This is one of two or three decks I'm considering for City Champs here in Toronto.

4x Black Cat
3x Night Thrasher
1x Director Bones OR Sarge Steel
4x Ahmed Samsarra
1x Christopher Smith
1x Rose Wilson <> Ravager, Titans Tomorrow East
2x Spider-Man, Sensational Spidey
1x Spider-Man, Parasitic Host
1x Alan Scott
1x Samantha Parrington <> Valkyrie
1x Annihilation Protocol <> OMAC Robot
1x Rose Wilson <> Ravager, Daughter of Deathstroke
1x White Tiger OR Michael Collins <> Deathlok
1x Daredevil
1x Huntress
1x Spider-Man, Stark's Protege
1x Sasha Bordeaux
1x The Sentry

4x Enemy of my Enemy
4x Gift Wrapped
3x Threat Neutralized
3x Knightmare Scenario
2x A Proud Zinco Product

4x Checkmate Safe House
4x Brother I Satellite
2x Brother Eye
2x Empire State University
1x Soul World
1x Slaughter Swamp
1x Sewer System
1x Dr. Fate's Tower

1x Cloak of Nabu

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It's a simple, straightforward and powerful late-curve deck. Lots of protection for Ahmed (Tower + Cloak, Threat Neutralized, the ability to sub out for Rose Wilson, etc.), equally comfortable on odd or even initiatives (although evens are generally preferred, to fire off with Daredevil then steal init on 7 with Stark's Protege), with built-in game against Quickfate (Christopher Smith + evasion 2-drops - the Proud Zincos are actually for short-curve Defenders Fate decks that fire off on 5).

Nice deck idea. Why Sam Parrington?

Double attacks with Nanite-infected Humans, Feral Latinos, and Blind Acrobats seems pretty good to me . . .

Because attacking twice with a big beater is good, and since she has Substitute it also means when I recruit Spider-Man on 7 I can do it without losing the board presence of my 4-drop.

How has this tested against the quicker rushes ala Quick-Fate.

Quickfate is a great matchup. Turn 2 evader plus turn 3 Chris Smith is practically an autowin for the deck, and worst comes to worst you can always underdrop Smith on 4 and grind it out thusly.

Squadron tends to be a very strong matchup, because you have the cards to fuel a lockdown with Sensational Spidey followed by Parasitic, and to use Slaughter Swamp as a handfill tool against them.

AGL is likewise very good because unless they get a ridiculous beats draw, their turn 4 is an exhausted Felix Faust and an exhausted Xallarap.

Looks very solid.

EDIT: How's the Kree Matchup, as well as other testing results? Is Valkyrie worth the space and sacrifice of Sensational Spiderman?

f'n genius. I totally didn't think about using Peacemaker that way. That gives me an on and off init way to handle him, thanks!

I've got eight tutors plus additional card draw with ESU and when I hit Cat on 2 even more card filtering. That plus Ahmed means I almost always hit him.

Kree varies. Straight Kree and Kree/Inhumans is a pretty decent match. Press Chess I haven't tested yet. Kree/VU is 50/50 depending on whether they manage to god-draw into the necessary elements to kill Ahmed on turn 3 and you haven't drawn a Threat.

How about Terrax, Harbinger of Ruin?

Has been popping in and out. His usefulness on defense is questionable, though, because all he ends up doing is stunning somebody Spider-Man already exhausted. He's much better on offense, and on turn 6 I'd rather just play Daredevil.

If Dweller-In-Darkness didn't have Loyalty-Reveal, he'd be in the 6-drop slot like a shot.

This looks like a great deck did you think about using the good old free aunt may to get more spidermans?

Someone at the past local Champs used Fifth Dimension as a fetchable way to protect ahmed. here's the text for reference (see bold):

Activate >>> Remove target non-stunned character you control from the game. At the start of the next draw phase, if that character card has the Revenge Squad team affiliation, put it into your front row. (A card in the removed-from-game zone has only its printed affiliation.)

doesn't work against deadshot though.

edit: brainfart. of course it works against deadshot >_<

WHy doesnt it?

I like the Fifth and Amhed combo