Phenax Mill fine-tuning
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Posted on June 4, 2019, 3:31 p.m. by Sunbrosoulaire
The deck is here: Dimir Trickery
The deck is a CASUAL deck. I know this idea can never be a true competitive deck but I want to take the idea and optimize it to be the best it can be.
The deck as it is right now is about using your creatures to mill people on the endstep of the player right before you to grind out the game with a lot of value creatures/good blockers. The deck also runs several combos and some tutors to find them. The idea of the deck is a more "choose your own adventure" style to winning. Each game the deck plays out differently and that's the feeling I want to preserve in the deck when I revise it. Some games I will land a Paradox Engine and/or a Intruder Alarm and just value/grind out the game. Other times I will combo win right before I get killed and wipe the table. Sometimes I pull off a Laboratory Maniac or a Jace, Wielder of Mysteries win. I also snag a game now and then do to stealing/reanimating random things due to Praetor's Grasp , Reanimate , or using Reins of Power .
I am looking for flexible cards that can help fill multiple roles in the deck so I can increase my removal count as it is rather low and is the deck's main weakness when I play it. As well as ways to better protect phenax because if he gets removed for good the deck does not function. If you have any other criticisms please say something it is better to have more eyes fixing a problem than just mine.
K1ngMars says... #2
Mh, your deck isn't an actual Phenax deck, but rather a Lazav one. I'd say that those two commanders play very differently one from the other. One focuses more on mill/pillow fort/value to win, while the other focuses much more on aggression and control.
I'd say that is true, mill in commander is not competitive 100%, but this doesn't mean that it cannot hold its own in non competitive playgroups.
If you'd like to consistently win by milling, but don't want to necessarily play pillow fort, I'd suggest you to take a look at my Phenax deck, everything you need to know about it is in its description:
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I'll look forward to yours for some inspiration, even though our views on a mill deck are different. Contamination is a good thing, or so they say.
June 5, 2019 4:55 a.m.