What's good against Control Slaver?

[IthilanorStPete]

Other than fast combo i.e. Long and Ichorid, what general strategies are good against CS? Lots of Duress effects, countermagic, Spheres, what?

[AngryPheldagrif]

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=35895.0

The updated version at the bottom of page 1 with either Null Rods or Pithing Needles should do the trick nicely.

ICBM Oath was built years ago to obliterate Slaver and post-restrictions it does the job quite handily.

[zeus-online]

Try Grimlong, that's usually pretty good against slaver...

/Zeus

[NicolaeAlmighty]

The most efficient way to beat Slaver is and always has been a Null Rod backed by fast beats. Whether this is Oath or even RG Beats they can't handle it. Mana denial is that deck's biggest weakness.

[Twaun007]

I got steam rolled by Urbana Fish at the RIW tourney last Sunday. To reinforce what everyone stated before, CS has a hard time dealing with Aggro Control.

[Shean]

http://www.themanadrain.com/index.php?topic=35895.0

The updated version at the bottom of page 1 with either Null Rods or Pithing Needles should do the trick nicely.

ICBM Oath was built years ago to obliterate Slaver and post-restrictions it does the job quite handily.

I can't bring myself to play Oath without Brainstorm.  Perhaps I'm just unlucky, but I always seem to draw one of the dudes.

I got steam rolled by Urbana Fish at the RIW tourney last Sunday. To reinforce what everyone stated before, CS has a hard time dealing with Aggro Control.

That really depends on your build of CS.  If you are running pyroclasm in the side and 7/10 main, the matchup is pretty good for CS.  Also, if you are running Burning Wish to grab Pyroclasm, your matchup gets even better.

As a CS player, the only card I fear in Fish is Null Rod.  If they resolve Null Rod, its hard to win the game.  Without Null Rod, Fish really doesn't seem to have much game.

[The Atog Lord]

Null Rod and Fast Combo are the two things that can beat Slaver consistently.