Jace's Merry-Go-Round: Going Around Again

Commander / EDH Mill UB (Dimir)

ShammySL

Creature (28)

• 1x Avatar of Woe
• 1x Barrier of Bones
• 1x Bonded Fetch
• 1x Consulate Skygate
• 1x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crashing Drawbridge
• 1x Dimir Cutpurse
• 1x Drift of Phantasms
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 1x Enclave Cryptologist
• 1x Fleet Swallower
• 1x Fog Bank
• 1x Geist of the Archives
• 1x Hedron Crab
• 1x Hover Barrier
• 1x Kraken Hatchling
• 1x Lazav, Dimir Mastermind
• 1x Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker
• 1x Nemesis of Reason
• 1x Ornithopter
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Riddlekeeper
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Steel Wall
• 1x The Haunt of Hightower
• 1x Tree of Perdition
• 1x Wight of Precinct Six
• 1x Wrexial, the Risen Deep

Artifact (11)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Bonehoard
• 1x Chromatic Lantern
• 1x Contagion Engine
• 1x Grindstone
• 1x Keening Stone
• 1x Lightning Greaves
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Mindcrank
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Whispersilk Cloak

Instant (8)

• 1x Boomerang
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Counterspell
• 1x Force of Negation
• 1x Grisly Spectacle
• 1x Murder
• 1x Opt
• 1x Psychic Strike

Planeswalker (6)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Jace Beleren
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
• 1x Jace, Unraveler of Secrets
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Mind Funeral
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Ponder
• 1x The Elderspell
• 1x Traumatize

Commander (1)

Land (35)

• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dimir Guildgate
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Gateway Plaza
• 16x Island
• 1x Karn's Bastion
• 12x Swamp
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Aqueous Form
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Jace's Erasure
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage

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Artifact (8)

• 1x Elixir of Immortality
• 1x Howling Mine
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Spellbook
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Temple Bell
• 1x Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• 1x Thought Vessel

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Ingenious Mind-Mage
• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact

Creature (5)

• 1x Geth, Lord of the Vault
• 1x Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Silent Arbiter
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim

Land (3)

• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Temple of Deceit
• 1x Watery Grave

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Psychic Corrosion

Sorcery (5)

• 1x Argivian Restoration
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Devastation Tide
• 1x Glimpse the Unthinkable

Instant (3)

• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Disallow
• 1x Negate

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Deck Building Philosphy:

The core idea with this deck is the same as any other with Phenax, God of Deception as the commander. Lots of high toughness creatures so I can mill or block while I stall for more mill. Lots of walls let me bide my time and Tree of Perdition is the lucky draw to deck someone quickly. If that isn't working then ideally I would draw either Fleet Swallower or Traumatize to cut opponents down and follow it up with a Keening Stone or Fraying Sanity .

The Jace theme came later since I own most of the Jace planeswalker cards and they fit well with the theme and serve as draw engines. If worse comes to worse then I hope to stall the game out with all my walls, counterspells and creature destruction long enough to get Jace, the Mind Sculptor 12 counters and just deck my opponent in one gut punch. Everything else is just to bring me to one of those ends. The inclusion of the infinite mill combo with Mindcrank + Duskmantle Guildmage / Bloodchief Ascension is included incase I am really lucky in the card draw department.

This deck is primarily played in 3 player multiplayer or 2 Headed Giant

Shortcomings:

The main thing I am worried about with this deck is that I will stall out in the mid game or not have enough draw engines/cards to keep the momentum up and the pressure on my opponents. Suggestions to change the deck in order to keep up momentum would be helpful.

The deck seems to need more control when playtested, in its current state it is too susceptible to destruction spells completely derailing combos and large mill cards. I may add more counterspell and creature destruction effects.

Date added	5 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	15 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 0 Rares 16 - 0 Uncommons 23 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.05
Tokens	Emblem Jace, Unraveler of Secrets, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B