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This was the deck I've been working on all season and I had a blast with it. I was hoping to get into Top Cut with it but I had so much fun at the tournament so that feels like a win to me.

Edit: Felt the new title was more appropriate

Doms:
Son of God
The Second Coming
Three Woes
Angel of the Lord
Shipwreck  - I cut Martyr for Shipwreck for all those pesky Storehouses with Storehouse typically being the only deck protection I saw in the meta.
Mayhem - with so many TC enhancements, it was common for my hand to go down to zero so this helped with speed and consistency 
Falling Away (Wo) - Didn't see anyone run Guardian and with this deck trying to stall, I felt it was a good fit. But I could see using the new one for rescues with Elijah

Lost Souls:
Lawless - Speed
Hunter - get to remnant, exiles, or deck discard
Exiles - Amazing card, usually grabbed Cov of Moses for a D3 or given over to Egypt if I didn't have it yet
Remnant - One of the last additions to the deck. Help me get Pharoah's Daughter for a EC and Hero or just steal other people's stuff. Amazing card
Deck Discard - older versions of the deck had more sites and I would go whole games without getting Egypt so i might cut for Distressed or vindicated soul
Wanderer - had it in here for crowd souls but never saw them.
Hopper - Put hopper in to make the deck smaller but now I would cut it so I don't make the opponent go first lol
Darkness - Speed

Utility:
Covenant of Prayer - if storehouse came late or was negated/discard I used it to grab whatever I needed at the time
Hidden Treasures - I loved using both sides of the ability but used mainly for the Exodus for auto rescues
Samaritan Water Jar - This card always got my opponent to less than ten card in deck and usually caught a dom or two they couldn't use most the game. I thought about adding "Today" to discard an evil dom I happened to set aside that I don't want them getting back
Burial Shroud - Helped me to stall the game to keep the mill going
Egypt - amazingly versatile card. Grabs storehouse, pithom, or any defense
Storehouse - One of the best cards printed this year. The games I lost is when my opponents shut storehouse down on me usually
Pithom - deck discard and a great underdeck ability that most people forget about. Usually a sneaky way to get rid of storehouse

Heroes:
Jonah - added pressure to opponents choices
The Thankful Leper - Used for water jar and a great hero when the opponent's deck is gone
Moses' Parents - protected my Exodus and cloud heroes including the new amazing Elijah
Habakkuk - another mill and a good pair with Jonah
Hur (PoC) - great banded to moses for some mill that cannot be cascade negated
Moses, Friend of God - One of my favorite new heroes. Would mulligan my entire first hand to get more souls to go first
Miriam - Amazing lowkey hero as she is protected from discard and can play exodus with hidden treasures for auto rescue
Samuel (CoW) - my only answer to CWD and other nasty curses.

Good Enhancements:
Plague of Darkness - CBN on moses and thankful leper plus can be used for the whole offense
The Exodus - The staple card of the deck. usually got me two rescues a game when recurred with The Coming Prince
Out of Egypt - Another mill card plus grabs watchful servant when i'm ready for him
Plague of Blood - Steals enhancements from opponents deck plus discards evil. Stole mourn and weeps with it and even Scapegoats.
Tested by Fire - Boss enhancement on Elijah and pretty good on everyone else too
Delivered - Mill plus I used it to activate burial shroud in my discard phase to block opponent from attacking and I can turn it off on my turn to attack again.

Record 13-1

First Game – Jay Chambers (5-4) Win
Got a first turn water jar off and set aside his three woes and I’m pretty sure that’s how I won. Got my all my stalls off plus two exodus rescues for the win.

Second Game- Sergei Creech (5-4) Win
Sergei was very enthusiastic that I was playing a mill deck and it was a very fun game. I once again got all my stalls off and my two exodus rescues for the win

Third Game – Sam Tierce (5-4) Win
Sam and I played at regionals and I used a different version of this mill to beat him there. This match up however was much more difficult as he switched to a Daniel deck with Foretelling Angel and Storehouse. Despite these counters, I manage to stall until I could counter both foretelling and storehouse for a very close win.

Fourth Game – Justin Alstad (2-5) Lose
Justin ran a 57 card deck plus he had much more intimate knowledge of the deck then any other player as I play tested ideas for this deck with him. Despite that however, I manage to discard his Son of God with a star card in the opening draw of the game. I thought this might give me the advantage to win but Justin’s defense was impossible for me to get through and he handed me my first lose.

Fifth Game – Charles Loria (2-3) Lose
Charles had every counter to my deck I could think of including storehouse, CoW Jacob, and even wall of protection to shut down my Elijah. I could never get the mill effectively going but we both ran Egyptians for defense, so I manage to keep him on his toes. I never drew the exodus so I couldn’t get my cheese rescues.

Sixth Game – Dario Vilanova (5-1) Win
This game was probably the best mill I had the whole season. I discarded his Son of God, second coming, and his falling away and I’m pretty sure he didn’t have a deck by the third or fourth turn. Got my two exodus rescues for a very satisfying victory.

Seventh Game - Josh Potratz (3-5) Lose
I had to face Josh last year to get into Top Cut and this year was no different. Josh is an excellent player and countered all my stalling and discarded my hidden treasure to stop my exodus rescues. He very much deserved the victory here and stop me from going to Top Cut again.

I want to thank the TN play group for getting this deck to where it was and especially Chris Fachman and Justin Alstad for letting me borrow cards to make this deck possible. It was a great tournament and I hope to see everyone again next year!

Pssh, who needs all those fancy mill cards. Delivered and Necromancer is all you need.

I know you didn't lol

I am too blind - don't get it. How do Necromancer and delivered work together effectivly for several turns?

Regarding the Mill: Why not use Exodus Egyptians for more milling? And maybe even turn them into Exodus Heroes with Grail?

I found that the classic discard defense was too easily countered and my mill would get undone. I tried to incorporate as many deck discard options that my opponent couldn’t easily undue which is why I leaned more on milling in the prep phase rather than the battle phase.

I won our game 5-2, but still an excellent game... honestly one of reasons I felt 57 was legit was because I knew a legit Mill deck was possible and I wanted to have enough resources in the event I lost some key cards.

Weird. I must have read it wrong on the spread sheet.

What does Mill mean exactly?  Discarding a card from opponents deck?

Also, the deck seems really cool and I bet really fun to play.

Yeah, Mill is short for deck discarding

Love a mill deck, and this is a very good one.

Off hand these are the cards I think would have been great with this deck:

- Sheol (keep the game stalled even more, and all of your ECs that would sit in territory share gold)
- Divination (a one-two punch when used with Balaam’s Prophecy)
- A second Samaritan, in Reserve or main deck, in the event you have SWJ but don’t have out The Thankful Leper
- The Emmaus Road (to get out The Exodus or any of your other Star Enhancements quicker)
- Manna (a D1 and a mill, particularly would be used best with BP or Divination). Maybe even have Offeing Your Son to keep getting this art out.

Oh, and for added measure, add in Ashtaroth Worship, Sing and Praise, and/or Reverence and Awe to banish all or virtually of the discarded cards. Now that’s nasty. 😳

Even swapping out SoG for CoF would be strong so as not to rely on your opponent having souls out.

I built it at lunch time and switched out a couple of cards. I’ll test it out later against my son, who’s apparently a better player than me and also has a better deck since he made 2nd place. 😆

Sheol + deck discard souls + Raamses and even treacherous lands sounds terrifying... which means I need to make a t2 version of this deck 

Needs more Wickedness Removed 

And to add, it was A LOT of fun to play. It’s a brutal design, so good job Jonathan on its design.

Oh ok. Well I take back my accolades. Good job Justin and Tyler! 😆😆😆 J/K. You still deserve credit for making it work.