Good Mill Hunting

Commander / EDH Combo Doomsday Pile Flashback Mill UBR (Grixis)

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Land (35)

• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cascade Bluffs
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Crypt of the Eternals
• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Geier Reach Sanitarium
• 1x Graven Cairns
• 1x Grixis Panorama
• 6x Island
• 1x Mountain
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Shivan Reef
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 1x Steam Vents
• 1x Sulfur Falls
• 1x Sunken Hollow
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 2x Swamp
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Temple of Epiphany
• 1x Temple of Malice
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Watery Grave

Creature (7)

• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Laboratory Drudge
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Magus of the Wheel
• 1x Thassa's OracleGC
• 1x Vendilion Clique

Sorcery (25)

• 1x Blasphemous Act
• 1x Bonus Round
• 1x Cathartic Reunion
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Dark Petition
• 1x Doomsday
• 1x Dreadbore
• 1x Gamble
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Merchant Scroll
• 1x Mizzium Mortars
• 1x Past in Flames
• 1x Preordain
• 1x Reforge the Soul
• 1x Rite of Flame
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Thoughtseize
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Traumatize
• 1x Treasure Cruise
• 1x Wheel of Fate
• 1x Whispering Madness
• 1x Windfall

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Chrome MoxGC
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Creativity
• 1x Talisman of Dominance
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Wishclaw Talisman

Commander (1)

Instant (18)

• 1x Blue Elemental Blast
• 1x Brain Freeze
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterflux
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Crosis's Charm
• 1x Demonic Consultation
• 1x Dig Through Time
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Evacuation
• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Mystic Confluence
• 1x Mystical TutorGC
• 1x Negate
• 1x Vision Charm

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Jaya Ballard

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Phyrexian Arena

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One of my buddies has a Sidisi, Brood Tyrant self-mill and a Melek, Izzet Paragon storm deck, so when I first saw Kess, Dissident Mage spoiled I had the idea to basically mash his two concepts together and run a spell-based (albeit not storm) self-mill deck. This is the most "powered up" of the decks I own and the only combo deck I run, but it features some more casual & fun & inexpensive cards, so isn't maxed out by any means (nor is it trying to be).

Game Plan

This deck has two modes:

MODE I: Mill/draw/discard your deck and win from Laboratory Maniac, Thassa's Oracle, or Jace, Wielder of Mysteries. Easiest with Doomsday, Demonic Consultation, or Painter's Servant + Grindstone. The lines and piles are pretty contingent on what your board and hand look like so I won't get into it here, but there are tons of videos on how to play around these cards online.

MODE II: I guess you can also mill your opponents? I don't usually do this unless I've already embarrassed them earlier in the evening with combo wins.

Future Changes

Regarding banned cards, my playgroup plays Mox Sapphire, Tolarian Academy, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn, Griselbrand, Primeval Titan, & Balance, so I'm not too worried about including them if I ever do.

Pending Changes

• Whispering Madness > Bedevil
• Magus of the Wheel > Dockside Extortionist
• Mizzium Mortars > Wheel of Misfortune > Wheel of Fortune
• Jaya Ballard > Underworld Breach
• Consuming Aberration > Mana Drain
• Crosis's Charm > Reanimate
• Evacuation > Demonic Tutor
• Dark Petition > Vampiric Tutor

Manabase Improvements

• Thought Vessel > Mana Crypt
• Shivan Reef > Gemstone Caverns
• Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth > Scalding Tarn
• Bojuka Bog > Polluted Delta
• Temple of Malice > Badlands
• Temple of Epiphany > Volcanic Island
• Temple of Deceit > Underground Sea

Date added	9 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	10 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 14 - 0 Uncommons 12 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.91
Tokens	Emblem Jaya Ballard