The Thraben Mill

Standard Budget Mill WU (Azorius)

KUW

Creature (4)

• 4x Erdwal Illuminator

Land (24)

• 3x Evolving Wilds
• 11x Island
• 10x Plains

Enchantment (8)

• 4x Fleeting Memories
• 4x Trail of Evidence

Artifact (3)

• 3x Tamiyo's Journal

Instant (13)

• 1x Celestial Flare
• 2x Clash of Wills
• 2x Engulf the Shore
• 4x Expose Evil
• 2x Horribly Awry
• 2x Immolating Glare

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Angelic Purge
• 2x Planar Outburst
• 3x Press for Answers
• 2x Swift Reckoning

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Sideboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Broken Concentration
• 2x Celestial Flare
• 1x Engulf the Shore
• 1x Horribly Awry
• 1x Immolating Glare
• 4x Negate

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Angelic Purge
• 1x Planar Outburst
• 1x Rise from the Tides
• 1x Swift Reckoning

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The Mission

The aim of this deck is to investigate the strange going-ons at the Olde Thraben Mill. Apparently some geist has taken up residence there!

Unfortunately nobody really wants to take off their slippers and jim-jams to have a look. And sadly the Thraben constabulary is strapped for cash, so they're not really funding anything fancy.

The Mission (more prosaically)

Mill for a win with Fleeting Memories while removing/ pining/ countering all your opponents threats.

The Plan

Essentially you need to keep card advantage up by using clues while suppressing your opponent. The aim is to get Fleeting Memories down and then keep on doing pretty much the same until the opponent is milled.

If you have Fleeting Memories down you can turbo charge your milling with Tamiyo's Journal. Let's say you have plenty of clues and land out:

1. Play your Tamiyo's Journal

2. Survive to you opponents end step

3. End step tap the journal and tutor for Fleeting Memories (mills 3)

4. Your turn play Fleeting Memories

5. Tap the journal for Fleeting Memories (mills 18)

6. Play Fleeting Memories

7. Sac a clue (mills 9)

And voila you have milled 30 by the end of your next turn. This is easier to pull off than you might think.

Plan B

Probably would be a good idea to have a plan B. Maybe zombie plagues via Rise from the Tides will try it out.

Sphinx's Tutelage

Pish and tish, anyone can mill with Sphinx's Tutelage. Also I haven't tried out Startled Awake   but I can't see it really being a winner because it has no synergy and is pretty expensive. What makes this deck work is the card draw/ tutoring you get as a side effect. Also the memories/ journal combo mills 9 for no mana cost, Startled Awake   is only 13 and is much harder to repeat.

Under Construction

This is running pretty well but is weak to planes walkers and creature free decks. Will play test a few ideas to try and tighten that up.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	8 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	7 - 2 Rares 20 - 5 Uncommons 12 - 8 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.72
Tokens	Clue, Zombie 2/2 B
Folders	Blue white mill