Phenax Mill is my second EDH deck, first being Locust God. When I first built the Phenax Mill deck, I went on EDHREC.com and crammed anything and everything that had to do with milling in the deck. After settling for the deck and losing many times (1vs1, 3-player, and 4-player matches) since I built it, I wanted to work on it some more and make it a bit more competitive. I've seen the popular infinite combos (Duskmantle Guildmage and Mindcrank, etc), but I didn't want to just throw in some infinite combos and tutors and call it a day (plus, infinite combos are less fun wins for me personally outside of cEDH). After researching and trying different routes with the deck, I came across your primer list and already ordered the cards I needed so I could build it. I love the tap/untap mechanic of this list rather than focusing on specific "I win" combos, but I am kind of torn on whether to include the mesmeric orb and Kozilek that I already have from the initial list and if the synergy will still be maintained if I do. I was reading the comments about what you would change to make a tighter overall list in a competitive sense and was curious what you would take out to include those two cards (maybe lightning greaves or lantern of insight as well if possible). Also, do you have any updates on possible inclusions from the newer sets? Just for reference as well, I'm running the same list as the primer except with Morphic Pool instead of Tainted Isle (which I will swap out in 1v1's back to Tainted Isle or put in Polluted Delta) and Jace, the Mind Sculptor instead of Jace, Memory Adept.
I feel like I should also reiterate how much I like this deck list and am very excited for my play group's next game night!
I feel like I should also reiterate how much I like this deck list and am very excited for my play group's next game night!