Subject: [Deck] T2 Multi Color White Weenie
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 03:17:46 PST
From: Sami Tikka <stikka@HOTMAIL.COM>

How is it with white weenie in today's T2, which
was influenced more by Tempest than any other set ever.
I mean white weenie like it is in Extended, splash
colors and everything.

Main questions are: Is it fast enough and is it able
to survive with today's Blue deck (Capsize and early
disruption). Red is indeed fast, but white is
propably most efficient color to hose burn. Unless
red deck is packing some environment control, other
than speed, like Jokulhaups.

Here are cards that I was thinking (for a multi-color
white splash deck):

*Soltari Priest
        This is obvious add to white's power.

*Soltari Foot Soldier
        Unfortunately, there still is not anything
        like savannah lions for white in T2. White is I
        guess only color which doesn't have many
        good 1cc creatures. Tundra Wolves, maybe?
        At least this gets through and if not, kills
        some shadow creature.

*Whim of Volrath
        It has to be good. With so many prot. from
        X creatures, that this kind of white utility
        deck packs. Turns almost any creature in this
        deck into hoser. And note the low casting
        cost: U and 2 to buyback.

*Flickering Ward
        Funny. Two cards fighting for same slot. See
        above. This is cheaper, though. But restricts
        player to keep W open.

*Main deck Circle of Prot: Red
        With Whim of Volrath it is almost never a
        wasted draw.

*A good replacement for Swords. Pacifism, Volrath's Curse
        or additional red spell with Incinerate?
        Volrath's Curse looks superior to Pacifism,
        but if they just dump a basic land to get rid
        of its effect every turn, it works little bit
        poorly. Pacifism cannot be played on Wilfie,
        Mogg Fanatic...
        Have anyone any ideas?

*Good cantrip.
        Abeyance still has some power, and because
        this deck needs to stop red's and blue's nasty
        instants, I see no reason, why people would
        just throw it away because it doesn't stop
        mana sources.

Lotus Petal
        Even if it is against all the card-advantage
        theories I know, card-advantage seems to be
        turning to time advantage. And it doesn't even
        reduce the need for lands. Is tithe better?

A sample deck:

Creatures:
1cc
4 Soltari Foot Soldier
        This is testing, I don't know this or Tundra
        Wolves (1/1 first str.)
2cc
4 Knights of the White Shield
4 Soltari Priest
2 White Knight
3cc
4 Man o' War
2 Serrated Biskelion
4cc
3 Wildfire Emissary
        It's Whimmable.

Spells:
4 Whim of Volrath
        Hey, if you play it on Wildfire, they cannot
        bounce it with Capsize or Man o' War. This,
        with flickering Ward is the spell white was
        needing.

1 CoP: Red

Removal:
3 Armageddon
        Good old Armageddon still remains powerful
        as what. Especially with Buy-back spells.
4 Incinerate
        Creature removal and game-ender.
2 Pacifism
        Still testing.
3 Disenchant
        Use them at Diamonds, Maro-armor, Teferi's Veil,
        Eladamri's Vineyeard... Absolute must.
2 Abeyance

Lands:
4 Flood Plain
        They thin deck, and Thalakos Lowlands is little
        bit too slow, I think.
4 Undiscovered Paradise
2 Gemstone Mine
12 Plains

Choose to not play with Lotus Petal. The deck is fast
enough on it's own.

-Sami Tikka

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