Thought Scour

Common Milling Cards

Hi Mark!Is it me or it has it been a while since we saw common milling cards in Premier sets? Not talking about cards that have the rider to mill, but rather cards that straight-up mill like Thought Scour or Mind Sculpt. Most milling cards these days seem to be aimed at control-milling, where I prefer a more aggro twist to my draft milling stategies.

It’s important that multiple drafters want the common cards, something that one-shot mill cards tend not to do in most limited environments, so we’ve moved away from them in common (save sets where they play into a larger theme).

Draft Formats Limited Mill Mind Sculpt Premier Sets Premier Sets Scour Thought Scour

Relevance of Mill Erratas

How widespread are the mill erratas going to be? Is it only going to be cards that mill a set number like Thought Scour, or are cards like Trepanation Blade going to receive errata to mill?

It will only be used on cards whose Oracle update matches the mill template.

Errata Mill Scour Templating Thought Scour Trepanation Blade

Complex Commons

In response to the person asking about NWO, here are some commons that are not only in competitive decks right now, but also very complex in most situations and lead to a lot of decisions: Doomed Traveler, Tragic Slip, Delver of Secrets, Faithless Looting, Duress, Fog, Mulch, Young Wolf, Arbor Elf, Smite, Zhur-Taa Druid, Negate, Farseek, Goblin Electromancer, Avacyn's Pilgrim, Pilfered Plans, Cloudfin Raptor, Grisly Salvage, Thought Scour, Centaur Healer, Elvish Visionary, Pillar of Flame, etc.

FYI

Arbor Elf Avacyn's Pilgrim Centaur Centaur Healer Cloudfin Raptor Commons Competitive Play Doomed Traveler Druid Elf Elvish Visionary Faithless Looting Farseek Gates Goblin Goblin Electromancer Grisly Salvage Mulch Negate Pilfered Plans Pillar of Flame Thought Scour Tragic Slip Wolf Young Wolf Zhur-Taa Druid

Mill and Draw Mechanic

Which color is "Mill X card from the top of your library, draw Y cards"? Thought Scour is a cantrip, it doesn't count :-)

That card would be blue.

Blue Colors Humor Mill The Library Thought Scour

Scour as a Keyword

Would "Scour" be a good keyword for mill? It has precedent in modern cards, with cards such as Tome Scour and Thought Scour.

Possibly. That’s one of the better words I’ve heard.

Keywords Mill Modern Thought Scour Tome Scour

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