Miller's Choice by Tyr

Format: Commander

Commander: The Mindskinner

Bracket: 3

Deck overview

This is a mono-blue combat-mill deck built around The Mindskinner. The commander is an unblockable 10/1 whose replacement effect converts every point of damage you would deal to an opponent into mill for the entire table. The plan is to land the commander early, protect it, and connect with as much power as possible each combat so the table mills out in lockstep. Supporting pieces include evasive and high-power creatures (Pursued Whale, Marang River Regent, Ulamog's Crusher, Fear of Failed Tests), light mill spells, and a dense suite of counters and tap/lock auras. There are no infinite combos; victory is pure library depletion via the commander's damage-to-mill conversion, backed by classic blue control elements to keep the board and stack clear.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annul
  • 1 Arcane Subtraction
  • 1 Blade of Shared Souls
  • 1 Boulderborn Dragon
  • 1 Brinelin, the Moon Kraken
  • 1 Captain of Umbar
  • 1 Captivating Cave
  • 1 Changeling Wayfinder
  • 1 Claustrophobia
  • 1 Combat Research
  • 1 Conjured Currency
  • 1 Consider
  • 1 Custodian of the Trove
  • 1 Deepfathom Skulker
  • 1 Devious Cover-Up
  • 1 Didn't Say Please
  • 1 Dirgur Island Dragon // Skimming Strike
  • 1 Divination
  • 1 Domineer
  • 1 Dragon Turtle
  • 1 Encouraging Aviator // Jump
  • 1 Essence Scatter
  • 1 Fading Hope
  • 1 Fear of Failed Tests
  • 1 Flip the Switch
  • 1 Floodhound
  • 1 Guildless Commons
  • 1 Icebreaker Kraken
  • 40 Island
  • 1 Knowledge Seeker
  • 1 Last Word
  • 1 Locked in the Cemetery
  • 1 Marang River Regent // Coil and Catch
  • 1 Mesmerizing Dose
  • 1 Millstone
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Mysterious Tome // Chilling Chronicle
  • 1 Negate
  • 1 Nimbus Naiad
  • 1 North Pole Patrol
  • 1 Pacification Array
  • 1 Pelargir Survivor
  • 1 Pin to the Earth
  • 1 Prescient Chimera
  • 1 Pursued Whale
  • 1 Reject Imperfection
  • 1 Skyline Predator
  • 1 Snowmelt Stag
  • 1 Spectral Flight
  • 1 Spellbook Seeker // Careful Study
  • 1 Stream of Thought
  • 1 Summon: Leviathan
  • 1 Thassa's Bounty
  • 1 The Everflowing Well // The Myriad Pools
  • 1 The Mindskinner
  • 1 Thryx, the Sudden Storm
  • 1 Tome Scour
  • 1 Ulamog's Crusher
  • 1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
  • 1 Vivisection
  • 1 Wharf Infiltrator