Book Burning (DKA) Standard

Modern* Control Mill

albertflasher

Creature (12)

• 2x Dungeon Geists
• 3x Geralf's Mindcrusher
• 3x Jace's Archivist
• 4x Shriekgeist

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 2x Jace, Memory Adept

Land (22)

• 12x Island
• 6x Mountain
• 4x Sulfur Falls

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Jace's Erasure

Artifact (1)

• 1x Sword of Body and Mind

Instant (12)

• 2x Dissipate
• 3x Mana Leak
• 4x Thought Scour
• 3x Visions of Beyond

Sorcery (6)

• 3x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Rolling Temblor
• 1x Slagstorm
• 1x Whipflare

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Sideboard

Instant (9)

• 2x Dissipate
• 3x Incinerate
• 1x Mana Leak
• 3x Shock

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Increasing Confusion
• 1x Whipflare

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Snapcaster Mage

Artifact (2)

• 1x Runechanter's Pike
• 1x Trepanation Blade

Instant (3)

• 1x Brimstone Volley
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Arc Trail
• 1x Devil's Play

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Named after the ole' Book Burning this deck is Mill and burn. U/R control with a mill win-con. Through proxies and play testing, it seems to be a little bit angry.

The deck is based around the use of Jace's Erasure. With one or more out any card drawing on your part mills the opponent. Visions of Beyond and Thought Scour serve this purpose and as draw. Erasure and Jace's Archivist are a deceivingly powerful combo. If you or an opponent have say 5 cards in hand, you activate the ability. They drop their hand, say 4-5 cards, draw 5, then mill 5 and mill an additional 5 for each extra erasure you have out. Getting 10-20 cards out of it is not very hard. Jace, Memory Adept is the obvious planeswalker choice for mill but with Increasing Confusion in the deck Chandra, the Firebrand can double cast it from the graveyard, with spectacular results. The burn cards and counter spells give decent control over the board while you mill.

With the addition of the [[Sword-of-Body-and-Mind] I'm beginning to see how powerful Dungeon Geists are. I am actively looking for another sword, 2 more and 2 more geists would be great.

I would be very grateful for any feedback and ideas! Thanks!

Date added	12 years
Last updated	12 years
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 0 Mythic Rares 19 - 1 Rares 4 - 3 Uncommons 15 - 7 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.58
Tokens	Human 2/2 G, Wolf 2/2 G