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Hey Pojo People! Now that summer is
in session, your master of the Squirrels is back on
task with the COTD’s, and the new Featured Articles,
but that’s later. Ok. This week, we talk about the
spells out of Stomp-A-Trons. There are a couple of
them that can be cool, so maybe we’ll hit one of
those this week. Today, we get a card that has some
people already making decks around. It’s the spell
known as…
Future Slash
Civilization: Darkness
Type: Spell
Mana Cost: 7
Ability: Search your opponent’s deck
for 2 cards and send them to the graveyard.
The Rundown
Haven’t seen much of this card. I’ve
heard of decks being revolved around it, but I can’t
necessarily see it…yet. I don’t have anyone near my
Meta that uses it, since most of those decks are
mainstream (you’ll learn about this in the
Article---It’s like my new word!).
The Positive Side
I can see some possibility for the
card. I mean, taking 2 cards out of the deck is like
taking 2 organs out of a body: It can be effective
if you take out the right ones…Not that I’m implying
that body incision is like Duel Masters…
Let’s say that the person is using a
Mono-Blue, and your going Yellow/Black or Black/Blue
with blockers. Use this, assuming that they haven’t
already gone crazy with them already, to take out
those Pesky Paladins that can win games with one
play. Then what do they got? Nothing to kill those
blockers, that’s for sure! Hooray! Do the happy
dance! *begins dancing*…sorry…
There are other uses for the card. I
mean, if you get a chance to look at your opponent’s
deck, see their graveyard and field and mana zone,
and they use a mainstream, you’re entire mode of
playing can take a switch from what you were doing.
Let’s say you find out that they have 3 nexus on the
field. You would probably either force them to deck
out, or attack like crazy. If they had non shield
triggers in their shields, then you would go for the
1-shot kill, since it’s almost a guarantee. So that
is a plus to the card.
The card costs 7. So I would think
that you would either need Blue so your hand doesn’t
run out or Green so your mana is in tact. With that,
the card can be effective. As long as you know what
you’re searching to kill, you can make this card
really helpful.
The Negative Side
I can see some negs to this card. One
major negative, and the one we all notice at first,
is its mana cost. 7 is a high cost. Really high. I
mean, it costs more than Terror Pit. Now, we all
know that if a card costs more than terror pit or
Holy Awe or Natural Snare, then it better be crazy.
Is Future Slash like that? Well, it’s
not the best way to spend your 7 mana. Its effect is
helpful, but it won’t really help you in crunch
time, when you need a specific card at a specific
time. I mean, if you’re facing a Fighter Dual Fang
and you have no shields, then this card as a top
deck is about as useful as an Orange Rind. You could
bribe your opponent with the rind, but I’m makin a
stretch when I say that they probably won’t spring
for it…
Killing Cards in their deck can help,
but not much since there aren’t many cards like it
in its deck destruction genre. Hopefully there is
gonna be a card that says “discard the top card of
your opponent’s deck” so this card isn’t alone. When
that comes, then Future Slash’ll have a better
rating. But for now, it’s just not as effective as
it could be.
Finally, here’s
“What Else Could You Use?”
- Uh…Terror Pit?!!!
- The upcoming Chain Slash? Terror
pit but 1 cheaper and not shield trigger
- 3 ghost Touch?
- Locomotiver w/ Horrid Worm?
- Ghost Touch w/ Scheming Hands?
There seems to be some better choices
to go with. I would say save the space for your deck
for the crazy Chain Slash…
The Limited Side
Here’s some use for the card. Seeing
as Limited cards tend to be more effective than they
would be in Construct, This card could have an
effect that could give you the game. Decks are
smaller in Limit also, so it gives a better chance
for decking. However, 7 mana in limited isn’t the
easiest thing to pull off. Still, I’d be cool to use
and I can see it being effective.
The Recap
Here’s the + and – recap
Pluses
+ Kills opponents deck
+ Gives you a better idea what your
strategy should be from that point on
+ Can win you games by decking
+ Can screw up your opponent pretty
well.
Minuses
- Too Costly
- Not that good enough a card for a
card above staple mana cost
- Is it really that necessary to use?
Some cards have relative effects
- Horrible Top deck in the early
game. Crazy in real late game, but that’ll rarely
happen…
Constructed – 1.5/5 –
Run it with discard and you could
make a pretty good card-lockdown deck. Until this
guy gets a little brother, it’s not that good for
now.
Limited – 2/5
– Limited Decks have cards that can become instant
staples, have lesser amounts of cards, and can be
more likely to cause problems for your opponent.
However, with the lack of strong draw power,
difficulty to get to 7 mana, and the inability to
really use more than 1 or 2, it’s not as effective.
Art – 4/5 –
It’s like the Grim Reaper sans the
Attitude…or with more…can’t really tell since no one
really knows him. I mean really know him…
That’s it for the possible promising
Future Slash. IF anyone has a Question,
Comment/Concern/Complaint, feedback for an article,
or anything about Duel Masters, E-Mail me at
nimbly@gmail.com .
Later Days…
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