Feedback on my Mill deck
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Posted on March 18, 2013, 2:09 a.m. by willsm87
Could I get some of you to take a look at my mill deck and let me know what you think about it? Its a work in progress, hopefully one day it will be able to take 1st at FNM.
You can view it here: Mill or Bust
TheGreatSeamus says... #3
March 18, 2013 10:03 a.m.
try dropping 2x Mind Grind for 2x Paranoid Delusions I think it would work well with your phantasms once they get buffed. Cipher delusions onto your phantasms and the opponent will often have to choose between losing a creature or losing a chunk of life and milling more cards
TheGreatSeamus says... #2
I've been talking a lot about mill with my locals lately - everyone wants to do it, but they're all too limited to do it safely.
You need to run an Undead Alchemist or four. His zombies pop up whenever a creature gets milled for any reason, and the creature gets exiled. This takes cares of aggro decks and reanimator builds - two archetypes that are big in standard right now. This makes zombies, which mill more cards or act as blockers that keep you from dying while you mill. You should run Wight of Precinct Six, but more than one or two Consuming Aberrations is too much. The extra slots should be dedicated to targeted removal or counterspells.
Ideally, your only mill engines would be one or two spells that last a long time, like Curse of the Bloody Tome or Jace, Memory Adept to kick it off, with an aggro zombie buildup to sustain and finish.
4 Watery Grave
4 Drowned Catacomb
8 Island
4 Swamp
4 Undead Alchemist
4 Wight of Precinct Six
4 Jace's Phantasm
2 Consuming Aberration
1 Jace, Memory Adept
2 Curse of the Bloody Tome
1 Mind Grind
2 Syncopate
2 Cancel
2 Essence Scatter
4 Tragic Slip
3 Psychic Strike
1 Murder
2 Ultimate Price
2 Dimir Charm
March 18, 2013 10:03 a.m.