>If you have the turn 1, do you go for it every time? What if you know they play blue? What if it's game 3 and you know they play blue?
With belcher you go for it, and that game 3 that's risky, you hope you end up with a gitaxian probe to see how safe it is, or you go for the storm kill.
Kayden Johnson
Well with Belcher you definitely jam it. But what about other decks that can t1 but also have a bit more play to them, like ANT . Think about a sample hand: [USea, fetchland, ponder, ritual, ritual, infernal, LED] Do you jam a t1 ad nauseam, or do you ponder and look for discard and/or a t2 pif kill?
Hudson Thomas
Why not just play r/b thou
Jordan Lewis
Well with ANT, I have found that, depending on which build you are running, an ad nauseam with no mana floating/no land drop to make isn't even that consistent. You may win the majority of the time, but not consistently enough that I would go for it with no backup. With your example, I would definitely ponder turn one looking for disruption. The primary way you get punished is if your opponent is on a chalice deck and they chalice for 1 turn 1, but those are far less common than force of will decks.
Colton Flores
I personally don't think ad naus deserves a main board slot in ANT because it fails too often. Most hands that could t1 ad naus could also make a bunch of goblins with a maindeck empty and that will get you there most of the time
Matthew Harris
On the play, yes. They only have roughly 40% of having both FoW + Blue cards.
Xavier Howard
for sure. no sense playing a turn 1 deck if i'm not gonna go for it. game three i might be more cautious but there have been times when my opponent kept no free interaction and i got punished for letting them have land drops and draw steps
