Price of Progess: Extended White Weenie
Will Price | February 18, 2009 | 3:43 pmUnfortunately I did not make it out to the PTQ in Pittsburgh last week; neither the length of the drive or missing valentines day appealed to me too much. Had I gone, however, I would have gotten to see a friend of mine from the area do pretty well with a deck that is not really on anyone’s radar right now. Click here to see the top 8 decks from that tournament.
Andrew Wagner ended up getting third in the tournament, losing in the semifinals with this deck:
Main deck
4 Figure of Destiny
4 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Ethersworn Canonist
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
4 Kitchen Finks
4 Wilt-Leaf Liege
4 Spectral Procession
4 Path to Exile
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Chrome Mox
4 Mutavault
1 Eiganjo Castle
15 Plains
Sideboard
2 Rule of Law
2 Jötun Grunt
3 Icatian Javelineers
3 Pithing Needle
2 Relic of Progenitus
1 Umezawa’s Jitte
2 Kataki, War’s Wage
I caught up with Andrew over Facebook to ask him about his deck. Andrew said that he picked the deck because he is stubborn and does not like to play well established decks. Despite how well he did (6-0-1 in the swiss), Andrew does not think the deck is a great pick right now because it hasunfavorable matchups against some popular decks. Here is how he evaluated the matchups:
Strengths: Can beat all the aggro and combo decks on the back of maindeck and sideboard hate. This deck is loaded with cards to beat red decks (Burrenton Forge-Tender, Jitte, Kitchen Finks, Path to Exile) and combo (Ethersworn Cannonist, Rule of Law, Jitte and Path against Elves).
Weaknesses: You are playing bad cards like Isamaru, and you can’t really beat any of the control decks in the format. Icatian Javelineers in the board hypothetically helps the Fae matchup. Rock decks are pretty tough as well, and Jotun Grunt is in there to get rid opposing Life From the Loams and shrink Tarmogoyfs. The main deck Liege is a nod to Raven’s Crime.
Andrew lost to Bant Aggro in the top 8, a deck that Mike has been posting about recently on his site. If he played it again, which he wouldn’t, he would get rid of the Chrome Mox and put another Oblivion Ring in the main.
Despite Andrew’s lack of enthusiasm for his deck choice, white weenie looks like it could a great gap deck at some point in the season if Faeries or Bant should become unpopular.
~WillPoP
PS: Knight of the Reliquary + Scapeshift = Nombo or Combo?
path is not good against elves fyi
I was actually discussing this with Jacob van Lunen earlier today, and he pretty much said the same thing. I think my logic was that you could potentially slow them down a turn by taking away one of their pieces, but Jake pointed out that pathing away a Nettle Sentinal or Heritage Druid doesn’t do much against the deck because it is so redundant, and giving them an extra land is a pretty bad deal.
lol
How about running sunlance in main deck?
when i tested the deck the mutavault, chrome mox were not very good, becos the deck need to run a decent amout of white mana, a 2 land hand with a plain sometimes is very bad.. same goes not chrome mox… sacrificing card for speed for creatures that does not have much impact is not a good idea.
1 Eiganjo Castle
9 Plains
1 Temple Garden
4 Flooded Strand
4 Windswept Heath
4 Figure of Destiny
3 Burrenton Forge-Tender
3 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
4 Knight of the White Orchid
3 Gaddock Teeg
4 Kitchen Finks
3 Wilt-Leaf Liege
4 Spectral Procession
4 Path to Exile
2 Oblivion Ring
3 Umezawa’s Jitte
4 Chrome Mox
SB: 4 Kataki, War’s Wage
SB: 3 Ethersworn Canonist
SB: 3 Choke
SB: 3 Krosan Grip
SB: 1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
SB: 1 Gaddock Teeg
Prob a Bad idea, but what about adding red, may just push it too close to Zoo but might be worth testing.
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