monowhite

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English

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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ white.

Adjective

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monowhite (comparative more monowhite, superlative most monowhite)

  1. (Magic: The Gathering) A card which is white and no other colors.
  2. (Magic: The Gathering) A deck composed of only white or colorless cards.
    • 1997 February 24, Davewizard [username], “Re: The New Arena Season (or: MI/VI Constructed)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy[1] (Usenet):
      One guy tried a griffen deck but desolation and army ants ate him alive and everyone put the monowhite decks away.
    • 1999 May 30, Ryan Li, “Destiny Analysis - Scents (long)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy[2] (Usenet):
      In short, Scent of Jasmine is more suited to a pure monowhite lifegain deck, while Gerrard's Wisdom is more suited to W/U decks.
    • 2004 May 22, Zelf Gale, “Re: Beating Ravager Affinity”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy[3] (Usenet):
      In addition I think a monowhite deck with Ivory Mask, Leonin Abunas, Ischron Scepter, and holy day might do the trick on ravager.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:monowhite.
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