cEDH - Mindskinning and Deck Thinning
Commander / EDH Bracket 5 Competitive Counterspell Mill Mono-Blue
Counters / Disruption (21)
- 1x Pact of Negation
- 1x Flusterstorm
- 1x Mental Misstep
- 1x Rapid Hybridization
- 1x Swan Song
- 1x Arcane Denial
- 1x Counterspell
- 1x Cyclonic Rift
- 1x Mana Drain
- 1x Muddle the Mixture
- 1x Snapcaster Mage
- 1x Thassa's Intervention
- 1x Archmage's Charm
- 1x Disallow
- 1x Fierce Guardianship
- 1x Force of Negation
- 1x Cryptic Command
- 1x Mindbreak Trap
- 1x Phyrexian Metamorph
- 1x Force of Will
- 1x Mystic Confluence
Hate (9)
- 1x Grafdigger's Cage
- 1x Relic of Progenitus
- 1x Winter Moon
- 1x Back to Basics
- 1x Crawlspace
- 1x Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
- 1x Narset, Parter of Veils
- 1x Dissipation Field
- 1x Silent Arbiter
Tutor (3)
Land (31)
- 1x Ancient Tomb
- 1x Cephalid Coliseum
- 1x City of Traitors
- 1x Field of Ruin
- 1x Flooded Strand
- 1x Gemstone Caverns
- 1x Ghost Quarter
- 15x Island
- 1x Mystic Sanctuary
- 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- 1x Polluted Delta
- 1x Reliquary Tower
- 1x Riptide Laboratory
- 1x Scavenger Grounds
- 1x Strip Mine
- 1x Tolaria West
- 1x Wasteland
Draw / Filtering (11)
- 1x Brainstorm
- 1x Ponder
- 1x Sensei's Divining Top
- 1x Visions of Beyond
- 1x The Reality Chip
- 1x Blue Sun's Zenith
- 1x Rhystic Study
- 1x Windfall
- 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor
- 1x Consecrated Sphinx
- 1x Dig Through Time
Win Con. (4)
Commander (1)
Mill (14)
- 1x Altar of the Brood
- 1x Grindstone
- 1x Maddening Cacophony
- 1x Painter's Servant
- 1x Bruvac the Grandiloquent
- 1x Fractured Sanity
- 1x Fraying Sanity
- 1x Jace's Archivist
- 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
- 1x Tasha's Hideous Laughter
- 1x Zellix, Sanity Flayer
- 1x Archive Trap
- 1x Traumatize
- 1x Auton Soldier
Ramp (6)
Sideboard
Counters/Disruption (2)
Draw/Filtering (1)
Tutor (1)
Hate Graveyard (2)
I got tired of being crushed by other players' decks every time I went to the local game store. After all, they can’t beat me if they don’t have a deck to play against me with.
Early Game (Turns 1–3)
- Ramp and Setup: In the beginning, focus on placing your ramping rocks, then move on to card advantage. Use your cheap counters to protect your board state and disrupt your opponents.
- Draw and Filter: Use our lovely drawing cards—Brainstorm, Ponder, and Sensei's Divining Top—to find those combo pieces.
Mid Game (Turns 4–7)
- Mill Engines: Make sure to start milling opponents with our mill factories, this does include casting The Mindskinner.
- Game Control: It is important to have mana available for our counterspells. Since this deck is mill-focused, counterspells function as our creatures.
- Tutoring and Combos: This deck features some tutors, such as Mystical Tutor and Fabricate
. Make sure to locate your crucial mill engines, like Riverchurn Monument, or adapt by finding a counterspell.
Late Game (Turns 8+)
- Opponent Death: We can mill large portions of libraries using Traumatize and pair it with Riverchurn Monument for an easy win. If and when the time comes, we have plenty of win conditions revolving around a self-drawn library.
- Adapt: When it comes to Magic: The Gathering, it is important to adapt and remain flexible with our counterspells. Every player has a unique deck and their own play style.
Tips
- Manage Resources: Always reserve some mana for our counterspells.
- Card Advantage: Focusing on card draw ensures a consistent flow of resources into the deck.
- Targeting: Concentrating on the most threatening opponent is likely the best strategy.
Graveyard Hate
- When: Graveyard-centric decks or decks that rely on recursion.
- Out: Propaganda, Psychic Corrosion, or Fraying Sanity
- In: Tormod's Crypt, Relic of Progenitus
Mass Bounce
- When: Token-heavy decks or decks that go wide.
- Out: Mind Over Matter, Gadwick, the Wizened, or Blue Sun's Zenith
- In: AEtherize, Cyclonic Rift
Hate Activated Abilities
- When: Decks w/powerful activated abilities or combo pieces.
- Out: Phyrexian Metamorph
- In: Stifle or Trickbind
Spot Creature Removal
- When: Creature-heavy decks or decks w/problematic creatures.
- Out: Trophy Mage or Spellseeker
- In: Pongify
Counterspells
- When: Spell-heavy decks or combo decks.
- Out: Echoing Truth, Thought Scour, or Maddening Cacophony
- In: Negate, Dispel
Card Draw and Tutor
- When: Additional consistency and card draw.
- Out: Thought Scour, Traumatize, or Stroke of Genius
- In: Merchant Scroll, Ponder
Feel free to share your suggestions or any additional ideas. Completing this deck took me countless hours. Sidenote: Let me know if this should belong in Bracket 4 instead of Bracket 5. I designed it with cEDH in mind.
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| +1 | Archmage's Charm | main |
| +1 | Auton Soldier | main |
| +1 | Back to Basics | main |
| -1 | Baral, Chief of Compliance | main |
| +1 | Bruvac the Grandiloquent | main |
| +1 | Crawlspace | main |
| +1 | Cyclonic Rift | main |
| +1 | Dissipation Field | main |
| -1 | Echoing Truth | main |
| +1 | Expropriate | main |
| +1 | Fierce Guardianship | main |
| +1 | Flooded Strand | main |
| +1 | Force of Negation | main |
| -1 | Gadwick, the Wizened | main |
| -1 |
Gilded Lotus
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main |
| -1 | Glen Elendra Archmage | main |
| +1 | Grindstone | main |
| -1 | Hall of the Bandit Lord | main |
| -1 | Helm of Obedience | main |
| -7 | Island | main |
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| Date added | 2 weeks |
| Last updated | 2 weeks |
| Legality | This deck is Commander / EDH legal. |
| Rarity (main - side) | 14 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 3 Rares 16 - 5 Uncommons 5 - 3 Commons |
| Cards | 100 |
| Avg. CMC | 2.86 |
| Tokens | Ape 3/3 G, Bird 2/2 U, Frog Lizard 3/3 G, Horror |
| Folders | 4. Finished Decks |
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