Brewed A Cool Idea, Need Help Refining It

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Mr_McMann avatarMr_McMann 3 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"I would appreciate any thoughts on my Abdel Adrian token blink mill deck. The core idea is to use the tokens created from Hare Apparent to mill my opponents out of the game.\nHere are the main ways it does that:\n\nMake my Rabbits into Advisors with Maskwood Nexus, Leyline of Transformation, or Arcane Adaptation and tap them to mill with Persistent Petitioners."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mill on ETB with Altar of the Brood."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Mill through combat damage with The Mindskinner or Mindcrank, while making the bunnies big with Door of Destinies or Banner of Kinship."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Gain life when tokens enter with Soul Sister effects and mill with Hope Estheim."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nI know the deck currently lacks card draw , more ways to actually blink abdel, and interaction; this is more of a rough draft to get my ideas down. I would like to keep all the core mill pieces and outlets if possible while making the deck more functional.\nPower-wise, I'm aiming for Bracket 2–3 I just want to show off the concept while keeping it viable.\nAny suggestions, cuts, or inclusions that would help tighten it up without losing the flavor would be appreciated.\n\n"},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/decks/16572296/abdel_adrien_apparently_persistent"},"insert":"Abdel adrien — Apparently Persistent • (Azorius Commander deck) • Archidekt"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 10/8/2025, 11:59:42 PM
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Breezlebub avatarBreezlebub 2 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"I also love the idea!\n\nThere are two cards I do not think will do a lot here: Mindcrank and The blue crystal. I believe neither of them will mill for a lot compared to the main plan of advisoring up your bunnies.\n\nI am also a bit concerned whether Hope has enough support, given that there are only few additional lifegain cards in the deck, so that aspect may not work consistently. Same goes for Mindskinner, maybe it would be better to go all in into one of the strategies (I'd reccomend Mimdskinner, as he can deal damage alone and since damage can go without him).\n\nTalking about consistency, and this is the remark I see most critical here, I believe you need more card draw for the deck to work. Two thirds of your deck are two drops and lands, the rest are mostly synergy pieces. Once you run into a boardclear or two or if you do not draw any payoff, you will likely be sitting by with a lot of untapped mana, playing a rabbit or land a turn (I speak from experience).\nI know it's annoying to put in card draw when you could do your thing (at least that's how I feel), but you will have to draw a lot of rabbits to do your thing, so cutting some rabbits or advisors for card draw may let you draw more.\nI'd reccomend you throwing a bunch of mentors of the meak, welcoming vampire, skullclamp, rite of harmony, staff of the storyteller, tocasias welcome and, of course, tempt with bunnys.\n\nRegarding interaction there are some nice boardclears that leave your board alone like battle of bywater, expel the interlopers, everything comes to dust or hour of reckoning.\n\nYou have a rather small number of lands, but the cards are not very mana hungry, so I guess it's fine as long as you draw enough cards.\n\nHappy brewing!\n"}]}
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Mithrias avatarMithrias 2 days
{"ops":[{"insert":"Hi, sounds like a funny idea. As strict upgrades I would suggest "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Mirror Entity"}},{"insert":" instead of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Door of Destinies"}},{"insert":" (since you´re profiteering more from ETBs than cast triggers and it runs triple duty for buffing your team and turning them into advisors) and "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Dazzling Theater // Prop Room"}},{"insert":" instead of "},{"insert":{"card-link":"Unstoppable Plan"}},{"insert":" (more than one untap + convoke for your creature spells).\n"}]}
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