Braids, Mill Adept

Commander / EDH Mill Mono-Blue Show and Tell

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Creature (19)

• 1x Chasm Skulker
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Diluvian Primordial
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Jace's Archivist
• 1x Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
• 1x Kami of the Crescent Moon
• 1x Keiga, the Tide Star
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Psychosis Crawler
• 1x Stormtide Leviathan
• 1x Sturmgeist
• 1x Tromokratis *f-pre*
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Void Winnower
• 1x Wonder

Instant (10)

• 1x Archmage's Charm
• 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x High Tide
• 1x Hurkyl's Recall
• 1x Learn from the Past
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Psychic Spiral
• 1x Tolarian Winds

Land (39)

• 1x Dark Depths
• 1x Eldrazi Temple
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 19x Island
• 2x Island
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Nephalia Academy
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Sanctum of Ugin
• 7x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Thespian's Stage
• 1x Tolaria West

Enchantment (10)

• 1x Control Magic
• 1x Dictate of Kruphix
• 1x Forced Fruition
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Imprisoned in the Moon
• 1x Jace's Erasure
• 1x Paradox Haze
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Commander (1)

Artifact (12)

• 1x Alhammarret's Archive
• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Font of Mythos
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Teferi's Puzzle Box
• 1x Thran Dynamo
• 1x Thran Temporal Gateway

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Energy Tap
• 1x Enter the Infinite
• 1x Finale of Revelation
• 1x Savor the Moment
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Windfall

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The Goal: Deck everyone!

So this deck relies on people assuming you are going to win by playing bombs for free. While the tools are there to do that, this deck simply uses them as a last resort or, dare I say, an alternate wincon. Instead, you want to mill them to death. The trick is to make sure your bombs are used as a distraction while you set up your board.

One of the best and well-known interactions in this deck is Braids and Paradox Haze . Paradox Haze allows you to play two free cards instead of one. Braids also allows for card draw setups like Alhammarret's Archive , Psychosis Crawler , and Keening Stone to be played for free on your upkeep so that your mana is free to best utilize them with the mana saved on your main phase.

Jace's Erasure and Sphinx's Tutelage are ways to keep opponents in check by threatening to target them (because single target :/) if they do something you don't want them to. Psychic Corrosion is an incredible mill engine for the deck but it doesn't let you play politics and choose a target.

To make the best use of these cards, you are going to want to have things like Howling Mine and Kami of the Crescent Moon and other extra card drawers to maintain a constant threat and keep your mill going. With one or more of the mill enchantments out, Jace's Archivist , wheel spells, and even Jace, Memory Adept are hilarious ways to burst draw many cards at once. While many card draw effects are symmetrical, you can see it as milling for twice the amount. Dropping a Teferi's Puzzle Box with one or more mill enchants can win you the game in a few turns, especially with a large hand and a few wheel spells.

To make sure you can properly utilize cards that cause you to draw a bunch cough cough Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur , Reliquary Tower and Spellbook will help you keep your hand fat. Jace's Archivist and Sturmgeist are prime examples of cards that benefit from no maximum hand size. Also, note that you can use Tolaria West 's transmute to tutor for Spellbook in a pinch.

There's an ok variety of utility cards, from various counterspells to Hurkyl's Recall and Imprisoned in the Moon . One of my favorites is using Energy Tap on a beefy Eldrazi you played with Braids for free, allowing you to cast another big creature, a high Blue Sun's Zenith , or even just cast Enter the Infinite and win the whole game

If you have Alhammarret's Archive or Consecrated Sphinx in play, there is a good chance that you are going to be drawing a bunch of cards very quickly. If you find yourself low on deck material, don't worry, you have options. You can use Elixir of Immortality and Learn from the Past for a quick refresh, Psychic Spiral to mill someone for quite a bit, OR, just keep drawing and win with Laboratory Maniac .

Some cards are in here just for fun, and this isn't a super serious deck. Suggestions and fun combos to add are welcome!

COMBOS

This deck includes a handful of two or three card combos that, while powerful on their own, can produce devastating results while together.

• Traumatize (or Fleet Swallower ) + Keening Stone OR Fraying Sanity will mill an entire deck because of Traumatize rounding down cards milled.

• Thespian's Stage + Dark Depths is essentially a one turn, two mana Marit Lage token, since one land can be played for free with Braid's upkeep trigger. Either piece can be found by transmuting Tolaria West .

• Enter the Infinite + Psychic Corrosion will usually deck a table on the spot.

• Cyclonic Rift + Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur can discard most of your opponen't board if timed correctly and with enough mana ;)

Closing...

I'd be happy to answer any questions about this deck and I'm open to feedback on every part of it. I've been playing some form of this deck since 2016, and it has undergone countless overhauls. It's starting to feel more permanent, and I only forsee additions of either expensive cards or cards that have yet to be printed. I will also explain why a certain card is in here over another if you are curious about anything.

Thank you, and feel free to leave a like or feedback! Happy conjuring!

Date added	7 years
Last updated	2 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 37 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 5 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	4.15
Tokens	Marit Lage, Squid 1/1 U
Folders	Who Runs Milltown? You do, Master Blaster., nice decks