Adam Haggerty's Ikoria Mill
 
Type: Deck Idea
Format (invalid) modModern
Approx. Value:
$335.34

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Avg. CMC 2.93
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Main Deck - 60 cards, 27 distinct
Columns
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Instant (34)
1 Abrupt Decay
$1.38 Instant
4 Archive Trap
$4.82 Instant - Trap
2 Archmage's Charm
$1.76 Instant
2 Assassin's Trophy
$2.51 Instant
4 Cryptic Command
$8.19 Instant
4 Drown in the Loch
$1.03 Instant
3 Esper Charm
$0.39 Instant
1 Into the Story
$0.18 Instant
2 Kaya's Guile
$0.67 Instant
2 Mystical Dispute
$0.28 Instant
3 Path to Exile
$0.81 Instant
2 Surgical Extraction
$2.63 Instant
4 Thought Scour
$0.28 Instant
Sorcery (1)
1 Supreme Verdict
$1.94 Sorcery
Land (25)
1 Breeding Pool
$15.41 Land - Forest Island
1 Celestial Colonnade
$0.98 Land
1 Creeping Tar Pit
$0.84 Land
2 Field of Ruin
$0.21 Land
4 Flooded Strand
$10.35 Land
2 Hallowed Fountain
$8.72 Land - Plains Island
3 Mystic Sanctuary
$1.78 Land - Island
4 Polluted Delta
$13.78 Land
1 Scalding Tarn
$21.77 Land
2 Snow-Covered Island
$1.42 Basic Snow Land - Island
1 Snow-Covered Plains
$0.79 Basic Snow Land - Plains
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
$0.90 Basic Snow Land - Swamp
2 Watery Grave
$12.97 Land - Island Swamp
Sideboard - 27 cards, 20 distinct
Name  Edition $ Type Cost
Rarity Color
Creature (5)
1 Kaheera, the Orphanguard
$0.36 Legendary Creature - Cat Beast
1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
$0.90 Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare
1 Umori, the Collector
$0.14 Legendary Creature - Ooze
1 Yorion, Sky Nomad
$0.40 Legendary Creature - Bird Serpent
1 Zirda, the Dawnwaker
$0.45 Legendary Creature - Elemental Fox
Instant (13)
3 Dispel
$0.21 Instant
2 Dovin's Veto
$3.61 Instant
2 Fatal Push
$1.87 Instant
2 Kaya's Guile
$0.67 Instant
1 Mystical Dispute
$0.28 Instant
2 Surgical Extraction
$2.63 Instant
1 White Sun's Zenith
$0.19 Instant
Sorcery (2)
1 Boon of the Wish-Giver
$0.06 Sorcery
1 Supreme Verdict
$1.94 Sorcery
Artifact (2)
1 Engineered Explosives
$6.79 Artifact
1 Mishra's Bauble
$1.64 Artifact
Enchantment (3)
2 Porphyry Nodes
$0.31 Enchantment
1 Shark Typhoon
$1.16 Enchantment
Land (2)
1 Indatha Triome
$15.54 Land - Plains Swamp Forest
1 Zagoth Triome
$17.41 Land - Swamp Forest Island

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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