Mill deck

Commander / EDH Card Draw Matters Enchantment Merfolk Mill Mono-Blue Wizards

Hak86

Land (34)

• 1x Arch of Orazca
• 1x Ash Barrens
• 1x Cryptic Caves
• 1x Desert of the Mindful
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Field of Ruin
• 1x Ipnu Rivulet
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mystic Sanctuary
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Remote Isle
• 1x Roadside Reliquary
• 1x Sequestered Stash
• 1x Shire Terrace
• 6x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 3x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Snow-Covered Island
• 5x Snow-Covered Island
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Grave to library (4)

• 1x Epitaph Golem
• 1x Junktroller
• 1x Perpetual Timepiece
• 1x The Bath Song

No Max Hand Size (3)

• 1x Body of Knowledge
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wizard Class

Other (2)

• 1x Diviner's Wand
• 1x Telepathy

Exile Library (1)

• 1x Selective Memory

Grave to Hand (1)

• 1x Mnemonic Wall

Protection (1)

• 1x Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea

Mill (13)

• 1x Court of Cunning
• 1x Curse of the Bloody Tome
• 1x Cut Your Losses
• 1x Evanescent Intellect
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Ghoulcaller's Bell
• 1x Iceberg Cancrix
• 1x Merfolk Secretkeeper
• 1x Sage of Mysteries
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Towering-Wave Mystic
• 1x Undead Alchemist

Alt Win Cons (5)

• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Mechanized Production
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Triskaidekaphile *pp*

Jace (5)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, the Perfected Mind

Mill Opponent (4)

• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Startled Awake  ^Flip
• 1x Terisian Mindbreaker
• 1x Trepanation Blade

Mana (2)

• 1x Deranged Assistant
• 1x Millikin

Copy (1)

• 1x Quasiduplicate

Grave removal (1)

• 1x Unlicensed Hearse

Self-Mill (1)

• 1x Convergence of Dominion

Commander (1)

Draw (9)

• 1x Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
• 1x Jace's Triumph
• 1x Jushi Apprentice  ^Flip
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Pedantic Learning
• 1x Teferi's Ageless Insight
• 1x Unctus, Grand Metatect
• 1x Vessel of Paramnesia
• 1x Wiretapping

Blocker (4)

• 1x Dream Fighter
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Merfolk Windrobber

Escape (3)

• 1x Glimpse of Freedom
• 1x Sleep of the Dead
• 1x Sweet Oblivion

Counterspell (2)

• 1x Faerie Trickery
• 1x Siren Stormtamer

Removal (2)

• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Expel from Orazca

Wizard Cycling (1)

• 1x Step Through

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Maybeboard

Want to fit in (4)

• 1x Hoverstone Pilgrim
• 1x Living Conundrum
• 1x Proft's Eidetic Memory
• 1x Teferi's Tutelage

Maybe (3)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Roaming Throne
• 1x Secrets of the Golden City

Previous Commander (1)

• 1x Fblthp, the Lost *f-pre*

Removed (1)

• 1x Arbiter of the Ideal

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• The reason Thassa, God of the Sea is the commander is because they are a 5/5 indestructible blocker, provide scry and also allow me to kill players via combat if milling is not fast enough.
• Previously the commander was Fblthp, the Lost *f-pre*, I had no way of casting him from my library but he was a turn 2 draw a card + blocker.
• Cut Your Losses + Fraying Sanity is so nice for either one opponent or myself if I am ready for it, usually I sacrifice my commander to Cut Your Losses if I need to. Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity is a similar combo, but it's slower because Fleet Swallower doesn't have haste. Once Terisian Mindbreaker released, Fraying Sanity + Terisian Mindbreaker became the better combo.
• The deck uses White Ultimate Guard Cortex Matte Sleeves and an Onyx Ultimate Guard Boulder 80+ Deck Box which it only just fits in, both of which were a door prize at a prerelease event at a local game store. Additionally, the only MTG Mat I own is the old Jace, Memory Adept Ultra Pro Mat which I bought back when it released.
• I did once lose after getting my combo out early because Jace, Wielder of Mysteries was returned to my hand while my deck was empty before I could get to my turn again to draw another card.
• I once won a game by first killing a cleric/lifegain deck with Thassa, God of the Sea + Trepanation Blade , and then I think I got someone else with the Cut Your Losses + Fraying Sanity and somehow one the game after that, I don't remember the rest.
• Triskaidekaphile *pp* is interesting, although it doesn't always work very well with cards like Teferi's Ageless Insight, Jushi Apprentice   and Wiretapping.
• Trepanation Blade + Undead Alchemist is fun :)
• I Have to be careful with paying life with Ipnu Rivulet, Jace, the Perfected Mind and Unctus, Grand Metatect since I have no life gain.
• I don't know why but the "On An Adventure" Throne of Eldraine token is missing from Tappedout.

Potential Changes

• Could replace Jace's Triumph with Secrets of the Golden City, Inspired Idea or Visions of Beyond.
• I probably have too many (especially colorless) non-basic lands. Also for this reason, I don't think Engulf the Shore was the best choice.
• Siren Stormtamer should probably be replaced with something that doesn't specify that it has to target me.
• Towering-Wave Mystic (THB could probably come out, but the potential for Towering-Wave Mystic + Trepanation Blade or Diviner's Wand + Towering-Wave Mystic are nice. Also it works well with Mindcrank + Trepanation Blade
• Could try an add a way to damage Body of Knowledge.
• The Snow-Covered Islands are only in here for the Iceberg Cancrix, but I feel like I haven't seen it enough to determine whether both should stay in or not. Similarly, I'm not sure if Sage of Mysteries is working either.
• I also feel like I haven't seen Convergence of Dominion enough to see if it is working.
• I'm not sure I have enough spare mana to use Evanescent Intellect although maybe I also haven't seen it enough to find out.
• While it is a fun card, I think Jushi Apprentice   probably costs too much mana to be a great card.
• Merfolk Secretkeeper could maybe come out since it's not doing a lot.
• Epitaph Golem is gonna be replaced with Hoverstone Pilgrim.
• I'm not sure how much Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea is actually doing in terms of protection.
• Telepathy is not at all needed in the deck since I only have two counters, but it's just fun.
• Quasiduplicate could come out since I don't necessarily need copyies, but Quasiduplicate + Undead Alchemist is fun.
• A way to copy enchantments would be nice.

Date added	10 months
Last updated	7 months
Key combos	Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity Thassa, God of the Sea + Trepanation Blade Cut Your Losses + Fraying Sanity Fraying Sanity + Terisian Mindbreaker Trepanation Blade + Undead Alchemist Towering-Wave Mystic + Trepanation Blade Diviner's Wand + Towering-Wave Mystic Mindcrank + Trepanation Blade Quasiduplicate + Undead Alchemist
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 22 - 0 Rares 27 - 0 Uncommons 24 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.00
Tokens	The Monarch
Folders	Decks I Own