White Queen M-15-005

SECONDARY MUTATION:#When this power appears, stop turning the dial. White Queen can't be healed beyond this click and ignores all damage except pushing damage, damage from this power, and damage transferred to her. This power can't be countered or ignored. When there are no friendly characters named Cuckoo on the map, deal her 1 unavoidable damage.

I've been trying to figure out the practical application of this power. You can't move her or activate a power to push her deeper in her dial. Is this so she can be used as a blocking figure or a tie up piece? How people commonly play her at this point?

While White Queen does have 0 Speed, you can still give her a Move Action. (And hypothetically, her Speed could be modified.) Therefore, you could push onto the diamond clicks.

More practically... once Emma hits that point, your opponent only has two ways to get her off that click. 1) Push her. (Good luck with her 20 Defense and Shape Change, even if you do have Incap.) 2) KO all of the Cuckoos.

As one possible use, try Emma as a tie-up piece on that click, especially if her other Cuckoos are all still active. (And keep in mind that her Cuckoo-based powers also work with the MU009 Cuckoo.)

I've seen her used to great effect, with that click being part of it.

-J