Merieking You My Beritch

Merieke Ri Berit Commander Deck

Merieke Ri Berit sits at the center of a theft and control strategy that repeatedly taps and untaps her to steal and destroy enemy creatures, using a wide suite of untap enablers — enchantments like Pemmin's Aura and Freed from the Real, creatures with tap-to-untap abilities, and artifacts like Illusionist's Bracers to copy her ability and steal multiple creatures at once. Stolen creatures become both resources and weapons, with blink effects, copy permanents, and cards like Nightmare Shepherd preserving value when those creatures are sacrificed or destroyed. The deck wins by accumulating overwhelming board presence through theft, locking opponents out with control magic effects and permission spells, and eventually burying them under stolen armies or mass reanimation through Rise of the Dark Realms.

Decklist

• Freed from the Real
• Thousand-Year Elixir
• Ioreth of the Healing House
• Swiftfoot Boots
• Kelpie Guide
• Fatestitcher
• Dovin's Veto
• Counterspell
• Path to Exile
• Baleful Strix
• Arcanis the Omnipotent
• Adarkar Valkyrie
• Robaran Mercenaries
• The Ever-Changing 'Dane
• Drumbellower
• Agent of Treachery
• Empress Galina
• Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
• Coffin Queen
• Hostage Taker
• Royal Assassin
• Nightmare Shepherd
• Tideforce Elemental
• Phyrexian Metamorph
• Callous Oppressor
• Norritt
• Energy Arc
• Bribery
• Blatant Thievery
• Rings of Brighthearth
• Conjurer's Closet
• Unbender Tine
• Puppet Strings
• Isochron Scepter
• Control Magic
• Crab Umbra
• Second Wind
• Unstoppable Plan
• Talisman of Dominance
• Pemmin's Aura
• Vizier of Tumbling Sands
• Aphetto Alchemist
• Illusionist's Bracers
• Marvin, Murderous Mimic
• Mother of Runes
• Dramatic Reversal
• Magewright's Stone
• Swords to Plowshares
• Puppeteer
• Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Giver of Runes
• Cloudshift
• Rise of the Dark Realms
• Retreat to Coralhelm
• Sol Ring
• Arcane Signet
• Talisman of Progress
• Command Tower
• Sen Triplets
• Aura Thief
• Land Tax
• 5× Swamp
• 16× Island
• Choked Estuary
• The Black Gate
• Temple of Enlightenment
• Dismal Backwater
• Sunken Hollow
• 9× Plains
• Drowned Catacomb
• Underground River