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Pojo's MTG MTG Home Message Board News & Archives Deck Garage BMoor Dolf BeJoSe Columnists Paul's Perspective Jeff Zandi DeQuan Watson Jordon Kronick IQ Aburame Shino Rare Hunter Tim Stoltzfus WiCkEd Judge Bill's Corner Trading Card Game Card of the Day Guide for Newbies Decks to Beat Featured Articles Peasant Magic Fan Tips Tourney Reports Other Color Chart Book Reviews Online Play MTG Links Staff 120x90 Ad Space For Rent!		BMoor's Magic The Gathering Deck Garage Mill deck May 9, 2006 For as long as there have been mill decks, they have been struggling with the fact that milling away the opponent's library doesn't actually do anything to hinder the opponent until the very last card. Oftentimes a mill deck will end up losing simply because they can't stop the opponent from winning long enough to deck out. That's just the problem that faces today's client. My mill deck is supposed to run my opponent outta cards before they can deal 20 damage to me. But so far the 20 damage to me is being delt before i run my opponent outta cards. Please help me with this deck. Lands(22) 8x Island 8x Swamp 4x Dimir Aqueducts 2x Duskmantle, House of Shadow Creatures(14) 2x Belltower Sphinx 1x Szadek, Lord Of Secrets 4x Vedalken Entrancer 3x Thoughtpicker Witch 4x Lurking Informant Sorceries(13) 3x Sift 2x Consult The necrosages 3x Ribbons of Night 3x Psychic Drain 1x Dimir Machinations Instants(6) 4x Induce Paranoia 2x Disembowel Enchantments(1-aura) 1x Dream Leash Artifacts(5) 3x Millstone 2x Dimir Signet This is a fairly puzzling problem, since on paper the deck looks like it has everything it needs. Clearly we're going to have to step things up and make this deck faster, more milling, and less vulnerable to 20 damage. First, Lurking Informant should become either Dimir Guildmage or Lore Broker. Dimir Guildmage can draw you cards and make your opponent discard, while Lore Broker speeds up the milling by making your opponent draw. Milling an opponent by making them draw is a risky proposition, since you're giving them cards which they could then play against you. But Lore Broker gives you a card too, so hopefully you can handle what they throw at you. Trouble is, this deck doesn't really handle what people throw at it.....yet. And that's probably because it doesn't have enough ways to deal with creatures. Remove Dimir Machinations and Consult the Necrosages in favor of three Last Gasp. This should give you a cheap, efficient way to handle troublesome creatures. Speaking of cheap, the less your spells cost, the more likely you are to be able to play them. Replace Sift with Compulsive Research, which essentially does the same thing. After all, what do you usually discard with Sift? A land? That's what I thought. One more thing; replace Thoughtpicker Witch. Her effect just isn't worth losing a creature to most often. What do you replace it with? Glimpse the Unthinkable would be ideal. But if you can't get Glimpse the Unthinkable, you could try a radical idea for a replacement: Skyscribing. Like I said earlier, making your opponent draw is almost like milling them. Using the Forecast ability is sort of like having a Howling Mine out, exceot you have to pay for it each turn. And in the late game, it can act like Psychic Drain to finish off your opponent. But honestly, just go with Glimpse the Unthinkable.
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