The Mindskinner

$3.04

The Mindskinner is a 10/1 for three blue mana that can't be blocked. Its second ability rewrites all your damage: if a source you control would deal damage to an opponent, that damage is prevented and each opponent mills that many cards instead. One unblocked swing mills every opponent for ten, not just the player you attacked. The deck adds equipment, extra attackers and copy effects so each hit mills more, and plays counterspells and card draw to keep the 1-toughness commander alive.

In the recorded games, a single Mindskinner attack often milled each player for ten and pushed the whole table toward empty libraries within a few turns. Equipment such as Sword of the Animist backed it up, and some lists copied the commander for even bigger mill turns. Because the threat is so obvious, opponents removed or countered it early, and Generous Gift on the Mindskinner was a clear turning point in one game. Board wipes like Damnation and Supreme Verdict reset its progress, and the deck had to rebuild from there. It also can't win through damage, so every point has to come from milling.