UBw Cipher/Mill

Standard Mill UB (Dimir) WUB (Esper)

Thespius

Creature (16)

• 2x Consuming Aberration
• 1x Crypt Ghast
• 2x Deathcult Rogue
• 1x Duskmantle Guildmage
• 2x Hover Barrier
• 2x Invisible Stalker
• 2x Jace's Phantasm
• 4x Vampire Nighthawk

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (21)

• 1x Drowned Catacomb
• 11x Island
• 1x Nephalia Drownyard
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Death's Approach

Instant (9)

• 2x Downpour
• 2x Murder
• 3x Psychic Strike
• 1x Tragic Slip
• 1x Unsummon

Sorcery (9)

• 1x Mind Grind
• 2x Mind Sculpt
• 4x Paranoid Delusions
• 2x Shadow Slice

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Sideboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Fog Bank

Instant (10)

• 2x AEtherize
• 1x Dispel
• 2x Murder
• 2x Negate
• 2x Rapid Hybridization
• 1x Render Silent

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Maybeboard

Creature (1)

• 1x Wight of Precinct Six

Instant (4)

• 4x Spell Rupture

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I really like the Dimir Cipher mechanic, along with the mill game. I've been able to pull it off a few times in draft, so I wanted to see if I could make it viable in Standard for a local non-cutthroat FNM. The goal of the deck is to either mill them out or utilize the mill to pump up Jace's Phantasm and Consuming Aberration. I realize that Jund and Junk are ruling the Meta (though my meta is a fair mix of everything), but I'd like to see if I can make this deck at least do well enough to place in the Top 8 at the FNM (roughly 24 players). ANY constructive advice is greatly appreciated. Also (sidenote), if anyone has any fun budget-oriented Gruul Aggro lists that I can peek at, I'd appreciate it.

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	2 - 0 Mythic Rares 5 - 1 Rares 9 - 5 Uncommons 22 - 5 Commons
Cards	57
Avg. CMC	2.69
Tokens	Frog Lizard 3/3 G
Folders	Esper