Quote Originally Posted by sigfig8 View Post
I'll start by saying I don't play the DD variant of ANT, but I have read a bunch about it. I know a lot of piles include mediate or IGG. So I have a question. What's to stop blue from letting you resolve DD, and then countering meditate or IGG? That'll leave you with whatever's left of your hand and 5 cards in your deck. Seems like it would be much tougher to go off. Now, I know that not all piles rely on these. But seriously, isn't there a lot of risk here? Even the pile that plays top over and over again...I mean, they can just counter one of the tops!

Can someone please explain why DDANT would be better than Saito's ANT in this case? Is it just a matter of the blue deck player not knowing what to counter? Thanks!
It's the same as playing all of your hand into an Ad Nauseam and it gets FoWed. Sure, after it gets countered you have a chance to recover, but let's be honest... how often does that happen?