Here's our vow: Every workday ahead of the set's release, Insight is taking a quick look at another deck featuring the new cards from Innistrad: Crimson Vow. We all knew coming in that some monowhite variant would be good … but this good? Crimson Vow has given the deck some serious power-ups!
White Weenie has been a force to be reckoned for the better part of a year now. The power of killing blisteringly fast on the back of a strong curve has to be respected. The deck of course comes with a built-in option to deal final blows even in the face of a board wipe: , which is the best thing any monocolored deck can be doing.
There was arguably one big weakness the deck had and that's the limited access to suitable one-drops. People had to resort to or , which players were hardly excited to play. Some went out of their way and incorporated . You gotta do what you gotta do. Thankfully all the other slots in the curve were filled with proper, powerful cards.
Crimson Vow to the rescue! Enter . It's a creature with training, and as it starts at power 1, it's sure to grow very easily. Not only does its power grow to 2, 3, or 4 in no time, especially in combination with . It has some additional upside. For three mana we can get rid of an annoying or . It's a spectacular package for a one-drop and especially strong compared to the previously played options.
The deck has also adopted an innocuous-looking uncommon in . Both modes are of use. Usually it's going to protect a key threat of ours, be it the or . The other half can destroy a strong blocker. It's especially effective against big green decks, , or .
Predictably, has found a way into the list at the full four copies. The card heavily punishes all the decks based in blue-red that are so popular right now. On top, it makes for an easy cut in sideboarding against decks such as Monogreen and in the mirror, where it's significantly worse.
| Monowhite Aggro by BOLOV0, 2nd at Standard Challenge |
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