Weenie

Weenie is a term for a creature with a low mana cost.

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It is sometimes also used as a term for the rush deck types utilizing many of these creatures.

Although the definitions differs slightly from person to person, it is usually used for cards that cost 3 or less.

As a creature of any power can break shields, it can be more efficient to win the game quickly by simply attacking your opponent with any low cost creatures.

However, there are many cards that have the ability to mass remove low cost (and therefore usually low-power) weenies, such as 5000GT, Riot, Bolshack Superhero and Thunder Blade, Wolf Tiger.

As using only-weenie creatures can be risky, many haste decks require some form of finishing move such as Diamond Sword to help decide the game.

• It is the opposite of the term Fatty, referring to higher cost and/or high power creatures.
• It is the smaller form of Beatdown strategies.
• Due to its nature, rush decks are mostly composed of weenie creatures. Exceptions such as Dual Shock Dragon, Redzone, Roaring Invasion are other For No Cost creatures exist.
• Some of the lower costing 1 creatures may have downsides such as Deadly Fighter Braid Claw that is forced to attack if able or Marrow Ooze, the Twister that destroys itself when it attacks a player, but others such as Tulk, the Oracle and Rhapsody, Defender of Hope exist.

See also:

• Fatty
• Lightweight
• Midrange
• Heavyweight