B · Engine & Sequencing · §9
Atraxa is the default, Griselbrand is the ceiling, and Superior Spider-Man is the one that does three jobs at once.
The default. Choose it when you need immediate cards, a stabilizing blocker, vigilance, lifelink, protection through an entry trigger that has already happened, maximum value, or a threat that survives being blinked.
It is particularly superior against Boros, prowess decks, Domain, midrange generally, anything holding or spot removal, and every game where your life total cannot support .
The highest ceiling in the deck, and not the default. Choose it when your life total supports at least one activation, when you need more than four cards, when you need Force, or a second Goryo immediately, when they cannot remove it without giving you an activation window, and when an attack will restore what you spent.
At a high life total, drawing seven before combat can find , Force plus a pitch, , a for the second main, or another Goryo line. At a low life total, attacking first may be mandatory.
The trade is removal. Draw first and you guarantee the resources. Attack first and you preserve life but risk losing before damage.
A flexible Goryo target and a four-mana fair threat. Its ability lets it enter as a copy of a creature card in any graveyard, except that it stays named and remains a 4/4 Spider Human Hero in addition to the copied types. The copied creature’s entry abilities work, and the chosen graveyard card is exiled.◆src