Alright I've been mulling over this for the entire 3 weeks I've been playing Magic, and this mill deck is the one I've currently constructed IRL and would like some criticism on. The main things I'm concerned with are:1. Whether it's fast enough to stop my opponent from killing me come turn 4-5. 2. If I can utilize all of my cards to their fullest ability, and if I can't then what should I remove and replace.3. Are there better and less mana-costing ways to do what I want to do.
That being said, the main goal of this mill deck is to keep at least 10 cards in my opponent's graveyard so my creatures gain benefits from it (namely
Jace's Phantasm
and Consuming Aberration ).
The basic combos I have for this deck are as follows:
Jace's Phantasm
+ 10 cards in grave: The most basic "combo" in the deck is basically just to turn 3 a 5/5 flyer. Whether I use Glimpse the Unthinkable or anything else to get 10 cards in the grave is irrelevant.
Dimir Infiltrator
+
Glimpse the Unthinkable
or any other of my utility 2 drops: Whether I need a Bile Blight to destroy 10 zombie tokens or a Mana Leak to scare my opponent from doing anything too hasty, Dimir Infiltrator is an amazing searcher in this deck because I have so many 2 drops.
Dimir Infiltrator
+
Duskmantle Guildmage
+
Mindcrank
: The main killer combo of the deck. With these 3 in my hand this is potentially a turn 4 knockout. What happens is you have Mindcrank on the field, activate the Guildmage's first effect and then swing with Infiltrator for a mill/damage loop.
Consuming Aberration + Phenax, God of Deception
: Another decent combo, although not a killer and also quite a late-game one. Basically Phenax just turns the Aberrations into mill machines rather than beaters, doubling the amount of cards milled by them if they are both on the field and tapping because of Phenax's effect.
