Mind Blast

Started by Fenster, March 03, 2012, 01:12:44 PM

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Fenster

Mind Blast

60 cards, 0 sideboard


22 {Island}

22 lands


4 {Hedron Crab}
3 {Mindshrieker}
2 {Jace's Archivist}
3 {Echo Mage}

12 creatures


4 {Archive Trap}
3 {Keening Stone}
1 {Spellbook}
2 {Memory Erosion}
2 {Thought Scour}
3 {Trepanation Blade}
1 {Blue Sun's Zenith}
4 {Jace's Erasure}
2 {Divination}
2 {Jace, Memory Adept}
2 {Increasing Confusion}

26 other spells


Sideboard

Looked it through and polished it a bit.

XFatal

I usually combo {Jace, Memory Adept} with {Venser's Journal} and {Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur}. It can be a bit hard to get set in motion, but it basically makes you unstoppable.

Wally

{keening stone} is my favorite, of you have that drop it in.
Also if you have an {undead alchemist} I'd put that in too. With all those cards you mill, you might as well be making yourself a mill army :)

BlackJester

I wouldnt bother with the {Curse of Bloody Tome}. It really slow.
{Hedron Crab}s are great for early game chumping and fetting a couple of cards while you're at it. They were 🌟 players in my mill deck.

Fenster

Just updated it abit. Changed the curses for 2 crabs and a keening stone. Luckily enough i actually have those aswell! And i did draw a {Undead Alchemist} and a {Geralfs Mindcrusher} yesterday. Im sceptical about Mindcrusher in this setup though but the alchemist seems extremely useful!

Wally

I you run crabs and want them to really function well, try adding some {evolving wilds} and {teramorphic expanse} it will trigger landfall twice.

Fenster

Quote from: Wally on March 04, 2012, 05:25:03 AM
I you run crabs and want them to really function well, try adding some {evolving wilds} and {teramorphic expanse} it will trigger landfall twice.

Wont that slow down my mana potency for mid/late game for a not too big effect?

Wally

You would want to run 4 crabs if you did that. Add them as extra lands and only drop them when you knew you didn't need to use one that turn.
Dunno it's another mechanic I suppose, but if you really want to use them to mill, that's the most effective way I know of.

Fenster

Quote from: Wally on March 04, 2012, 05:50:56 AM
You would want to run 4 crabs if you did that. Add them as extra lands and only drop them when you knew you didn't need to use one that turn.
Dunno it's another mechanic I suppose, but if you really want to use them to mill, that's the most effective way I know of.

I was thinking that they are good one drops to fill up the mana cost ratio and still serving a decent purpose. I also dont want to focus up on too many things just to have a bit of variation. :)

Fenster

So i made some more changes. Dont know how i feel about them. Id really like a second opinion on the entire structure now x)

Wally

Don't Jin (the big 10 drop) and the archivists work against each other?
I'd swap either one (2) for a couple of undead alchemists, but that's just me. Lol I tend to feel like I need to be getting something for all that milling. :)

Fenster

Quote from: Wally on March 04, 2012, 09:34:17 AM
Don't Jin (the big 10 drop) and the archivists work against each other?
I'd swap either one (2) for a couple of undead alchemists, but that's just me. Lol I tend to feel like I need to be getting something for all that milling. :)
I actually never really got a good feel from the archivists but i dont know.
Im not sure what you mean with them working against eachother. Actually i think they'd work well. Have them draw as many cards as i have then discard them away due to hand size. But i really dont know.

XFatal

I don't know if you're willing to splash a little black, but I have a mill deck that uses one creature only, being the {Nemesis of Reason}. Since your deck is already made really well to work perfectly with itself, I don't know if modifying things is a good idea, it might mess with the flow of your deck. However, if you find a way, like maybe a {Dimir Signet}, the Leviathan isnt all too expensive and works great.

Fenster

Quote from: XFatal on March 04, 2012, 11:35:28 AM
I don't know if you're willing to splash a little black, but I have a mill deck that uses one creature only, being the {Nemesis of Reason}. Since your deck is already made really well to work perfectly with itself, I don't know if modifying things is a good idea, it might mess with the flow of your deck. However, if you find a way, like maybe a {Dimir Signet}, the Leviathan isnt all too expensive and works great.
Well financially getting some blue black dual lands isnt any trouble. I can always
throw em in as i find them and i think i can aquire nemesis of reason pretty easily. Jaces ingenouity is pretty non-essential at the moment alas replaceble.
Are there any more black cards that have milling properties?
For now i think this shall do but im always open to suggestions :D

XFatal

I hav to go find my mill deck amongst all of my cards :P but I would either add or replace the {Thought Scour} with a {Tome Scour}, just because you get more out of it for the same cost.