the way I see it, Whereever people forget to pack character removal, IG will prosper

I've been playing a lot of Faces and a lot of AGL for Silver thus far.

Although, I find it hard to decide without knowing an entire set. :(

Nothing like a card that gets neutered by Mob Mentality, which lots of decks will be playing. Remember that Silver Age has heaps of anti-targeting meta:

Mob Mentality
AIDA
Nice Try!
BWA HA HA HA HA!
etc.

This is what i am testing so far its called grannys kids:

http://www.vsrealms.com/forum/showth...=&pagenumber=1

other then that deck i am also testing

MKKO great weenie hate
JLI 4 resource
JLI\DE Granny Style
JLA ally

If everyone expects to see a fair bit of JLA/JLI ally decks, are people going to start packing unmasked into their decks in preparation for those types of decks?

I'll see you there next time. Or hopefully not, actually, as I haven't won the past few tiems with you there =/.

Something with Chopping Block. Gotta use the broken cards, man.
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I don't think that people expect to see a lot of JLA/JLI decks. It hasn't hit the metagame in a huge way at PCQ's or 10K's, so people won't bother teching against it at PCSF.

Players are much more likely to play weenie hate, as the lack of Flame Trap will be felt. Weenie decks, whether they are AGL, GLEE, or Multiple Man Combos will cover about 33% of the field, I'd say. That will allow, of course, the 8% of players who do play JLA/JLI to have a great chance at Day 2. The Ally deck can get to it's own weenie hate with Hero's Welcome... A great way to tutor for the 4 & 5 drop Green Arrows, who can deal weenie decks some hurt on or off-initiative.

Plus, I'd also bet that Ally decks will pack 1 Monitor Womb Station and 2 New Era to go get them, so Unmasked is easily dealt with.

U heard it from me first . CRIME LORDS will reign supreme.

Is it really even possible to tech cards like Unmasked for Silver Age? There's no Alfred or Boris to go grab it. Hellfire Club seems to be the only team that can run a true PT toolbox. I don't see anybody running 3 and 4 copies of Unmasked for JLA. Besides, pure JLI 4-resource isn't really affected by Unmasked.

Kooey Kooey Kooey? DK, how can you forget the card that makes Jason Hager all giddy?
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IG/HFC/A.M/m-hunters.... nuff said

The JL-Ally builds each have ways of handling the potential use of Unmasked, which is otherwise not too exciting a card. The JLA Curve builds will probably be working with a good toolbox of locations, anyhow, making New Era and 1x or 2x Monitor Womb Station a perfect plan for UCCM (Unmasked-Counter-Counter-Measures). Builds like my own, the 4-or-less / ally hybrips, can pretty much just run enough other pumps so that replaying Unmasked via its reflip effect isn't very cost-effective. Winning before Unmasked gets played is another potential solution, and one which can actually come into play.

Of course, this assumes people really think it's worth running Unmasked for the JL and occassional Kang or B-Hood matches. The Hellfire Club really has other concerns, blowing Kooey for Unmasked is counter-productive against non-Fire-abusing builds, and likewise, Fire and Barry Allen seem the only really tempting reasons to blow the cards for Marvel's Most Wanted or RP's for Kang Kong.

What I think is most interesting is the potential for the new Squadron / Thunderbolts hybrid in MMA to move back into Silver Age. Genis-Vell is a fun addition to the deck for those games where 5 isn't the last turn, and getting to switch more turn-length pumps back into the deck could further expand the deck's already notable prowess.

While Mental stall is an interesting choice for MMA, I suspect that some form of Brotherhood Energy will prove to be more servicable as a SA choice. We've been testing a deck we've come to refer to as "Common Energy" that uses the hybridization of the Energy trait and the Reservists of the Brotherhood and Hellfire Club affiliations. Any deck that gets to use Insignificant Threat and Magnetic Force (a ridiculous card, BTW) reliably is fun against the swarmier decks of the format. ^_^

AGL / Faust decks really set the bottom end for the probable SA metagame. They can reliably hit on 5, and turn 4 explosions are fully possible (while you rarely actually get the win on 4, it's easy to get into an auto-win position for the following turn). I might get bored and play around with some Neo-Intergang build to see if that's going to be a sufficiently reliable deck to consider. Turn two wins are pretty frickin' crazy.

Oddly enough, Glock is still looking to be really hot in SA. Ghost Rider is a win condition against most of the decks in the format, and the loss of Cover Fire is easy enough to overcome. It doesn't have an easy game against the heaviest aggro decks, but its win conditions trump most other stall decks, and it really does a number on decks that try to play a bit of the control and aggro angles. It's one of Common Energy's worst matchups, for that reason. ^_^

This Monday, expect an article on the current development of the new CE for both the Silver Age and Marvel Modern Age formats. So far, unfortunately, the loss of Insignificant Threat really seems to have messed with the deck's chi, but some 11th hour developments this weekend might rectify that some.

The truth is, no one knows. No one knows. Just play, play more, all this talk is meaningless. None of these decks have seen a format without the origins set except the powerhouse Squadron deck. So it has to start there.

Thats why the thread is called

'what are YOU TESTING for silver age'

not

'what do you think will be the best silver age deck'

Silly goose!