Decision Making
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Posted on Feb. 10, 2012, 5:36 p.m. by BlckGaming
So I have a dredge deck that I love to use. But I can't decide on whether to use Screeching Skaab or Armored Skaab. Both of them help the deck. Sreeching Skaab dies a little easier which will let me get a creature in the grave while potentially killing an opponents creature, plus it's has a cheaper CMC. But Armored Skaab mills more and it a decent blocker, but at a higher cost. I'm only going t orun one or the other. What should I do?
The greatest threat to Dredge and similar decks is aggro. When you dredge through your deck, you want to mass cards into your graveyard. Armored Skaab provides better support against aggro, and advances your deck's win concept farther along. One mana isn't much to sacrifice either, so long story short, I reccommend Armored Skaab.
February 10, 2012 5:56 p.m.
killroy726 says... #4
In my opinion its a matter of what you want most cheap fast cards or more expensive cmc wise cards that do more for you. Personally I would run more Screeching Skaab than Armored Skaab
February 10, 2012 6:14 p.m.
Armored Skaab is by far, the better choice. BadumPsh put it perfectly... the biggest problems with dredge decks is taking too much damage before you can mill yourself down enough to pull of a nice combo... Armored Skaab can block anything from turns 1-4ish, and possibly more, and by then, if you have a decent build, you should be able to cast something decent from you graveyard.
hunter9000 says... #2
This isn't really a rules question, so it would be better posted in the forum instead.
Which of those creatures you should use depends on the rest of your deck, which you neglected to give a link to.
But other than that, the best way to figure it out is to playtest it. Pick one and play some games. If it's not working out for you, swap it for the other. If that doesn't work, find some other card that does.
February 10, 2012 5:54 p.m.