Is my pet card good
Modern forum
Posted on Dec. 14, 2020, 10:51 p.m. by ConsumingKiribo
Ok, give it to me straight:
Is Consuming Aberration good? A question for no reason.
Honestly I think it would do more work in a grixis storm deck than a dimir mill deck.
It's an ok card and definitely demands an answer. The problem with it is that other than being a big beater and for a stereotypical mill deck (unless you're explicitly using it with Phenax) it has no way of attacking a player's library by itself. And mill decks like to abuse mill effects, not so much lots of mill spells.
December 14, 2020 11:11 p.m.
Straight?
No, it’s a big dumb beat stick which costs 5. In modern, your beat stick ideally costs 1 or 2 mana, 3 if it has some form of evasion or protection. 5 for a no evasion no protection beatstick is unforgivable on a competitive scene.
It’s a fun card though
December 14, 2020 11:34 p.m.
even in modern, CA doesn't really fit mill decks as they usually go all out for the mill kill. CA doesn't have evasion of any kind either which really hinders him. if you want to make a deck that allows them to do well, i'd suggest a dimir control deck with lots of cheap hand disruption and counter spells with a few nice finishers with this as one. your discard spells are no longer blanks against empty enemy hands because of the mill option. admittedly there are probably better options but i feel that he is more reasonable in this build than a straight mill deck.
vague list assuming you want budget.
2x Duress
4x Mana Leak
2x Negate
24x land
that leaves a few cards to add and you can fill them out to fit your style
Heavy into mill 4x Mind Funeral 4x Maddening Cacophony
more dudes on the field 4x Thing in the Ice Flip 4x Aegis Turtle
bigger spells are cooler 4x Devastation Tide 4x Set Adrift
if you didn't want this to be budget obviously add snapcasters and fetches and feel free to add more cards like Remand.
December 14, 2020 11:36 p.m.
I agree with the other comments regarding Consuming Aberration. I liked it on first sight, but even in casual multiplayer it's just okay at best. Outside of a combo deck based around it, it pretty much is just meh.
Whenever I got some mileage from it's trigger, it just died to removal because it has no protection for itself.
At best, it's a mill three, (against decks with typical land/nonland ratios), whenever you cast another spell for 5 mana. Which is as bad as it sounds. And as soon as the trigger happens once, your tablemates are going to outshout each other to kill it first.
On the other hand, targeting it with a kicked Rite of Replication and on the following turn casting Mystic Speculation with buyback 3 times to get 18 triggers is seriously funny.
But your friends will hate you...
December 15, 2020 12:02 a.m.
RNR_Gaming says... #9
Awesome casual card. Great trade fodder BUT is terrible in anything trying to be competitive.
December 16, 2020 5:19 a.m.
GeminiSpartanX says... #10
Fun in commander, not in modern. Back in the day (before I played more competitively) I tried Nemesis of Reason in my modern mill deck, and it was too slow and brittle even for kitchen table magic. At the same cost with little to no guaranteed effects or evasion, Aberration doesn't make the cut for me. Unless you're playing a controlling, mill-styled deck it is just a beatstick that goes in the cool-but-not-competitive category. I'd rather play Jace's Phantasm if you're looking for a beat-down creature in a mill deck.
GenericToaster says... #2
In a dimir mill deck? Its an incredible powerhouse. In anything else, pretty lackluster. Probably not the best "pet" card since usually "pet" cards are ones that you put in to every deck possible, and Consuming Aberration does not fit in a lot of decks, but it definitely has its place.
December 14, 2020 10:58 p.m.