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Title: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Karrthus on October 30, 2011, 03:37:54 AM
Mono-White Sly
60 cards, 0 sideboard
4 {Buried Ruin}
2 {Ghost Quarter}
15 {Plains}
21 lands


4 {Champion of the Parish}
3 {Mentor of the Meek}
2 {Porcelain Legionnaire}
2 {Geist-Honored Monk}
3 {Accorder Paladin}
2 {Kemba, Kha Regent}
3 {Doomed Traveler}
3 {Brass Squire}
22 creatures


3 {Timely Reinforcements}
3 {Swiftfoot Boots}
3 {Shrine of Loyal Legions}
4 {Darksteel Plate}
2 {Oblivion Ring}
2 {Day of Judgment}
17 other spells

Any suggestions on how I could improve this weenie deck. 
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Spikepit on October 30, 2011, 10:16:52 AM
I have quite a similar deck that does well with {Hero of Bladehold}. With her, Kemba and {Timely Reinforcements}, I'd add in {Intangible Virtue}. ðŸ'»
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Prophylaxis on October 30, 2011, 02:42:12 PM
Some of your cards don't combo with {Champion of the Parish}. Is that intentional?

I would get rid of the Darksteel Plates and add in more O-rings, at a first glance.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: BlackJester on October 30, 2011, 02:49:05 PM
I think you should look at some of the more aggressive equipment, things that increase power.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Spikepit on October 30, 2011, 04:30:28 PM
Agreed. {Argentum Armor} springs to mind, {Batterskull} and maybe even {Skinwing}.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Prophylaxis on October 30, 2011, 04:40:33 PM
If you have the money, the Swords outclass all other equipment.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Karrthus on October 30, 2011, 06:40:37 PM
All of these are great suggestions. However, the only thing I'm not gonna buy to try out are the swords. My wife would kill me if spent that for a deck. Lol. Thanks for the tips guys.
This deck won the game day tourney for me for yesterday. The only thing that didnt help was the plates. So that's were I'll start putting in your suggestions.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Spikepit on October 31, 2011, 02:04:35 AM
Congrats, pal! Always good to see WW comin out on top! Yeah the plates have never helped me none, but I'm holding strong, maybe one day! 😉
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: MacUser001 on October 31, 2011, 02:51:22 AM
Why the {Buried Ruin}s? Doesn't seem like you have any artifacts that vital to your deck.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Karrthus on October 31, 2011, 04:09:08 AM
Buried Ruins for the shrine. Get to use them twice. Here alot of people are still goin strong on sideboarding artifact removal. So they destroy boots or a shrine and i get it back. î... Which happens alot.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: MacUser001 on November 01, 2011, 12:19:50 AM
I see the use. 4 of them though?
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Karrthus on November 01, 2011, 12:36:23 AM
When I find my other quarters it'll be 4 quarters and 3 ruins.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Karrthus on November 03, 2011, 04:28:30 AM
Oh, and Prophylaxis. I did make some of the cards not combo with the champion on purpose. Just because this is a human deck and the champion is in the deck doesn't mean it has to have all humans. I have a R/W/B vampire deck with 11 vampires. It's one of the best decks in this area(excluding solar flare and kessig ramp).
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: MacUser001 on November 03, 2011, 09:20:38 AM
Kessig Ramp hasn't caught on at all in my local store, but I do hear one of the players wanting to try it.

Best of luck to your deck. Personally the {Champion of the Parish} can get a little out of hand and ridiculous lol.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: BlackJester on November 03, 2011, 10:21:32 AM
I agree with Karrthus, just because you have a theme deck, don't be a slave to the theme. I think that's an important lesson for new players. You can have non-zombies in your zombie deck if the card does something your deck needs.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: cltrn81 on November 03, 2011, 11:06:34 AM
Very true, I run 2 {Phyrexian Obliterator} in my mono black vampire deck.  The question arises: Why would you not run the Obliterator in a mono black deck???  I did run 2 {Abyssal Persecutor} as well but I found them less effective with the theme.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: MacUser001 on November 03, 2011, 12:03:12 PM
It is a good point to make. I use {Grand Architect}s in variants of my Merfolk deck along with {Thada Adel, Acquisitor} and since I can, {Myr Superion}.
Title: Re: Mono-White Sly
Post by: Appleguru56 on November 08, 2011, 01:51:40 AM
I completely agree with blackjester. A themed deck is fun to play, but most of the time are not any good. When building a homebrew, think of all the top decks to beat: solarflare, wolf run, tempered steel, mono red, GW humans.... Etc. If your deck triumphs against those, your good to go! :)