Tobias Andrion

Gameplan

Tobias Andrion leads a classic UW value engine: deploy efficient creatures and token-makers early, protect the board with countermagic and removal, then grind out advantage until your wide board (or a few evasive threats) closes the game. You play to the late game where your card quality and resilience overwhelm opponents who have spent resources fighting each other.

Key Cards

• Smothering Tithe — Premier white ramp/treasure engine that fuels a mana-hungry UW deck.
• Swords to Plowshares — The cleanest one-mana answer to any problematic creature.
• Teferi's Protection — Resets a losing board state and protects your engine from sweepers and combos.
• Esper Sentinel — Turns opponents' noncreature spells into a steady stream of cards.
• Cyclonic Rift — A one-sided tempo blowout that often ends games out of nowhere.
• Approach of the Second Sun — A reliable, color-aligned alternate win for grindy control builds.

Upgrade Path

Add fast mana and rocks (Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Smothering Tithe) to fix UW's slow starts, then tighten the interaction package with Swords to Plowshares, Mana Drain, and Cyclonic Rift. Pick one decisive finisher—an anthem/overrun line for tokens, Approach for control, or a tight combo like Thassa's Oracle plus Demonic Consultation effects—so you stop grinding and actually end games.