Silli Milli Vanilli

Standard GWU (Bant) Lifegain Mill Tokens

anasasis

Creature (9)

• 2x Ajani's Pridemate
• 1x Courser of Kruphix
• 4x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Noble Quarry
• 1x Phytotitan

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion

Land (25)

• 3x Blossoming Sands
• 4x Darksteel Citadel
• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 2x Forest
• 3x Island
• 3x Plains
• 3x Thornwood Falls
• 3x Tranquil Cove

Enchantment (8)

• 3x Banishing Light
• 1x Brave the Sands
• 3x Ensoul Artifact
• 1x First Response

Artifact (9)

• 4x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Bow of Nylea
• 4x Profane Memento

Instant (8)

• 2x Devouring Light
• 3x Negate
• 3x Raise the Alarm

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Sideboard

Creature (2)

• 2x Elvish Mystic

Artifact (2)

• 1x Perilous Vault
• 1x Tormod's Crypt

Instant (8)

• 1x Deicide
• 3x Dissolve
• 2x Plummet
• 2x Ranger's Guile

Sorcery (3)

• 3x Hunt the Weak

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What started out as a silly test is becoming more and more promising. I'm sure it's still pretty rubbish against fast decks, but it seems to be coming along against mid-range or control decks. The idea of this deck is to try and outlast the first ~8 turns, by which time you have hopefully gotten out an Altar of the Brood. The point of this deck once the Altar (or more than one if it gets out) is on the field is to flood the battlefield with 1xmilling permanents includingLands: Evolving Wilds puts two permanents on in one go. Every other land either mills 1, and/or gains me 1 life. The lifegain is important for Ajani's Pridemate if it gets out. Darksteel Citadel can combine with Ensoul Artifact to act as indestructible defence from T2. This indestructible land can then eventually be enchanted by Noble Quarry to take out all small enemies. Brave the Sands also allows for the Citadels to keep blocking, and block extra creatures. Courser of Kruphix also helps to provide extra lands.Tokens: These are provided mainly by Elspeth, Sun's Champion and Raise the Alarm. First Response acts as a late game deterrant as enemies will be reluctant to attack knowing that they will be milling next turn.Creatures: Phytotitan is basically blocking bait. High power and low toughness means if he's blocked, it's likely that he'll kill. When that creature dies it goes into its graveyard, milling at least 1. If Phytotitan dies, then it comes back next turn milling them again.Other Creatures: Ajani's Pridemate is there to gather potentially huge number of counters when Profane Memento and Altar of the Brood are on the field and milling is going on.Eidolon of Blossoms are there to generate card draws, as the card draws will stack the more Eidolons on the field when an enchantment is played.

That's pretty much the entirety of the idea. Let me know if you think it's terrible, good, any ideas for improving. Note: I don't own this deck yet.

Date added	10 years
Last updated	10 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	1 - 1 Mythic Rares 11 - 1 Rares 18 - 1 Uncommons 19 - 12 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.51
Tokens	Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Soldier 1/1 W