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Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
Legendary Creature — Elf Artificer · {1}{R}{G} · Green/Red commander
What Meria, Scholar of Antiquity actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Activated abilityTap an untapped nontoken artifact you control: Add {G}.
- Activated abilityTap two untapped nontoken artifacts you control: Exile the top card of your library. You may play it this turn.
What a Meria, Scholar of Antiquity deck needs
Plays as impulse draw. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.
- artifacts (its text counts them)
- cheap spells and lands to play off its impulse draw (exiled cards must be played that turn)
The Meria, Scholar of Antiquity deck plan
The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.
- 33× A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- 7× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 10× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 3× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Refill your hand
- 3× Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- 11× Get ahead on mana
Best cards for Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
A permanent of the exact NON-creature type the commander counts — artifacts for an artifact commander, enchantments for an enchantress
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Everflowing Chalice0 mana
- Lotus Petal0 mana
- Mox Amber0 mana
- Mox Diamond0 mana
- Mox Opal0 mana
- Lion's Eye Diamond0 mana
- Ornithopter0 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Crush1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
- Summoner's Pact0 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Blasphemous Act9 mana
- Chain Reaction4 mana
- Street Spasm1 mana
- Selective Obliteration5 mana
- Mizzium Mortars2 mana
- Delete2 mana
- Earthquake1 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
Refill your hand
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Sylvan Library2 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Sticky Fingers1 mana
Keep a permanent you control alive through removal
- Hexing Squelcher2 mana
- Guardian Augmenter3 mana
- Saryth, the Viper's Fang4 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Asceticism5 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
- Commander's Plate1 mana
Get ahead on mana
- Sol Ring1 mana
- Gruul Signet2 mana
- Incubation Druid2 mana
- Palladium Myr3 mana
- Worn Powerstone3 mana
- Ilysian Caryatid2 mana
- Heritage Druid1 mana
- Joraga Treespeaker1 mana
Combos with Meria, Scholar of Antiquity
Known combos from Commander Spellbook that Meria, Scholar of Antiquity is a piece of, and how many decks list them.
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Pili-Pala + Heartstone72 decks
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Sensei's Divining Top + Weapons Manufacturing + Ravenous Robots + Foundry Inspector28 decks
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Farmstead Gleaner + Heartstone25 decks
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Sensei's Divining Top + Weapons Manufacturing + Ravenous Robots + Cloud Key23 decks
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Sensei's Divining Top + Weapons Manufacturing + Ravenous Robots + Glaring Fleshraker22 decks
- Meria, Scholar of Antiquity + Sensei's Divining Top + Weapons Manufacturing + Ravenous Robots + Birgi, God Of Storytelling18 decks
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