Recommendation: 4x Gorilla ShamanIt's effectively an Ancient grudge on an isocron scepter. But it can swing.I would also add more artifact hate; oxidize and smelt are very solid. Hoard smelter and the slime give your opponent some time to threaten your board state. I believe it's more effective to hit their lands sooner, and use something like raging ravine to swing with.Hope I helped : )
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So simple, yet, so effective. I would sideboard at least one eldrazi titan just in case you do end up facing a very good mill deck. Or, at the very least, a sundial of the infinite. I run a deck similar to this, and Curse of the Pierced Heart is pretty much the only weakness.
Always happy to see a mill deck. I run a similar one, with the extractions and all. Here are some suggestions to hopefully help with that competitive edge:Snapcaster Mage - A flash blocker that will let you extract something else (you can still pay the 2 life for surgical extraction)Extract - Strongly recommend at least side boarding it. At best you grab a pesky eldrazi to prevent resetting their library. At worst you grab a land to make for a more effective mind funeral. (Maybe one that you replay with Snapcaster)Baleful Strix - I know you want to steer clear of creatures, but this can serve as a more targeted innocent blood, with the added benefit of drawing a card. If nothing else, it'll take a lightning bolt for you.Visions of beyond - I saw this was already recommended, but again, it's a cantrip at worst, an Ancestral Recall at best.Glimpse the unthinkable - I know you turned these down, but a mill deck without these is like a burn deck without lightning bolts.I would also swap out the contagion engines for more damnations, they're just more efficient.I hope at least one of those were helpful. Have fun continuing to f*** on peoples decks.
If your budget supports,Glimpse the UnthinkableMind FuneralNemesis of ReasonHebron CrabArchive TrapHope that helps.
Just a friendly recommendation;Since you don't really want nether spirit to be the only creature in your graveyard, and you won't be using the fourth fallen ideal to its real purpose (3 Evershrikes)- 2 Nether Spirit- 1 Fallen Ideal+ 3 Dread ReturnI think this would help with consistency, as you now have incentive to entomb/bury your Iname, Death Aspect instead of banking on drawing him every game. Also let's you sac your recurring creatures to get back a demigod.