Eldritch Moon Brews, pt. 4 – Big White

Seems to me, thusfar, white has gotten the best tools out of Eldritch Moon, which is a bit problematic, since it was already such a good color in Standard. There isn’t even much rotating out, when Kaladesh comes in. So, I thought why even play other colors? There were actually a couple of fairly well performing Big White decks early in the format, but they fell on the wayside for whatever reason. Still, the bomb contingency in this set is so good, I think this is something one might try… Is this going to be the most expensive monocolored deck in Standard ever?

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Actually, there’s so much to choose from, this will be quite difficult.

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Should one go with the [scryfall]Thalia’s Lancers[/scryfall] plan? It could be great, but you want to play [scryfall]Archangel Avacyn[/scryfall] anyhow, so playing that would probably be an unnecessary addition.

But here’s what I’m thinking:

[deck]
[creatures]
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Knight of the White Orchid
2 Hedron Crawler
4 Eldrazi Displacer
4 Gisela, the Broken Blade
4 Archangel Avacyn
2 Bruna, the Fading Light
[/creatures]
[spells]
4 Declaration in Stone
4 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
2 Secure the Wastes
[/spells]
[lands]
2 Foundry of the Consuls
2 Seagate Wreckage
4 Mage-Ring Network
18 Plains
[/lands]
[/deck]

I’m playing plenty of lands, just because the top end is just so powerful, you don’t want to miss any of your land drops, although you can probably do well without as well.

… but here’s an even more ambitious version (using the Lancers)…

[deck]
[creatures]
4 Thraben Inspector
4 Knight of the White Orchid
4 Hedron Crawler
4 Gisela, the Broken Blade
2 Archangel Avacyn
4 Thalia’s Lancer
2 Emeria Shepherd
2 Bruna, the Fading Light
[/creatures]
[spells]
4 Hedron Archive
4 Stasis Snare
[/spells]
[lands]
18 Plains
4 Mage-Ring Network
2 Seage Wreckage
2 Foundry of the Consuls
[/lands]
[/deck]

This could actually be a pretty sick deck with some work…

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