Abuse of the Mind

by Shaud91 on 13 May 2013

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Deck Description

Standard Milling

Deck Tags

  • Mill
  • Dimir
  • Standard
  • Snapcaster Mage

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

Deck discussion for Abuse of the Mind

hi, nice mill deck.

Paranoid Delusions on and unblockable hexproof rogue (forgot his name). (played this, works good)
that is extra punch and mil for ur deck.

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 11:03

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Hmm.. i know of the card your talking about... im trying to run as few creatures as possible.. who/what should i take out to use them?

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 11:09

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Invisible Stalker, maybe take out Delver of Secrets

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 11:24

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Im really not trying to attack... Delver of Secrets has a high chance of flipping next turn with my deck... and ive commonly have gotten him alot on my first 3 turns... hes a one drop, which is critical in the first few turns, leaves me more mana to use spells with

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 11:35

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Breaking (of Breaking // Entering) definitely deserves 4 slots in this. I would also include a Mind Grind or two as milling to multiple lands is a bit stronger than the smaller mill spells.

Curse of the Bloody Tome is expensive and slow. Chronic Flooding comes down a turn sooner and ties up a land (good) or mills three rather than two (good). It can be pretty strong coming down on turn two on the play so they only have one land. If they refuse to tap the mana, you've time walked them and given yourself extra time to work your mojo which is exactly what mill decks need.

Mirko Vosk might be better than consuming aberration. Comes down earlier and mills to four lands the next turn rather than maybe two. One or two hits with him and they'll be milled out along with your other spells.

Dimir Charm isn't horrible either. While it only mills two, you get to choose their next draw or leave the utility of killing a creature or countering something.

I also would suggest a Duskmantle Seer. He's fairly costly on the mana but most of your stuff is 1-3 which won't hurt much while it may do some serious harm to them as well as keeping your hand full to keep milling them.

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 12:35

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Awesome feedback man! I like the Chronic Flooding idea, luckly i have a playset of those so ill switch them out...
Ill have to pick up 2 of the Mirko Vosk, lol i have 40 Dragon's Maze Packs so maybe ill get lucky...
What should i switch out for Breaking. and Duskmantle?

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 13:08

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you need some duskmantle :)

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 15:19

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By taking out....?

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 15:25

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delver of secrets

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Posted 13 May 2013 at 15:27

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Off the bat, I would say that Chronic Flooding is rarely worth the two mana it costs. I think you'd be better served replacing it, and the Delvers of Secrets, with four copies of Think Twice.
Next, I'd say you can drop Dream Twist and Duskmantle Guildmage for four copies of Mind Grind. Dream Twist is alright, but its unnecessary, and Duskmantle's abilities are just way too expensive when there are cards doing better for cheaper.
You can also replace the two Codex Shredders with another pair of Fog Banks. Those guys can keep you alive when things get rough.
Nephalia Drownyard is situational at best, you shouldn't be in a situation where you need to pay 2 mana to mill only 3 cards. I'd say cut them for an island and a swamp.
If you're focusing on mill, Jace's Phantasm can be replaced by the awesome Consuming Aberration. Milling a good chunk of the opponent's deck every time you cast a spell is a powerful option for a mill deck.
Far//Away is a good choice. If you're looking for more draw power, you could potentially replace it with Inaction Injunction.

That's my advice, anyway. I hope it helps you in some way, and in the end, I hope you wind up with a deck that works for you, and most importantly, that's fun to play.
-Typewryter

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Posted 12 July 2013 at 09:11

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