Armed escort...Red Skull, Aleksander Lukin * RAID

Infinite burn...

Oh yeah!

Infinite as in ... once?

I think he means if you add in O-Force as well to force the attack. Also, this was already posted in another thread.

No, infinite as in infinite. Energize readies the character whenever they defend. Armed Escort is "Activate -> Remove all defenders you control from this attack, target character you control becomes a defender."

It's simple to fix though. You just make Armed Escort once per turn.

-Mike

So you are playing X-Statix and Crime Lords depending on a 3 drop, a piece of equipment, and an ongoing plot twist, in Golden Age? And the combo only works once per turn? And it only deals two damage? I guess you guys broke Golden age.

Um, no.

2-drop Energize guy (we'll say, Havok) equipped with an Armed Escort, sitting next to Red Skull - Aleksander Lukin.

1. Bucky attacks Red Skull.
2. Havok activates Armed Escort. Red Skull loses Defender, Havok gains defender.
3. Red Skull triggers. 2 burn, 2 gain.
4. Havok's energize triggers. He readies.
5. Havok activates Armed Escort. Havok loses Defender, Havok gains defender.
6. Red Skull triggers. 2 burn, 2 gain.
7. Havok's energize triggers. He readies.
8. Repeat 5 through 7 as many times as you want.

It's a very easy combo to fire. I posted a decklist here-- the only difficulty is hitting Red Skull.

That said, it's also an easy errata. There's almost no chance MEV will ship with this combo still available.

What Spud said.

And I guess your hater reflex is still intact.

Congratulations. You lose at life.

Reading comprehension would do you well. 2 characters and a piece of equipment is all the combo takes.

-Mike

And one of the two characters doesn't need to be any specific character-- anybody with Energize will do.

I really don't think it matters. None of the big time Mega-Weekend, Marquee, World Championship, etc, etc events are Golden, sadly. Which means this combo is only in the land of fairy tales and 8-drops.

Because people clearly only play in sanctioned events, so there's no point issuing errata for any other purpose.

And besides-- if any one team gets 2 to 3 Energize 2- and 1-drops, this can be played in BYOTT, which IS a sanctioned format. Not correcting it would mean there would always be the threat of this combo or another one like it coming back in a random partly-GA format.

R&D hasn't just "ignored" a problem with degenerate combos yet, why would they start now? Who was playing Talia: LexCorp CEO? What format was she in? Still got fixed.

-Mike

I agree, this definitely needs a fix.

Hell, if no one cares anymore can I have my Valeria back?