I'm putting this deck together for my very first FNM at my LGS and would love some feedback. I have no idea what the overall meta is like there, but I'd prefer to not spend over $100 just to be competitive. I don't have high hopes for my first showing, but hopefully I won't just be completely crushed.
This deck is built around milling to create super beefy and cheap-to-cast creatures. There are essentially three win conditions.
1) Fast beefy creature beatdown: Jace's Phantasm + Wight of Precinct Six + Consuming Aberration beatdown within 5 or 6 turns. With an optimal draw, you can be attacking in the air with 10 power by turn 3, and finish them off on turn 4. If you don't get a great draw, you'll still be able to consistently put down 1 or 2 mana drop creatures that are at least 5/5. Consuming Aberration + Artful Dodge is pretty much an instant win.
2) Combo: Once you get 20+ cards in the opponents' graveyard, Consuming Aberration + Essence Harvest will instantly win. If you can save up 8 mana to do it all at once, there's less chance the opponent will draw the needed removal or counter to stop you.
3) Mill: Very low priority win condition that almost never happens unless it's a real stalemate match vs control. There's not a ton of great milling built into this, just enough to get your creatures fat quickly. But, given enough time, Consuming Aberration's second ability and continually casting spells should be able to finish anyone off in a stalemate type situation.
I'd really appreciate any feedback or suggestions on this deck. Are there better alternative cards? A different overall strategy or new win condition that could synergize well with what I currently have? I'd especially like some sideboard advice. I really just threw my leftover cards in there. I'm not sure what kind of decks I'll be facing, but I don't really know which cards are typically "good" to sideboard in and out for certain situations.
