Reaching the Density - Milling Strategies

[sdematt]

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.

[Otter]

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

[whienot]

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.

[Gocho]

I think you mean Archive Trap.

Yes, my fault.

[DrJones]

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

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

[Alfred]

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

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.

[sdematt]

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