MTG Commander: The mill deck wins!
I actually managed to win a game of Commander using my Oona-led Commander deck! Granted, the only real reason was that I was only a threat to one person most of the game, and I came awful close to dying at the end--down to 2 life. But I pulled out the win!
So, it was a 5-person game. I spent most of the game hitting Stanley with the milling, as his blue/green deck was probably the biggest threat, and it has a lot of card-drawing built in, so milling his 99-cards out was going to be easier. I got a lot of good use out of Mesmeric Orb, until it got killed (before I got my next turn, even so it never hit me), and even managed to get out Geth, Lord of the Vault and Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker. My Bloodchief Ascension and Necrotic Ooze both got killed before really letting me do much with them.
The only other real threat most of the game was Andrew, so he and Stanley were going back and forth hitting each other for damage. Chris and Nancy were both having mana issues, so weren't drawing much hate. I was able to get a ton of good cards off my Trade Secrets by targeting Nancy, who desperately needed to draw a Plains. Chris eventually got some threats down, but was too weakened to be able to defend himself against Andrew's large army of token creatures, and was the first to be taken out of the game. By this point, I was getting pretty low on life and was as good as dead on the board. I dropped Life's Finale, killing all the creatures and buying myself at least one more turn. Stanley used his next turn to play out a creature he had bounced back to his hand in response to my Life's Finale. I played out a Consuming Aberration (freaking huge by this point), which got O-Ringed by Nancy. Stanley Swung in and killed Andrew with his next turn, assuming I was no longer a threat. I dropped another Island, which gave me the 11 mana I needed to both play and activate my Keening Stone, leaving Stanley with no cards in his library, and dead when he got to his next draw step.
Nancy had no threats on the boards, and my next turn got me to 12 mana on board, which was enough to let me play Clutch of the Undercity on her O-Ring to get back my Aberration. I then played out an Altar of Dementia, and an unkicked Everflowing Chalice (for 0 mana and no value), which activated the Aberration twice, milling Nancy for a good chunk of her library. I then sacked the Aberration to the Altar, milling out another huge chunk of her library, and activated the Keening Stone to put the remaining 42 cards into her graveyard.
Victory!!
So, it was a 5-person game. I spent most of the game hitting Stanley with the milling, as his blue/green deck was probably the biggest threat, and it has a lot of card-drawing built in, so milling his 99-cards out was going to be easier. I got a lot of good use out of Mesmeric Orb, until it got killed (before I got my next turn, even so it never hit me), and even managed to get out Geth, Lord of the Vault and Mirko Vosk, Mind Drinker. My Bloodchief Ascension and Necrotic Ooze both got killed before really letting me do much with them.
The only other real threat most of the game was Andrew, so he and Stanley were going back and forth hitting each other for damage. Chris and Nancy were both having mana issues, so weren't drawing much hate. I was able to get a ton of good cards off my Trade Secrets by targeting Nancy, who desperately needed to draw a Plains. Chris eventually got some threats down, but was too weakened to be able to defend himself against Andrew's large army of token creatures, and was the first to be taken out of the game. By this point, I was getting pretty low on life and was as good as dead on the board. I dropped Life's Finale, killing all the creatures and buying myself at least one more turn. Stanley used his next turn to play out a creature he had bounced back to his hand in response to my Life's Finale. I played out a Consuming Aberration (freaking huge by this point), which got O-Ringed by Nancy. Stanley Swung in and killed Andrew with his next turn, assuming I was no longer a threat. I dropped another Island, which gave me the 11 mana I needed to both play and activate my Keening Stone, leaving Stanley with no cards in his library, and dead when he got to his next draw step.
Nancy had no threats on the boards, and my next turn got me to 12 mana on board, which was enough to let me play Clutch of the Undercity on her O-Ring to get back my Aberration. I then played out an Altar of Dementia, and an unkicked Everflowing Chalice (for 0 mana and no value), which activated the Aberration twice, milling Nancy for a good chunk of her library. I then sacked the Aberration to the Altar, milling out another huge chunk of her library, and activated the Keening Stone to put the remaining 42 cards into her graveyard.
Victory!!