Draw First, Play First
Okay, so David and I had a mini-discussion the other day, but it was more like a one-sided argument, so basically I'm setting up a discussion here about the advantages of Drawing First over Playing First.
Long story short, I would never choose to Draw First, and now someone has to tell me why some people would do it.
It's pretty obvious why aggressive decks go first; the sooner a creature comes out, the sooner it can attack, and the earlier it will deal damage.
But other decks? Don't they want to go first too? I know if I was playing a deck with a bunch of counterspells, I would ALWAYS want to have 3 lands before my opponent gets to 3 lands. Never in a game of magic will I let the opponent purposely get more lands before I do.
More lands = More Power; so you can counter stuff, kill stuff, cast spells, etc. I would always want to reach X lands before my opponent reaches X lands.
So... why would anyone choose to go Second?
Long story short, I would never choose to Draw First, and now someone has to tell me why some people would do it.
It's pretty obvious why aggressive decks go first; the sooner a creature comes out, the sooner it can attack, and the earlier it will deal damage.
But other decks? Don't they want to go first too? I know if I was playing a deck with a bunch of counterspells, I would ALWAYS want to have 3 lands before my opponent gets to 3 lands. Never in a game of magic will I let the opponent purposely get more lands before I do.
More lands = More Power; so you can counter stuff, kill stuff, cast spells, etc. I would always want to reach X lands before my opponent reaches X lands.
So... why would anyone choose to go Second?
posted by Unknown at 11:35 AM
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