Dark Enlightenment

Commander / EDH Cruel Control Mill UB (Dimir)

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Artifact (22)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Altar of the Pantheon
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Dimir Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Isochron Scepter
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Mox Diamond
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Swiftfoot Boots
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Thousand-Year Elixir
• 1x Voltaic Key

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Freed from the Real
• 1x Memory Erosion
• 1x Minion's Return
• 1x Psychic Corrosion
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Vampiric Rites
• 1x Verity Circle

Creature (18)

• 1x Aphetto Alchemist
• 1x Coffin Queen
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Daring Thief
• 1x Disciple of Deceit
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Eater of the Dead
• 1x Grimgrin, Corpse-Born *oversized*
• 1x Grimoire Thief
• 1x Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet
• 1x Manic Scribe
• 1x Nighthowler
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x Puppeteer Clique
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Undead Alchemist

Instant (13)

• 1x Aetherspouts
• 1x Arcane Denial
• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Domineering Will
• 1x Dramatic Reversal
• 1x Muddle the Mixture
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Reins of Power
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Commander (1)

Land (30)

• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 10x Island
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Scavenger Grounds
• 9x Swamp
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Worst Fears

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Sideboard

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip
• 1x Leyline of the Void

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Bubbling Muck

Instant (2)

• 1x Mana Short
• 1x Memory Plunder

Creature (1)

• 1x Fleet Swallower

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Update August 2020: Started foiling out the deck a bit, all full art lands, etc. The bulk of the cost is negotiable e.g, reserve list mana rocks, V-tutor. Most of the game winning cards are inexpensive.

Duskmantle Guildmage + Mind Crank Eater of the Dead + Phenax, God of Deception Phenax, God of Deception + Undead Alchemist + Grimgrin, Corpse-born + Altar of the Brood Consuming Abberation + Duskmantle Guildmage Consuming Abberation + Freed From the Real Altar of Dementia + Reins of Power is always great, too.

Phenax is cruel and oppressive in this mill deck. I mostly hold my creatures in defense and use the tap ability Phenax gives them before my turn starts. Artifacts like altar of the brood can be devastating, breaks opponents early game. Altar of dementia allows me to sac my creatures in response to their being destroyed/exiled at any time. In a 4+ player game, Altar of the Brood + Undead Alchemist can get very silly very fast. Zombie triggers just keep hitting. if you can mill enough cards in one turn, activate Duskmantle Guildmage's mana ability multiple times. Duskmantle Guildmage + Altar of Dementia + Consuming Aberration. Domineering Will + Grimgrin Corpseborn / Undercity Informant / Altar of Dementia. Any of these combos can cause serious rectal trauma. Use carefully.

Date added	9 years
Last updated	4 years
Key combos	Altar of the Brood + Undead Alchemist Altar of Dementia + Reins of Power Eater of the Dead + Phenax, God of Deception
Legality	This deck is not Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	13 - 1 Mythic Rares 35 - 5 Rares 23 - 0 Uncommons 10 - 1 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.73
Tokens	Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Morph 2/2 C, Nightmare 2/3 UB, Zombie 2/2 B