Night's Whisper Control Slaver

[GUnit]

You missed my point.  I want to fetch FOW every time on turn 1 with MS, unless I already have it in hand.  I only go for draw like AR or Thirst after I've survived the initial onslaught of bombs that my opponent has kept.  My #1 priority is to survive the first 3 turns, and then after that CS can do what it does best; overwhelm with threats.

If that's the case and you're most concerned about the early game then you should test out misdirection in those spots to see how that goes. I played my CS list in a tournament this past saturday and I would have been playing MisD if I could have traded for them in time. They make the quicker decks a little less scary.

[zeus-online]

I find it weird that people talk about Card drawing as though it was bad, while at the same time talk about fetching Ancestral Recall with Merchant scroll?

/Zeus

You missed my point.  I want to fetch FOW every time on turn 1 with MS, unless I already have it in hand.  I only go for draw like AR or Thirst after I've survived the initial onslaught of bombs that my opponent has kept.  My #1 priority is to survive the first 3 turns, and then after that CS can do what it does best; overwhelm with threats.

It wasnt really directed at you. But yes, fetching counters is hotter then getting A. Recall most of the time.

/Zeus

[Eandori]

I can see this working for some builds of Slaver.

For my build, I don't though.  Not for my playstyle either.  I'm almost always trying to play welders, sol ring, brainstorm, vamp tutor, aggresively to draw out early counters and clear they way for bigger threats later.  Those cards have other reasons for being in the deck, yet they are small/cheap and great for bleeding counters on turn 1.

In general, after I get mana on the table I usually play more reactively with slaver and want my mana open until my opponents EoT step.  This would also force me to go for Underground Sea early more often which leaves me more open to wasteland.

Not for my taste, but I appreciate the insight.  Thanks for posting.