Modern milling.

Started by Almosteric, March 24, 2012, 04:20:01 AM

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Almosteric

Deck

65 cards, 0 sideboard


4 {Dimir Aqueduct}
4 {Darkslick Shores}
11 {Island}
2 {elvolving wilds}

21 lands


4 {Hedron Crab}
2 {Dreamborn Muse}
2 {Jace's Archivist}
1 {consecrated sphinx}

9 creatures


3 {Consult the Necrosages}
2 {Jace, Memory Adept}
2 {Increasing Confusion}
4 {Curse of the Bloody Tome}
3 {Thought Scour}
2 {Dream Twist}
4 {Paradox Haze}
2 {Sanity Grinding}
4 {Glimpse the Unthinkable}
4 {jace's erasure}
1 {Forced Fruition}
2 {mind funeral}
2 {spell book}

35 other spells


Sideboard

Almosteric

Not sure how to load a dek from deck builder to the proper place.... 

ChrisRodriguez

{Ancestral Vision} is banned in modern. Other then that I don't know if this can be fast enough, but I like it.

BlackJester

Quote from: Almosteric on March 25, 2012, 03:20:16 PM
Not sure how to load a dek from deck builder to the proper place....
What do you mean?

Also, 💜 tha crabs!  They go great with {Evolving Wilds} (obviously) but also Ravnica block bounce lands ({Dimir Aqueduct} in this case.). Admittedly, they do slow the deck down. 😢

Almosteric

Quote from: BlackJester on March 25, 2012, 03:31:02 PM
Quote from: Almosteric on March 25, 2012, 03:20:16 PM
Not sure how to load a dek from deck builder to the proper place....
What do you mean?

Also, 💜 tha crabs!  They go great with {Evolving Wilds} (obviously) but also Ravnica block bounce lands ({Dimir Aqueduct} in this case.). Admittedly, they do slow the deck down. 😢

When I uploaded the list it stuck it here in casual. How can I upload a list to say modern, or standard.

I ❤ the crab too!  They are delicious.
Any ideas on how to speed this dek up a bit?  Milling is so much fun!

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BlackJester

You can change the format under the deck settings. It should also tell you which cards are banned and restricted too.

As far as speed goes, as much as I love the curse+Paradox combo, it's really slow. I find if you can combine {Jace's Erasure} with {Jace's Archivist} you can speed up their milling.

ChrisRodriguez

Splash a little white for {wall of denial} that probably slow some of the faster decks.

Almosteric

Ok so I'm adding four of {jace's erasure}. What do you think of combo-ing it with {mind unbound}?

BadLuckIrish

My friend does the Erasure + Unbound combo. It works..but itll bite u in the butt unless u a) have a card like {Venser's Journal) or 2) play it late game

He milled himself before milling me a few times

Almosteric

Okay {spellbook} it is then. Haha

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BlackJester

Quote from: Almosteric on March 25, 2012, 05:15:07 PM
Okay {spellbook} it is then. Haha

*updated
If you can, get {Reliquary Tower}s instead. They won't take up a spell slot.
IMO {Mind Unbound} is too slow. It's six to cast, and even then it has to ramp up.
For the same CMC, {Forced Fruition} kills people.
I use {Teferi's Puzzlebox} with {Jace's erasure} too. 👿 I've lost a game or two to {Memory Erasure} too.

Almosteric

Okay, so {mind unbound} is out and {Forced Fruition} is in. Last thing we need to do is mill ourselves! 
This is turning out pretty swell.
Thanks for all the help!

Wally

As much as slowing your mana down playing {evolving wilds} and {teramorphic expanse}s are awesome with crabs.
Also maybe look at the {keening stone} by far my favorite milling tool.

BlackJester

Quote from: Wally on March 26, 2012, 08:34:06 AM
As much as slowing your mana down playing {evolving wilds} and {teramorphic expanse}s are awesome with crabs.
Also maybe look at the {keening stone} by far my favorite milling tool.

Both lands are good, but already slowing down a high curved deck to begin with.  I like the aqueduct because it may slow down the turn you play it, the next turn you're back on track.  Also, if you have enough mana, and you have crabs in play, you can just have it return itself for unlimited uses.  {Keening Stone} is alright, IMO, but everything is creeping to the high end of the mana curve.

I forgot to mention an awesome mill card: {Mind Funeral}!  For three mana, i've used it to mill people for 10-12 cards regularly.   

Leevai420

Traumatize then keening stone = game over.