Pauper ''Combo'' Mill

by DedWards on 03 July 2015

Main Deck (60 cards)

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Deck Description

Been looking for lesser used ways to abuse Freed from the Real. While browsing Gatherer for mill ideas, I came across Cathartic Adept and Screeching Sliver :p

How to Play

Ponder; Preordain; and Thought Scour to dig for combo pieces. (Halimar Depths helps too)

Enchant Cathartic Adept or Screeching Sliver with Freed from the Real to mill equal to the number of blue mana you can spend. Just be sure to leave enough open for Counterspell.

Deck Tags

  • Pauper
  • Mono Blue
  • Mill
  • Combo

Deck at a Glance

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

042000

Card Legality

  • Not Legal in Standard
  • Not Legal in Modern
  • Not Legal in Vintage
  • Legal in Legacy

Deck discussion for Pauper ''Combo'' Mill

THE "SHRIEKHORN IS BETTER THAN TOME SCOUR" CAMPAIGN:

First of all, it's colorless, so if you are stranded with a swamp at turn 1, you can get going with shriekhorn already that turn.

I've been playing with both tomescour and shriekhorn in my modernmill, and for more than 200 games I have been registering how much shriekhorn mills on an average. The basis is that I play 4 and play them within a priority to keep track of what happens to lategame shriekhorns, so the first numeric results are always for the most played shriekhorn, while the last is for the least played shriekhorn (which sometimes doesn't get played)

I've tested against the fastest decks on the field (Well elves are not that fast, but I tested it anyways)

SHRIEKHORN VS MERFOLK:
5.571, 5.333, 5.142, 5.037
At no point it drops below 5, so it is statistically better than tomescour.

SHRIEKHORN VS AFFINITY:
5.538, 5.2, 4.888, 4.5
Half of the shriekhorns drop below 5 so two could be replaced with tomescour.
SHRIEKHORN VS INFECT:
5.111, 5, 5, 4.5
They still stay above 4 so no exchanges.

SHRIEKHORN VS ELVES:
5.5, 5.5, 5, 4.888
One drops below 5 and could be replaced.

BUT WHAT ABOUT DECKS WITH ARTIFACT HATRED ???
First of all, only a few nuts persons would target a shriekhorn to destroy it, and in general if they really really want to target your horn, then let them and play mesmeric orb or other superior artifact mill.

SHRIEKHORN HAS OTHER USES:
In legacy I've often used shriekhorn to disrupt cards set for counterbalance, but there must be modern decks where instantly disrupting the top of a library counts for something.
Also, a lot of players favor echoing truth as a sideboard card in modern, and by echoing shriekhorn you gain a fresh mill-clock.

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Posted 16 July 2015 at 06:23

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