Damia Mill (Battlecruiser/Dreamcrusher)

Commander / EDH* BUG (Sultai) Casual Combo Control Mill

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Land (32)

• 1x Murkwater Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Sea Gate, Reborn  ^Flip
• 1x Slitherbore Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Tidechannel Pathway  ^Flip
• 1x Forest
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Exotic Orchard
• 1x Tolaria West
• 1x Rejuvenating Springs
• 1x Forbidden Orchard
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 1x Undergrowth Stadium
• 1x Boseiju, Who Shelters All
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Watery Grave
• 1x City of Brass
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Homeward Path
• 1x Morphic Pool
• 1x Breeding Pool
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 1x Zagoth Triome
• 1x Prismatic Vista
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Misty Rainforest
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Boseiju, Who Endures
• 1x Cavern of Souls
• 1x Polluted Delta
• 1x Ancient Tomb

Enchantment (6)

• 1x Leyline of Anticipation
• 1x Mystic Remora
• 1x Carpet of Flowers
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x Sylvan Library
• 1x Rhystic Study

Instant (23)

• 1x Dispel
• 1x Negate
• 1x Beast Within
• 1x Abrupt Decay
• 1x Nature's Claim
• 1x Assassin's Trophy
• 1x Tale's End
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Lim-Dul's Vault
• 1x Veil of Summer
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Mystical Tutor
• 1x Pact of Negation
• 1x Tainted Pact
• 1x Swan Song
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Cyclonic Rift
• 1x Mana Drain
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Force of Will

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Nature's Lore
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Three Visits
• 1x Mnemonic Betrayal
• 1x Toxic Deluge
• 1x Praetor's Grasp
• 1x Temporal Manipulation
• 1x Grim Tutor
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Yawgmoth's Will

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Oko, Thief of Crowns

Commander (1)

Creature (18)

• 1x Colossal Skyturtle
• 1x Venser, Shaper Savant
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Malevolent Hermit  ^Flip
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Dark Confidant
• 1x Deadeye Navigator
• 1x Phantasmal Image
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Thassa's Oracle
• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Opposition Agent
• 1x Palinchron
• 1x Gilded Drake

Artifact (9)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Scroll Rack
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Jeweled Lotus
• 1x Chrome Mox
• 1x Mana Crypt

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Maybeboard

Creature (32)

• 1x Thrasios, Triton Hero *f-etch*
• 1x Manic Scribe
• 1x Mockery of Nature
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Kiora's Follower
• 1x Body Snatcher
• 1x Viscera Seer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Notion Thief
• 1x World Breaker
• 1x Trinket Mage
• 1x Ruin Crab
• 1x Elvish Spirit Guide
• 1x Sire of Stagnation
• 1x Kozilek, the Great Distortion
• 1x Protean Hulk
• 1x Gilded Goose
• 1x Hedron Crab
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Azusa, Lost but Seeking
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x It That Betrays
• 1x Spawnsire of Ulamog
• 1x Dauthi Voidwalker
• 1x Bruvac the Grandiloquent
• 1x Snapcaster Mage
• 1x Walking Ballista
• 1x Allosaurus Shepherd
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
• 1x Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
• 1x Emrakul, the Promised End
• 1x Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Planeswalker (5)

• 1x Ashiok, Dream Render
• 1x Ashiok, Nightmare Muse
• 1x Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
• 1x Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
• 1x Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Instant (21)

• 1x Fact or Fiction
• 1x Mystical Teachings
• 1x Thirst for Knowledge
• 1x Stroke of Genius
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Commander's Insight
• 1x Dispel
• 1x Paradoxical Outcome
• 1x Ghostly Flicker
• 1x Remand
• 1x Snap
• 1x Brainstorm
• 1x Misdirection
• 1x Noxious Revival
• 1x Drown in Dreams
• 1x Cabal Ritual
• 1x Stifle
• 1x Ad Nauseam
• 1x Deadly Rollick
• 1x Flusterstorm
• 1x Force of Negation

Land (13)

• 1x Bala Ged Sanctuary  ^Flip
• 1x Jwari Ruins  ^Flip
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Flooded Grove
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 1x Crystal Vein
• 1x Cephalid Coliseum
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Sunken Ruins
• 1x Wasteland
• 1x Phyrexian Tower

Sorcery (14)

• 1x Edge of Autumn
• 1x Explore
• 1x Fractured Sanity
• 1x Regrowth
• 1x Day's Undoing
• 1x Skyshroud Claim
• 1x Windfall
• 1x Maddening Cacophony
• 1x Mind Grind
• 1x Temporal Mastery
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Expropriate
• 1x Imperial Seal
• 1x Timetwister

Artifact (13)

• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Null Brooch
• 1x Voltaic Key
• 1x Basalt Monolith
• 1x Rings of Brighthearth
• 1x Altar of the Brood
• 1x Lotus Petal
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Mox Opal
• 1x Grim Monolith
• 1x Lion's Eye Diamond
• 1x Mox Diamond

Enchantment (8)

• 1x Null Profusion
• 1x Teferi's Tutelage
• 1x Fraying Sanity
• 1x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 1x Recycle
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Exploration

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Green as eunuchs, your wishes

Hiss at my sins.

Off, off, eely tentacle!

There is nothing between us.

- Sylvia Plath, Medusa

Damia, Sage of Stone: Primer in Progress

This deck is not intended for high-level competitive play, and is suboptimal due to budgetary restrictions, aethetic choices, and other limitations.

Strengths

* Massive card draw engine in the Command Zone in the form of Damia, Sage of Stone, acting as an alternate win condition in its own

* Able to win quickly or grind in the late game with powerful engines like Oko, Thief of Crowns, Rhystic Study, and Sylvan Library.

* Resilient web of combos

* Great colors in Sultai/Zagoth/Ana ({G} for ramp, {B} for tutors, {U} for control)

* Powerful control suite

* High card quality

* Ability to play high-cost cards without fear of failing after an Ad Nauseam

Weaknesses

* Common stax pieces eat it alive if not removed (Torpor Orb, Linvala, Keeper of Silence, Rule of Law, Eidolon of Rhetoric, Ethersworn Canonist, etc.)

* Slower than most decks

* Mana base actively murders you

* Tooth and Nail line requires {7}{G}{G} and three “painless” lands to go off

* Extremely expensive commander that is inferior to, for instance, Thrasios and Tevesh in the early game


* Curve is alright for Ad Nauseam (Average MV 1.66) but contains far too many high MV spells such as Tooth and Nail, Rune-Scarred Demon, Palinchron,   Colossal Skyturtle, Deadeye Navigator, Force of Will, Misdirection, and Temporal Manipulation to risk it

* Lacks the explosive ramp found in red (Dockside Extortionist, Jeska's Will)

Opening Hand: 2-3 mana sources, 2 lands, tutor, interaction

Early Game (Turns 1 and 2): Ramp, establish a card-draw engine, control the board

Mid Game (Turns 3 and 4): Tutor for and play combo pieces, counter key spells, draw cards from engines established in the early game

Late Game (Turns 5 +): Control the board, activate game-winning combo

Ramp/Acceleration: Mana Crypt, Chrome Mox, Arcane Signet, Sol Ring, Mana Vault, Carpet of Flowers, Jeweled Lotus, Deathrite Shaman, Three Visits, Dark Ritual, Fellwar Stone, Trinket Mage, Lotus Petal, Nature's Lore, Elvish Mystic, Lotus Petal, Elvish Spirit Guide, Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual

Draw Engines: Dark Confidant, Sylvan Library, Rhystic Study, Necropotence, Mystic Remora

Mill (Maybe) Ruin Crab, Manic Scribe, Hedron Crab, Bruvac the Grandiloquent, Mind Grind, Maddening Cacophony, Fractured Sanity, Mindcrank, Altar of the Brood, Teferi's Tutelage, Sphinx's Tutelage, Memory Erosion, Fraying Sanity, Court of Cunning, Ashiok, Nightmare Muse, Ashiok, Dream Render, Jace, Wielder of Mysteries

Tutors: Grim Tutor, Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Tolaria West, Mystical Tutor, Intuition, Rune-Scarred Demon, Praetor's Grasp, Tainted Pact

Removal: Nature's Claim, Cyclonic Rift, Beast Within, Assassin's Trophy, Abrupt Decay, Boseiju, Who Endures, Colossal Skyturtle, Venser, Shaper Savant, Toxic Deluge, Otawara, Soaring City, Gilded Drake, Oko, Thief of Crowns

Stack Interaction: Negate, Swan Song, Force of Will, Pact of Negation, Mana Drain, Dispel, Misdirection, Flusterstorm, Stifle, Tale's End, Venser, Shaper Savant, Malevolent Hermit  

Recursion/Protection: Yawgmoth's Will, Eternal Witness, Noxious Revival, Veil of Summer, Boseiju, Who Shelters All, Cavern of Souls, Colossal Skyturtle, Benevolent Geist  , Homeward Path, Allosaurus Shepherd

Library Manipulation: Lim-Dul's Vault, Scroll Rack

Wincon: Deadeye Navigator, Phantasmal Image, Palinchron, Rune-Scarred Demon, Tooth and Nail, Temporal Manipulation, Eternal Witness, Sensei's Divining Top, Thassa's Oracle, Tainted Pact, Praetor's Grasp, Mnemonic Betrayal

Maybe: Rings of Brighthearth and Basalt Monolith, Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank, Bruvac the Grandiloquent and Maddening Cacaphony

Hate: Opposition Agent, Dauthi Voidwalker

Maybe: Leyline of the Void, Ashiok, Dream Render

Utility: Phantasmal Image, Gilded Drake

Notable Exclusions: Ad Nauseam (See "Weaknesses"), Burgeoning, Exploration, Demonic Consultation

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Moxfield List:

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/Bd8wd6km30SqIqG1HXaxuA

Inspiration:

Damia, Sage of Stone Cold Combos and Counters

Dominus Dreamcrusher Edition

One Good Turn Deserves Another

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Control 1 year ago Achieved #1 position in Commander / EDH Mill 1 year ago
Date added	2 years
Last updated	6 months
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	28 - 0 Mythic Rares 48 - 0 Rares 11 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Beast 3/3 G, Food, Food, Spirit 1/1 C
Folders	EDH, deck, infinites, Commander Ideas