Mesmeric orb would be your friend for a dredgish mill deck. Turns the mill part on auto-pilot, it honestly should be an auto four-of for any mill deck since price isn't an issue. $10ish for a playset, at the moment.
Ideally those Duress's would be Thoughtseize's but, y'know, budget. Also need to whittle down the sideboard.
Has anybody tried this deck against burn? I think some early Extirpates/Surgical Extractions could help, but that's still a tough clock to beat. Is there any worthwhile lifegain that could be included? I know Crypt Incursion, but it wouldn't be much help against burn.
WUBEsper MillWUB
4x archive trap
4x extirpate
4x gitaxian probe
2x haunting echoes
4x mind funeral
4x surgical extraction
4x thought scour
4x twincast
3x condescend
3x Duress
Land
6x island
6x swamp
4x darkslick shores
4x ghost quarter
2x annul
4x echoing truth
4x grafdiggers cage
2x ratchet bomb
2x ravenous trap
4x spell pierce
4x despise
Ideally those Duress's would be Thoughtseize's but, y'know, budget. Also need to whittle down the sideboard.
Has anybody tried this deck against burn? I think some early Extirpates/Surgical Extractions could help, but that's still a tough clock to beat. Is there any worthwhile lifegain that could be included? I know Crypt Incursion, but it wouldn't be much help against burn.
You can replace thoughtseize with duress and the fecthes with basic lands. They are just less sinergic with hedron crab!
I strongly suggest to run 4 Breaking / Entering and you don't have Glimpse, get Mind sculpt to start!
4 Polluted delta
4 Darkslick Shores
3 Drowned catacomb
4 Swamp
6 Island
CREATURES
4 Hedron Crab
3 Augur of Bolas
SPELLS
4 Thoughtseize
4 Thought scour
3 Visions of Beyond
4 Glimpse the Unthinkable
3 Dismember
3 Mind Funeral
4 Breaking / Entering
2 Mesmeric Orb
1 <free slot>
1 Dismember
1 Crypt incursion
3 Extirpate
3 Aetherize
3 Ravenous trap
3 Into the roil
Maybeboard is:
Haunting echoes for about 25c, it closes in for cmc5
Tome scour, for 25c, it mills 5 at instant speed for 1
Echo mage, for 50c, too slow for me...
I would not play planeswalker at this point, not cost effective for a budget mill primer.
Looking forward to get your opinions!
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