There are so many differing opinions on equipment packages, its pretty frustrating. Many have very solid arguments but there is one argument I particularly find infuriating: batterskull goes into every deck running 4 sfm.
Ok I have a foil batterskull and am itching to use it so not having an expensive standard card is not the argument. Ive tested It in uw stoneblade where it is an excellent card which gives me a big efficient body. I also have misstep to protect sfm and brainstorm to shuffle away batterskull when I don't have stoneforge. No argument here, its very strong.
I have also played it in gw mystic and wb deadguy. It is terrible in both these decks, seriously. I never have body problems in both these creature filled decks so batterskull's usefulness drops. Also, I cant prevent my opponent from frying my mystic without force/misstep. Topdecking batterskull without mystic is one of the most annoying things ever.
Worst of all, sometimes I manage to get batterskull down and IT DOESN'T WIN ME THE GAME. It's a freaking exalted rwm with vigilance. That is not enough to win games. I still die to merfolk/goblin alpha strikes after they reach critical mass. I still get raped by tarmogoyfs and kotrs while they leave one back to block batterskull.
I had batterskull in my deck for a long time (ugh... cawblade influence) Only when I started to search for sobm and jitte most of the time, did I realize what a Meh Card batterskull is in creature heavy decks. It's not terrible, it's just cuttable and cut it I did.
Last edited by ivanpei; 06-22-2011 at 01:53 AM.
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