8 Sun. Win the Game
Tenet #1: there are two ways to win any strategy card game. 1) Through tempo advantage (Read: Blitz, Red Deck Wins, etc.) or 2) Card advantage (Read: Control). Tenet #2: plants have a much easier p...
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Another humble opinion for another of your posts.
Yes, I do agree that zombies need more control-ish cards if they want this kind of decks viable. I'm actually sad that most zombie cards are aggro-based. Sneak damage! Gain stats! Summon another zombie!
But speaking about that, plants DO need some good control cards in order to be able to keep up with aggro decks. (And by "being able to keep up" I mean, "being able to NOT die by turn 5 or 6").
You may not have noticed, but you can do TON of damage with aggro decks, specially with Impfinity. Your core superpower on turn 1 allows you to take 1/5 of your opponents health. Next turn you can easily summon another 2 zombies. Lets say... Tennis Champ. Even if the plant hero deals with one of your FOUR zombies, you would have already dealt 10+ damage by turn 2. That's insane.
It is fair that they get some tools in order to prevent this. Someone said it already in another post, but you can easily compare Shrinking Violet with Weed Spray. It is a fair card, considering it's effect and cost. (helping you survive aggro decks)
Speaking about Dark Matter... Yes, it is a powerful card, but if you are facing lots of these it only means one thing... you don't know how to aggro.
Aggro decks are succesful because you summon lots of cheap zombies early on, and then you use cheap tricks in order to keep dealing damage or to remove your opponents cards.
You can do something like... I don't know, kill a 7 cost Soul Patch with something as cheaply as a 1 brain trick (Barrel of Barrels) or with a super expensive 3 cost trick (Backyard Bounce).
Dark Matter deals precisely with this 2 problems. It (kinda) ensures you to stabilize the board, dealing with both the zombies AND the possible zombie answer. Even still, you can easily deal with cards that you may already have on the field, deadly zombies. (Either conjured by Cosmic Imp or regular zombies that got this power through Super Stench)
So... yeah.
Is it powerful? - Absolutely
Is it unbeatable? - Not at all.
