Subject: The Importance of Card Advantage in different situations -
Andrew Lee

Card advatage is a very important part of the game.
What is card advantage anyhow? Card advantage is a
concept that the more cards you have over your
opponent, the better off you are. Of course, drawing
your whole deck isn't terribly smart, but let me
explain.
   Why exactly is it better to have more cards than
you opponent, and how do you attain it? Many people
don't see the advantages of cards such as Pot of Greed
and Robbin' Goblin. The reason why such cards are
useful is because of Card Advantage
   When you have more cards than your opponent, you
have more options than he does. If you draw new cards,
you get an edge in the form of more choices of cards
to play. When you force your opponent to discard
cards, you reduce the number of potential plays he can
make the next turn.
   Building a strong offensive deck around discarding
can be extremely devastating, for not only do your
creatures annihalte your opponent's monsters on the
field, but have the potential of nuking another one
from their hand. Trap cards, magic cards, i find that
most players set them on the field as soon as they can
(which will change with the release of Magic Ruler,
trust me on this one, at least the more experianced
duelists probably will, for fear of the devastating
Hurricane/Card Destruction combo. Hurricane forces
each player to pick up all magic and trap cards and
put them in your hand. Since it's a magic card, you
activate it during your main phase, and so then can re
place all of your magic and trap cards.)
  Of course, there are times when it's better for your
opponent to have more cards, which is the case for the
Hurricane/Card Destruction combob. At best, you can
force an opponent to discard more than 10 cards, with
help from the Bistro Butcher, or if he has set 5 magic
and trap cards on the field. In this sense, you do
give him more options, but are taking away many more
in the process, so is justified.
  Card advantage can mean the game when it comes to
playing. Try to apply it to your game, and good things
may come out if it.

If you have any questions, email me at
Andrewllee@yahoo.com.

-Andy

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