I guess I just disagree about the 2 different paths to victory -- I think the strong attacks of the red deck, along with the highest health in the game, support what I'll call the "death by attrition" PtV. And, really, ATE really does support that PtV as well in that it makes an opponent stay away from Vader unless he has enough defense to play one for every attack of Vader's, thus prolonging the Duel and giving Vader a chance to draw more DD. Then, by the time the opponent does close in, he's about half dead already from the DD and Vader's attacks don't need to cause as much damage. The problem comes against opponents who can't be damaged by those basic attacks (Obi, Mace) or those who can finish Vader off the first time he attacks (Maul). ATE isn't a PtV for me... it's an intimidation factor that makes the opponent stay away from Vader unless they can defend everything. Though I think DSD would be better as an A4, they also support this PtV by (in theory) giving him that extra boost of life to stay alive long enough the one extra turn he might otherwise have died.

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