Anyone else just really hate playing bolt when fatal push is more efficient? No? Just me? Alright...
Lol on a different note, I don't see how eletrolyze was good for him. Jund and Abzan *might* have been good candidates to Electrolyze, but in general their dudes are X/3 to X/5 around turn 3, and bolt is historically bad at dealing with goyf.
Am I missing something??
So I saw a video where they were talking to a guy playing a Jeskai list and they specifically asked him about why he had electrolyze. The guy's response was that for one it's great against coco decks, and also there are a lot of 4-5 toughness creatures that are played simply because they don't die to bolt so it's nice to have a cantrip that piggy-backs on your bolts to kill those creatures without two-for-one'ing yourself. I dunno how good 4 mana to kill Tasigur is, but I guess push doesn't hit Tasigur either so I dunno.
Turn 4 verdict on the draw and turn 5 verdict on the play both give our opponent 4 turns to vomit their hand onto the board and potentially kill us. So if the goal of taking the draw is only preventing mana screw, we want to compare the chance of 4 land drops by turn 4 on the draw with the chance of 4 land drops by turn 5 on the play. It might still be better; I haven't checked. And there's always other factors to consider, but my gut says play every time.
Also, hi! I'm new here. Loving the deck, but not getting to play as often as I'd like due to irl stuff.
So I saw a video where they were talking to a guy playing a Jeskai list and they specifically asked him about why he had electrolyze. The guy's response was that for one it's great against coco decks, and also there are a lot of 4-5 toughness creatures that are played simply because they don't die to bolt so it's nice to have a cantrip that piggy-backs on your bolts to kill those creatures without two-for-one'ing yourself. I dunno how good 4 mana to kill Tasigur is, but I guess push doesn't hit Tasigur either so I dunno.
Also, hi! I'm new here. Loving the deck, but not getting to play as often as I'd like due to irl stuff.