Brotherhood is not too bad and can very much beat Avengers. The 4-drop chick that shuts down plot twists is a huge pain in the ass to deal with. If you don't hit a full Wonder-Man on turn 6 then you're going to have trouble.

In testing I've seen some very good Squad decks, so they will still be around. Morlocks will be very tough and Morlocks Physical is actually not bad either. Hellfire Club can be good but they have a weak early game.

We'll have to see....

Hey, fair play to that, I don't mean to slate originality. It's just hard to come up with something yourself that's actually going to bring you some level of success.

I'm pleased to see HFC do well. Can you give us a list Dr.light, or would that go against what you posted? :p

I didnt mean the "Chair Deck" I mean a deck no one has really considered that is totally under the radar

I should modify my posts to say:
- avengers "slightly" beats brotherhood. (with the slightly better characters/PTs), it's by no means a wash though.

I think HFC will be better the more BR/AR decks there are. they have a strong 5/6/7.

what's so good about Morlocks physical btw? Are the physical PTs and their stats enough?

A few people have asked me about the Brotherhood build we were using. We went heavy on the cycling plot twist and stun-back features.

Disclaimer: We tested this deck the least, mostly because we didn't enjoy playing it. Feel free to test it yourself and help us confirm/fix the matchups.

The curve is something like:
Rem-Ram/Kleinstock
Chrome + Amelia
Joanna/Senyaka
Spoor/Anne-Marie
Polaris/Sabertooth
Harry Delgato

And the other cards were:
Boot to the Head
Planet X
The Acolytes
Heroes in Reserve
Go Down Fighting
Planet X
Sovereign Superior

You mulligan for Go Down Fighting and Amelia. Then you just never ever let your opponent attack without getting a stun-back, and cycle through to get extra damage when you attack.
Don't be afraid to flip up plot twists in the row, you simply replace them with reservists going down fighting when you're on defense.

It beats Squadron and Avengers a goodly portion of the time. It can have consistency issues, however.
It wins against Squadron by always stunning back. Their huge characters aren't so good if they can't keep them around. (Panacea Potion hurts, but they don't always hit enough of them.)
Avengers loses to the massive damage and again, not being able to keep their characters around. Avengers seems to win most currently when it can keep Black Panther hitting for 7 extra damage every turn. With Brotherhood, he simply gets stunned back and dies.
(And it will never make it to seven either way.) Realize that turn 6 is where Avengers can't reinforce some guy in back, who then gets pounded for 20+ damage after pump, and then the front guy, with no reinforcer left behind him, gets blasted for another 12 or so.

2 words :

scarlet witch

Scarlet Witch/Repulsor Ray is too late.
Harry and Polaris aren't restricted to the combat phase.

Though that explains how you beat Morlocks. :)

there are 4-5 great decks. Ain't it great?

That said:If you dont have a strong feel for the meta or can play you deck blindfolded by now you may be in trouble...


As much as I hate to admit it Morlocks are probably the deck to beat. Most people haven't found the variant that is dominant nor do they really know how to play it fortunatley.

JinxM: What are your thoughts regarding Repulsor Ray by itself? Is it good or bad anti-Morlocks tech?

another interesting thing to remember for the chain is that if the defender evades, you could still play effects on your attacker like repulsor ray to prevent further evasions, this would be good tech against backs against the wall.

interesting...

Visualize success but don't believe your eyes folks.

Not that I think I'm going to use rays, but maybe I should consider it.

How many teams have payment powers that can be stopped by ray? That will actually be there? What like kang maybe?

Morlock evasion we already know about.

I liked the idea of it for awhile, but I'll probably end up cutting it. I'm still clinging to running 2 though.

HFC - Sebastian, Pryor. There are other payment abilites here, but there's a good chance to chain the rest. You might screw the Magneto ability now and then, as I often like to keep shinobi out, rex him, then deadly games and use Mag's ability.

X-men - Recovery abilites.

Avengers - Rick Jones.

Squad/Faces/Brotherhood doesn't really care as near as I can tell.

Your builds of Avengers and Brotherhood must suck. That is all.