The idea behind Narset is that, with zero creatures in the deck, she is highly likely to keep fogs coming into your hand. She is not, however, a win-con in and of herself. Maybe sideboard versus control, I suppose, especially now that Thopter+Sword is back.
There's a guy on YouTube who plays a mono white version. His name is T1Glistenerelf
Hi! T1GlistenerElf here. That list of mine was old indeed, but aspects of it are still as strong as ever. Isochron Scepter is super solid with all of the fogs that are in there now, although it becomes less good if Kolaghan's Command starts making its way back into mainboards en masse again. Between that and Abrupt Decay, it becomes super risky to play the Scepter against Jund. Beyond that, Riot Control and Safe Passage provide mainboard burn (and sometimes combo) hate, although neither fits on the Scepter. Lastly, against most decks, both Gideon and Elspeth, Sun's Champion are better win-cons, with the former almost acting as an Upheaval-style card that lets you keep a planeswalker and the latter being able to enter without fog backup due to either the three tokens or the wrath. (Usually, one or the other will keep her alive.)
Obviously, if you can make it Azorius, then do it. Ancestral Vision is huge in this kind of deck, Sphinx's Tutelage is a legitimate win-con, and Narset, Transcendant can get you a card better than every other turn, in addition to all of the reasons that were given for white alone.
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Hi! T1GlistenerElf here. That list of mine was old indeed, but aspects of it are still as strong as ever. Isochron Scepter is super solid with all of the fogs that are in there now, although it becomes less good if Kolaghan's Command starts making its way back into mainboards en masse again. Between that and Abrupt Decay, it becomes super risky to play the Scepter against Jund. Beyond that, Riot Control and Safe Passage provide mainboard burn (and sometimes combo) hate, although neither fits on the Scepter. Lastly, against most decks, both Gideon and Elspeth, Sun's Champion are better win-cons, with the former almost acting as an Upheaval-style card that lets you keep a planeswalker and the latter being able to enter without fog backup due to either the three tokens or the wrath. (Usually, one or the other will keep her alive.)
Obviously, if you can make it Azorius, then do it. Ancestral Vision is huge in this kind of deck, Sphinx's Tutelage is a legitimate win-con, and Narset, Transcendant can get you a card better than every other turn, in addition to all of the reasons that were given for white alone.