wickeddarkman

I changed in my above post.
So reread :)

I'm not sure if 4 sol rings are legal in any format :(

You may want to research on the dragons too, since there are a couple of them that has haste, and let's you kill the same turn they enters play. Hellkite overlord has 7/7 and is haste, so you could storm for just 3 with these.

Depending on what type of multiplayer you play, consider playing mesmeric orb, which is devastating against any opponent who for some reason cant touch you (Attack left/right variants) It wont be nearly as good in free for all, but it may let you mill a lot anyways!

If your format allows it, also replace curse of the bloody tome with mesmeric orb.
I have been playing mesmeric orb in so many decks, and it's very reliable.

I personally decktest a lot against legacy, and even against decks with artifact hatred the mesmeric orb is wild enough to mill 5-6 cards against the worst matchups and about 12-13 cards against the best matchups.

Or you can start testing the cards yourself.

In general assume that your opponents kill you with creatures at turn 4 in modern, and turn 5 in legacy.

Consider every turn and what would happen if you played a card at either the beginning or just before you die.

For example cathartic adept would mill 4 cards if played at your turn 1, while it would mill 0 cards if you played it the turn before you die (Consider it to be turn 4-5 depending on format)

so the adept mills 4, 3, 2, 1, and 0 cards if it's play is measured over all 5 turns. Divide by total turns (5) and you get the average number of cards it would theoretically mill (2 cards)

Then consider if another card mills more for the same mana (Tome scour = 5 cards for U)

It's best if you play against live decks, and put coins on a card for each card a card mills, that way you can add all scores of the individual card and divide it with the times it milled anything, or 0.
You will get a fairly accurate number in about 20-30 measures.

I have lists on how fast almost all milling cards work, so post any questions about cards you consider, and I'll deliver the data. (Except cards from ravnica revisited and gatecrash, I'm not done with all mill in those)

Take a look at my page (Click my name) to see my versions of mill in modern and legacy.

Chronic flooding is a very useless card unless your deck somehow taps their lands.
Get rid of it!

If you still seek to improve this deck, I can recommend to use wall of blood an ragged veins in it.

The wall will make it possible for your death to see play, and if they block your death use the vein.

If you are sure they haven't got removal or disruption, then wait for their attack, pump everything into the bloodwall except 1 life, then hit their critter with ragged veins and block!

Use archive trap for sideboard with some of the following cards:
path to exile
ghost quarter
noble benefactor

When you want a milling deck to work, you somehow need to mill them at every turn it's possible, and as fast as possible.

Since you play lingering souls, I will suggest ghoulcallers bell, which works well with dream twist. Dream twist allows you to mill them at your turn 1, letting you know what they play and how you should proceed.

Also try out codex shredder, and if possible include any card in your deck that allows you to see the top card of any deck
(I don't know is there is such in standard, but stuff like lantern of insight or wand of denial might be what you need)

Dear dender, I have been through almost every milling card in existance, testing them against both goldfishes and live decks.

The worst card ever in any test I have performed is chronic flooding.

If your deck does not involve tapping, then It's vital that you remove it from any kind of millingdeck.

A design like this would really do well with 4 mesmeric obs.