Steal, Untap, Repeat

Steal, Untap, Repeat is an Esper (white-blue-black) Commander control/combo deck built around Merieke Ri Berit. Its main plan is to steal opposing creatures, then use untap effects like Freed from the Real, Pemmin’s Aura, Thousand-Year Elixir, Magewright’s Stone, Kelpie Guide, and Aphetto Alchemist to reuse Merieke multiple times and keep taking the best threats on the table.

The deck plays like a reactive control shell with lots of removal, sweepers, and countermagic to protect its board and slow opponents down. Key synergies include Illusionist’s Bracers to copy Merieke’s ability, Intruder Alarm and Thornbite Staff for repeated untaps, and value engines like Azami, Archivist, Rhystic Study, and Kindred Discovery to keep cards flowing.

It usually wins by grinding out the table with stolen creatures and control, or by assembling an untap engine that lets it dominate combat and board presence through repeated theft and activated-