Modern Frayed Sanity

Modern* Budget Combo Mill Mono-Blue

davispruisman

Sorcery (15)

• 2x Compelling Argument
• 4x Serum Visions
• 3x Startled Awake  ^Flip
• 4x Traumatize
• 2x Void Snare

Creature (8)

• 4x Hedron Crab
• 4x Jace's Phantasm

Instant (10)

• 2x Archive Trap
• 3x Engulf the Shore
• 3x Mana Leak
• 2x Unsummon

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Fraying Sanity

Land (23)

• 4x Evolving Wilds
• 4x Ipnu Rivulet
• 15x Island

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Sideboard

Instant (6)

• 1x Archive Trap
• 3x Supreme Will
• 2x Void Shatter

Creature (2)

• 2x Wall of Frost

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Baral's Expertise
• 1x Startled Awake  ^Flip
• 2x Tome Scour

Artifact (2)

• 2x Tormod's Crypt

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There is a lot of excitement for the new card Fraying Sanity and for good reason. A game winning combo that can be achieved turn 5 with no ramp required is nothing to sneeze at.

Here is my take on a mill deck which includes ways to defend yourself until the combo goes off. These methods include counterspells like engulf the shores, Unsummon, and Mana Leak to keep aggro strategies at bay. Wall of Frost and Jace's Phantasm are two more ways to defend from creature damage.

The inclusion of Evolving Wilds makes Hedron Crab all the more valuable.

The main win conditions of this deck are Fraying Sanity, Startled Awake   , and Archive Trap.

The ideal turn sequence would probably be-

Turn 1+2- Serum Visions to clean up draws, Hedron Crab for backup mill incase the combo isn't found immediately and a potential chump blocker, or Jace's Phantasm

Turn 3- Fraying Sanity

Turn 4- Startled Awake   or another Fraying Sanity
(The effects of Fraying Sanity stack.)

Turn 5- (Win) Traumatize, Startled Awake   or Archive Trap

Any Turn- Archive Trap can be player for free if an opponent searches thru their library. That includes cracking a fetch land.

Comments and Critiques are appreciated as this deck is not perfect and there are many viable options.
Thanks for viewing my take on the new Mill in Mondern!

Top Ranked	Achieved #15 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Legality	This deck is Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 1 Mythic Rares 13 - 3 Rares 12 - 9 Uncommons 17 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.49
Folders	Ideas, maybe, Control, Cool Decks, cool deck ideas!, modern, Possible Decks, gauntlet, meuhle, Inspiration