Eredan's World

Aside from the Yilith/Ish/Eternal recycling mill, its just a race. Just like any other match except you face much more drawbacks if your decisions are not called right.

Theft can be tricky, I often get 1 and that often makes all the difference. I notice the times I do lose is because the player beat me down. Its the people who either stop playing cards or try to hard to overpower. -6atk or -3atk +4 def or +7 def can stop just about anyone. Or my Thefts don't trigger more than 1 vs a low spirit deck.

I won't lie the best strategy I have had to face is a Kotoba guy who did the following.

Turn 1 Iro vs Abyss he playes wakizashi and katana abyss is at 1hp
Turn 2 I pick Kriss vs Asajiro he playes a waki and thats it
Turn 3 Gak vs Salem he plays a perferator

The rest of the game I had to try and mix my milling with surviving as this is one of two situations where not playing cards works. The other being sap hearts(which becomes far more drawn out with my build at least)

Even Noz mage can outrace my mill, if it doesn't mill the big bangers I get blazed up.

Here's what I currently use, its Circus and it wins about 2/3 of the time, it's all about control. Even if I have to outlast upwards to 8 turns I will. Has successfully milled through 2 ANS in one match. This is it's current state I'll note what it would be idealy after.

Salem <> Kriss <> Abyssian
I like all circus because I cannot afford the recycle mill and I have a pet peeve about not having all options available to me with the cards in my hand when I cannot pick who is going to play the turn. Abyssian is very squishy but its pretty obvious when and how u should keep him alive on ***bip*** turn. Typically if they do not have 3 spirit I keep him alive turn 1.

3 - Panic
3 - Theft
3 - Look Away
2 - Treacherous
2 - I hate Brawlers
2 - Cloning
1 - Tadaa You're A Bunny
1 - Fallback
1 - Deliverance
1 - Watcher
1 - Anathematize

Ideally -2 Brawlers +2 Obesity | -1 watcher +1 ANS | -1 Deliverance +1 Anything really
*Ideally Yilith/Eternal/Ish recycle mill lol

Im testing deliverance. Mental Siphon has synergy with Panic but only Abyss can use it. With deliverance I can not only try for a better hand, but potentially theft away w/e they may be holding on to. While I agree Siphon is better, with Abyssian being so squishy it often never got played. This deck is 136-74(67%win rate) some elo some level. I dont use it much after 1650. It is also very inexpensive as is. Tadaa can be replaced with Tempest Fugit. Golemarlok does really well in this deck but again I prefer all 3 Circus Cigue could be used over Kriss as well but I've never bothered to waste the money on him.

I'd also like to note that the win rate is overall. I can guarantee you its win rate is much lower vs players who have solid deck builds and/or strategies. I've faced mill decks of various degrees and only Recycle mill gives me trouble. Ive faced as close to this version of my deck and wiped the floor with it. So really people need to learn how to beat it just like you would learn to beat any other deck.