Killing an opponent's Seer allows you to draw a card, sure, but by then your opponent has already taken the best card out of your hand, so youll have to evoke that Thoughtseize bug to draw something good enough to replace it
The deck excels at generating card advantage, allowing players to build up a massive hand of spells and unleash devastating plays that can quickly shift the tide of battle
Peter Pans pirate nemesis has a single point of strength and two willpower as his starting stats
Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life
The Howling Mine effect continues for both players, but eventually the repeated two damage taken defeats the control mage without white in his or her deck
Most artifact decks up until that point were interested in making tons of mana or being some sort of broken combo or prison deck, but when Affinity was born it showed that artifacts could beat down too