Yes, it's 62 cards. Two more cards to keep your from milling yourself to death. I would probably take out the Strix's and put in Sleep and/or Darkness (black Fog!). The idea is to mill under the radar until they get wise. I actually had a group that cleared everyone else out and left me alone because they were so addicted to the cards. Meanwhile, we were drawing 7 or so a turn. The last guy got wise when I was the only one left and by that time it was almost too late. If I had been more aggressive at laying out the walls I could have bought myself a turn and won. Make sure you sit back and wait until most everyone else is out before dropping the power millers like the Orb and the Beads. Oh, also I think Memory Jar is restricted or maybe banned. You may have to replace it.
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I like this deck, but it's slow too. It gets a few creatures out then gets pummeled by board wipe. It's just not fast enough to blow out.
I like this deck, but it's slow. A couple of board wipes (which abound in our area) and it's hosed. I think I should probably toss some more counter magic in. But even then, it'd still be slow.
I haven't actually played this deck yet, but I have high hopes. Lots of graveyard recursion and a little bit of black countering to help against board sweepers. The 'Dread' is in there to help with milling, but it will fail if you're drawing 2 cards a turn from the Arena or the Mine, and our group runs a lot of Mines so I am probably going to switch out with Kozilek. Still, it would be awesome to be milled for 700+, then have Dread hop back into the library to give you that one draw to kick the miller with his pants down, esp. if you have a gy emptier in hand.
Actually, according to the EDH rules board or whatever, multiple copies of Rats are okay "for the time being." So, play away!