Quash

Instant

Counter target instant or sorcery spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and remove them from the game. That player then shuffles his or her library.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (5)

WanderingSpirit on Shuffled to Death

5 years ago

Thanks! I like all of these cards and will definitely add them. Quash seems like a category upgrade to Counterbore. Portent is disruption and a shuffle trigger, and Jester's Cap is a staple in quite a few things.

Icbrgr on Shuffled to Death

5 years ago

I love the unique deck idea! Check out Portent, Jester's Cap and Quash for other triggers for the probe... BTW cruel control calls for running Cruel Ultimatum.

JimmyInferno on Get Out!

6 years ago

Good ol' mill decks! My only suggestions would be, based on fraying sanity, run a one of Traumatize that way if you do get a fraying sanity out, it's a 1 card win.

If you're feeling like going more creature based, then Manic Scribe is actually a suurprising killer card.

if you want more mill, Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver can be really punishing to your enemies.

Mind Grind is a dope finisher, especially against decks that run a low amount of lands like elves.

Surgical Extraction and/or Extirpate are also incredible. Mill the threat or counter it, then remove all of them.

With the damnation in sideboard, i'd probs run 2, maybe even 3 depending on your local meta. But a sneaky as card that goes well with awesome combos is Bitter Ordeal

I'd honestly cut flight,, pilfered plans, and the tome scour. And perhaps put in SOME counter spells - remember not to be too hard on the counters as you are a mill deck first - in places like this, if you have enough control over the board, you could use Quash or something like this.

I hope I helped! Any more tips or such, message! My first modern deck was a mill deck and it's awesome fun

RipGut-Gway on

6 years ago

maybe Quash ?

lithium142 on Gone

7 years ago

i missed your bit about Breaking. no, you dont need to worry about casting the red side. think of it as a slightly worse version of Glimpse the Unthinkable.

just as a fun note, you can potentially kill someone turn 1 with 4 Archive Traps if they crack a fetch =P always remember, an opponent's deck does not start with 60 cards, it starts with 53

since its multiplayer, i'm assuming someone is going to have a creature deck. you could try running 1 or 2 Crypt Incursions to give you a little survivability.

everything else i suggest is gonna cost some money, just a forewarning. the easiest change you could make would be to find 4 Visions of Beyond. it synergizes well in your deck, and could easily replace the archivist. the second card i want you to think about for sideboard. Leyline of the Void is typically a 2-of in this decks sideboard, and i want you to consider it because i promise you one of your friends will eventually get cheeky and throw an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn in their deck just to fuck with you. this is the other reason i like Surgical Extraction, because it gives you a mainboard answer to tron decks that run eldrazi lords.

everything else im going to name are merely part of the toolbox that i know can work well in a mill deck. if you are curious about how some of them help you, feel free to ask. anyways:

Mesmeric Orb, Disfigure, Darkness, Shelldock Isle, Jace's Phantasm, Spellskite, Ensnaring Bridge (this one would require major changes to your deck, involving eliminating your draw engines, and putting in more counters), Damnation, Pithing Needle, Thoughtseize, Jace Beleren, Oona, Queen of the Fae, Ancestral Vision, Mana Leak, Rune Snag, Twincast, Bitter Ordeal, Sanity Grinding, Drowner Initiate, Nemesis of Reason, Sadistic Sacrament, Quash, Haunting Echoes, Ravenous Trap, Snapcaster Mage, Inquisition of Kozilek. im probably forgetting some... hopefully this gives you an idea of your options for upgrading.