Budget Decks: self-mill

by exterminator5000 on 13 July 2013

Main Deck (60 cards)

Sorceries (4)


Instants (4)


Enchantments (4)


Land (20)

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Deck Description

Are you bored? Does Magic: The Gathering feel old and vapid? Got any useless bucks in your bank account? Ladies and Gentlemen, I have solution.
Use your bank account on nearest MtG marketplace website and buy some cheap cards, craft a deck, and challenge your friends! To double the fun, ask your friend to create such a deck too!
The Budget Decks -series is meant for your free time! These are meant to inspire you, and deck's value is meant to be low! (Between 10 and 20 bucks.)

How to Play

mill your self and make boneyard wurm huge or even better make it GAINT by with Wreath of Geists.
get splinter fright and mill while hitting for a lot.
play ghoultree for 1 mana!.
gain a lot of life with gnaw to the bone mill while drawing cards with merfolk looter!

Deck Tags

  • Self Mill
  • Exterminator5000
  • Non-Standard
  • Budget

Deck at a Glance

Social Stats

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Mana Curve

Mana Symbol Occurrence

0200020

Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Budget Decks: self-mill

Now this is what this site needs clear,clever, and original strategies. Good work! I salute you.

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 04:58

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thank you (:

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 16:50

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im not sure about original, first time i saw someone use mirror mad phantasm to mill their entire library and swing for splinterfright 50/50 trampe cuz of wreath of gheists, that is original. that said i like self mill decks, looks fun

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 08:21

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When I said original, I had just looked at a deck with 60 Black Lotuses in it. But it's still a good deck.

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Posted 22 July 2013 at 20:07

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Maybe put in some Laboratory Maniac(s) as an alternate win condition, in case your big creatures get exiled or destroyed?

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 05:00

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but i don't like laboratory Maniac i never mill my self to 0

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 16:51

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Maybe some black for grisly salvage and if it's modern then golgari thugs or something

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 06:00

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no thanks no like black and green for self-mill

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 16:51

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I have a UG self mill deck just like this. If you want to check it out, the name is "Goodbye Library!"

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Posted 14 July 2013 at 17:04

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there is the 1b land enchantment that mills every time you tap the land. I can't remember what it's called.

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 09:14

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You mean 1U, Chronic Flooding?

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 12:50

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Yeah lol, my bad.

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 17:19

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What happens when a self-mill deck goes up against a straight mill deck? I've never seen it, and always wondered who has the greater advantage. Or is it just luck?

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 14:10

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I'm just making an assumption, but I believe it would usually be the self mill deck. Granted there are to many other variables to consider. My reasoning is that a regular mill deck mills by necessity. However a self mill deck mills by preference. Though it will probably come down to who has the better deck.

If anyone has experience on the topic, feel free to prove me wrong :-)....... or right.

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 17:37

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Depends on the shell. This vs Esper Control with Jace as the win con? No chance. Esper would have you on lock down, while you could do nothing but sit there and wait. They would probably side him out, but if they get you in the lockdown, it's pretty much game for you.

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 17:51

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I have a self mill of sorts, but instead of millling you draw massively.
I believe it would have the advantage over straight mill.
http://www.mtgvault.com/dragonwolf7/decks/draw/

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Posted 15 July 2013 at 20:39

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I've had a trend of playing mill that goes way back. (at least 3 years)
I've never had the pleasure of milling selfmill, but there are two factors.
1: Any milldeck must face the fact that some decks exploit their graveyards, so mill must have defence against this. Stuff like leyline of the void, darkblast and surgical extraction are good stuff.
2: What gets milled is more or less random, but in general strategies fall apart when keycards are no longer in a deck. If selfmill loses it's keycards it dies.

Overall I think pure mill has the advantage due to point 2, but I have seen a lot of gravebased decks beat me despite gravehatred. But watch out for mind funeral in any case :)

For the deck above I can suggest mesmeric orb. The more players move, the more it mills, and if your design can "move"/tap stuff, it will fit right in.

Go click on my name and look at the decks in there for inspiration.

Two designs among the modern decks have won tournaments recently.

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Posted 09 August 2013 at 10:09

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Superb deck!

To make it more appealing, you should remove those priceful lands and replace 'em with something like Terramorphic Expanses or Simic Guildgates.

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Posted 22 July 2013 at 17:09

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YEAH!!! You did it! The value is gone!

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Posted 09 August 2013 at 18:05

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why thank you -.- (:

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Posted 07 November 2013 at 03:23

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Awesome deck! It'll give the game a little twist, making it more fun.
Just awesome!:)

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Posted 07 November 2013 at 17:26

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why thank you!
when u make the new deck be sure to send me the link

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Posted 09 November 2013 at 16:54

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Put something like Kessig Cagebreakers in for some more damage output (when you have a lot of creatures attacking it is also harder to block everything).

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Posted 01 April 2016 at 23:57

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You could also add a card like Mirror-Mad Phantasm for more mill

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Posted 02 April 2016 at 16:41

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