Need help with Mono White Aggro

Kingpanda28 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 9

Hey everyone. For as far back as I can remember mono white aggro/white weenie has always been my favorite deck to play, which is why I am asking for some help on improving my deck. I DO NOT want to add another color (i.e. I have no desire to make this boros no matter how much more efficient boros is) but will take all suggestions of white/artifact cards that will improve my deck. I thank you in advance for all of your help. So here is what I was thinking:

Lands:

17 Plains
4 Ghost Quarter (Desert, vhitu ghazi, urzas factory, mouth ronom)

Total:21

Creatures:

4x Savannah Lions
4x Knights of the holy nimbus
4x soltari priest
4x stone cloaker
4x icatian javilineers
3x calciderm
2x serra avenger
1x jotun grunt
1x dust elemental

Total: 27

Other Spells:

4x Glorious Anthem
4x Devouring Light
4x Mana Tithe
1x Sacred Mesa

Total: 13

Now that is the barebone list but I do have some questions which I am hoping some people can help me with.

1. Since this is mono white does marty of sands deserve a 3-4x spot in here? My only concern is that I would dump my hand too fast, however if it was played on the second turn it would be highly advantageous against some decks like dragonstorm.

2. There are six 1-of creatures that I have considered adding. The first two, chronosavant and crovax are both great late game but they would severly hurt my curve and would be a terrible draw early on. Thoughts on those 2? I have also considered 1x Jotun Owl Keeper for after wrath of god effects/creature destruction. Do you think that paying his cumulative upkeep each turn would be wasteful since this is an aggro deck? I also considered 1x selesnya guildmage for the pump, 1x boros guildmage for first strike against other aggro decks, and 1x azorius guildmage for tapping other creatures. Do these three creatures deserve a spot or would they be lacking focus?

3. Right now it would seem as if paladin en-vec would be good because there are a lot of red and black decks out there. Do you think he should be mb or sb?

4. I have been practicing with these flash/bounce guys like stonecloaker and their abilities definitely come in handy. Would adding whitemane lion be overkill on the flash and bounce guys (already have 5 mb)?

5. For other spells I am unsure of devouring light, what are some of your thoughts on it? Do you think 2-3 bathe in light deserves a mb spot to save my creatures or let them swing through with ease? If I am not mistaken I can also make mono green aggro's enchantments fall off their guys with bathe in light, so it seems like it would be pretty good.

6. For other spells, I kind of think that there may need to be some more pump spells besides glorious anthem. What are your thoughts on griffin guide? Personally I am not a big fan of griffin guide, I would rather put in fortify. Thoughts on fortify?

7. Does ronom unicorn deserve a mb spot for the enchantments out there such as glare, sacred mesa, fetters, temporal isolation, etc?

Well sorry for making this so long, but any suggestions about my deck or any answers to some of my questions to help me improve my deck would be greatly appreciated.

Kingpanda28 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 9

Doh, guess I forgot to mention that I have celestial crusader somewhere in the mb, which means something else would need to come out. Any suggestions?

Gralan · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 4

i tried playing with my own version of mono white weenie a month or so ago, so i could probably give u some suggestions. marytyr of sands works well with chronosavant, other than that i wouldnt really use those cards. yes chronosavant and crovax might hurt ur curve, so try white shield crusader as a late game finisher. pro black, plus pumping is alwasys good. if u dont wanna go the griffen guide route, u can try leonin skyhunters. also, for your sideboard, i think ronom unicorn might be a 2 or 3 of in there. not too many enchantements floating around right now, besides the usual. u might wanna side ghostway for wrath and damnation, and to get rid of opponensts enchantments of ur creatures. i also love to side opal guardian agianst other aggro decks. bathe in light is just a good card. yes it helps vs. mono green, or hurtful enchantments on ur guys, or lets ur guys get through against other mono colored decks. other than that, i think since u have glorious anthem mb, i dont think u need celstial crusader. i think paladin en vic better anyways. well thats my suggestions. so good luck.

Vodka_7up · Joined: 06 Oct 2004 Posts: 212

I know this sounds trashy, maybe fortify could let you pull out a fast win?

BusDriver · Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 132

celestial crusader is good, u play it eot, and can't be countered
owl keeper is a good idea, if he sticks a few turns, he becomes annoying
I wouldn't add more bounce-guys, even tho they have their advantage, they're still a serious loss of tempo.
Azorious guildmage is worth the inclusion, but add 4 hallowed fountains as wel in that case.
mana tithe is not very good in ur deck, it's better in decks that have other counters that cause opponents to pay more (rune sng, mana leak)
martyr of sands is an auto-in, if u play it t1 vs an aggro deck, you've just won the game

the thing is, this format has 8 wraths, and WW just really can't handle that, ghostway blows

nasa · Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 195

playing Martyr first turn seems like an awful play.

XxfalvoxX · Joined: 19 Jul 2006 Posts: 106

i kbnow u dont want to change the deck or anything but this deck looks like it could use a black splash for confidant and some other stuff

IDav · Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 18

Considering how the deck is going to win, fortify is a better pick than mana tithe. Draw mana tithe for the late game win, no. Fortify yes.

Fortify is janky but I think it fits your mono white specification. One of my firends has played a white weenie build in standard and extended and has surprised a number of opponents with a 4th or 5th turn fortify attack.

Kingpanda28 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 9

Thanks for all of the criticism everyone, I will make the changes as needed and try the deck out tonight at FNM.

Truth- · Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 37

x9nium · Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Posts: 9

Apos · Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 754

i dont feel the 1 of sacred mesa
is it any good in a deck with 21 lands?

uberman · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 103

Jotun Owl Keeper would work better with glorius anthem than griffin guide.... I'd run 3-4 of them.