Talk:Jabberwock/@comment-60.241.16.230-20130716183748

Charm > Melee. Desperate Seance is far stronger than March of Death/Icy Heat Pentacle. Reducing your opponent's deck strength by X% has a bigger comparative effect then increasing your deck strength by X%.

Here's an example. Let's say we're both at 100 strength. If I increase my strength by 50% I would have 150 and you would have 100. I would be 1.5x stronger than you. Now if I decreased your strength by 50%, I would have 100 strength and you would have 50 strength. I would be 2.0x stronger than you.

Most charm cards are weaker than comparable magic/melee cards for the same cost. It's as though being charm attribute in itself carries an extra cost of having lower stats. In the case of Ilazki, it's actually stronger than similar magic/melee cards. That's why Ilazki is overwhelmingly good for DEF.