Put together a mill deck fast enough to challenge my modern meta. I've been tweaking it to optimize the early turns, and the deck's improved in playtesting as it's been updated.
Ideal turn 1 drop is Hedron Crab. With a couple of these dudes in play simply cracking a fetchland can mill for 12 cards. Thought Scour is a quick mill and a great cantrip.
Turn 2 drops are Glimpse the Unthinkable and Breaking / Entering. Mesmeric Orb can win games nearly singlehandedly if played when an opponent is tapped out, and can also benefit me if I need to cast Crypt Incursion on my own graveyard in a pinch.
Augur of Bolas
lets me filter through the top deck for instants and sorceries.
A turn 3 Mind Funeral can hit really hard if I'm able to use Surgical Extraction, targeting an opponent's nonbasic lands.
The 3x Archive Trap in the main deck are there to punish fetchlands, but should be sideboarded out against mono-color decks that don't run fetches.
Ghost Quarter fuels the Trap, but can also be used on my own lands for additional landfall triggers. Oboro, Palace in the Clouds and the fetchlands provide most of the landfall for Hedron Crab, and Crypt Incursion can really swing the game in my favor against creature-heavy decks.
Leyline of Sanctity and major eldrazi pose obvious threats to the mill archetype, so 3x Echoing Truth are in the mainboard in case you need to bounce Leylines or other threats. Surgical Extraction and Leyline of the Void in the sideboard are your defense against 12-post eldrazi.
Infect aggro is a troublesome matchup, as my only reliable defense against it is Darkness. Crypt Incursion, Surgical Extraction, and
Visions of Beyond
should be boarded out for counter magic, Leyline of the Void, and Echoing Truth in this matchup.
This is my pet modern deck, and I greatly enjoy playing it. It can stomp powerful archetypes like Melira Pod and Ajani-Jund on a fairly regular basis, but I'm always looking to improve it. If anyone has feedback or suggestions, please let me know. Viva le mill deck!
