Legacy Mill

[cltrn81]

Legacy Mill 75 cards, 15 sideboard 2 {Marsh Flats} 3 {Scalding Tarn} 4 {Sunken Ruins} 2 {Darkwater Catacombs} 2 {Swamp} 6 {Island} 4 {Drowned Catacomb} 23 lands 4 {Phantasmal Bear} 4 {Hedron Crab} 4 {Phantasmal Image} 4 {Lord of the Unreal} 4 {Sewer Nemesis} 2 {Nemesis of Reason} 22 creatures 2 {Dark Ritual} 4 {Brain Freeze} 3 {Glimpse the Unthinkable} 2 {Sword of Body and Mind} 1 {Rhystic Study} 3 {Jace, Memory Adept} 15 other spells Sideboard 3 {Archive Trap} 2 {Jester's Cap} 3 {Surgical Extraction} 3 {Phyrexian Revoker} 4 {Hurkyl's Recall} 15 sideboard cards

[cltrn81]

I been running tables with this deck on Cockatrice.  This deck is what I own.  My Cockatrice variant runs {jace the mindsculptor} and a playset of {force of will}.  I want to take it to a legacy tournament but there is one deck that owns this one pretty good......the {cranial plating} deck with fast artis like {signal pest}, {memnite}, {frogmite}, and so on.  Give me some ideas to negate that mofo.

[ChrisRodriguez]

{Hurkyl's Recall} should help. Add {Cunning Wish} to your deck and you can pull a sideboard card any time you need to.

[cltrn81]

{Hurkyl's Recall} should help. Add {Cunning Wish} to your deck and you can pull a sideboard card any time you need to.

Awesome....I just realized {nevenyrils disk} too

[cltrn81]

So I updated the list.....here is what I am looking at now.  Needed way more control and {counterbalance} with {senseis diving top} helps a lot

[cltrn81]

Mill is a tough build.  I am still trying to get this thing more reliable....it is just not consistent.  I added 4 {propaganda} now to help keep Aggro decks in check.  Aggro is my worst enemy with this deck.....anyone have suggestions for dealing with pesky Aggro decks?

[Harmon74]

Black has a ton of cheap creature removal.

[BlackJester]

{Evacuation}

[cltrn81]

Black has a ton of cheap creature removal.

Spot removal just takes up precious card spots in the deck.  I had a playset of {go for the throat} but it was not that helpful.  I am going more towards countering/control and making them pay to attack.

[cltrn81]

I added the crabs and what fetch lands I have......we'll see how this build goes

[cltrn81]

{Evacuation}

I have a set of {wash out}......I gave them some consideration as well.  I was thinking of {black suns zenith} too but I don't own any.

[Harmon74]

How about {Damnation}, {Consume The Meek}, or {The Abyss}?

[cltrn81]

How about {Damnation}, {Consume The Meek}, or {The Abyss}?

I thought about damnation but those other two are great suggestions.  The Abyss is just a big ole meanie head.

I just ran this on Cockatrice and it did really well but I only played one person and he was running a control deck......this deck tends to outlast other control decks.  I will test in RL against some control decks once the few cards I am waiting for come in.

[Harmon74]

I used to run {the abyss} in a mono black land destruction deck back in the day with {nether void} it was nasty.

[cltrn81]

I used to run {the abyss} in a mono black land destruction deck back in the day with {nether void} it was nasty.

Sounds nasty....that sounds like the days of {sink hole} and {strip mine}