mtg white stax cards Best in MTG: 19 Power Staples for the 2026 Meta Mono-White Stax | EDHREC

Hands to Keep I think it is important to view the deck in four components enablers (eight in total Entomb and Faithless Looting with eight creatures to discard), reanimation spells (twelve in total Reanimate, Animate Dead and Exhume), disruption (ten in total Thoughtseize, Unmask and Grief) and mana (twenty-two in total Lotus Petal, Dark Ritual and fourteen lands) The ideal hand in pre-board games is one that has a route to the combo (Entomb or Faithless Looting plus Creature, and a reanimation spell), a disruption spell (Thoughtseize, Unmask or Grief) and enough mana to make it all happen

The core reason that Meren is such a stellar graveyard commander is its ability to return creatures from the graveyard to play with ease each turn

They're not unknown to make some good use of +1/+1 counters, which is where Kalonian Hydra gets into the fun zone

It doesn't allow you to wait and cast the card later