Hey first post here (well first post in many many years, glad to see this community still thriving =D). I'm a returning player new to arena and am trying to get my first competitive deck together. I have a small collection on arena so bear in mind my card pool is limited at the moment. Anyways, I was hoping to get some criticism on my mono-white aggro deck.
I have had decent success at my current low rank, but I think I'm starting to get paired vs better players/decks and am getting closer to a 50/50 W/L rate. The deck obviously needs to win quickly or I lose steam and have very very few late game plans, I'm OK with this as it is white weenie. Compared to white weenie decks I've played many years ago the deck really seems to hurt from not having glorious anthem which is not in standard right now, and the closest replacement I could find only works for humans which I don't want to run.
That's for the classic White Weenie variant. You can also go with lifegain theme with Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Linden, Steadfast Queen, additional copies of Ajani, Strength of the Pride and ~2x Lurrus of the Dream-Den. Probably this option is better as it will probably survive rotation without losing too many important cards, needs less rares and mythics and overall seems like stronger option as you can take a little less aggressive approach and play maindeck hate vs current metagame (like Hushbringer or Drannith Magistrate that aren't aggressive enough to be maindeckable in traditional White Weenie).
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3 Alseid of Life's Bounty
1 Haazda Marshal
2 Faerie Guidemother
4 Healer's Hawk
4 Ajani's Pridemate
3 Impassioned Orator
1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
2 Youthful Knight
1 Angel of Vitality
3 Haazda Officer
1 Hanged Executioner
1 Archon of Sun's Grace
1 Serra Angel
Planeswalkers
1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
1 Dawn of Hope
2 Pacifism
2 Raise the Alarm
1 Bond of Discipline
1 Will of the All-Hunter
1 Idyllic Grange
22 Plains
I have had decent success at my current low rank, but I think I'm starting to get paired vs better players/decks and am getting closer to a 50/50 W/L rate. The deck obviously needs to win quickly or I lose steam and have very very few late game plans, I'm OK with this as it is white weenie. Compared to white weenie decks I've played many years ago the deck really seems to hurt from not having glorious anthem which is not in standard right now, and the closest replacement I could find only works for humans which I don't want to run.
Thank you for your input!
Talking about "budget" 1-drops you have decent base but I would increase the amount of them. Go for 4x Faerie Guidemother as its adventure gives you this very needed reach for White Weenie. Other than that I would play 4x Law-Rune Enforcer as it is very efficient and serves as semi-removal for the biggest threats. Hunted Witness also is decent option. You also would probably like to have both 1 mana 2/1s - Venerable Knight and Loyal Pegasus. For the 2-drops I would definately include Raise the Alarm. As for the finisher Bond of Discipline is pretty cool card.
I would also add some removal as you really need to get rid of enemy blockers or other threats. Fortunately you have plenty to choose from - Glass Casket, Banishing Light or Conclave Tribunal.
If you are willing to spend some rare and mythic wild cards then the best picks are Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis, Luminous Broodmoth, Giant Killer, Castle Ardenvale, Gideon Blackblade, Venerated Loxodon and Unbreakable Formation . Other than that there are some decent 2-drops in Tomik, Distinguished Advokist, Tithe Taker and Eidolon of Obstruction. Note that a lot of these cards are rotating in ~half year so if you are on budget then some of them aren't worth crafting that much.
That's for the classic White Weenie variant. You can also go with lifegain theme with Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Linden, Steadfast Queen, additional copies of Ajani, Strength of the Pride and ~2x Lurrus of the Dream-Den. Probably this option is better as it will probably survive rotation without losing too many important cards, needs less rares and mythics and overall seems like stronger option as you can take a little less aggressive approach and play maindeck hate vs current metagame (like Hushbringer or Drannith Magistrate that aren't aggressive enough to be maindeckable in traditional White Weenie).