The most common venom I ever saw played was the old Critical Mass Vet with pounce. Was almost guaranteed to see one every week.

I don't think that's a typo on the Deadpool main-set Venom. Once you take that free action, he's swinging with an 11 attack for 5 damage; that's crazy for a piece on its fifth click, even at 100pts (rounding up)--needs some mitigation. On the other hand, with new Outwit you can have a teammate Outwit Super Senses on the target before Venom attacks, and there you go.

I have a *lot* of affection for the Fast Forces Venom; as the only playable version of "classic" Venom under 100pts, he's very team-friendly to my eyes, and I've used him to good effect in some memorable games. But Venom in all his (their) forms has been treated pretty well by clix.

That LE Venom hasn't worked well for me, but I've probably just been playing it wrong. Opponents tend to see him and dogpile him early. I do like that he's a one-man rejuvenation squad for older Sinister Syndicate figures. I've been meaning to run him with some of the pre-carded Spider-baddies and see how it goes; maybe something like:

Force Build 9067109 0
Set	#	Name	Team	Pts	Value
WKM	M15-007	Venom		120	SELL
FFSFSM	005	Kingpin		50	SELL
SN	010	Hydro Man		43	$0.27
SN	071	Speed Demon		45	$1.07
FF	041	Vulture		41	$0.79
Force Total:				299	$2.13

You know what's sad? If not for the 6 extra points on the DP Venom, your picks would have made a great 500pt team :'(
(It comes out to 506pts)

I know, right.

CW Venom did work in the civil war events. But short map and a shortage of heavy hitters capable of one-shotting him before he gets a chance to Steal Energy back up definitely worked in his favor there. Still not bad, but hasn't been quite the all-star he was in that format whenever I've seen him brought out in constructed

I know it's an unpopular addition to the game, but I'd love to see you do a top 5 for TabApp figures. I'd like to see someone talk about them positively for once. Most people just discount them because they didn't like the sculpts.