Estrid Self-Mill?

Commander / EDH Enchantment GWU (Bant) Jank Mill Multiplayer Theme/Gimmick

Walrus-In-A-Suit

Land (34)

• 1x Academy Ruins
• 1x Azorius Chancery
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Forge of Heroes
• 1x Glacial Fortress
• 1x Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• 1x Hallowed Fountain
• 1x Hinterland Harbor
• 1x Krosan Verge
• 1x Lonely Sandbar
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Prairie Stream
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Seaside Citadel
• 1x Selesnya Sanctuary
• 1x Serra's Sanctum
• 1x Simic Growth Chamber
• 2x Snow-Covered Forest
• 2x Snow-Covered Island
• 2x Snow-Covered Plains
• 1x Temple of Enlightenment
• 1x Temple of Mystery
• 1x Temple of Plenty
• 1x Temple of the False God
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Tranquil Thicket

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Cleansing Meditation
• 1x Search for Tomorrow
• 1x Wargate
• 1x Replenish
• 1x Tezzeret's Gambit
• 1x Winds of Rath
• 1x Open the Vaults

Creature (20)

• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Noble Hierarch
• 1x Argothian Enchantress
• 1x Hermit Druid
• 1x Qasali Pridemage
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Laboratory Maniac
• 1x Ramunap Excavator *f-pre*
• 1x Rayne, Academy Chancellor
• 1x Academy Rector
• 1x Eidolon of Blossoms
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Stoic Angel
• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Mirror-Mad Phantasm
• 1x Tatyova, Benthic Druid
• 1x Arcanis the Omnipotent
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Nezahal, Primal Tide

Artifact (10)

• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Mesmeric Orb
• 1x Winter Orb
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Static Orb
• 1x Empowered Autogenerator
• 1x The Chain Veil
• 1x Gilded Lotus
• 1x Keening Stone

Instant (6)

• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Dovin's Veto
• 1x Sphinx's Revelation
• 1x Fact or Fiction

Commander (1)

Enchantment (19)

• 1x On Thin Ice
• 1x Luminarch Ascension
• 1x Oath of Druids
• 1x Stasis
• 1x Sterling Grove
• 1x Dueling Grounds
• 1x Enchantress's Presence
• 1x Gift of Paradise
• 1x Monastery Siege
• 1x Rhystic Study
• 1x Rites of Flourishing
• 1x Abundance
• 1x Indestructibility
• 1x Oath of Teferi
• 1x Righteous Authority
• 1x Sphere of Safety
• 1x Treachery
• 1x Mind Over Matter
• 1x Well of Ideas

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Dovin Baan
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Teferi, Temporal Archmage

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Maybeboard

Creature (8)

• 1x Hedron Crab
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x Walking Atlas
• 1x Hanna, Ship's Navigator
• 1x Tideforce Elemental
• 1x Seedborn Muse
• 1x Consecrated Sphinx
• 1x Emeria Shepherd

Artifact (5)

• 1x Azorius Signet
• 1x Selesnya Signet
• 1x Simic Signet
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Storm Cauldron

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Kodama's Reach

Instant (2)

• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Dismantling Blow

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Leyline of Sanctity

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No One Ever Believes Me When I Say it's Self Mill.

Bant self-mill is hard enough already, let alone when you´re working with 100 card singleton. Luckily for us, we have the perfect commander, and a surprisingly synergistic archetype: Estrid Enchantments.

Why Estrid?

Estrid, the Masked is the perfect General for a number of reasons, not the least of which being that Bant is notoriously flexible. But on top of that, all three of her abilities support the functions of this deck, augmenting and protecting them depending on which loyalty ability you choose.

• • (+2) Allows us to untap relevant artifacts, creatures, and lands, giving us multiple activations on cards like Hermit Druid , Keening Stone , or even Serra's Sanctum for extra mana. (and The Chain Veil of course)
• • (-1) Protects any permanent on board, as well as enabling others to work. Such as Rayne, Academy Chancellor , or any of our tap engines that need to be enchanted to work. Useful for keeping static orb effects alive.
• • (-7) Further sets up our graveyard by milling us out, and triggers a replenish to bring back our bits and baubles.

Bant Self-Mill is Rough, go Figure.

Due to the specific goal of this deck, it has gone through several iterations, the most recent of which being the cards you see above in the mainboard. Previously, I also ran a lands-matter subtheme intending to use Storm Cauldron-Hedron Crab to mill myself and get value off of land drops. I removed this due to the number of card slots it used to operate, when compared with value engines that were more self-sufficient and consistent. There are some cards, such as Keening Stone , that I am emotionally attached to for the purpose of the deck's gimmick, but Keening Stone is strong enough that it shouldn't be an issue with building. Additionally, there are very few multi-piece combos I'll consider running. Nearly all synergies and combos I run in this deck are run because they support, or are supported by, a common mechanic or function of this deck. Mind Over Matter is one such example, as it goes infinite with Arcanis the Omnipotent . But it ALSO synergizes incredibly well with The Chain Veil , and serves utility in a pinch. The tl;dr of it is, I like cards to be self-standingly valuable plays. Avoid cards where if they were drawn, your reaction would be "aw man, if only I had (insert other combo piece)."

Cuts

1. Hedron Crab
2. Walking Atlas
3. Storm Cauldron
4. Tideforce Elemental
5. Leyline of Anticipation
6. Leyline of Sanctity
7. Weathered Wayfarer
8. Swan Song
9. Seedborn Muse
10. Consecrated Sphinx
11. Selesnya Signet
12. Simic Signet
13. Azorius Signet
14. Kodama's Reach
15. Dismantling Blow
16. Emeria Shepherd
17. Crawlspace
18. Hanna, Ship's Navigator

Now, contrary to what you may believe after reading the list of cards I cut, I am not crazy. While taking out the Storm Cauldron combo may have been justified by the number of slots it consumed, and other supporting cards like Emeria Shepherd got cut as well because they didn't help as much without it. My reasoning for taking out Signets and Consecrated Sphinx and Seedborn Muse followed a similar line of thought: They take up card slots without directly contributing to a win, or they gather too much aggro. For example, Consecrated sphinx was replaced by Nezahal, Primal Tide . A card draw engine with almost as much power behind it, on top of being more difficult to remove and giving us a discard option with no maximum handsize. With the signets, I was surprised to find that it was actually more effective to prioritize stax effects and draw control than it was to simply pump out mana rocks. While it is possible to enchant the rocks in order to obtain multiple uses, there are very few artifact enchantments that DON'T turn the artifacts into creatures, and the others usually keep the artifact from working. Using our commander's -1 is also possible to enchant the rocks, but it's usually worth our time to spend resources protecting creatures such as Stoic Angel or rocks like Empowered Autogenerator . Don't get me wrong, card:Seedborne Muse is gosh-darned amazing. Then you combine it with Leyline of Anticipation , and you're just talking about sweeping the table by storm. But this garners the attention of the entire table, or angers them such that they just scoop. And that's no fun for anyone. (unless you're into that sort of thing. Gross.) Additionally, it's quite a conditional combo, and both pieces are worth much much less without the other. For a long-term setup, which we need for a self-mill deck, it's more consistently profitable to play Abundance instead of Seedborn Muse , and Monastery Siege over Leyline of Anticipation . Other cards on this list were cut for either similar reasons, or just because there are better options.

Didn´t Make the Cut

1. Urban Evolution
2. Ghostly Prison
3. Propaganda
4. Thassa, God of the Sea
5. Kenrith's Transformation
6. Squirrel Nest
7. Intruder Alarm
8. Presence of Gond
9. Earthcraft
10. Seal of Cleansing
11. Umbra Mystic
12. Daybreak Coronet
13. Castle Vantress
14. Utopia Sprawl
15. Ever-Watching Threshold
16. Grand Abolisher
17. Sage's Reverie
18. Supreme Verdict
19. Teferi's Protection
20. Blue Sun's Zenith
21. Time Wipe
22. Unbridled Growth
23. Urban Utopia
24. Heliod's Pilgrim
25. Courser of Kruphix

Cards here are either too dependant on other cards to function properly, don't give enough value to influence the goal of the deck, or are simply not as good as other cards I chose to put in.

As always, I appreciate feedback and suggestions, especially with a jank deck such as this one. Let's break bant self-mill wide open! I have reasons for all the cards I cut, but largely built this deck card by card instead of considering deck-wide synergies.

Date added	4 years
Last updated	4 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	8 - 0 Mythic Rares 55 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 9 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.53
Tokens	Angel 4/4 W, Emblem Dovin Baan, Emblem Teferi, Temporal Archmage, Mask
Folders	EDH Decks