In the beginning, you "millstoned" another player, but with time "millstone" became "mill" as "mill" is actually a word, and a verb at that, so it sounded better. The first card to "mill" was an artifact from Antiquities: Often, though, the cool thing starts on a single card. If there is a keyword or an ability word or even a word used in the title of multiple cards using this ability, then we (being Wizards) have done our job to help name this ability. People wanting to talk about that ability tend to use the card name as a shorthand for the effect as it's the most obvious thing that connects to it. Most Magic slang comes about because a card gets released that does something that no other card had previously done in Magic. Why is it called milling? Well, now we get to peek behind the scenes of Magic slang and see how it gets created. Here for example are the three milling cards in Magic 2010: Milling is Magic slang for putting cards from the top of a player's library directly into that player's graveyard. (Hint: it's Magic slang for an ability you're probably familiar with.) Sound good? Then let's get the Millstone rolling. Don't know what milling is? Don't worry, when I say I'll tell you everything about milling, I mean I'll start from the beginning, including what milling is. Welcome to Milling Week! This week I'll be telling you everything you every possibly wanted to know about the intersection of milling and Magic design.
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