Meren EDH - Necromancy 401 (Midrange Reanimator) (EDH / Commander)

Pulling things out of your graveyard for free every turn is a fantastic skill for a commander to have. This deck is designed to take full advantage of Meren's ability with lots of cheap mana dorks that ramp your fast, and that can be used as fodder for experience counters in the midgame! Use cards like Entomb and Survival of the Fittest to dump big threats like Void Winnower and Massacre Wurm into the grave for Meren to pull out of the grave. Win the game by smashing everyone in the face with fat beats, a Craterhoof Behemoth-boosted board, Shaman of Forgotten Ways's 'Biorythm' skill (preferably after you've already used things like Attrition and Fleshbag Marauder to turn your opponent's boardstates to crap), draining everyone out with Kokusho, The Evening Star or Gray Merchant of Asphodel, or one of a few select combos built into the deck:

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus + a free sac outlet = destroy as many noncreature permanents as you like.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid + Lightning Greaves = infinite green mana.
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Devoted Druid + Phyrexian Altar = infinite coloured mana!
Eternal Witness + Phyrexian Altar + Living Death + at least four other nontoken creatures (or something that makes tokens on ETB) = infinite coloured mana and reanimation loop!

This deck is heavily influenced by Lemon Meren Pie, by NarejED (http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/lemon-meren-pie/), but toned down both for price reasons (I can't really afford things like Imperial Seal!) and for my meta (though it's still better than a 75% deck. Maybe an 85% deck?).

Current cuts watchlist: Deathreap Ritual, Disciple of Bolas, Grave Titan, Spore Frog.
Current additions watchlist: Agent of Erebos, Burgeoning, Carpet of Flowers, Chord of Calling, Exploration, Green Sun's Zenith, Life from the Loam, Vampiric Tutor (when I buy one!), Worldly Tutor.