FarewellFarewell sees the most play among board wipes, which isn’t surprising. It deals with one or more permanent types with absolute finality, and six mana isn’t a huge price to pay in EDH. The Ur-Dragon was the headline card in one of the most expensive Commander decks ever, and not seeing a “real” reprint since, it still costs $40. The eminence ability may be acknowledged to have been something of a design mistake, but it’s out there now and reprinting the popular card with it is definitely needed. Yes, it costs 9 mana, but just look at everything it does. Card advantage, cost reduction, not to mention it’s a huge, scary, dragon itself.
#17. Demonic Tutor
Black isn’t exactly lacking for wipes, and this 7-mana one needs to be good to get there. Chances are it’ll leave your field of enchantment creatures intact. Not only that, but it can turn into a beater itself, so you can continue getting value from it.
This sorcery sweeps the entire board for you, deleting these pesky enchantments for just 3 mana value. You can even turn this into a one sides board wipe with thresh hold, which for some deck is quite easy to achieve. That’s because drawbacks like giving your opponent a 3/3 token or some extra life just don’t outweigh the benefit of exiling your opponent’s most threatening creature.
#27. Extraplanar Lens
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But if there’s one thing we can punish our opponents with non-mono decks for, it’s running way too many nonbasics to feed their multicolored habits. It can immediately tap for four more mana of the color you’re playing and the restriction will only stop you from playing something if it’s colorless. The new update on commander allows a replacement effect for tuck effects that would place a commander into the library or into the hand; it could then be placed in the command zone instead.
Teferi’s ProtectionTeferi’s Protection
For gold bordered commanders, this card is probably more hassle than it’s worth. We’re kicking things off with a utility land, and if I’m not mistaken, this is probably one of the only cards in existence that directly rewards you for having less colors in your commander’s color identity. Later down the line we’ll certainly visit some stores that cater to a certain color. But for now, these 7 cards will easily slot into any monocolored deck, regardless of the identity you select.
In mono-white decks alone, you have a ton of combo options at your disposal, including several that take advantage of its interaction with Fiend HunterFiend Hunter and with the help of a sacrifice outlet. It won’t take much mtg combo to win from there, but if you play black cards then Elas il-Kor, Sadistic PilgrimElas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim will get the job done. These values can lead decks playing the color down two different, often-contrasting paths. White decks can aim to control the game with spells and static effects that affect the whole board. Opponents will be forced to play by certain rules or fear reprisal by the wielder of the white deck.
While not the rare land cycle that people wanted (looking at you, allied fetches), these lands were still probably due a reprint, and nobody will be complaining that they’re affordable. Rejuvenating Springs, Spectator Seating, Training Center, Undergrowth Stadium and Vault of Champions go for between $5 and $10 each. You won’t be disappointed to open one in your pack, but it’s not the big hits you’re really hoping for. To the surprise of no one (probably) targeted removal spells are the most played mono-white cards in EDH.
In addition to its utility it can go infinite with thopter assembly + ashnod’s alter + sword of the meek for infinite life, infinite mana, and infinite creatures. A unique treatment we’re getting in all packs are “Profile Legendary Creatures”. These are only on legendary creatures and feature a striking side-on profile of some of the legendary creatures in the set, with a plain color background. They’re not to everyone’s tastes, but there are plenty of people out there who love this effect, and they’re very different from what we’ve seen before.
Grabbing a big chunk of mana for an already established board state is nice, but it doesn’t do much when your board is empty and you’re behind on the game. When it enters and you select your color of choice to tap it for, you also allow it to pump up every creature you control with that color identity. Heraldic Banner, though, comes with an upside that becomes all the more powerful when combined with a mono deck. Sometimes you just need one more card and having War Room either sat in your land base and helping you out when you need, or stopping that land you drew at the start of your turn from ruining your day, will always be welcome. Now that we got all that out of the way, we can get to the combo that I am most looking forward to playing. Now we have all those cards in your hand, we can buff up Kiyomaro to make him a scary spirit.
Exquisite Blood- This card is part of a combo in mono black decks that use Sanguine Bond to do infinite damage. It is also good in any black deck as it essentially says all creatures player controls have lifelink. We’ve seen a number of cards from the sliver-themed Commander Masters precon pop up throughout this list, and Sliver Gravemother is the biggest, baddest, and most expensive of the lot! Costing $32 for the etched version and $69 for the regular printing, this is currently preselling at the price some stores are selling the deck at. I don’t expect to see it stick to this price, and I don’t think it’ll supplant some of the older 5-color sliver legends as the general of a deck.
This all-around flexibility and potency is why Teferi’s Protection is one of the most powerful and most played mono-white cards in EDH. Everything I wrote about PropagandaPropaganda in my list of most played mono-blue cards is true for Ghostly PrisonGhostly Prison. Unless dealt with quickly, this card will be a pain in the neck for opponents who want to end the game by attacking. And while you can run both Prison and Propaganda alongside other pillowfort-style cards in multicolor decks, mono-white decks also have a lot of ways to augment that pain into a full-on tension headache.