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Title: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 08, 2013, 11:12:43 PM
4 {treasure hunt}
1 {psychic spiral}
2 {fathom trawl}

7 {islands}
4 {dryad arbor}
4 {nephalia drownd yard}
4 {watery grave}
4 {blinkmouth nexus}
4 {celestial colonnade}
4 {hallowed fountain}
4 {creeping tar pit}
4 {drowned catacomb}
4 {Dread Statuary}
4 {farie conclave}
4 {Gargoyle castle}
4 {mutavault}

Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 08, 2013, 11:26:30 PM
I'm wondering if I shouldn't change the maniac to {psychic spiral} and make the rest of the deck focus on surviving until you can cast it. What do you think everyone?
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 08, 2013, 11:45:14 PM
Are there any cards whose effects depend on the number of lands in your graveyard?
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Xaol on August 08, 2013, 11:55:42 PM
Why run {Kraken Hatchling}? It seems like you will rarely have him early enough to be useful- you want to mulligan into {Treasure Hunt}, not {Kraken Hatchling}. Maybe black for {Zombie Infestation} instead? Much better blockers + a way to win that you don't have if your {Treasure Hunt} is hated out G2/G3. What do you think?
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Silent1236 on August 09, 2013, 01:09:15 AM
I kinda feel like the hatchlings are just going to make {Treasure Hunt} blank too often. 
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 07:23:06 AM
How else do I survive long enough to cast my win condition?

Edit: maybe {fathom trawl} would be a better option so I can put in more non-land cards?

Edit: I'm thinking I can add lands that actually do things and that would help eminsly
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Xaol on August 09, 2013, 10:24:43 AM
Quote from: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 07:23:06 AM
How else do I survive long enough to cast my win condition?

Edit: maybe {fathom trawl} would be a better option so I can put in more non-land cards?

Edit: I'm thinking I can add lands that actually do things and that would help eminsly
You definitely have too many man lands now. Just stick to B/U {Creeping Tar Pit} and some swamps, right now you just have too many hahaha. I would not include {Fathom Trawl} or {kraken hatchling}- they just slow you down way too much.
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 10:53:07 AM
I didn't even add 1. I just changed them into something else

Edit: I also think that if all the lands did something other than tap for mana, that {treasure hunt} could provide MASSIVE card advantage along with helping you toward your win condition. Sure you would have to discard a lot. But you can choose what you discard during the discard phase. So you still have massive card advantage
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Xaol on August 09, 2013, 12:29:37 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 10:53:07 AM
I didn't even add 1. I just changed them into something else

Edit: I also think that if all the lands did something other than tap for mana, that {treasure hunt} could provide MASSIVE card advantage along with helping you toward your win condition. Sure you would have to discard a lot. But you can choose what you discard during the discard phase. So you still have massive card advantage
I think that is an interesting idea. {Reliquary Tower}, perhaps?
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 12:40:45 PM
Quote from: Xaol on August 09, 2013, 12:29:37 PM
Quote from: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 10:53:07 AM
I didn't even add 1. I just changed them into something else

Edit: I also think that if all the lands did something other than tap for mana, that {treasure hunt} could provide MASSIVE card advantage along with helping you toward your win condition. Sure you would have to discard a lot. But you can choose what you discard during the discard phase. So you still have massive card advantage
I think that is an interesting idea. {Reliquary Tower}, perhaps?
if I added that I would want to add the creatures from kamigawa that get more powerful the more cards you have in your hand
Or {stermgeist}
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: InfinitiveDivinity on August 09, 2013, 12:58:53 PM
{Lightning Storm}...

Also, {Zombie Infestation} is really good in here!

That's so weird, my buddy was running a deck like this with just basics, {Lightning Storm} and {Zombie Infestation} last week. 😄
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 09, 2013, 01:27:34 PM
Quote from: InfinitiveDivinity on August 09, 2013, 12:58:53 PM
{Lightning Storm}...

Also, {Zombie Infestation} is really good in here!

That's so weird, my buddy was running a deck like this with just basics, {Lightning Storm} and {Zombie Infestation} last week. 😄
dang it! Back to the drawing board...
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 10, 2013, 09:29:43 PM
Well, I guess I can still build the deck and focus on special lands
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 10:10:32 PM
You have blinkmoth, so you might aswell run {inkmoth} or 2 and 2
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 10, 2013, 10:19:53 PM
Quote from: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 10:10:32 PM
You have blinkmoth, so you might aswell run {inkmoth} or 2 and 2
most of these cards I don't have. I'm just posting a deck
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 10:31:50 PM
Ah ok just for fun:) great way to get Better at deck building doing this.
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 10, 2013, 11:05:06 PM
Quote from: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 10:31:50 PM
Ah ok just for fun:) great way to get Better at deck building doing this.
though I'd still like it to win a few games. I just wanted to make a weird deck
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 11:06:25 PM
I really admire that you build so many cool decks I wish I could think of ideas like this,
Your the next Travis woo:P
Title: Re: Self mill
Post by: Birdbrain on August 11, 2013, 09:48:53 AM
Quote from: Hunteroffire9 on August 10, 2013, 11:06:25 PM
I really admire that you build so many cool decks I wish I could think of ideas like this,
Your the next Travis woo:P
im probably not. And anyway, creativity is in all of us, you included. You just have to get your hands in it without the gloves.

Anyway, next I'm goin to make a deck that generates tokens like no tomorrow, then attacks with {sublime archangel}