Mono-Blue Mill Gift

Standard Mono-Blue

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Creature (22)

• 4x Daring Saboteur
• 4x Fleet Swallower
• 4x Nimble Obstructionist
• 4x Siren Stormtamer
• 4x Slither Blade
• 2x Trophy Mage

Artifact (6)

• 4x Gate to the Afterlife
• 2x God-Pharaoh's Gift

Instant (4)

• 4x Spell Pierce

Enchantment (4)

• 4x Fraying Sanity

Land (24)

• 4x Field of Ruin
• 20x Island

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Sideboard

Instant (8)

• 4x Censor
• 4x Essence Scatter

Sorcery (3)

• 3x River's Rebuke

Creature (4)

• 4x River Sneak

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Maybeboard

Creature (2)

• 1x River Sneak
• 1x Torrential Gearhulk

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I know mill is not for everyone and it can be seen as cheap. But I won't lie, this deck was very fun to test and pilot, and I won quite a few games with combat damage and not the mill mechanic. Enjoy! +1 if you had fun and please don't hesitate to suggest changes.

Main Combo:
Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity - This is the insta-mill combo backbone of the deck. I usually swing with Fleet Swallower first, and since damage doesn't have to stick to the player for the trigger to be placed on the stack, they still mill half their deck. Then follow that up in second main phase Fraying Sanity to finish off their deck, unless they have an answer.

Gate to the Afterlife + God-Pharaoh's Gift will accelerate when the drop of Fleet Swallower, as well as effectively pump your early drop creatures. It also gives the recurred creature haste, and as mentioned earlier, so long as you swing with Fleet Swallower, you're golden on the mill.

Removal is where this deck sort of suffers. However, there are ways around that, mainly by the early game counters. Those also double as pillow protection for your Gate to the Afterlife as well. River's Rebuke is a nice answer for those pesky token decks.

On to the creatures. Early on, Slither Blade for unblockable damage (which gets pretty insane with God-Pharaoh's Gift). Siren Stormtamer works as an evasive flyer and is great with the Gift, but the main purpose is to protect your Fleet Swallower after he drops. Daring Saboteur gets in for unblockable damage and lets you draw and discard. Easy way to populate your graveyard with the right creatures. And finally, Field of Ruin is there to protect your graveyard further.

Sideboard is filled with more pillows for Fleet Swallower, as well as a playset of River's Rebuke for wiping those pesky tokens off the board.

Top Ranked	Achieved #62 position overall 6 years ago
Date added	6 years
Last updated	6 years
Exclude colors	WBRG
Key combos	Gate to the Afterlife + God-Pharaoh's Gift Fleet Swallower + Fraying Sanity
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	14 - 3 Rares 16 - 8 Uncommons 10 - 4 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.89
Tokens	Copy Clone
Folders	standard, Standard upgrades, deck, Potential Decks to play with, MIll, Mill, Fun Stuff, idk, MTG: Arena, Blu