None of these theory decks have brave the elements, because brave the elements isn't in standard. Therefore none of these decks are going to be competitive.
Turn 2 Knight of the White Orchid. Pass turn. Opponent plays.... Fleecemane Lion. Go? Flip all the Gideons you want, that abzan player can just downfall it and you can't break through the lion. Playing white without green just seems dumb. You're going to want Dromoka's Command with this guy, at least then you can make it a 3/3 and first strike becomes relevant. And why play this guy at sorcery speed when you can just play him at instant speed. On the play, you're at 4 lands, opponent plays a land, you end of turn CoCo into this, grabbing a land and then playing a land on your turn with some sort of strictly better card than anything in your theory decks. Try expanding the ideas beyond just a bunch of 2/1 1 drops and a Heliod.
This guy has no home at the moment. Possibly after rotation we could see a CoCo deck where this guy takes the Fleecemane spot, but even then Deathdealer is going to be better most of the time.
Get off the Hype train everyone, this is just a card. I'm happy to see a reprint that's playable, but this guy isn't breaking open new strategies at the moment.
Don't be so sure. It could (in theory) make mono white devotion viable for the three months before it rotates.
No, it won't. There is no white devotion because the only playable white card with devotion is heliod, and he is not even very good. The only reason to play mono white is to cast spells easier, and splashing Green is just as consistent. If mono white becomes okay, it will be because of Honor of the Pure or something else that rewards playing white, not more playable white creatures. Mono white has plenty of good creatures, great devotion enablers, but nothing to care about devotion.
Also, most of these decks are leaving out Dragon Hunter, which pretty good in this format (better than Soldier of Pantheon imo)
White Weenie/Devotion (splashing Green for Collected Company and maybe Dromoka's Command) seems like a fun time. Lots of W symbols popping up in ORI...
The problem is that devotion to white doesn't DO anything. White is literally the only color with no decent devotion card except gods, and Heliod is one of the weaker gods. The only thing a ton of devotion allows is Nykthos ramp for Heliod or Mastery of the Unseen. While either of those is quite good with 8+ mana off of Nykthos, they don't compare to stuff like Master of Waves/Thassa, Purphoros/Fanatic of Mogis, Mogis's marauder/Erebos/Grey Merchant. While I think white has by far the best enablers, it doesn't have anything that cares about the devotion. The best thing to do is probably splash, either blue for Ephara/Ojutai or green for Company/command
The thing to keep in mind with white devotion is "what am I gaining by going mono white?". Right now that comes down to Heliod usually active and being able to cast WWW angel. Those are both solid, but do they outweigh the benefits of other colors? What white really needs is an Honor of the Pure reprint, that would give you some payoff. Blue is begging for enablers, white just needs something to care about devotion. Maybe we get a not-really-devotion that is like "do X, based on number of white permanents you control", like how Prowess was in DTK
No, it won't. There is no white devotion because the only playable white card with devotion is heliod, and he is not even very good. The only reason to play mono white is to cast spells easier, and splashing Green is just as consistent. If mono white becomes okay, it will be because of Honor of the Pure or something else that rewards playing white, not more playable white creatures. Mono white has plenty of good creatures, great devotion enablers, but nothing to care about devotion.
Also, most of these decks are leaving out Dragon Hunter, which pretty good in this format (better than Soldier of Pantheon imo)
The problem is that devotion to white doesn't DO anything. White is literally the only color with no decent devotion card except gods, and Heliod is one of the weaker gods. The only thing a ton of devotion allows is Nykthos ramp for Heliod or Mastery of the Unseen. While either of those is quite good with 8+ mana off of Nykthos, they don't compare to stuff like Master of Waves/Thassa, Purphoros/Fanatic of Mogis, Mogis's marauder/Erebos/Grey Merchant. While I think white has by far the best enablers, it doesn't have anything that cares about the devotion. The best thing to do is probably splash, either blue for Ephara/Ojutai or green for Company/command
The thing to keep in mind with white devotion is "what am I gaining by going mono white?". Right now that comes down to Heliod usually active and being able to cast WWW angel. Those are both solid, but do they outweigh the benefits of other colors? What white really needs is an Honor of the Pure reprint, that would give you some payoff. Blue is begging for enablers, white just needs something to care about devotion. Maybe we get a not-really-devotion that is like "do X, based on number of white permanents you control", like how Prowess was in DTK