Mono White EDH

Genoin · 03-20-2011, 01:28 AM

So, Im thinking about building a Mono White EDH deck, and am def looking at either Akroma, Angel of Wrath, or Eight and a Half Tails, and Im basically starting from the ground up. How are decks with each of these respective Generals built? I am not looking for super competitive, And I am leaning more toward the Fox because I would like to play a more politic like deck with some fun interactions.

Stoyrm · 03-20-2011, 07:05 AM

In a white deck you'll be playing a lot of Wraths and Removal. I'd play Akroma, Angel of Wrath based on the fact that it has haste and almost always kills the player in 3 hits (with help from some other cards), and it's super annoying to get rid of multiple times. It's not really a very competative general but here in my playgroup where the games end on round 20 - 25. Playing Akroma a couple of times isn't a problem. It all depends on the playgroup i guess ^^,.

BEDERNDERN · 03-20-2011, 07:46 AM

in my expierence with mono white edh (8.5 tails), draws can get very clunky. with very little filtering and linear card selection, it can get tough to get your engines/combos running. the land tax/scroll rack engine is really the best mono white has, with emeria, the sky ruin coming in second imo.

honestly, they are both mana intensive, but in different ways. akroma is usually for wrath heavy control builds, but could be the top of your curve in an aggro deck. eight and a half tails could be early beats for aggro or a tool for a control deck. it all really depends on how you want your build to play out. mono white is fairly linear, but quite open ended in those paths it can take (if that makes any sense).

best advice i have for you is play what ever spells you enjoy playing, then see who fits the bill to lead the deck. after some games, see what the deck needs/who is best fit to be the general and make adjustments from there. you will get a lot more mileage out of the deck if you enjoy its contents. once you have decided on the general you can add your tech, like cop white for eight and a half tails and such.

best of luck to you.

Wildfire393 · 03-20-2011, 08:08 AM

8.5 Tails generally builds as Voltron Aggro, taking advantage of the fact that your general has built-in protection and evasion by throwing a bunch of equipment/auras on him and smashing face. Alternately, he can build janky "combo" with stuff like Circle of Protection: White, Rune of Protection: White, and Story Circle naming white.

Akroma generally builds as your standard Monowhite Control deck. She's an incredibly powerful beater on her own, so you just need to stop yourself from losing long enough to get her going to end the game.

In both decks, you're going to want to run as much artifact card advantage as possible, since white lacks a lot of that. Things like Scroll Rack, Tower of Fortunes, Planar Portal, Candles of Leng, Skullclamp, Scroll of Origins, Dreamstone Hedron, Mind's Eye, Illuminated Folio, Well of Lost Dreams, and Journeyer's Kite can help make up for this. Additionally, you're going to want to run a wide variety of mana stones to make up for the fact that white has little natural acceleration.

nicoG · 03-22-2011, 07:42 AM

u should consider also Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero cause there are a lot of cool combos with her and u get a strong card advantage/ toolbox engine..

koloblicin · 03-22-2011, 02:57 PM

Lapse of certainty you have no idea how many times that card has saved my butt when all the blue players at the table decided to tappout at the same time and someone tries to combo off.

StaleRice · 03-22-2011, 03:20 PM

I second Lin-Sivvi, Defiant Hero. She is a very unique general with her flexibility. She can be both aggro or control, however the problem with mono colored edh decks is that you can get boned by someone who is playing Iona, Shield of Emeria. So make sure you can answer her like Duplicant.

wooki1027 · 03-24-2011, 05:00 PM

Akroma,Angel of Wrath

Land:36
20 Plain
Bant Panorama
Esper Panorama
Naya Panorama
Evolving Wilds
Terramorphic Expanse
Thawing Glaciers
Flagstones of Trokair
Kor Haven
Secluded Steppe
Drifting Meadow
Emeria,The Sky Ruin
Ancient Tomb
Darksteel Citadel
Reliquiry Tower
Temple of the False God
Vesuva

Sorcery:13
Wrath of God
Armaggedon
Austere Command
Idyllic Tutor
Rout
Planar Cleasing
Day of Judgment
Catastrophe
Akroma's Vengeance
Sunscour
Winds of Rath
Revoke Existence
Phyrexian Rebirth

Instant:4
Path to Exile
Swords to Plowshares
Return to Dust
Enlightened Tutor

Artifact:19
Oblivion Stone
Tower of Fortunes
Extraplanar Lens
Sword of fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of Feat and Famine
Sword of Body and Mind
Argentum Armor
Sensei's Divining Top
Loxodon Warhammer
Book of Rass
Mask of Memory
Umezawa's Jitte
Sol Ring
Journeyer's Kite
Gauntlet of Power
Lightning Greaves
Nevinyrral's Disk
Akroma's Memorial

Enchantment:3
Luminarch Ascension
Marshal's Anthem
Land Tax

Creature:24
Twilight Shepard
Admonition Angel
Voidstone Gargoyle
Adakar Valkyrie
Serra Ascendant
Mageta the Lion
Iona,Shield of Emeria
Archon of Justice
Magus of the Disk
Deathless Angel
Solemn Simulacrum
Sun Titan
Konda,Lord of Eiganjo
Dawn Elemental
Windbrisk Raptor
Yosei,the Morning Star
Exalted Angel
Purity
Knight of the White Orchid
Weathered Wayfarer
Sunblast Angel
Stonehewer Giant
Stoneforge Mystic
Baneslayer Angel

this is my mono white edh deck. Its based loosely on the old onslaught mono white control.

Ertai Planeswalker · 03-24-2011, 05:08 PM

Third enthousiast for Lin Sivvi here. Just made my first commander deck with her, will take it out for a first test spin tommorow. Some cool interactions from the deck:

Outrider en-kor+Task Force+Animal Boneyard is infinite life.

Auratouched Mage+Eldrazi Conscription is a 13/13 trample annihalator 2 for 6 mana.

Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero+Bound in Silence is instant speed untargeted pseudo removal. (Especially good versus Uril!)

Lightbringer or Lawbringer+Distorted Lens is repeated tutorable creature removal.

Cho-Manno, Revolutionary+Pariah or Pariah's Shield makes you near invulnerable. (Also saves you versus infect)

Stonehewer Giant+Argentum Armor is just good.

Special Mention: Endless Horizons to help out with the fact that you have almost no draw.

Some of these combo's can also be used in an Akroma or 8,5 Tails deck.

03-20-2011, 01:28 AM	#1
Genoin Ascended Mage Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 425	Mono White EDH So, Im thinking about building a Mono White EDH deck, and am def looking at either Akroma, Angel of Wrath, or Eight and a Half Tails, and Im basically starting from the ground up. How are decks with each of these respective Generals built? I am not looking for super competitive, And I am leaning more toward the Fox because I would like to play a more politic like deck with some fun interactions. __________________ DCI Level 2 Judge ___________________ Standard Midrange EDH [Riddle of the Etherium Gods - Sharuum the Hegemon]
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03-20-2011, 07:05 AM	#2
Stoyrm Level 20 Wizard. I'm Broken Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Trondheim Posts: 1,190	In a white deck you'll be playing a lot of Wraths and Removal. I'd play Akroma, Angel of Wrath based on the fact that it has haste and almost always kills the player in 3 hits (with help from some other cards), and it's super annoying to get rid of multiple times. It's not really a very competative general but here in my playgroup where the games end on round 20 - 25. Playing Akroma a couple of times isn't a problem. It all depends on the playgroup i guess ^^,. __________________ @Stoyrm on Twitter
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03-20-2011, 07:46 AM	#3
BEDERNDERN Wizard Mentor Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: New York Posts: 565	in my expierence with mono white edh (8.5 tails), draws can get very clunky. with very little filtering and linear card selection, it can get tough to get your engines/combos running. the land tax/scroll rack engine is really the best mono white has, with emeria, the sky ruin coming in second imo. honestly, they are both mana intensive, but in different ways. akroma is usually for wrath heavy control builds, but could be the top of your curve in an aggro deck. eight and a half tails could be early beats for aggro or a tool for a control deck. it all really depends on how you want your build to play out. mono white is fairly linear, but quite open ended in those paths it can take (if that makes any sense). best advice i have for you is play what ever spells you enjoy playing, then see who fits the bill to lead the deck. after some games, see what the deck needs/who is best fit to be the general and make adjustments from there. you will get a lot more mileage out of the deck if you enjoy its contents. once you have decided on the general you can add your tech, like cop white for eight and a half tails and such. best of luck to you. __________________ PDH: Lorescale Coatl
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03-20-2011, 08:08 AM	#4
Wildfire393 Combo Brewmaster Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 8,749	8.5 Tails generally builds as Voltron Aggro, taking advantage of the fact that your general has built-in protection and evasion by throwing a bunch of equipment/auras on him and smashing face. Alternately, he can build janky "combo" with stuff like Circle of Protection: White, Rune of Protection: White, and Story Circle naming white. Akroma generally builds as your standard Monowhite Control deck. She's an incredibly powerful beater on her own, so you just need to stop yourself from losing long enough to get her going to end the game. In both decks, you're going to want to run as much artifact card advantage as possible, since white lacks a lot of that. Things like Scroll Rack, Tower of Fortunes, Planar Portal, Candles of Leng, Skullclamp, Scroll of Origins, Dreamstone Hedron, Mind's Eye, Illuminated Folio, Well of Lost Dreams, and Journeyer's Kite can help make up for this. Additionally, you're going to want to run a wide variety of mana stones to make up for the fact that white has little natural acceleration. __________________ Currently Playing: Legacy: U/W Hustillity EDH Cube Hypercube! A New EDH Deck Every Week(ish)! Past:
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03-22-2011, 02:57 PM	#6
koloblicin Wizard of the First Order Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Izzet guild, maine Posts: 1,248 Blog Entries: 1	Lapse of certainty you have no idea how many times that card has saved my butt when all the blue players at the table decided to tappout at the same time and someone tries to combo off. __________________ standard deck fast animals slow shildren 51-18-4 (retired as of 6-4-11) Sig credit to mchief111 at rising studios
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03-22-2011, 07:42 AM	#5
nicoG Experienced Mage Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 147	u should consider also Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero cause there are a lot of cool combos with her and u get a strong card advantage/ toolbox engine..
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03-22-2011, 03:20 PM	#7
StaleRice Just Getting Started Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Commin to a store near you,CA Posts: 8	I second Lin-Sivvi, Defiant Hero. She is a very unique general with her flexibility. She can be both aggro or control, however the problem with mono colored edh decks is that you can get boned by someone who is playing Iona, Shield of Emeria. So make sure you can answer her like Duplicant. __________________ T2: Caw-Go! Vampires R/U/G Control EDH: Lin-Sivvi Raiza
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03-24-2011, 05:00 PM	#8
wooki1027 Just Getting Started Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Westbrook,Me Posts: 1	My mono white edh Akroma,Angel of Wrath Land:36 20 Plain Bant Panorama Esper Panorama Naya Panorama Evolving Wilds Terramorphic Expanse Thawing Glaciers Flagstones of Trokair Kor Haven Secluded Steppe Drifting Meadow Emeria,The Sky Ruin Ancient Tomb Darksteel Citadel Reliquiry Tower Temple of the False God Vesuva Sorcery:13 Wrath of God Armaggedon Austere Command Idyllic Tutor Rout Planar Cleasing Day of Judgment Catastrophe Akroma's Vengeance Sunscour Winds of Rath Revoke Existence Phyrexian Rebirth Instant:4 Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares Return to Dust Enlightened Tutor Artifact:19 Oblivion Stone Tower of Fortunes Extraplanar Lens Sword of fire and Ice Sword of Light and Shadow Sword of Feat and Famine Sword of Body and Mind Argentum Armor Sensei's Divining Top Loxodon Warhammer Book of Rass Mask of Memory Umezawa's Jitte Sol Ring Journeyer's Kite Gauntlet of Power Lightning Greaves Nevinyrral's Disk Akroma's Memorial Enchantment:3 Luminarch Ascension Marshal's Anthem Land Tax Creature:24 Twilight Shepard Admonition Angel Voidstone Gargoyle Adakar Valkyrie Serra Ascendant Mageta the Lion Iona,Shield of Emeria Archon of Justice Magus of the Disk Deathless Angel Solemn Simulacrum Sun Titan Konda,Lord of Eiganjo Dawn Elemental Windbrisk Raptor Yosei,the Morning Star Exalted Angel Purity Knight of the White Orchid Weathered Wayfarer Sunblast Angel Stonehewer Giant Stoneforge Mystic Baneslayer Angel this is my mono white edh deck. Its based loosely on the old onslaught mono white control.
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03-24-2011, 05:08 PM	#9
Ertai Planeswalker Experienced Mage Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 63	Third enthousiast for Lin Sivvi here. Just made my first commander deck with her, will take it out for a first test spin tommorow. Some cool interactions from the deck: Outrider en-kor+Task Force+Animal Boneyard is infinite life. Auratouched Mage+Eldrazi Conscription is a 13/13 trample annihalator 2 for 6 mana. Lin Sivvi, Defiant Hero+Bound in Silence is instant speed untargeted pseudo removal. (Especially good versus Uril!) Lightbringer or Lawbringer+Distorted Lens is repeated tutorable creature removal. Cho-Manno, Revolutionary+Pariah or Pariah's Shield makes you near invulnerable. (Also saves you versus infect) Stonehewer Giant+Argentum Armor is just good. Special Mention: Endless Horizons to help out with the fact that you have almost no draw. Some of these combo's can also be used in an Akroma or 8,5 Tails deck.
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