MILL, or just smash there Face into a Wall !!!

Standard NotTheFace

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Streamlined —April 19, 2015

Have Cut down a lot of the deck that was useful late game but i was not using as i found that if i can get to the late game i can just mill them out in a few turns. This gave me more room for control. I also have added a fourth Assault Formation as i was finding starting hands with this in often resulted in a very fast win.

Let me know what you think

I like the idea so far, but there are a few cards that I don't think are at home in this deck. Ghastly Conscription, Temporal Trespass, and Liliana Vess seem like they could be cut. They're costly and really don't help your game plan much. Same with Profane Memento, it's more of a sideboard card.

By removing these, you have a few options:

  1. Increase the count on Abzan Beastmaster. He's a weak body, but his ability stacks. Two of them essentially nets you 2 extra cards per turn.
  2. More control! BUG is an amazing color combination for protecting your creatures and preventing your opponent from casting things you don't want to see.
  3. Ramp! Sylvan Caryatid is a 3/3 with Assault out.
  4. More Ashiok! She's really good, I think you should add at least 1 more, if not 2-3 more.

Just my thoughts! Nice work!

April 4, 2015 1:55 p.m.

NotTheFace says... #2

Thanks for the advice,

ive had a bit of a reshuffle and will see how it goes. If i can get some Sylvan Caryatid at a good price ill add them in place of some of the higher CMC cards. Same goes for another Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver over Liliana Vess

April 4, 2015 2:15 p.m.

Spencerbot15 says... #3

I have an awesome button in my description, I think it looks awesome.


Just inspect element it. +1. I love mill unless I am versing it.

April 4, 2015 4:13 p.m.

DrLitebur says... #4

Honestly I would drop the Monastery Flock and add something better, like Nyx-Fleece Ram. With a Mill deck life gain is going to be big, and that additional 1 life per turn is going to help. I would also look into Triton Tactics as a spell to add, to help with the mill aspect or as a combat trick. It will give the +0/+3 to two creatures, untap them, and then keep the creature they block from being a threat next turn. That is what I would add.

April 7, 2015 4:48 a.m.

Xenagonian says... #5

Hey dude, I like the versatility and how the deck has another way to go besides milling. However it seems kind of vulnerable against delving, something you see alot in standard nowadays. Maybe find a way to exile graveyards after you fill them? The only cards I could think of are Ghastly Conscription and Hedonist's Trove. Both great cards but really high cmc.

+1 for the cool deck!

April 7, 2015 7:44 a.m.

jazzworth says... #6

I toyed around with this idea too! You can see my list here. It's a bit pricey, but it's playing well at my LGS. The current meta of Abzan and Boros tokens is super tough, but if played properly and with enough luck, it can shut down. My only suggestion for you is (more) removal. Cheers! +1 for hivemind ideas lol

April 11, 2015 1:07 a.m.