Lightning Strikes Twice?: WW/r In Post-States Standard
Since States, White Weenie splashing Red has been relegated to Tier 1.5 status as the heavy hitters in the format — which are shaping up to be Flores Blue and multi-colored Gifts Ungiven decks, among many others in the wide-open metagame — have shown the ability to handle White Weenie, regardless of what color gets splashed into it. But its number of high finishes at Champs — if not overall wins — should be an indicator that a) the deck is good but b) people were ready for it. They adapted, so WW/r should adapt as well.
In the run-up to States 2005, one of the earliest decks to get a lot of scrutiny was the Boros-fueled White-Weenie-splash-Red decks. The deck pretty…
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