User blog comment:Drago0661/Jack Bond - My Jackknife Deck/@comment-10483040-20140617131223/@comment-1755882-20140618213320

Except that's what it DOES, its an immediate -1 from hand, but no immediate pay-off. In many games, it won't EVER give you any pay-off, because you never actually needed that gauge. As Blaz mentioned, with stuff like Dragoknuckle, since those cards do other things, the extra gauge is entirely benefit. Dragoknuckle, El Quixote, and Blue Dragon Shield have all reached a wash in advantage IMMEDIATELY (no waiting on the benefits, like needing another card to take advantage of the gauge before you really see the benefits of your sacrifice from the hand) before gaining the gauge comes into play. These are all more than a wash, and even if you never use that gauge, no big deal, because the cards were a wash prior to the extra gauge.

And, really, you attack my arguments instead of trying to countering them, and then use the budget excuse? I don't bother with thinking about budget. What I concern myself with is helping people build optimal decks. If you can't afford the cards, fine, then my advice isn't for you, but that does not remove ANY merit from the argument.

The playstyle excuse is also complete crap. You should be finding a deck type that already fits your play style, not twisting a deck type and worsening it to force it to fit your play style. Attacking my arguments because "they're one-sided pieces of crap that really only apply to [my] style" is completely ridiculous. I don't have any one defined style. I make it my mission to know how to play each and every deck in this game, so that I can feel confident making these arguments and making the video content I do while it also has the added benefit of allowing me to better deal with pretty much any deck I face. Doing this requires that my play style be very flexible, as I'd be an idiot to claim that each deck plays the same way. Having a preferance towards certain decks and their inherent play style does not at all mean that that is my only play style or that I'm any worse under other play styles.