Magic: The Gathering - 10 Most Powerful Mono-White Cards In 2020 Standard

8. Hunted Witness

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Wizards of the Coast

Hunted Witness can be a very good one drop in the White Black and Red sacrifice or aristocrats style decks. For one white mana you get a 1/1 that when it dies you just get another 1/1. Blocking very well against opposing aggressive decks and providing sacrifice fodder for either removal or to help the combo go off later in the game Hunted Witness is one of the cogs that ensures the Swiss timepiece functions properly.

From the outside a 1/1 for one mana that replaces itself is fine and when similar cards were printed in the past they did see play. Hunted witness is not the best of the bunch, that probably going to Doomed Traveler as it gives you a 1/1 flyer, but it still more that deserves its place in Aristocrat strategies. When building these style of decks a player usually has to find that gives a payoff when the creature dies, Hunted Witness does so very well.

On a base level it looks like a fairly simple creature that is fine but doesn't do much. Put Hunted Witness in the right shell and the payoffs will be huge!

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