Stasis, Howling Mine - Mill

by MadsHolger on 30 March 2011

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Deck Description

Good old boring control, I love it. Love Stasis, love Howling Mine and this deck uses both.

Win condition: Milling out the opponent via Jace's Erasure/Howling Mine
Lock is achieved with Stasis, Root Maze and Forsaken City with the option of Howling Mine providing enough islands to also pay the Stasis upkeep should some scoundrel destroy my Forsaken City.

Root Maze is also excellent at slowing the game down early on.

Deck Tags

  • Mill

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Card Legality

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

Deck discussion for Stasis, Howling Mine - Mill

Seeing that it hard to get any comments/advice here (which is totally understandable given the amount of decks that run through the front page on a daily basis) I will try to give myself some advice.
Original deck list:
Artifacts:
4x Howling Mine
Enchantments
3x Jace's Erasure
4x Root Maze
4x Stasis
Land:
14x Island
4x Forsaken City
4x Tropical Island
Spells:
3x Daze
4x Echoing Truth
3x Thwart
2x Unsummon
3x Arcane Denial
4x Counterspell
4x Force of Will

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Posted 01 April 2011 at 18:50

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Changes:
Removed
- 3 Arcane Denial
- 5 Islands
- 1 Howling Mine
- 1 Thwart
- 1 Root Maze

Added
- 3 Lim-Dül's Vault
- 3 Underground Sea
- 1 Underground river
- 1 Bayou
- 3 Brainstorm

I have just read the errata on Lim-Dul's vault (as someone here used the card) and I must admit that I never understood the card back when I played (I still don't understand the card :-). It now seems as a nice addition to speed up the lock combo and the brainstorm is added for the same reason.
Added underground sea and river, why not 4 sea? I only own 3 and don't see me buying a new in the foreseeable future. I also only own 1 bayou. But one Sea and one more bayou would probably fit nicely. Maybe some of the new double lands where if you have a svamp or island they come in untapped...
I will come back after playtesting this, which could take a while as I'm 31, finishing my PhD this spring and have two kids :-!

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Posted 01 April 2011 at 19:20

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Well, only had two Brainstorm so it'll be 4 Lim-Dül's Vault and 2 Brainstorm for now. It should be possible to acquire a few more brainstorm which I will add at the point I get them.

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Posted 02 April 2011 at 08:26

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Please take a look at my deck that plays a similar strategy:

Legacy: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=191527
Vintage: http://www.mtgvault.com/ViewDeck.aspx?DeckID=191206

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Posted 31 May 2011 at 22:12

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