"Monowhite sucks!", they say

Commander / EDH Hatebears Mono-White Stax Voltron

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Creature (27)

• 1x Armory Automaton
• 1x Avacyn, Angel of Hope
• 1x Aven Mindcensor
• 1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
• 1x Containment Priest
• 1x Djeru, With Eyes Open
• 1x Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
• 1x Emeria Shepherd
• 1x Ethersworn Canonist
• 1x Grand Abolisher
• 1x Hero of Bladehold
• 1x Hushwing Gryff
• 1x Leonin Shikari
• 1x Linvala, Keeper of Silence
• 1x Mentor of the Meek
• 1x Mirran Crusader
• 1x Mother of Runes
• 1x Puresteel Paladin
• 1x Recruiter of the Guard
• 1x Serra Ascendant
• 1x Stoneforge Mystic
• 1x Stonehewer Giant
• 1x Sun Titan
• 1x Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1x Thalia's Lancers
• 1x Weathered Wayfarer
• 1x World Queller

Planeswalker (4)

• 1x Elspeth, Sun's Champion
• 1x Gideon Jura
• 1x Karn Liberated
• 1x Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Land (36)

• 1x Ancient Den
• 1x Ancient Tomb
• 1x Arid Mesa
• 1x Buried Ruin
• 1x Cascading Cataracts
• 1x Darksteel Citadel
• 1x Drownyard Temple
• 1x Dust Bowl
• 1x Emeria, the Sky Ruin
• 1x Flagstones of Trokair
• 1x Flooded Strand
• 1x Inventors' Fair
• 1x Kjeldoran Outpost
• 1x Marsh Flats
• 1x Mistveil Plains
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 16x Plains
• 1x Sea Gate Wreckage
• 1x Strip Mine
• 1x Windswept Heath

Sorcery (8)

• 1x Armageddon
• 1x Austere Command
• 1x Catastrophe
• 1x Dusk / Dawn
• 1x Open the Armory
• 1x Ravages of War
• 1x Steelshaper's Gift
• 1x Tragic Arrogance

Instant (3)

• 1x Enlightened Tutor
• 1x Path to Exile
• 1x Swords to Plowshares

Commander (1)

Artifact (18)

• 1x Argentum Armor
• 1x Batterskull
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Darksteel Plate
• 1x Mana Crypt
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Skullclamp
• 1x Smokestack
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Sword of Body and Mind
• 1x Sword of Feast and Famine
• 1x Sword of Fire and Ice
• 1x Sword of Light and Shadow
• 1x Sword of the Animist
• 1x Sword of War and Peace
• 1x Umezawa's Jitte
• 1x Worldslayer

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Humility
• 1x Land Tax
• 1x Sigarda's Aid

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Creature (3)

• 1x Devoted Caretaker
• 1x Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
• 1x Iona, Shield of Emeria

Sorcery (1)

• 1x Council's Judgment

Enchantment (1)

• 1x Martyr's Bond

Land (3)

• 1x Eiganjo Castle
• 1x Kor Haven
• 1x Mikokoro, Center of the Sea

Artifact (1)

• 1x Caged Sun

Planeswalker (2)

• 1x Elspeth, Knight-Errant
• 1x Gideon, Ally of Zendikar

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Hello guys!

This is my attempt to make a fun and powerful Nahiri deck. She's my favourite character and Planeswalker in the lore (especially since she kicked Sorin's ass), so I had to make a Commander deck for her. I'm trying to make this as powerful as Monowhite can be, and a fun deck as well.

First of all, it's important to say the obvious. Nahiri, the Lithomancer works best with powerful Equipments. She provides creatures that may attach those equipments instantly, she recurs or cheats equipments into the battlefield, and she forges out a mighty indestructible blade.

At first I tried to make a Control/Stax/Super-friends build, with a lot of sweepers, a lot of PWs, a lot of mana screw, some spot removal, and a lot of token generators so I could recover faster than my opponents after my own sweepers. However, I found out it wasn't really fun and powerful. I could control the game for endless turns, my opponent's had a hard time playing, but it took too long to finish the games. Was powerful, but led to boring and neverending games. On top of that, a lot of times I just controlled the game for 27 turns, and on the 28th, someone played a combo and won.

Than I changed a lot of things and now the deck is a lot more Voltron oriented, with a little bit of Stax. Out Akroma's Vengeance , in Mirran Crusader... Out Kirtar's Wrath, in Brimaz, King of Oreskos and such. It's much more like a Hatebears deck now (which do disrupt a lot of power plays and combos in my playgroup). Well... the deck's a lot faster, don't know if it's better, but I like it much more now.

Since Monowhite doesn't provide us much powerful and reliable combos, I packed in one lone combo and some Stax tools. Some explanation of the cards:

• Worldslayer - This is the key to the only combo of the deck. It combos best with Avacyn, Angel of Hope, but also combos with Darksteel Plate. If I can't combo, it may be useful as an emergency button to reset the entire game. I think this may be the best combo for Monowhite because Equipments are probably the only thing white can reliably tutor for. Nahiri also works well with it, since she can cheat or recur the sword or the plate. We also have Thalia's Lancers now to tutor for Avacyn if needed;

• World Queller and Smokestack - We have a lot of token generators and a bunch of recursion, so they'll always hurt our opponents more, than they hurt us. World Queller's flexibility of chosing the permanent type is sweet. I may choose lands if I have Flagstones of Trokair, Drownyard Temple , Sun Titan or Crucible of Worlds, creatures if I have Sword of Body and Mind, Elspeth, Sun's Champion or any token generators, or even a permanent type that I don't control;

• Armageddon, Ravages of War and Catastrophe - Well... mass land destruction is not really an honest play, however, is one of the best Monowhite power plays, in my opinion. We have lands that protect us once the Mass Land Detruction resolves, like Flagstones of Trokair, Drownyard Temple , Darksteel Citadel and Cascading Cataracts, we have Crucible of Worlds and Sun Titan to help recur them, we have Sword of the Animist to ramp back, and we have Avacyn, Angel of Hope to shield our lands;

• Flooded Strand , Windswept Heath, Arid Mesa and Marsh Flats - Being in Monowhite means we have no need of mana fixing. However, it also means that we usually struggle to draw cards. White is arguably the worst colour to Draw cards and gain Card Advantage. Even Red has it's wheel effects and "exile from the top" effects. And, as we all know, Commander games are usually long and Grindy, so this is a big issue in this deck. Results are I play them because in combination with Sun Titan and Crucible of Worlds, they become a good Card Advantage engine. This engine also helps me activate my Emeria, The Sky Ruin, I can tutor for my Mistveil Plains if needed, and I can shuffle my library if my Sensei's Divining Top activation is not interesting.

Well... feel free to comment! Any tip, positive critique or suggestion will me much appreciated, and sorry if my English is not perfect. It's not my natural language. If you like the deck, please upvote!

Date added	8 years
Last updated	6 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	20 - 0 Mythic Rares 50 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 1 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.45
Tokens	Cat Soldier 1/1 W, Emblem Elspeth, Sun's Champion, Kor Soldier 1/1 W, Phyrexian Germ 0/0 B, Soldier 1/1 W, Stoneforged Blade, Wolf 2/2 G
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