Lands:
1 Academy Ruins
4 Breeding Pool
4 Flooded Strand
1 Hallowed Fountain
5 Island
4 Steam Vents
4 Vivid Creek
Creatures:
1 Cephalid Broker
4 Drowner Initiate
4 Drowner of Secrets
4 Merfolk Looter
3 Merrow Harbinger
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
4 Painter's Servant
3 Reef Shaman
Other Spells:
4 Compost
3 Fabricate
2 Mesmeric Orb
1 Summon the School
3 Words of War |
    War
Paint.
Description of deck by its author
(quoted):
...as I hinted at a few decks ago, there are
much more silly things that can be done with painted Compost. Robby B.,
once again, has a solution: "Painter's Servant + Compost seems like it
could be very dangerous." More dangerous than just drawing a card
whenever your opponent deigns to put one in his or her graveyard? Yes,
even more dangerous than that. How? By using the ancient art of milling!
"I'm not sure what is the best milling route, but I figured I'd try
Mesmeric Orb and Drowner of Secrets. Cephalid Broker can help find
pieces and later convert to a miller, if desired. I figured Words of War
would be the fastest "kill" card. It also can stop you from decking
yourself if you have Compost and Mesmeric Orb going."
Basically what happens is that you play Painter's
Servant naming black, then you put cards into your opponent's graveyard
with Drowner of Secrets or Mesmeric Orb. Compost triggers and you draw a
card for each one that was sent to the bin. You can either draw the
cards if you need them, or you can replace those draws with Words of
War, Shocking your opponent for one mana each time. One way or another,
your opponent will be in trouble. The good thing about this combo is
that, even though it might be more fragile, many of the pieces work
together even if you don't have the entire combo in play. Here's a very
slightly tweaked version of Robby's deck: |
