W/R Aggro (White Weenie)
Ben Lundquist
1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 11/3/2013
- 10 Plains
- 4 Mutavault
- 4 Sacred Foundry
- 4 Temple of Triumph
Lands (22)
- 2 Azorius Arrester
- 4 Boros Elite
- 4 Daring Skyjek
- 4 Dryad Militant
- 4 Frontline Medic
- 4 Precinct Captain
- 4 Soldier of the Pantheon
Creatures (26)
Planeswalkers (3)
Other spells (9)
Sideboard (15)
- 3 Banisher Priest
- 4 Fiendslayer Paladin
- 2 Burning Earth
- 1 Pacifism
- 1 Warleader’s Helix
- 1 Wear // Tear
- 2 Glare of Heresy
- 1 Mizzium Mortars
A couple weeks ago I introduced a Boros”White weenie” deck that made top 8 at Grand Prix Louisville piloted by Justin Herrell. This weekend Ben Lundquist piloted a Boros deck similar to this white weenie strategy and took down the standard SCG Open in L.A.
Ben’s version uses Boros Elite and Frontline Medic with the Battalion abilities which can get activated early on thanks to Mutavault. Brave the Elements is very powerful as a win condition or to protect against removal. Boros Charm seems better versus control, to protect against sweepers or to hit 4 points to a Planeswalker like a Jace, Architect of Thought which will nerf you’re already small creatures. Ajani, Caller of the Pride in the main instead of the sideboard looks interesting as well, reminds me of Elspeth, Knight-Erant in some of the old White Weenie decks. Another new bear that we didn’t see in the old list is Azorius Arrester in the main instead of Banisher Priest which are now in the sideboard. Once you board in those Priest against Aggro it gives you good tempo. I imagine the Fiendslayer Paladin are great against Mono red and Mono Black which are prominent in this meta.
Last big obvious change is the extra red spells in the sideboard instead of just Boros Charm in the main. Mizzium Mortars and Warleader’s Helix against aggro and Burning Earth probably against control like Sphinx’s revelation strategies.
