Don't be so sure. It could (in theory) make mono white devotion viable for the three months before it rotates.
I have no doubt you can put this, and other white casting cost creatures into a deck with Nykthos and/or Heliod and "make" a mono white devotion deck.
But there's zero way to protect any of these vanilla creatures and they are all outclassed by everything currently played in standard. The fundamental aspect to white weeny decks is cards like brave the elements and white anthems. God's Willing will have to do, and Spear of Heliod is just ok. We have no Honor of the Pure, no Brave the Elements and path to exile. There's probably zero reason to play a mono colored deck because your deck is going to just get better with cards like Dromoka's Command, Become Immense, Collected Company etc.
On the play this guy is a 2/2 first strike getting you a plains. Which helps power an early heliod, which is nice indeed, right before it gets abzan charmed. And on the draw this guy is a vanilla 2/2 first striker.
Also has everyone forgot the fact that drown in sorrow is still in the format? You're going to suffer from the same problems that mono red does in games 2 and 3, but you won't have the burn cards to recover.
Black/White warriors is BARELY a deck, and that deck has more synergy with it's creatures. But at least Mogis Marauder can push through damage.
And why has everyone decided to ignore cards like Raise the Alarm, Seeker of the way etc. These cards are just strictly better in most cases. Heck why not go with Triplicate Spirits if you're going to play weenies. At least in those decks it's a pseudo Spectral Procession. And fliers are just better cards.
Why not Wingmate Roc? Everyone wants to go small and white. But they're just ignoring the entire other metagame of standard. I find that annoying to read.
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.
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I have no doubt you can put this, and other white casting cost creatures into a deck with Nykthos and/or Heliod and "make" a mono white devotion deck.
But there's zero way to protect any of these vanilla creatures and they are all outclassed by everything currently played in standard. The fundamental aspect to white weeny decks is cards like brave the elements and white anthems. God's Willing will have to do, and Spear of Heliod is just ok. We have no Honor of the Pure, no Brave the Elements and path to exile. There's probably zero reason to play a mono colored deck because your deck is going to just get better with cards like Dromoka's Command, Become Immense, Collected Company etc.
On the play this guy is a 2/2 first strike getting you a plains. Which helps power an early heliod, which is nice indeed, right before it gets abzan charmed. And on the draw this guy is a vanilla 2/2 first striker.
Also has everyone forgot the fact that drown in sorrow is still in the format? You're going to suffer from the same problems that mono red does in games 2 and 3, but you won't have the burn cards to recover.
Black/White warriors is BARELY a deck, and that deck has more synergy with it's creatures. But at least Mogis Marauder can push through damage.
And why has everyone decided to ignore cards like Raise the Alarm, Seeker of the way etc. These cards are just strictly better in most cases. Heck why not go with Triplicate Spirits if you're going to play weenies. At least in those decks it's a pseudo Spectral Procession. And fliers are just better cards.
Why not Wingmate Roc? Everyone wants to go small and white. But they're just ignoring the entire other metagame of standard. I find that annoying to read.
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.