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Shameren
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Commander

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Meren of Clan Nel Toth

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.

Creature
Meren of Clan Nel Toth (cmm) 346

Commander

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Land

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Blooming Marsh

This land enters tapped unless you control two or fewer other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Blooming Marsh (otj) 266
Command Tower

{T}: Add one mana of any color in your commander's color identity.

Land
Command Tower (cmm) 659
Darkbore Pathway

Land
Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 292Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway (khm) 292
Deathcap Glade

This land enters tapped unless you control two or more other lands. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Deathcap Glade (vow) 281
Forest

({T}: Add {G}.)

Land
Forest (otj) 276
Haunted Mire

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) This land enters tapped.

Land
Haunted Mire (dmu) 248
High Market

{T}: Add {C}. {T}, Sacrifice a creature: You gain 1 life.

Land
High Market (plst) MMQ-320
Llanowar Wastes

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. This land deals 1 damage to you.

Land
Llanowar Wastes (bro) 299
Mortuary Mire

This land enters tapped. When this land enters, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library. {T}: Add {B}.

Land
Mortuary Mire (bfz) 240
Necroblossom Snarl

As this land enters, you may reveal a Swamp or Forest card from your hand. If you don't, this land enters tapped. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Necroblossom Snarl (ltc) 321
Nurturing Peatland

{T}, Pay 1 life: Add {B} or {G}. {1}, {T}, Sacrifice this land: Draw a card.

Land
Nurturing Peatland (mh1) 243
Overgrown Tomb

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) As this land enters, you may pay 2 life. If you don't, it enters tapped.

Land
Overgrown Tomb (rvr) 296
Swamp

({T}: Add {B}.)

Land
Swamp (otj) 274
Tainted Wood

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add {B} or {G}. Activate only if you control a Swamp.

Land
Tainted Wood (tor) 143
Twilight Mire

{T}: Add {C}. {B/G}, {T}: Add {B}{B}, {B}{G}, or {G}{G}.

Land
Twilight Mire (eve) 180
Underground Mortuary

({T}: Add {B} or {G}.) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

Land
Underground Mortuary (mkm) 271
Undergrowth Stadium

This land enters tapped unless you have two or more opponents. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Undergrowth Stadium (cmm) 666
Verdant Catacombs

{T}, Pay 1 life, Sacrifice this land: Search your library for a Swamp or Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Land
Verdant Catacombs (mh2) 260
Viridescent Bog

{1}, {T}: Add {B}{G}.

Land
Viridescent Bog (otc) 340
Witch's Cottage

({T}: Add {B}.) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Swamps. When this land enters untapped, you may put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Land
Witch's Cottage (eld) 249
Woodland Cemetery

This land enters tapped unless you control a Swamp or a Forest. {T}: Add {B} or {G}.

Land
Woodland Cemetery (dom) 248

Land

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Artifact

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Altar of Dementia

Sacrifice a creature: Target player mills cards equal to the sacrificed creature's power.

Artifact
Altar of Dementia (mh1) 218
Ashnod's Altar

Sacrifice a creature: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Ashnod's Altar (cmm) 368
Birthing Pod

({G/P} can be paid with either {G} or 2 life.) {1}{G/P}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card with mana value equal to 1 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Birthing Pod (nph) 104
Herald's Horn

As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. Creature spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast. At the beginning of your upkeep, look at the top card of your library. If it's a creature card of the chosen type, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.

Artifact
Herald's Horn (lcc) 304
Pyre of Heroes

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature: Search your library for a creature card that shares a creature type with the sacrificed creature and has mana value equal to 1 plus that creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery.

Artifact
Pyre of Heroes (khm) 241
Sol Ring

{T}: Add {C}{C}.

Artifact
Sol Ring (otc) 267
Spawning Pit

Sacrifice a creature: Put a charge counter on Spawning Pit. {1}, Remove two charge counters from Spawning Pit: Create a 2/2 colorless Spawn artifact creature token.

Artifact
Spawning Pit (j22) 136

Artifact

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Planeswalker

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Grist, the Hunger Tide

As long as Grist isn't on the battlefield, it's a 1/1 Insect creature in addition to its other types. +1: Create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then mill a card. If an Insect card was milled this way, put a loyalty counter on Grist and repeat this process. −2: You may sacrifice a creature. When you do, destroy target creature or planeswalker. −5: Each opponent loses life equal to the number of creature cards in your graveyard.

Planeswalker
Grist, the Hunger Tide (mh2) 202
Liliana, Dreadhorde General

Whenever a creature you control dies, draw a card. +1: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. −4: Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. −9: Each opponent chooses a permanent they control of each permanent type and sacrifices the rest.

Planeswalker
Liliana, Dreadhorde General (rvr) 80

Planeswalker

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Creature

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Amzu, Swarm's Hunger

Flying, menace Other Insects you control have menace. Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, you may create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token, then put a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the greatest mana value among those cards. Do this only once each turn.

Creature
Amzu, Swarm's Hunger (clu) 24
Bloodline Shaman

{T}: Choose a creature type. Reveal the top card of your library. If that card is a creature card of the chosen type, put it into your hand. Otherwise, put it into your graveyard.

Creature
Bloodline Shaman (ons) 249
Bosk Banneret

Treefolk spells and Shaman spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.

Creature
Bosk Banneret (mor) 114
Clattering Augur

This creature can't block. When this creature enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life. {2}{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Clattering Augur (mh2) 79
Deathrite Shaman

{T}: Exile target land card from a graveyard. Add one mana of any color. {B}, {T}: Exile target instant or sorcery card from a graveyard. Each opponent loses 2 life. {G}, {T}: Exile target creature card from a graveyard. You gain 2 life.

Creature
Deathrite Shaman (rvr) 175
Elvish Doomsayer

When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.

Creature
Elvish Doomsayer (cmr) 120
Elvish Visionary

When this creature enters, draw a card.

Creature
Elvish Visionary (cmr) 223
Eternal Witness

When this creature enters, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Eternal Witness (cmm) 286
Fa'adiyah Seer

{T}: Draw a card and reveal it. If it isn't a land card, discard it.

Creature
Fa'adiyah Seer (dmr) 160
Fauna Shaman

{G}, {T}, Discard a creature card: Search your library for a creature card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Creature
Fauna Shaman (bro) 179
Glowspore Shaman

When this creature enters, mill three cards. You may put a land card from your graveyard on top of your library. (To mill a card, put the top card of your library into your graveyard.)

Creature
Glowspore Shaman (rvr) 184
Grismold, the Dreadsower

Trample At the beginning of your end step, each player creates a 1/1 green Plant creature token. Whenever a creature token dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Grismold.

Creature
Grismold, the Dreadsower (c19) 44
Guardian of Cloverdell

When this creature enters, create three 1/1 white Kithkin Soldier creature tokens. {G}, Sacrifice a Kithkin: You gain 1 life.

Creature
Guardian of Cloverdell (lrw) 216
Hag Hedge-Mage

When this creature enters, if you control two or more Swamps, you may have target player discard a card. When this creature enters, if you control two or more Forests, you may put target card from your graveyard on top of your library.

Creature
Hag Hedge-Mage (eve) 123
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed

Undergrowth — When Izoni enters, create a 1/1 black and green Insect creature token for each creature card in your graveyard. {B}{G}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

Creature
Izoni, Thousand-Eyed (grn) 180
Korozda Guildmage

{1}{B}{G}: Target creature gets +1/+1 and gains intimidate until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) {2}{B}{G}, Sacrifice a nontoken creature: Create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens, where X is the sacrificed creature's toughness.

Creature
Korozda Guildmage (cma) 181
Leaf-Crowned Elder

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.

Creature
Leaf-Crowned Elder (plst) MOR-128
Masked Admirers

When this creature enters, draw a card. Whenever you cast a creature spell, you may pay {G}{G}. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

Creature
Masked Admirers (khc) 69
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Flying Whenever a player sacrifices another permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

Creature
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest (2xm) 209
Nezumi Bone-Reader

{B}, Sacrifice a creature: Target player discards a card. Activate only as a sorcery.

Creature
Nezumi Bone-Reader (j22) 122
Ophiomancer

At the beginning of each upkeep, if you control no Snakes, create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.

Creature
Ophiomancer (j22) 452
Oracle of Mul Daya

You may play an additional land on each of your turns. Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands from the top of your library.

Creature
Oracle of Mul Daya (otc) 200
Patron of the Vein

Flying When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls. Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.

Creature
Patron of the Vein (lcc) 207
Pawn of Ulamog

Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, you may create a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

Creature
Pawn of Ulamog (plst) ROE-122
Plaguecrafter

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. Each player who can't discards a card.

Creature
Plaguecrafter (rvr) 89
Realmwalker

Changeling (This card is every creature type.) As this creature enters, choose a creature type. You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast creature spells of the chosen type from the top of your library.

Creature
Realmwalker (lcc) 250
Reclamation Sage

When this creature enters, you may destroy target artifact or enchantment.

Creature
Reclamation Sage (scd) 205
Roaming Throne

Ward {2} As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. If a triggered ability of another creature you control of the chosen type triggers, it triggers an additional time.

Creature Artifact
Roaming Throne (lci) 258
Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro

Other Snake creatures you control get +0/+1. Shamans you control have "{T}: Add {G}{G}."

Creature
Sachi, Daughter of Seshiro (chk) 238
Sakura-Tribe Elder

Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Creature
Sakura-Tribe Elder (mkc) 183
Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice. Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

Creature
Savra, Queen of the Golgari (rvr) 218
Squeaking Pie Grubfellows

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, each opponent discards a card.

Creature
Squeaking Pie Grubfellows (mor) 78
Timeless Witness

When this creature enters, return target card from your graveyard to your hand. Eternalize {5}{G}{G} ({5}{G}{G}, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie Human Shaman with no mana cost. Eternalize only as a sorcery.)

Creature
Timeless Witness (mh2) 179
Tribune of Rot

Whenever this creature attacks, mill two cards. For each creature card milled this way, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Creature
Tribune of Rot (clu) 48
Underrealm Lich

If you would draw a card, instead look at the top three cards of your library, then put one into your hand and the rest into your graveyard. Pay 4 life: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. Tap it.

Creature
Underrealm Lich (clu) 215
Vulturous Aven

Flying Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.) When this creature exploits a creature, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

Creature
Vulturous Aven (dtk) 126
Wakedancer

Morbid — When this creature enters, if a creature died this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

Creature
Wakedancer (j22) 128
Wolf-Skull Shaman

Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, create a 2/2 green Wolf creature token.

Creature
Wolf-Skull Shaman (mor) 140
Woodfall Primus

Trample When this creature enters, destroy target noncreature permanent. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

Creature
Woodfall Primus (ncc) 322
World Shaper

Whenever this creature attacks, you may mill three cards. When this creature dies, return all land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Creature
World Shaper (otc) 214
Yeva, Nature's Herald

Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) You may cast green creature spells as though they had flash.

Creature
Yeva, Nature's Herald (rvr) 162

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Sorcery

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Dread Return

Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Flashback—Sacrifice three creatures. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

Sorcery
Dread Return (cmm) 153
Eldritch Evolution

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature. Search your library for a creature card with mana value X or less, where X is 2 plus the sacrificed creature's mana value. Put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle. Exile Eldritch Evolution.

Sorcery
Eldritch Evolution (plst) EMN-155
Kindred Dominance

Choose a creature type. Destroy all creatures that aren't of the chosen type.

Sorcery
Kindred Dominance (woc) 113
Living Death

Each player exiles all creature cards from their graveyard, then sacrifices all creatures they control, then puts all cards they exiled this way onto the battlefield.

Sorcery
Living Death (plst) A25-96
Nature's Lore

Search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Nature's Lore (mkc) 178
Patriarch's Bidding

Each player chooses a creature type. Each player returns all creature cards of a type chosen this way from their graveyard to the battlefield.

Sorcery
Patriarch's Bidding (mh2) 275
Rampant Growth

Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Rampant Growth (otc) 201
Three Visits

Search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Sorcery
Three Visits (otc) 209

Sorcery

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Enchantment

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Moldervine Reclamation

Whenever a creature you control dies, you gain 1 life and draw a card.

Enchantment
Moldervine Reclamation (onc) 121
Sylvan Library

At the beginning of your draw step, you may draw two additional cards. If you do, choose two cards in your hand drawn this turn. For each of those cards, pay 4 life or put the card on top of your library.

Enchantment
Sylvan Library (dmr) 179

Enchantment

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Instant

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Assassin's Trophy

Destroy target permanent an opponent controls. Its controller may search their library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

Instant
Assassin's Trophy (mkm) 187
Bitter Triumph

As an additional cost to cast this spell, discard a card or pay 3 life. Destroy target creature or planeswalker.

Instant
Bitter Triumph (lci) 91
Grisly Salvage

Reveal the top five cards of your library. You may put a creature or land card from among them into your hand. Put the rest into your graveyard.

Instant
Grisly Salvage (c20) 215
Kindred Summons

Choose a creature type. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal X creature cards of the chosen type, where X is the number of creatures you control of that type. Put those cards onto the battlefield, then shuffle the rest of the revealed cards into your library.

Instant
Kindred Summons (afc) 163

Instant

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Description

{"ops":[{"insert":"For a number of year now, I've had a very generic Meren of Clan Nel Toth deck just sitting on my shelf, unused and untouched. I do quite like Meren as a commander, but there was really nothing special about my version of the deck, and further, it was a nightmare to play against. I had multiple grave pact effects and very generic golgari graveyard shenanigans that everyone had seen a million times. So for a long time I had been resolving to do something to spice up the deck, and I may have found it now.\n\nWhen looking through the cards in the previous iteration, I noticed that quite a number of them were shamans, and I wondered if some sort of shaman kindred deck were possible. I had never seen a shaman kindred deck in action, and I had no idea what that might look like. Many scryfall and EDHrec searches later, and I think I have something quite unique, and hopefully of a more decent power level to play with, but more importantly, play against: Meren Shamans.\n\nOf course, the main two themes of the deck are the shaman creature type and graveyeard recursion, but there is also a sneaky subtheme of top-deck manipulation. Several of the Lorwyn block shamans have the kinship mechanic, along with other cards that can draw or play from the top of the deck. For that reason, I've included a couple lands and some other effects that can put cards from graveyards on top of the deck, or otherwise manipulate the top cards of the library.\n\nAlso of note is the intended chain with either Birthing Pod or Pyre of Heroes. There are a wide swath of shamans at MV two, three or four, but at five, you can either tutor up Underrealm Lich or Mazirek, or if you intend to keep going up the chain, Amzu is the best option to continue onward. On MV six, both Izoni and Patron of the Vein are valuable targets that can chain well into Guardian of Cloverdell on seven, and toppping out at Woodfall Primus on eight.\n"}]}
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