This is an attempt at an aggressive form of mill. I'm attempting to use bane alley broker as a form of toolbox, able to store cards i might need later, whether for combo or just because i don't need as much control right now, then using whispering madness to make my opponent discard his cards, and getting some extra draw out of this. Because i stocked my needed cards with broker, i can still recall them as i need them while they have to deal with a new hand every turn. Not only is this hopefully giving me card and control advantage, but this is forcefully milling all players once whispering madness is ciphered onto stalker. Combined with trependation blade, this should keep them at a lower deck size than me, also i can use ghost quarter to 'bait' them into searching for a basic land, thus making trependation blade and mind grind hit more cards.
The deck is intended to have two win conditions going at once, the damage from continual pokes with invisible stalker/blade, the mill, and a bonus from the loss of life from the guildmage. I'm not sure if simply runechanter's pike would suit better, especially because i am milling myself to some extent, but i like the idea that if they can stop one condition, the other is still going.
as for alternate win conditons, lazav simply has to sit on the field and, as i mill, he can turn into any powerful creature i come accross, and ontop of that he still has hexproof. Also, if my own deck is getting small, i can use psychic spiral to not only refill my deck, but also cause a huge mill for my opponent.
The biggest thing i'm afraid of is the broker getting taken down at a bad time. there's 10 potential counterspells in the deck, 6 hard and 4 dimir charms, which block sorceries. I'm just not sure that's enough. I might sideboard another set of counterspells in case it's a burn or heavy control deck, i'm especially thinking of the 1 mana spell that blocks instants.
The other concern i have is mana. nothing in this deck is very costly, save one or two spells, but it takes 2 mana to retrieve a card from the broker, then i still need enough mana to cast the spell. I'm running a little mana heavy including the ghost quarters, but i'm hoping that i'll be able to keep playing 1 land every turn to make sure i don't run out of mana, especially because i plan on being able to get 2 draws a turn thanks to broker, it still needs to be playtested, but at least it's theoretically good
After playtesting a few times, The deck simply feels far too slow. I have to find a method to speed it up considerably, Or I'll usually die before I get to do anything.
