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GureiSeion on Pauper Challenge - Kill Mill

1 hour ago

Happy to hear of the success!

Oh wow, Crypt Incursion does look like an effective late-game staller. I'd avoid Stormbound Geist due to its inability to trade with ground forces, but Mortus Strider is worth consideration. Pretty sure I can't make any more room for any more Thought Scour beyond the four slots I have. ;p

Of course, I haven't done any hard playtesting with the deck. How'd the Delver of Secrets  ^Flip work out for you?

jokercrow on U-mill-iating - Cipher version

6 hours ago

It seems like you understood the deck just right. The deck revolves a lot around Hands of Binding on Invisible Stalker combo until Consuming Aberration like you said. And the deck is really vulnerable like you said. It needs a lot of cards for the combos to get working. So it's hard to keep enough spots open to protect those combos. My games often ends in one of those two situations.

The first: I destroy my opponent with a good hand when they can't deal with invisible stalker and consuming aberration.

The second, I don't draw a stalker or my opponent deal with it and the deck falls flat.

I am making this deck with it's strength and weakness in mind. My goal is to make it as constant as possible. Here are a list of way I am tried to accomplish this:

1- Using enough counterspells to protect my important cards.

2- Using a lot of draw to get more chance of drawing my stalker and to put more pressure using more cards.

3- Doing enough control to get enough time to be able to do the killing blow.

From the test that I have made until now, as surprising as it seems, the second option did the best. That's why I a playing a lot of Thought Scour , Curiosity and Temporal Mastery .

I already have a good deck that wins tournaments (28 Hours Later (1st at FNM)), put I love to take challenges like making a deck from an uncompetitive concept like milling and cipher. I want to surprise my opponent's with a deck that is much better than it seems at first sight. Maybe it just can't be done, but I won't quit until I tried everything possible.

I think that I already have a good milling deck, but there is a lot of thing that I need to change and I am working on that. It is not ready yet, not at all.

Thanks for your comment. And if you have other suggestion and want to help me accomplish my challenge, please tell me.

Cdbwater on Dimir Mill

23 hours ago

-2x Paranoid Delusions for two more Breaking

-2x Devour Flesh for 2x Thought Scour

-4x Contaminated Ground for something like Dimir Charm or Mind Grind

-1x Curse of the Bloody Tome for another Jace, Memory Adept (If you're willing to spend that money, that is.)

Dallie on Just what did you expect, copying a Pyromancer?

1 day ago

I really like the Thought Scour ; sure it'll screw me over sometimes, but more often than not it will help me get Pyromancer Ascension online. I'm confident in running Thought Scour over Serum Visions because of the inlusion of Magma Jet which sets up my draws. Also Thought Scour serves as a win-con in case someone takes out my Magma Jet 's.

Thanks so much for the suggestions and help!

hubatish on Just what did you expect, copying a Pyromancer?

1 day ago

Yeah, that seems like it would be a good swap. I'm not sure about the Thought Scour s - which are the best 2 out of Thought Scour , Serum Visions , and Gitaxian Probe ? I'm not sure because I haven't played the deck much. 8 seems like a good starting number for cantrips also, but you probably want to tweak it as you see fit.

TroublingPath on Bow down to the Azorius Senate!

1 day ago

I know you want a human based deck, but a few more blockers couldn't hurt, I'd look into Moorland Haunt just for some instant blocker creation. I'd also look into some more 1 drops. Your deck is good, but if you're playing someone who has a fast deck, like goblins, Rakdos, or Gruul, you're going to be put on your back foot pretty early. Champion of the Parish , Doomed Traveler , Judge's Familiar , Delver of Secrets  ^Flip , Thought Scour , and Wingcrafter are all good cheap one drops in your colors.

Davis5127 on Pauper Challenge - Kill Mill

1 day ago

Hey I'm not sure how long ago you posted this deck but just to let you know, I used it in a standard pauper tournament tonight and got third!

If you ever re-create it with the new Dragon's Maze cards..2xCrypt Incursion are must have trump cards. Also, Mortus Strider and a Stormbound Geist instead of Ghoulraiser IMO. And less removal for 2xThought Scour .

Thanks!

PridefulPelican on More Dimir Mill

1 day ago

I'd drop the guildgates for basic lands, with eight dual lands you don't need guildgates coming in tapped. I'd probably replace Artful Dodge with Thought Scour .

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