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 differ 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