@chalupacabra yea went 3-2... Mostly because we experimented live on the stream with sb options and did not run cards we should have in the known meta. But even what that, I am fairly impressed with this rendition of the list.
R1 vs Death Shadow 1-2
G1 he literally had the nuts.
G2 lingering souls ran away with the game.
G3 I didn't draw very well through hand disruption early on.
R2 vs Affinity 2-0
G1 Was flickerwisp and path protecting lingering souls.
G2 Pontiff wreaked havoc.
R3 vs Death Shadow 2-1
Pretty much a reverse of the round 1 scenario.
R4 vs UR Delver 2-1
G1 I thought he was storm and played accordingly. Then thought he was Blood moon and played around it. Didn't see it so went back to original game plan. Then opps played blood moon.
G2-G3 Aether Vial just moonwalked through games.
R5 vs Mono-White DNT 1-2
G1 & G2 were grind fest and really boiled down to best draws win.
G3 was similar but the opps has a miser blinmoth (literally lol'ing as i type this) then plays "WRATH OF GOD", swings with single blink moth and attacks me to death. Semi-hilarious at the time it happened, fully hilarious now...
Ultimately, I think I did not give black enough credit as a support recently. I think with tweaking the deck could have got 4-1 (and maybe) a 5-0 from this league. I will continue to improve.
If you wanna watch the video check the stream out!
@bigolebearim sure Gideon is still a great option. I've only stopped running him to connect more with the popular monowhite build. I've been rotating cards every week to learn as much as possible. Aven mindcensor is to answer the ever so popular card searching: gifts, scapeshift, titan, etc.
@chalupacabra I think Tec edge is too important in the current meta. I'd really fight to have at least 3 copies.
I ironically just won in a league because of shefet dunes yet again. My final score was 4-1 but my lost match was due to me timing out sick in the bathroom. (Reoccurring issues from my previous surgery).
I also noticed Burn has a major prescence that should not be ignored. Considering migrating some decent life gain affect to main deck. Finks or the new card from HOU might be reasonable inclusions.
@hugelefboy inspector is a great card for monowhite. I ran relic because my concern against gy decks is minimal. Especially in this meta. I prefer it coming down quicker and cycling. I'm also on Eidolon of Rhetoric in my board which also answers gy to an extent. Snaps are shut off and living end can't go off.
I want to tell you that Shefet Dunes was bad, however, the card performed extremely well. Multiple times it put creatures out of range inside of important combat steps while also preventing me from getting worked in combat due to the potential back swing. The Walkers in the board also played a huge part of winning this league. They stopped Death Shadows and Black Red Moon from out grinding me.
I played against Todd Stevens and he was streaming. I'll link my match against him below.
I ran a late night stream and went 4-1 in a Competitive League. I barely missed the 5-0 due to poor draw and sequencing against Mono-White Drazi & Taxes. Even with that, I am still very high on the deck. Take a look at the stream for more details!
I've been streaming on twitch.tv/deathandcatmix and have been doing reasonably well. I think my list is getting pretty close to ideal. Check out the two most recent videos!
@ltglitter. The tilt level on maximum. I keep a folder on my comp of all the salty comments. I was going to make a twitter account around the MTG salt but decided against it.
@tdog09876 it quite literally is Brian Coval's take with -weathered and -Revoker for 2x Smuggler. Not my "favorite" take but wanted some insight to why people feel this is the most powerful iteration.
Last night I decided to play in two leagues (off stream) with Mono-White Dnt. I ran a pair of Smuggler's Copters in place of weathered and a Revoker. I went 4-1 x2 aka winning 8'of 10 matches. One of the losses was to Affinity and the other was to Smallpox. The Pox loss felt more like I had a chance but upticking vial to 4 aggressively ended up losing the game for me.
Decks I beat were: Multiple Burn lists, 2 GW Human decks, Bant Knightfall, 2 Death Shadow and traditional Abzhan.
The first league, I used the already presented SB and was very disappointed. I ended up on a sb closer to my experience and felt like I was the closest to the 5-0 there. Sadly that was the league I played against affinity and this white list has a hard time there. Most of you know I hate leagues but I really wanted to test this list in an environment where people are playing there tightest. The deck and a (good) pilot should be able to run reasonably well with mono-white.
Ultimately, the reason I'm posting this is because I wanted to give some data to help you adjust this list moving forward. The decks I have continuously had issues with in personal testing and from what the vacuum consensus seems to be are: affinity, burn, elves, (and some would say GW humans.) the list seems to be readily able to fight the remaining portion of the format and doesn't not crutch on the sb for help. I'm looking at taking this knwown information and skewing the sb to help these more difficult match ups.
PS: Fauna Shaman has been the nuttiest addition for me.
R1 vs Death Shadow 1-2
G1 he literally had the nuts.
G2 lingering souls ran away with the game.
G3 I didn't draw very well through hand disruption early on.
R2 vs Affinity 2-0
G1 Was flickerwisp and path protecting lingering souls.
G2 Pontiff wreaked havoc.
R3 vs Death Shadow 2-1
Pretty much a reverse of the round 1 scenario.
R4 vs UR Delver 2-1
G1 I thought he was storm and played accordingly. Then thought he was Blood moon and played around it. Didn't see it so went back to original game plan. Then opps played blood moon.
G2-G3 Aether Vial just moonwalked through games.
R5 vs Mono-White DNT 1-2
G1 & G2 were grind fest and really boiled down to best draws win.
G3 was similar but the opps has a miser blinmoth (literally lol'ing as i type this) then plays "WRATH OF GOD", swings with single blink moth and attacks me to death. Semi-hilarious at the time it happened, fully hilarious now...
Ultimately, I think I did not give black enough credit as a support recently. I think with tweaking the deck could have got 4-1 (and maybe) a 5-0 from this league. I will continue to improve.
If you wanna watch the video check the stream out!
I ironically just won in a league because of shefet dunes yet again. My final score was 4-1 but my lost match was due to me timing out sick in the bathroom. (Reoccurring issues from my previous surgery).
I also noticed Burn has a major prescence that should not be ignored. Considering migrating some decent life gain affect to main deck. Finks or the new card from HOU might be reasonable inclusions.
5-0'd a league yesterday with this list:
4 Aether Vial
4 Path to Exile
CREATURES
2 Serra Avenger
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
4 Leonin Arbiter
4 Flickerwisp
4 Blade Splicer
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Restoration Angel
1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
1 Smuggler's Copter
1 Mirran Crusader
4 Ghost Quarter
7 Plains
3 Flagstones of Trokair
1 Eiganjo Castle
4 Tectonic Edge
4 Shefet Dunes
2 Sunlance
1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Eidolon of Rhetoric
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
2 Mirran Crusader
3 Relic of Progenitus
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
I want to tell you that Shefet Dunes was bad, however, the card performed extremely well. Multiple times it put creatures out of range inside of important combat steps while also preventing me from getting worked in combat due to the potential back swing. The Walkers in the board also played a huge part of winning this league. They stopped Death Shadows and Black Red Moon from out grinding me.
I played against Todd Stevens and he was streaming. I'll link my match against him below.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/163405585
Match starts at 01:14:10
Let me know what you think of Shefet Dunes!
-Catmix
I ran a late night stream and went 4-1 in a Competitive League. I barely missed the 5-0 due to poor draw and sequencing against Mono-White Drazi & Taxes. Even with that, I am still very high on the deck. Take a look at the stream for more details!
Maverick in League.
PS: Fauna Shaman is the real deal. I have also switched from Eternal Witness to Renegade Rallier due to uptick in relevant two drops!
Yea that was not a great experience on either side. Glad to finally play against you though!
It doesn't have the flashy swing from Coco but is very stable. Huge fan ATM.
I've been streaming on twitch.tv/deathandcatmix and have been doing reasonably well. I think my list is getting pretty close to ideal. Check out the two most recent videos!
Decks I beat were: Multiple Burn lists, 2 GW Human decks, Bant Knightfall, 2 Death Shadow and traditional Abzhan.
The first league, I used the already presented SB and was very disappointed. I ended up on a sb closer to my experience and felt like I was the closest to the 5-0 there. Sadly that was the league I played against affinity and this white list has a hard time there. Most of you know I hate leagues but I really wanted to test this list in an environment where people are playing there tightest. The deck and a (good) pilot should be able to run reasonably well with mono-white.
Ultimately, the reason I'm posting this is because I wanted to give some data to help you adjust this list moving forward. The decks I have continuously had issues with in personal testing and from what the vacuum consensus seems to be are: affinity, burn, elves, (and some would say GW humans.) the list seems to be readily able to fight the remaining portion of the format and doesn't not crutch on the sb for help. I'm looking at taking this knwown information and skewing the sb to help these more difficult match ups.
Let me know what y'all think!
-Catmix