GroAtog Idea

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't anyone include sylvan library into groatog?  Seems like a good idea to me.  You trade 4 life for 2 cards which equals 5 life for the opponent.  Plus you can do it every turn.  So am I just completely missing something or is this a good idea?

[Anonymous]

Typo I meant 3 life against opponent.  It is a negative trade but going for the kill faster is a good thing and with all the berserks around 3 life could easily turn into 6 or even 12 life.  The only thing I see against it is the pain you will already be taking from fastbond.

[Anonymous]

Ok, nm apparently I can't read at all and lacking an edit button is bad.  I just realized its 4 per card.

[Anonymous]

Well that wraps up that thread.  

Don't worry about misreading, it happens to everyone.  

I do think there are going to be some growatog decks that go for a more speed based approach with 4x berserk...

[Puschkin]

Sylvan Library
a) costs double as much mana as the other cards in that slot (Gush, Sleight of Hand, Brainstorm)
b) is green so does not pump the Dryad
c) does not kick in until next turn (read: combined with a) it means it is two turns slower)
d) GrowAtog is already good vs control, it needs help vs aggro that has no targetted spells like TnT. Paying life for extra cards vs an aggrodeck is not what you want.

[Zherbus]

...and you can't pitch enough cards in Gro-A-Tog to FoW/Misdirection, no need to add more.