My First Try at MIll

Standard cireretals

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dragoonkoon says... #1

Well, have you concidered Grisly Spectacle ? it's fun to slap that in someone's face when they have a giant creature on the field

January 12, 2014 11:38 p.m.

There are a few milling cards that you could use here that also serve normal control purposes, such as Psychic Strike , Grisly Spectacle , and Pilfered Plans . Also, your should definitely have more Memory Adept, which is nice since they're much cheaper $-wise than Architect of Thought. Finally, if you're using Consuming Aberration, I'd run at least 3 and throw in a couple Rogue's Passage to help them hit when you're ready to go.

Check out my mill deck which has Green as well- Do Mill decks BUG you?

January 12, 2014 11:45 p.m.

cireretals says... #3

Grisly Spectacle is one I have thought of. Just not sure what to take out to replace it with. And Pilfered PLans is going in when I get home, thanks.

January 13, 2014 12:12 a.m.

Well mill decks usually work best when there's a fair amount of control so you could literally cut almost all of your creatures except like Consuming Aberration and Mirko Vosk. Even tho the Aberration is a rare I'm pretty sure he's cheap since he was in a starter deck as a foil.

January 13, 2014 4:15 a.m.

cireretals says... #5

I plan on getting a few more when I can find them, my nearest card shop is 40 miles away lol

January 13, 2014 11:17 a.m.

cireretals says... #6

Updated the deck quite abit, still needs tweaking though. Some more jace and a thassa

January 15, 2014 12:24 a.m.

It's definitely looking better, and the creature count is more where it should be. I still think you need more control and less cards that just put cards into their graveyard. I'd cut Breaking and Tome Scour since they are relatively weak compared to bigger hitters like Mind Grind and Traumatize . Also, I haven't seen anyone use Equipment in Standard in ages, so Artificer's Hex is another place that could be cut. Use those slots for more kill spells, counters, etc.

January 15, 2014 1:07 a.m.

Gilbes says... #8

IMO, you could add better instants, you should add more mill-strategy-like instants, like Dimir Charm , the helps you much or Psychic Strike , Dissolve is a good choice though. IMO you should remove Artificer's Hex and Grisly Spectacle . Wight of Precinct Six is a good aggro creature; if you want you can look out my second deck, i've tried to create a cheap deck, it could help you.

January 15, 2014 10:56 a.m.

cireretals says... #9

I don't really like Dimir Charm because you can only counter sorcery, If I had Psychic Strike they would be in there. And there are alot of hydras is my meta so Grisly Spectacle does very well with them.

January 15, 2014 11:38 a.m.

mmdw34 says... #10

Im gonna be honest Mill is not viable in standard

January 16, 2014 2:22 a.m.

cireretals says... #11

Whys that? Worked pretty well so far.

January 16, 2014 9:54 a.m.

cireretals says... #12

Should I use Guildgates in lou of pains lands because I don't have any.

January 17, 2014 2:31 p.m.

Crymzon says... #13

I'm not sure whether it's any help to you but I use Far / Away in my Dimir deck and AEtherize I find both cards quite useful for crowd control purposes. Like with a lot of mill decks, mine included, you're not very creature heavy so I find them useful backup if needed.

January 17, 2014 2:52 p.m.

Crymzon says... #14

I see you have AEtherize but the other may or may not be handy to you.

January 17, 2014 2:53 p.m.

cireretals says... #15

Got a bunch of new cards for the deck tonight, updating it soon :)

January 18, 2014 midnight

TheSfid says... #16

Why do people feel so strongly against mill in standard? I love it.

January 21, 2014 12:41 p.m.

Grimgrinner says... #17

Yes, Phenax, God of Deception + Wall of Frost is insane. At 5 mana though, you're going to have to make some cut choices. Oh and Triton Tactics . I'll let you figure that one out.

January 26, 2014 11:49 a.m.

LokiTheLiar says... #18

Why aren't you running Psychic Strike ?

January 28, 2014 1 p.m.

MrWorldwide says... #19

I aggre with Loki, Psychic Strike should be here. If you want some inspiration, see mine Cipher-based UB Pauper mill deck:



January 31, 2014 1:36 p.m.

I think I'm going to add Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver into my sideboard instead of Jace, Memory Adept. Also liking Temple of Deceit. Great deck by the way.

May 5, 2016 3:49 p.m.

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