Can anyone suggest some white cards in standard that can effectivly deal with planeswalkers
Asked by Bertie 14 years ago
I really need a way to deal with planeswalkers in my mono-white-lifegain deck but i have no ideas. Any suggestions aside from splashing and playing one of my own.
MagnorCriol says... Accepted answer #2
Celestial Purge can take out the red and black ones, notably Koth and New Tezzy.
Other than that, I'm not certain you have a lot of options. White doesn't have a lot of answers like that. Your best bet is evasive attackers attacking the PWs directly - white is an aggro color, after all.
April 5, 2011 4:10 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #3
Against Gideon Jura , if they creature-ize and swing with him, you can use any of the slew of white's anti-attacking creature combat tricks (Smite , Dispense Justice , Condemn , just to name a few) to get rid of him. As long as he's a creature he's vulnerable to those things.
April 5, 2011 4:12 p.m.
Celestial Purge is a good shout but im really looking to getr rid of that standard Staple Jace TMS
April 5, 2011 4:15 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #5
Yeah, I figured. Unfortunately there's just not a whole lot that white can do to him (or any color, for that matter - that's part of what makes him so strong).
You're just going to have to go on the offensive when one lands. If you know you're going to be facing a Jace, the Mind Sculptor then make sure to keep some evasive attackers in reserve, so you can start hassling him right away.
April 5, 2011 4:19 p.m.
Phyrexian Revoker is the only thing i can think of that white can use.
April 5, 2011 5:30 p.m.
π_is_the_word says... #7
Soon every deck will be able to deal with any planeswalker from what the spoilers are suggesting about New Phyrexia.
April 5, 2011 6:25 p.m.
Phyrexian Revoker is actually quite strong in an aggro setting, as it's not only a dude (2/1 for 2 isn't really horrid) but if you can force them to wrath for the revoker then you can save some of your beats in hand and make then find another wrath.
April 5, 2011 6:32 p.m.
Mirran Crusader also has protection from green, which most of the deck's auras...
Pacifism and/or Arrest would be nice but I cannot afford to lose my primary win condition, Gigantiform .
An extra Thrun would be nice, but the amount.of card draw I have when the deck gets rolling could cause.me to obtain multiple dead draws.
The "bombs" you suggested are kinda slow and are also very likely to be countered or removed.
And I used to sideboard Day of Judgment , but the thing is that only eight of my aura protect my creatures and whenever I used it I couldn't pull back afterwards due to some of my losses.
April 5, 2011 7:04 p.m.
djdauenbaugh says... #12
Doesn't Oblivion Ring at least make them more manageable, even JTMS?
April 5, 2011 10:58 p.m.
oring is NOT in standard. If it was, I would be playing white.
April 5, 2011 11:05 p.m.
djdauenbaugh says... #14
DOH! sorry i'm not thinking straight. Forgot the top of the page asked for standard.
April 5, 2011 11:14 p.m.
s'all good haha. out of standard, we like oring and Vindicate :D
April 5, 2011 11:54 p.m.
tristamicus says... #16
Liquimetal Coating + all artifact removal found in white. That's one of the tricks I use to get rid of anything I need gone while playing in white, green, and red. They got have heavy remove artifact, so it works out really well to toss it in to remove whatever you want off the opponents board, and force them to deal with it. LOL.
April 6, 2011 12:55 a.m.
i was thinking about the Liquimetal Coating idea...interesting
April 6, 2011 2:11 a.m.
djdauenbaugh says... #18
aaaahhh Vindicate . b-e-a-u-tiful. But i'm intrigued by this Liquimetal Coating idea. vindictive...i like it.
Bertie says... #1
Mono-White Lifegain
April 5, 2011 3:54 p.m.