So we’ve been challenged to make mono color decks for our game nights and I’m looking to build a deck that has tons of board wipes and destroy everything options.
I would love a win-con or two, but that is secondary. I would like to keep the board clean as much as possible and just pick people off one by one.
White would be my first pick too. Creature wipes, enchantment/artifact wipes, and even land wipes. It's also the indestructible color for if you want to make wraths one sideded.
White and Black are the home to most wraths, and from a mono color would make the most sense. Depending on your meta, any color can reasonably compete as a mono-color deck. I've personally built several of each non-blue color, and I'd say red is the trickiest to get right so far.
Mono black would be the easiest to build, as black is proficient in card advantage and removal. The only issue is you may find some issues with artifacts and enchantments. You can fill in with some of the colorless removal, but it can get a bit pricey on the mana cost. Black has the advantage of having good recursion as well, which lets you reuse some powerful creature-based wrath effects like Massacre Girl or Kagemaro, First to Suffer (who could even be the Commander).
Mono White has the most wraths, and can easily deal with all permanent types, both single and mass removal. I'm a huge fan of Tragic Arrogance and Rout. As others have noted, Avacyn, Angel of Hope is a synergistic option, although Zetalpa, Primal Dawn can fit that theme as well. White doesn't recur spells quite so easily though, and doesn't have as many mass-wrath creatures as black - but does have a good host of reanimation. You could instead run something like False Prophet or Magus of the Disk and recur them fairly readily with cards like Angelic Renewal, Angel of Serenity, Emeria, the Sky Ruin, and Emeria Shepherd. White is also great at recurring artifacts, so you could also make use of the artifact wraths as well.
Mono Red actually has a good amount of damage based wraths, such as Arcbond, Blasphemous Act, and Chain Reaction, among others. On top of that, red is great at recurring artifacts, so you could again make good use of the artifact package.
Green doesn't have much in the way of built in wraths. Green is pretty much limited to Ezuri's Predation, Apex Predator, Thorn Mammoth, and Wave of Vitriol. Mostly if you want to use green, you're hoping to utilize Green's ramp and card advantage to get solidly ahead for the wraths you do have, and you can use some of green's limited recursion to bring it back. Kamahl, Fist of Krosa would be a standout commander if you really wanted to up the 'jerk' quotient, as you can then pop off opposing lands with some of your wrath effects.
Blue again doesn't have much outside of mass bounce, but does have a few X/Strive spells such as Curse of the Swine and Hour of need - not great, and quite pricey mana-wise. Again, you'd be hoping to bank on blue's artifact recursion, which while weaker then red, is at least made up for with blue's raw card-draw.
I would love a win-con or two, but that is secondary. I would like to keep the board clean as much as possible and just pick people off one by one.
Where should I start?
Sidisi, Undead Vizier can keep tutoring up your board wipes and removal.
Kokusho, The Evening Star gives you a pay off for it dying over and over.
Or Gonti, Lord of Luxury and win using their cards.
Dunno what cards you have. Nevinyrral's Disk and Perilous Vault are good to keep enchantments and artifacts in check for black.
As well as Ugin, The Spirit Dragon.
Don't forget Death Cloud and Torment of Hailfire
https://www.edhrec.com/commanders/avacyn-angel-of-hope-wraths-theme
White would be my first pick too. Creature wipes, enchantment/artifact wipes, and even land wipes. It's also the indestructible color for if you want to make wraths one sideded.
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StaffMono black would be the easiest to build, as black is proficient in card advantage and removal. The only issue is you may find some issues with artifacts and enchantments. You can fill in with some of the colorless removal, but it can get a bit pricey on the mana cost. Black has the advantage of having good recursion as well, which lets you reuse some powerful creature-based wrath effects like Massacre Girl or Kagemaro, First to Suffer (who could even be the Commander).
Mono White has the most wraths, and can easily deal with all permanent types, both single and mass removal. I'm a huge fan of Tragic Arrogance and Rout. As others have noted, Avacyn, Angel of Hope is a synergistic option, although Zetalpa, Primal Dawn can fit that theme as well. White doesn't recur spells quite so easily though, and doesn't have as many mass-wrath creatures as black - but does have a good host of reanimation. You could instead run something like False Prophet or Magus of the Disk and recur them fairly readily with cards like Angelic Renewal, Angel of Serenity, Emeria, the Sky Ruin, and Emeria Shepherd. White is also great at recurring artifacts, so you could also make use of the artifact wraths as well.
Mono Red actually has a good amount of damage based wraths, such as Arcbond, Blasphemous Act, and Chain Reaction, among others. On top of that, red is great at recurring artifacts, so you could again make good use of the artifact package.
Green doesn't have much in the way of built in wraths. Green is pretty much limited to Ezuri's Predation, Apex Predator, Thorn Mammoth, and Wave of Vitriol. Mostly if you want to use green, you're hoping to utilize Green's ramp and card advantage to get solidly ahead for the wraths you do have, and you can use some of green's limited recursion to bring it back. Kamahl, Fist of Krosa would be a standout commander if you really wanted to up the 'jerk' quotient, as you can then pop off opposing lands with some of your wrath effects.
Blue again doesn't have much outside of mass bounce, but does have a few X/Strive spells such as Curse of the Swine and Hour of need - not great, and quite pricey mana-wise. Again, you'd be hoping to bank on blue's artifact recursion, which while weaker then red, is at least made up for with blue's raw card-draw.
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