So I'm running a deck with 2x Duplicate and 2x Ice Barrier. Every deck I can find with this kind of setup runs at least one Mad Scientist, but I feel like more often than not it's not providing the value that something else could in the same slot. I either don't get the secret I need in the moment I need it, or I get a duplicate at the exact wrong time. Or, I have Mad Sci sitting in my hand half the game because there's never an appropriate moment to play it.
I was thinking about swapping it out for a Kirin'Tor Mage so that I can play an Ice Barrier for free and just play my duplicates manually when I need them. Thoughts? Is there something else I could play instead of Mad Sci that might fit a duplicate control style deck?
It's not that I run out of secrets, it's just that I don't think I'm getting value for money with Mad Scientist. I can't play it early, for fear of getting a duplicate before I can get a card out that I want duplicated and by end game I've usually drawn and manually played the secrets I need anyway.
So I'm running a deck with 2x Duplicate and 2x Ice Barrier. Every deck I can find with this kind of setup runs at least one Mad Scientist, but I feel like more often than not it's not providing the value that something else could in the same slot. I either don't get the secret I need in the moment I need it, or I get a duplicate at the exact wrong time. Or, I have Mad Sci sitting in my hand half the game because there's never an appropriate moment to play it.
I was thinking about swapping it out for a Kirin'Tor Mage so that I can play an Ice Barrier for free and just play my duplicates manually when I need them. Thoughts? Is there something else I could play instead of Mad Sci that might fit a duplicate control style deck?
It's not that I run out of secrets, it's just that I don't think I'm getting value for money with Mad Scientist. I can't play it early, for fear of getting a duplicate before I can get a card out that I want duplicated and by end game I've usually drawn and manually played the secrets I need anyway.
Not particularly. Super aggro decks like Face Hunter of course, as just about any control deck does, but so far holding my own against most.
I've got 2x Healbots already.
I just subbed in a Kirin'Tor and an Ethereal Arcanist. Worked pretty well. I'll play a few games and see how it goes.
Destroyed a patron warrior by duplicating Rag. He had no idea how to respond to that haha.