at 16+ player events since Apr 18, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.

#	Card	Played in
1	Forest	100% · 7 of 7
2	Spore Frog	100% · 7 of 7
3	Swamp	100% · 7 of 7
4	Accursed Marauder	86% · 6 of 7
5	Culling Ritual	86% · 6 of 7
6	Haywire Mite	86% · 6 of 7
7	Plaguecrafter	86% · 6 of 7
8	Protean Hulk	86% · 6 of 7
9	Sakura-Tribe Elder	86% · 6 of 7
10	Sol Ring	86% · 6 of 7
11	Beast Within	71% · 5 of 7
12	Blood Artist	71% · 5 of 7
13	Command Tower	71% · 5 of 7
14	Eternal Witness	71% · 5 of 7
15	Fleshbag Marauder	71% · 5 of 7
16	Gravecrawler	71% · 5 of 7
17	Victimize	71% · 5 of 7
18	Viscera Seer	71% · 5 of 7
19	Zulaport Cutthroat	71% · 5 of 7
20	Arcane Signet	57% · 4 of 7
21	Buried Alive	57% · 4 of 7
22	Cankerbloom	57% · 4 of 7
23	Gray Merchant of Asphodel	57% · 4 of 7
24	Grim Backwoods	57% · 4 of 7
25	Insidious Fungus	57% · 4 of 7

Combos with Meren of Clan Nel Toth

One combo using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.

Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter + Meren of Clan Nel Toth
Infinite turns · Lock
How it works on Commander Spellbook
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Top finishes

7 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.

11th of 18 — Commander Budget - Magic Barcelona on Topdeck.ggSep 7, 2026 · 0–2–0 · by Albert
6th of 20 — Win a Dual land on Topdeck.ggAug 29, 2026 · 3–2–0 · by Ryan Jackson
12th of 24 — Clasificatorio Budget 160 NOBUNDO.CL on Topdeck.ggAug 2, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Victoria Huentelican
6th of 25 — Tower of Games CASE Bracket 3 on Topdeck.ggJun 27, 2026 · 1–2–0 · by Samuel Khan
14th of 20 — TRYHARD LAB Budget 160 Sabado 30 Mayo on Topdeck.ggMay 30, 2026 · 0–3–1 · by Eduardo Durán Jara
7th of 16 — BRACKET 3 EN ARCADIA on Topdeck.ggMay 2, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Luis Enrique Olmedo Avalos
9th of 18 — TRYHARD LAB Budget 160 Sabado 18 Abril on Topdeck.ggApr 18, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by Eduardo Durán Jara

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Precons led by Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Official preconstructed decks with Meren of Clan Nel Toth at the helm.

Plunder the Graves
PreconCommander· Released Jun 2017
Plunder the Graves
PreconCommander· Released Nov 2015

Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Precon product lists via MTGJSON. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.

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