How would one test a couple milling decks to see which is best?

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Posted on Oct. 30, 2013, 4:49 p.m. by HeroFallenVillain

I have several milling deck setups and I'm curious to see if I can testy them somehow to see which is more effective. It's hard to say because they work differently. Some are designed to hold of enemy creatures until they mill out the opponent. Some are designed to mill enough to buff creatures into giant them smash the opponent. Some are simply designed to mill as fast as possible.

Any suggestions would help, thanx.

sadiuh says... #2

I would recommend playtesting on tappedout against top tier decks such as mono blue, mono black, mono red, g/r monsters and see how they do.

October 30, 2013 4:50 p.m.

smash10101 says... #3

Q&A is for rules questions only. I would put this thread in the section for whatever format you're playing. Epochalyptik can move it there for you.

October 30, 2013 5:01 p.m.

Epochalyptik says... #4

The Q&A handles rules questions. Moved to Deck Help.

As a general rule, using mill as a secondary strategy is an awful idea. If you're just milling to buff your Jace's Phantasm , then your mill cards aren't doing anything on their own. If you're going mill, mill needs to be your win condition.

October 30, 2013 5:10 p.m.

HeroFallenVillain says... #5

@sadiuh- how do you playtest against another deck? You mean open two tabs and simulate them simultaneously?

No, they buff Consuming Aberration & Wight of Precinct Six . Jace's Phantasm isn't even in that deck :p It's actually surprising how good that deck is (The Diabolic Maze). I know it's not a competitive deck, but for casual, it's managed to pull off several tactics that I almost removed because I thought they would never work. It's sort of like a bunch of crazy tactics that all compliment each other. If it makes it to turn 5-6 it'll usually start popping off wildness lmao.

October 30, 2013 7:34 p.m.

sadiuh says... #6

Yea thats pretty much what i do to playtest. Unless you actually have the decks built, then play against your friends.

October 30, 2013 11:09 p.m.

HeroFallenVillain says... #7

@sadiuh - I work out of town... and on nights >< I never get to play when I'm out of town working :( It's frustrating lmao

October 30, 2013 11:27 p.m.