Originally Posted by
eq.firemind
Burn/Zoo/Sligh decks all have the same problem: they run out of gas. If one of my 7 starting cards is Aether Vial, I'll run out of gas even faster. To balance this, I can and add Dark Confidant. Result: I have 4 cards to set up my agression better, 4 cards to refuel => 8 cards for better mid-late game.
But!
a) I have weaker manabase. Well, Vial is here to compensate that, but if I have no Vial in my 7 and opp has some mana denial? Bah, my deck became less consistent.
b) Outside Vial and Confidant, my whole deck was designed to be an early fast aggro, not midgame, so with Vial and Confidant the deck lost its focus. That's the main reason I don't like 4c/Domain "Zoo" decks.
Somewhere in late 2008/ I've experimented with various Zoo colors and WRG was not acceptable for me 'cause I had no good answers to shit that brakes my gameplan (like CB and Chalice). Well, there were Grip and the likes, but their presence in my deck already shrinks the amount of early preasure I could put on the table. Since that times, Alara Reborn came out and gives us the solution: Qasali Pridemage. Now I can't see any reason to run black or blue.
I've posted some thoughts on matchups, but no one responded :frown:. So people, please, point me, how the addition of :b: or/and :u: will affect(improve) our matchups. IMHO Vial needs the same discussion to be productive.