confidant replacement in aggro loam

[TheRogue]

i got a problem, my friend needs my dark confidants for another deck and we only got 1 playset and i'm thinking of playing aggro loam. but i can't deside between looter il kor or shadow mage infiltraitor as the replacements for card advantage in the deck.

both let me dredge the life from the loam but the looters the stronger choice when it comes to this cause of its discard effect, at the same time though it never lets me net gain like shadowmage and shadowmage can get a dredge going just after casting loam, but its draw back is that 3 casting cost.

i can't decide when is going to cost me more in the end the 3 casting cost of infiltrator or looters discard effect. can a passing by TMD person make a decision for me? much thanks if you do.

shadowmage infiltrator
 
1/3
fear
deals damage draw a card

looter il kor
 
1/1
shadow
deals damage draw a card then discard a card.

[A_Outcast]

the looter is good because he easily comes down turn 1.  i dont really see a benefit of the infiltrator over looter.

[RichardD]

Why do you want something that needs to attack to draw cards?

Why not Merfolk Looter?

[A_Outcast]

i guess there really isnt a good benefit besides maybe the extra damage.

[TheRogue]

thats pretty much it was the damage part. i tried it out and it works pretty nifty for getting extra dredges off loam. what i didn't consider then i wrote the threat was i would most cases have extra cards in hand for the discard of looter il-kors ability so its no as bad as i was thinking then i posted this.