Reaching the Density - Milling Strategies

I've been running a mill deck lately, and it has been doing very, very well. It runs:

Hedron Crab
Force of Will
Daze
Spell Snare
Archive Trap
Glimpse the Unthinkable
Mind Funeral

Lands

In a game against goblins, it was about even. Sometimes I could mill before they swung in to kill, sometimes not. Most other decks I faced, including Dreadstill, the Rock, and a few others, died. Is it amazing? No. Is it better now that Zen is out? Oh yes.

Is Hedron Crab useful as your only creature? It seems like it'd just bite a Plow every time it hit play.

We just had a mill deck top 8 a 32 player tourney. The only game I saw involved double Hedron Crab and lots of fetches. He won the game after his opponent walked into double Archive Trap and he Pathed one of his dudes. I know he also ran Wall of Denial. He ended up losing to 4c Countertop inthe Semis.

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Originally Posted by majikal

I think you mean Archive Trap.

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Yes, my fault.

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Originally Posted by Otter

Is Hedron Crab useful as your only creature? It seems like it'd just bite a Plow every time it hit play.

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Note that once it hits play, you get back priority and can play a land before the opponent can do anything about it.

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Originally Posted by DrJones

Note that once it hits play, you get back priority and can play a land before the opponent can do anything about it.

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Problem is, is that he'll die before a fetch puts a land into play, meaning he's usually a "mill 3" for U (not good). I don't know if targettable creatures are all that great in this deck TBH.

Sometimes he bites the dust, but he also blocks a first turn lackey. Also, he's not my only creature, I also play random crap that I'm embarrassed to even mention. Also, I'd usually counter it, as I usually mull INTO Hedron crab. :D