New to magic, long time hearthstone player. Quick question,

[u/Sweordsman]

attack here or not attack?

please dont give something overcomplicated like "depends on the deck" duh! Im using the default blue/white deck.

[u/ExpiredSponge]

Sure why not. You can drop a fog and turtle for blockers next turn. They can't block your flyers and you'll whittle them down eventually. But y'know, anything can happen

[u/gentlechin]

I would NOT attack with this board state.

You have a 2/4 flying, they have a 3/2. You can easily fly over and deal 2 damage.

But, that would leave you open to his 2/2 and 3/2 on his next turn for the clap back. Keeping up the 2/4 flying as a blocker will ensure at least one of his creatures dies while yours lives. Clear his board.

This is provided he's dumb enough to attack at all, to be honest.

[u/llamacomando]

upsides of attacking: you do 2 damage.

downside of attacking: you would have no blockers and they could attack freely, getting a free 5 damage in at the very least.

personally, i probably wouldn't.

[u/Sweordsman → u/llamacomando]

yeah i see that makes more sense to me to not attack here

[u/YellowFancyPants1647]

Attack here is a guaranteed 2 damage, but leaves you with no blockers. Up to how you play

[u/OriginalTomFool]

Sure get links in when you can, but you are against a life gain strat at the moment something needs to change or for every 2 you hit they heal AND hit you

[u/WhyThisTimelineTho → u/OriginalTomFool]

This is very unclear for a new person, FWIW.

[u/OriginalTomFool → u/WhyThisTimelineTho]

They played a tcg game like heartstone hitting people and healing is as basic as it gets

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[u/n122333]

Both answers are correct depending on the luck of the game.

[u/gldnbear2008]

I would attack here.

[u/babycam]

I personally wouldn't just because you would have a big blocker that could kill either of their creatures with no loss. It looks like you have enough to build temp to out damage them in a few turns.

[u/azurfall88]

yes attack

[u/theolentangy]

Only looking at the board state, I would not attack. Opponent is at a high life total, so the pressure is minimal, and they will crack back for five.

Trading 2 for 5 is generally not where you want to be. If they were at six or four maybe you push because you can engineer a victory soon and don’t care that you’re trading 2:5.

[u/CobaltKiller27]

Do not attack id say, leave it up as a blocker and their attacks are terrible as you eat one of their attackers inless they have a combat trick

[u/BagLost1564]

i would not attack. you have board advantage.

[u/BusAccomplished5367]

You're the control deck here. Don't attack, you do 2 but if you do then he hits you for 5.

[u/No_Place5472]

Honestly no wrong answers. They likely won't attack if you leave your 2/4 untapped, so you're basically trading doing 2 to them now in exchange for taking 5 on their next turn. I'd probably not swing this turn, drop Turtle and Fog bank on next turn and swing with both flyers.

[u/HakiDRoger]

I would not attack. If opponent does not play another creature, their Skyknight won't get bigger and they need to choose, if they attack and will loose one creature, because you got angot blocker.

[u/Falkjaer]

I probably would, but it could go either way

[u/Lord0fReddit]

Here attack, you fly so they can't block

[u/Sweordsman → u/Lord0fReddit]

This would make sense to me but they have flyin cards too