Adam Haggerty's Ikoria Mill
 
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modModern
Approx. Value:
$295.20
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Avg. CMC 2.93
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Edge of Eternities
releases on August 1, 2025!

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Edge of Eternities
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Main Deck - 60 cards, 27 distinct
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Name  Ed. Price Type Cost P T Modified
Rarity Color
Instant (34)
1 Abrupt Decay
$0.64 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Archive Trap
$0.62 Instant - Trap 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Archmage's Charm
$0.58 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Assassin's Trophy
$2.10 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Cryptic Command
$4.70 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Drown in the Loch
$0.73 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
3 Esper Charm
$0.38 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Into the Story
$0.20 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Kaya's Guile
$0.87 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Mystical Dispute
$0.32 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
3 Path to Exile
$0.96 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Surgical Extraction
$0.70 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Thought Scour
$0.45 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
Sorcery (1)
1 Supreme Verdict
$1.56 Sorcery 11-May-2020 14:02
Land (25)
1 Breeding Pool
$8.03 Land - Forest Island 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Celestial Colonnade
$0.65 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Creeping Tar Pit
$0.59 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Field of Ruin
$0.13 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Flooded Strand
$13.69 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Hallowed Fountain
$11.36 Land - Plains Island 11-May-2020 14:02
3 Mystic Sanctuary
$1.32 Land - Island 11-May-2020 14:02
4 Polluted Delta
$16.00 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Scalding Tarn
$25.02 Land 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Snow-Covered Island
$0.82 Basic Snow Land - Island 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Snow-Covered Plains
$0.29 Basic Snow Land - Plains 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
$0.45 Basic Snow Land - Swamp 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Watery Grave
$8.52 Land - Island Swamp 11-May-2020 14:02
Sideboard - 27 cards, 20 distinct
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Rarity Color
Creature (5)
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.42 Legendary Creature - Cat Beast 3 2 11-May-2020 14:04
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$0.83 Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare 3 2 11-May-2020 14:03
1 Umori, the Collector
$0.14 Legendary Creature - Ooze 4 5 11-May-2020 14:06
1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.36 Legendary Creature - Bird Serpent 4 5 11-May-2020 14:05
1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker
$0.49 Legendary Creature - Elemental Fox 3 3 11-May-2020 14:05
Instant (13)
3 Dispel
$0.37 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Dovin's Veto
$0.79 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Fatal Push
$0.93 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Kaya's Guile
$0.87 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Mystical Dispute
$0.32 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
2 Surgical Extraction
$0.70 Instant 11-May-2020 14:02
1 White Sun's Zenith
$0.31 Instant 11-May-2020 15:48
Sorcery (2)
1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
$0.08 Sorcery 11-May-2020 14:08
1 Supreme Verdict
$1.56 Sorcery 11-May-2020 14:02
Artifact (2)
1 Engineered Explosives
$1.38 Artifact 11-May-2020 14:05
1 Mishra's Bauble
$1.24 Artifact 11-May-2020 14:05
Enchantment (3)
2 Porphyry Nodes
$0.31 Enchantment 11-May-2020 14:02
1 Shark Typhoon
$0.78 Enchantment 11-May-2020 14:09
Land (2)
1 Indatha Triome
$17.79 Land - Plains Swamp Forest 11-May-2020 14:04
1 Zagoth Triome
$20.22 Land - Swamp Forest Island 11-May-2020 14:04

Notes
 
Ikoria asks us some pretty difficult questions as the modern mill player. The small ball upgrades are interesting. Triome's improve our greedy manabase, particularly the sultai triome, which is an island and a functional watery grave on top of producing green. The second may also be a consideration depending on much we want to go into white. Cycling isn't strictly un-usuable in this deck either, this may inflate our land count. This should make our fourth color splash much easier.  Boon of the wish-giver is an interesting comparison to the now incredible into the story. It might not beat it on rate, but a 1 mana cantrip that also is a draw four is pretty good, a mid ground between visions and story. Still, I think story is just likely better. Shark typhoon is another effect in the creature spell library, and might be a considerable option.

The big question though is what companion are we going to use? Because using one is not optional. having access to an eighth card at all times is just too good of an effect to pass up for as long as they are available. Your list has to be pretty hardcore locked in not to include a free eighth card in every game. We can play Umoori, Lurrus, the orphanguard, Zirda, and Yorion without much effort in deck adjustment. Umoori and zirda have some impact but mostly seem like just a body.

The orphanguard is literally free and vigilance ain't bad, as well as being 3 cmc. I can see it on offense and defense, helping with our planeswalker issue a bit, and punishing our opponent both ways for leaving in or taking out removal. This also might be the least card slots for high impact, as it is one side board card, and I can include white sun's zenith as a 1 of maindeck. Makes cat tokens! This can be much like a cat fireball at instant speed, an effect I already liked the idea of for the deck, and an angle that decks should just not be able to switch on easily.

Lurrus is the highest value option, but probably the most deck warping, as a playset of Mishra bauble's at the very least seems like a sound idea. Lifelink is great, and this Lurrus is likely looping EE and nodes (EE can get to 4 easily by the way now), basically punishing other Lurrus decks. It also pushes us back to hedron crabs.

Yorion is a fine body, likely comes with astrolabes and other cantrips, a fine outlet to have. Makes the deck bigger, which I just fundamentally can't get behind. I want more archive traps, not less. And I definitely wouldn't be the best Yorion.

Following this I have to consider how to play against companions. Countering them seems strong, and maindeck kaya's guile and surgical extraction is pretty great against Lurrus. The biggest hurdle I think is actually the deckbuilding requirement of Torion decks. With a bunch of 80 card decks running around, I now have to have an 80 card mill plan, or acute angles of attack. Can I beat 80 card Yorion control decks? Do they have game against a straight control deck?
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