Mill-ek, Izzent your library gone

Modern* Budget Casual Control Mill UR (Izzet) Wizards

derelbenkoenig

Instant (13)

• 2x Battle Hymn
• 3x Brainstorm
• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 3x Izzet Charm
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 2x Negate
• 1x Reverberate

Sorcery (9)

• 2x Cerebral Eruption
• 3x Mind Sculpt
• 2x Mind Spring
• 2x Tome Scour

Enchantment (5)

• 3x Sphinx's Tutelage
• 2x Training Grounds

Artifact (2)

• 2x Izzet Signet

Creature (11)

• 1x Echo Mage
• 2x Enclave Cryptologist
• 2x Goblin Electromancer
• 3x Izzet Guildmage
• 1x Melek, Izzet Paragon
• 2x Talrand, Sky Summoner

Land (20)

• 4x Island
• 3x Izzet Boilerworks
• 4x Mountain
• 4x Steam Vents
• 4x Swiftwater Cliffs
• 1x Temple of Epiphany

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Sideboard

Instant (4)

• 1x Disperse
• 1x Dissolve
• 1x Jace's Ingenuity
• 1x Neutralizing Blast

Sorcery (4)

• 1x Echoing Ruin
• 1x Epic Experiment
• 1x Fabricate
• 1x Fascination

Artifact (2)

• 2x Witchbane Orb

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Jace, Architect of Thought
• 1x Jace, the Living Guildpact

Creature (3)

• 1x Disciple of the Ring
• 1x Painter's Servant
• 1x Silent Arbiter

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Maybeboard

Instant (10)

• 1x Increasing Vengeance
• 1x Lightning Bolt
• 1x Magma Jet
• 1x Quicken
• 1x Reverberate
• 2x Smash to Smithereens
• 1x Syncopate
• 1x Think Twice
• 1x Vapor Snag

Sorcery (6)

• 1x Anger of the Gods
• 1x Arc Lightning
• 2x Bathe in Dragonfire
• 1x Divination
• 1x Talent of the Telepath

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Dual Casting
• 2x Sphinx's Tutelage

Artifact (2)

• 1x Gemstone Array
• 1x Izzet Cluestone

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Chandra, Pyromaster
• 1x Chandra, the Firebrand
• 1x Jace, Memory Adept
• 1x Tamiyo, the Moon Sage

Creature (8)

• 1x Drowner Initiate
• 1x Jace's Phantasm
• 1x Mogg Sentry
• 1x Realmwright
• 1x Sage of Epityr
• 2x Vortex Elemental
• 1x Young Pyromancer

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This is my go at an Izzet mill deck. General game plan is to cast counter/removal/damage creature spells early game, put down the creatures with the copy spell abilities, then mill someone's whole deck in one or two turns with the mill spells and copying them (e.g. Echo Mage + Tome Scour , or Battle Hymn + Talrand, Sky Summoner + Izzet Guildmage + Mind Sculpt ). Also Talrand + Howl of the Horde + Mind Sculpt . Got the idea when I was playing my limited mill deck (limited because of how many cards I actually own) and noticed how brutal it was to copy a mill spell more than once.

I initially tried to do it without Sphinx's Tutelage, and there were times when it sort of worked, but obviously it's much better with, having synergy with Enclave Cryptologist , Izzet Charm and Nivix Guildmage, Crippling Chill and Brainstorm.

The combo of Izzet Guildmage Training Grounds is, I believe, very strong when I cast one of my spells be it for mill or removal purposes. Or just to draw more cards and hopefully trigger Sphinx's tutelage.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	2 years
Key combos	Izzet Guildmage + Training Grounds Echo Mage + Tome Scour Battle Hymn + Talrand, Sky Summoner Izzet Guildmage + Mind Sculpt Howl of the Horde + Mind Sculpt
Legality	This deck is not Modern legal.
Rarity (main - side)	0 - 5 Mythic Rares 17 - 3 Rares 12 - 5 Uncommons 23 - 2 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.15
Tokens	Drake 2/2 U