I bought a bunch of cards off of a guy for $15 and it had a ton of cards to build a pretty sweet mill deck. Would I be crucified for playing a mill deck at a local FNM. I feel like everyone hates them.
FNM is a low level tournament, but it is a tournament. In tournaments, you play to win and any strategy to achieve this is acceptable.
Though note, that most FNM events are held in the Standard format, and this means only the last 5-6 sets worth of cards are legal (and any prior printings of legal cards in older sets or special products). Right now, the oldest Standard legal set is Dragons of Tarkir. Any cards from sets before that aren't legal. Of course, some FNM events are held in other formats, like Modern, which allow for many more sets.
In a Casual game, some players frown upon milling, but those are usually the ones, that don't understand that milling doesn't hurt them at all, unless you mill their last cards. In fact, milling can potentially help them gain access to more cards, like many reanimater decks or decks that use flashback cards. You don't lose any cards through milling because you never had them to begin with. Some players just don't like having their one copy of [AWESOME CARD] land in the yard or exile without them ever getting to play it. They don't realize, that such a one-of will rarely show in a game anyway, and a game where the card is milled might just as well be one of those.
So would I be hated for playing a mill deck? It's got play sets of like mind sculpt and tome scour and it's also got a Jace Memory Adept which is pretty cool. I feel like everyone hates mill decks because they do seem like they'd get pretty annoying.
Though note, that most FNM events are held in the Standard format, and this means only the last 5-6 sets worth of cards are legal (and any prior printings of legal cards in older sets or special products). Right now, the oldest Standard legal set is Dragons of Tarkir. Any cards from sets before that aren't legal. Of course, some FNM events are held in other formats, like Modern, which allow for many more sets.
In a Casual game, some players frown upon milling, but those are usually the ones, that don't understand that milling doesn't hurt them at all, unless you mill their last cards. In fact, milling can potentially help them gain access to more cards, like many reanimater decks or decks that use flashback cards. You don't lose any cards through milling because you never had them to begin with. Some players just don't like having their one copy of [AWESOME CARD] land in the yard or exile without them ever getting to play it. They don't realize, that such a one-of will rarely show in a game anyway, and a game where the card is milled might just as well be one of those.
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