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Merieke's tap ability allows you to take control of a target creature (any creature on the battlefield). During your upkeep, she doesn't untap, however we have plenty of (untap creature) effects in the deck so that isn't really an issue. Also keep in mind that when she does untap, the creature under your control from her ability is destroyed. We can prevent this with cards like cold storage and synod sanctum (you can exile the cards you took and then bring them back into play later). Basically, Merieke is board control on a stick. Her ability is like fine wine, it ages well. The later the game goes the more threatening and higher cmc creatures there will be. Being able to take away potentially problematic creatures at will can be very powerful. Because this deck is designed to take stuff from your opponents, you will either be a giant target or a potential ally. For politics sake, let's hope for the latter! :) Although we can deal with creatures quite well, this deck will have more trouble with artifact/enchantment heavy decks (Zur, Zedruu, Deretti, Urza) and planeswalker heavy (superfriends) type decks. Therefore, I've included spot removal like despark, mortify, vindicate, anguished unmaking and two very important board wipes (austere command, merciless eviction) for dealing with these threats. Aura thief is an MVP in these matchups. Want all your stuff to stay in play? Don't mess with Aura Thief. Counter spells such as desertion promote our thefty strategy and take away potentially huge threats. I've tried to make the deck as balanced as possible, so any suggestions or card swaps you have in mind please let me know! I might convert my Oona Queen of the Fae deck into Merieke. Any thoughts for improvement greatly appreciated!
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I would recommend adding a Detection Tower. So instead of Cold storage I run Crystal Shard in my Merieke deck mainly because I run Mangara of Corondor, Hostage Taker, and Willbreaker, it's also cheaper spot removal protection but not very effective vs board wipes. Also I like fatesticher better than the puppeteer but I do know it costs one more.
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Thanks for the tips! I considered hostage taker as an extra slot and may sub something out for it. I think Detection Tower is a great overall utility land and will definitely add that into the deck. It's very useful for cards like Shalai too. I think I'll give cold storage a try with the current setup. Crystal Shard looks cool but it seems like I'd have to build around it. I'll keep it in mind for later.