I found Vol so much better than Huntmaster. For all the reasons stated already by wtwlf, basically. All of his effects are fantastic and high-impact.
Vol's abilities are just totally at odds with one another. His + ability, if used to attack makes him less safe, and more vulnerable to a lethal counter-swing. His -2 ability steals a creature, and then kindly returns it so that on the opponent's turn that creature can kill Vol.
This isn't true at all. If you stole their creature, you just increased the amount of damage to your opponent by the total of that creature + your best creature's power, and saved a card by not having a creature die in combat. Even if my opponent swings straight back at me and kills Vol, that's fine. Chances are he's considerably better than that. You don't care one iota about him not protecting himself - he's there to ensure you maximise the damage to your opponent. Both his abilities help do that, the second even on a board where you don't have the upper hand. It breaks stalemates like no other. On a board where you're already winning, he just makes it impossible to stabilise by being a) a source of increased damage b) a huge clock.
This isn't true at all. If you stole their creature, you just increased the amount of damage to your opponent by the total of that creature + your best creature's power, and saved a card by not having a creature die in combat. Even if my opponent swings straight back at me and kills Vol, that's fine. Chances are he's considerably better than that. You don't care one iota about him not protecting himself - he's there to ensure you maximise the damage to your opponent. Both his abilities help do that, the second even on a board where you don't have the upper hand. It breaks stalemates like no other. On a board where you're already winning, he just makes it impossible to stabilise by being a) a source of increased damage b) a huge clock.
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