Whelmimg wave in standard
Standard forum
Posted on March 13, 2015, 7:19 a.m. by dan8080
Or rather why isn't Whelming Wave played. I mean it's cheaper than the other sweepers and for say UB control it keeps Pearl Lake Ancient on the field unopposed. Yeah destroying is always better but it just seems kind of odd to me that it isn't seeing play in control builds
Fair enough I figured with half the meta being token strategies it made sense to use something like whelming wave since all the tokens go away regardless.
March 13, 2015 7:28 a.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #4
"half"? Of what meta?
I run one sideboard for Heroic.
March 13, 2015 8:08 a.m.
JetUppercut says... #5
It's a strong card, but AEtherspouts does a much better job.
March 13, 2015 8:21 a.m.
Maybe it's just my LGS but one of te popular decks is RW tokens and Mardu tokens.
March 13, 2015 8:25 a.m.
Whelming Wave might be the 
tech for beating the GW devotion deck featuring Mastery of the Unseen, so if that deck continues to be dominant I would run a copy or two in my sideboard.
March 13, 2015 9:07 a.m.
I still need to get footage of that deck to learn how it runs. I just know it involves some goofiness with mastery of the unseen
March 13, 2015 9:45 a.m.
@dan8080 the deck is actually really straight foward. Ramp into Whisperwood Elemental and start pooping out dudes every turn. Land a Mastery of the Unseen use that and your ramp to help poop out more dudes. The idea is to overwhelm your opponent with creatures and use the lifegain from flipping creatures face up to make sure your opponent doesn't kill you before you can overwhelm them.
March 13, 2015 10:38 a.m.
Thanks, I can see how that would work. Looks like Drown in Sorrow is my only friend for that matchup
March 13, 2015 10:42 a.m.
Hjaltrohir says... #11
dan8080 in the mirror, it takes so long. Sam black was at 276 life in a GW Dev mirror
March 13, 2015 12:23 p.m.
I thought getting yourself above 100 life was considered slow play by judges. That's painfully funny though
March 13, 2015 12:33 p.m.
ChrisHansonBiomancin says... #13
Whelming Wave is solid since there are tons of token strategies out there, plus it's good against Heroic, any Green Devotion decks including Mastery, and even just to buy a turn against fast aggro. Not good enough to crack the mainboard in most control decks, though I thoroughly love it in my mono U control.
March 13, 2015 4:27 p.m.
Reymarkable says... #14
Whelming Wave is a solid card for control players running Pearl Lake Ancient triggers prowess for that extra damage.
March 28, 2015 4:08 p.m.
bijschjdbcd says... #15
Control players couldn't care less about what health you are on.
March 28, 2015 5:37 p.m.
JexInfinite says... #16
Depending on the meta (Jeskai tokens, and Heroic) it's alright, but usually an AEtherspouts is better, because it hits more decks.
GoofyFoot says... #2
"Yeah destroying is always better" - nail on the head.
March 13, 2015 7:22 a.m.