User blog comment:AmazingPST"Providence"/Anime Discussion: A skillful fight/@comment-5777478-20150701113348

Gao plays the way most players should play. Obviously, the playstyle should be based on your opponent’s deck and playstyle, but Gao’s playstyle is essentially the default playstyle that most players should be using. Look at the last episode and the upcoming one. In it, Gao faces off Death Shido. Shido is so afraid of Gao’s impact, he’s using all of his defense cards early. He doesn’t let Gao deal a single damage. Some players may think Shido is winning. He’s not. He’s running out of cards. In the next episode, you’ll see that he’s run out of cards and doesn’t meet the 6 life or less requirement for his draw spell. Then Gao will hit him with a barrage of attacks to bring his life to 4 and finish him with his impact. A player has to learn when to use their defenses and when to take damage. Gao takes the damages and saves his shields for later when he really needs them.