Palatinus' OverPower Forum

I didn't bring this up before, at least not on the forums, but I managed to find a use for this card.

It's when you pair it up with Cyclops' Focused Force from Marvels (9 energy, cannot defend Cyc' with specials) to bring it to a 10 to creep over those cheap 1 to 9 avoids. That is probably the only logical use for the special that I can think of.

On the topic of Captain Universe, Pass the Gestalt mentioned something during our August meetup. He said it would be cool to have a +2 variant of Captain Universe, still not only allowed to pair with OPDs and the card itself is an OPD. That would help the HN 8's creep over to a 10 but that's it.

It's also possible to combine Captain Universe with Sabra/Wasp's 9 defense card to block a 10 as well as playing it with an AE (3 cards/attack is a bit of a waste).

Any other ideas?

I always liked that card. I haven't used it much, though. IRL I have 1 copy that I've kept in my "Originals" Binder (the original set, plus the 6 original Any Hero cards and Cap'U). In my earlier days of playing OP, my brother was a big fan of using it with AR's to try to nail any max-7 targets. of course, we didn't employ much of a 9-or-less-net back then, so it would still fall short of that ceiling. Still, if you're trying to keep dup's low, I think it can find a place hereandthere 

(btw, I think the AE combo could still be worthwhile, if it's well timed for a Spectrum KO).

Also, I just thought of this - it could be used to hit Beast with Acrobatics in play, right?

Yes, it could be used against Beast's Acrobatics since it's made with a universe card.

you think the 9 or less avoids are cheap?

Indeed, especially from reserve.

Quote from: Jack on September 03, 2012, 09:36:27 PM
Indeed, especially from reserve.

QFT

Quote from: ncannelora on September 04, 2012, 04:39:33 PM

Quote from: Jack on September 03, 2012, 09:36:27 PM
Indeed, especially from reserve.

QFT

Not to derail the thread, but how many characters have the ability to teammate avoid an attack from reserve?

off the top of my head 1-3

spider woman.  if you include marvels, dr strange (6 or less) and silver sable.

i personally love these cards.  without them, these 3 characters would rarely find their ways into decks

and i plan to add them to a few underused characters in the absolute evil set

Quote from: breadmaster on September 04, 2012, 05:06:24 PM
off the top of my head 1-3

spider woman.  if you include marvels, dr strange (6 or less) and silver sable.

i personally love these cards.  without them, these 3 characters would rarely find their ways into decks

and i plan to add them to a few underused characters in the absolute evil set

but those characters are literally cheap (with exception to Dr.S, who's still cheap for a max-8). That's my feeling on them, anyway