Very clever, +1

Such a nice idea! I'am impressed. I think Green Sun's Zenith would be nice to find your key cards. I use Helm of Obedience and Rest in Peace in my G/W Enchantress Deck (Control and card advantage without blue? Oh yes!) to mill my opponents. Also a combo that could be useful.

Definitely +1

Rendclaw Trow could be a budget replacement for kitchen finks

Look at that! Out with the expensive, in with the cheap!

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it. One step closer to owning this deck.:D

I realise that it makes up part of the core of the deck, but the mox and green sun zenith are a good $60 of this deck. If you're going for budget, these are the cards that need to be looked at I believe.

This deck doesn't work. Melira, Sylvok Outcast doesn't stop creatures persist effect from triggering. Her effect says creatures you control can't have - 1/-1 counters put on them. With persist they enter the battlefield with the counters already on them so Melira can't prevent that.

magnusactor The way it works is that Melira, Sylvok Outcast states "Creatures you control can't have -1/-1 counters placed on them." Meaning you can't put -1/-1 counters on your creatures, no matter what, as long as Melira is alive. Persist states: "When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it." When your persist creature dies, you return it to the battlefield with a -1/-1 counter, or resurrect it and put a -1/-1 counter on it. But because Melira is alive, you CAN'T put the counter on it, no matter what. So it resurrects itself, but doesn't have the counter. That way you can kill it over and over and it will never ever get that -1/-1 counter, meaning infinite reanimation. Which also means infinite mill. :D

That's not how persist works though the creature leaves play when it dies. Then it returns to the battlefield with the counter on it. And because it comes back into play with the counter already it attached the counter isn't placed on it making Melira's effect not work. Look it up I wasn't sure on it either but I double checked.

@magnusactor

112.6h An objects ability that states counters cant be placed on that object functions as that object is entering the battlefield in addition to functioning while that object is on the battlefield.

The fact that this deck exists makes me angry

only a few cards can actually have counters ON them when not on the battlefeild. how persist works. and this is a modern style deck with melira and persist combos. it enters the battlefield then you out a -1/-1 counter on it. but because melira neglects that ability it's comes back with no -1/-1 counter. example. I have a creature with a +1/+1 counter. someone stasis snare it. that counter disappears completely. and counters can't be placed on that creature until it enters the battlefield again. so yes persist and melira works that way.

Damn this deck is impressive... Normally I despise mill decks that are not B/U. That said, this is just plain awesome. Well done... A +1 from me.

+1 from me. My only suggestion would be Hex Parasite in case of planeswalkers.

Lesser Masticore is actually cheaper (cmc and money) than Kitchen Finks as a pure, no black deck, and it can be tutored with Enlightened Tutor, so win win, imo. I mean, yeah, you have to discard to cast it, but I think if you're about to play out your combo pieces, you're about to win, so ditching a dead card isn't much of a draw back at that point.