i must admit, i haven't really checked out all the MMK cards yet, but whats to stop a lone character from being puppet master-ed?

They have a ongoing PT that prevents that one character from being a target of any effects by the opponent. It's called Star of the Show.

Puppet Master targets the player, so X-statix has no defence to being forced to tap one/all of their character/s in play.

I guess that's where Vivisector (3) comes in. Heh.

Ah, yes. They have many ways of making sure that particular 2 drop doesn't stick around too long but PM could cause a problem.

I have played against a few X-Statix decks. A couple have been mono and one X-Change. They are quite strong in either format. The X-Change format actually works better when you don't play for single character out so you can use cards like Grandstanding for a big boost and Orphan/Good Guy for a nice defensive boost on each character out.

I'm not sure that I agree that X-Statix is the best team of the set, though. They're definitely a good one, though. Someone that's played X-Statix says he lost to Curve Sentinels when they played Mark II's instead of Bastion, negating Zeitgeist's ability easily. X-Statix may end up being better in Modern Age than Golden for reasons like that, Puppet Master, and Doom with Mystical Paralysis.

i agree that x-static have somthing going for them
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