Witchblade, Domino, Punisher, Ghost Rider

[Zer0evil]

Any advice on how to balance this deck? So far I have just been making decks with the generic advice of 4-5 this card, 3 or 4 of this type of card, and so on. Very general basic construction.

Any tips? Appreciate it.

[chuu]

First question, did you know that the deck is over the deck sum rule? And more importantly, we do you care? Ghost rider and witch blade have a lot of good cards but the rest characters have shitty cards...what other characters do you own?

[breadmaster]

my advice is to treat every card as opd, with a few exceptions

trust me, I KNOW it's a tough pill to swallow, but 4-5 of any card is too much (MAYBE 4 of a top tier card that multiple characters can use, ie, power cards or aspects

other exceptions for multiples are specials that can defend the entire team, super powerful attacks, and of course power cards

once your deck is leaner, you'll get to your round winning cards that much quicker (OPDs and events)

[Tussin]

i could make a template deck of this if you wanted? just to see how it could work

[Zer0evil]

Sure, a template would be nice! I don't have time at the moment to type down all my cards but I will later. As for the sum rule, I hadn't given it any thought. The only person I play this game with is my brother and we usually just make decks from my cards. So far we just play "vanilla" rules with no ante or missions. I don't own any locations yet.

Waiting for a few cards to sell online before I purchase some new cards (all my cards are from the first few sets in around 1995). I would say I have around 1200-1500ish cards.


I don't think I missed anyone, but here is my list of characters which I currently own (I plan to buy Witchblade soon):

Apocalypse
Beast
Bishop
Black Cat
Black Widow
Brood
Captain America
Carnage
Colossus
Cyclops
Daredevil
Deadpool
Doctor Doom
Doc Sampson
Domino
Dr. Octopus
Elektra
Gambit
Ghost Rider
Hawkeye
Hobgoblin
Hulk
Human Torch
Invisible Woman
Jean Grey
Jubilee
Magneto
Morbius
Morph
Nightcrawler
Professor X
Psylocke
Punisher
Quicksilver
Ra's Al Ghul
Rhino
Rogue
Sabre Tooth
Scarlet Witch
Sentinels
She Hulk
Silver Surfer
Spider-Woman
Storm
Strong Guy
Thing
Thor
Venom
Vision
War Machine

[Tussin]

i use http://overpower.ca/ to help see what specials each character has, start Silver Sable in reserve




so this team seems to have some draw power and some nice heavy hits, with some innate staying power and defense and the ability to kill their reserve character.

Homebase: Marvel Universe ~ Opponent's Team is -1 to Venture Total per Battle. ~

Team: 72 points

Witchblade  7-7-3-4 (21)
Punisher      3-7-4-4 (18) Not Cumulative KO'd w/ Fighting Power cards
Ghost Rider  6-6-6-2 (20) Only Spectrum KO'd by 4 Power Types
Silver Sable  2-6-5    (13)

Mission: Assault On Onslaught

Battlesite: The Outback

Battlesite Specials: 14
Dazzler - Absorb Sound (BY) [OPD]
Dazzler - Disco Diva (JH)
Dazzler - Roller Queen (AD)
Jubilee - Troublemaker (DB)
Jubilee - Wolvie Style (NG)
Longshot - Roll With The Punches (DO)
Longshot - Stroke of Luck (OB)
Reavers - Bone Breaker (AR)
Reavers - Donald Pierce (AO)
Sentinels - Master Mold (EE)
Sentinels - Overhaul (EA)
Wolverine - Fighting Instinct (AG)
Wolverine - Snikt (AC)
Beyonder

Aspect Cards: 1
Any-Homebase - A-Next [OPD]

Specials: 22
Witchblade - Energy Wrath (OPD)
Witchblade - The Chosen (OPD)
Witchblade - Biomech Tendrils
Witchblade - Biomech Tendrils
Punisher - Secret Weapon (OPD)
Punisher - Supress Enemy (OPD)
Punisher - Dodge
Punisher - Flame Thrower
Punisher - Outwit
Punisher - Smoke Screen
Punisher - Smoke Screen
Punisher - Sniper
Ghost Rider - Hell on Wheels (OPD)
Ghost Rider - Penance Stare (OPD)
Ghost Rider - Play With Fire (OPD)
Ghost Rider - Bat Out Of Hell
Ghost Rider - Fire And Brimstone
Ghost Rider - Skeletal Summoning
Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance
Silver Sable - Hidden Weapon (OPD)
Silver Sable - Rescue Mission
Silver Sable - Rescue Mission

Power cards: 17
Energy: 3 3
Fighting: 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
Strength: 1 1 4 4
Intellect:
Multi-Power: 2 2
Any-Power:

Teamwork cards: 4
1 * Energy 6 or more to use, follow-ups in Fighting and Strength
1 * Energy 7 or more to use, follow-ups in Fighting and Strength
1 * Fighting 6 or more to use, follow-ups in Energy and Strength
1 * Fighting 7 or more to use, follow-ups in Energy and Strength

Artifact cards: 0

Event cards: 3
* FIGHTING SPIRIT LIVES! <OS> {VR} Juggernaut
All Special cards in your hand may be played by any Hero, for remainder of battle.
* FUEL FOR THE MACHINE <MN> {R} X-Man
Sort through Draw Pile card by card. Put the first card with more than one icon in your hand. May be a duplicate. Reshuffle Draw Pile.
* HELPING HANDS <OS> {VR} Black Panther
Draw two cards after the Discard Phase. Do not discard if duplicates.

Total cards: 61 (but you have cards that let you redraw or search which can thin the deck by 6, so effectively 55 cards)

[Zer0evil]

Makes sense, her hero card says she can play cards from reserve.

[Tussin]

well the 4 stat version of Sable can, but that would overcap the team, i need to use the 3 stat Sable to make this team work, but she still has good utility from reserve even without that innate/passive 4-stat ability

[chuu]

Good work tussin but I think he's missing a lot of the cards on your list.

[Zer0evil]

It's okay, it gives me a plan to work from and I am going to be buying new card singles anyways.

[Tussin]

and in the meantime, you can use placeholder cards for the marvel set specials

[Zer0evil]

Thanks by the way Tussin, realized I hadn't actually typed it out yet! Appreciate the effort.

[Zer0evil]

What is up with Rescue Mission? Neither Orange King nor Mark's Overpowercards have it on their price guides.

[chuu]

It's from the marvels set that was never officially printed. So you have to print it out yourself or get your hands on a marvels set, which are hard to come by nowadays.

[Zer0evil]

Thanks, I was beginning to wonder about that! Hopefully someone still has the computer files and the set will turn up online for download someday.