Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Post
  • Reply
New Leaf
Jul 24, 2013

Dragon Balls? Are they tasty?
I realize it's very early in the season but I can't seem to get out of the 40's this go around because everyone is running these goddamn Spider-man/Professor X "lol you can't play cards" decks..

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Zodack
Aug 3, 2014

New Leaf posted:

I realize it's very early in the season but I can't seem to get out of the 40's this go around because everyone is running these goddamn Spider-man/Professor X "lol you can't play cards" decks..

I'm stuck hovering 50 xiwn from 82 and it's all Zabu Darkhawk blowouts. Will probably wait a bit for things to cool down

parasyte
Aug 13, 2003

Nobody wants to die except the suicides. They're no fun.
i find the hardest times to be the first ~week of the new season, followed by any weekend. competition feels much stronger and the decks i go against are stronger too

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

Love getting Mr Negative on Turn 6 or not at all 5 matches in a row. Really great feeling.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


RevKrule posted:

Love getting Mr Negative on Turn 6 or not at all 5 matches in a row. Really great feeling.

The variance of this does suck, but it happens in every deck that very much so relies on one integral card. Patriot will never come up in Patriot decks, Surfer won’t show in Surfer decks, Sera will always be missing. Some kinda nonsense.

I really think this game would benefit from a fake “reshuffle your deck” button. I know it’s a computer program and doesn’t need to do this but I swear to god it feels like my deck needs to be reshuffled sometimes.

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN

parasyte posted:

i find the hardest times to be the first ~week of the new season, followed by any weekend. competition feels much stronger and the decks i go against are stronger too

Yea I just chalk it up to being a try hard end of season so I’m stuck with the other try hards for a week or






Kaddish posted:

Managed to put up some tasty numbers on this one. Thanks Mr. MODOK.



Mind posting this? I’ve hit the inevitable losing streak from having too much fun. But I still want to play MODOK :ohdear:

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


the_american_dream posted:

Mind posting this? I’ve hit the inevitable losing streak from having too much fun. But I still want to play MODOK :ohdear:

His looked p manageable to reverse engineer and this is what I came up with:

# (1) Sunspot
# (2) Morbius
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Swarm
# (2) Colleen Wing
# (3) Mystique
# (3) Gambit
# (3) Lady Sif
# (3) Sword Master
# (5) M.O.D.O.K.
# (6) Apocalypse
# (6) America Chavez
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3Vuc3BvdCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiVGhlQ29sbGVjdG9yIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb3JiaXVzIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTd2FybSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQ29sbGVlbldpbmcifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ik15c3RpcXVlIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJHYW1iaXQifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkxhZHlTaWYifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN3b3JkTWFzdGVyIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb2RvayJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQW1lcmljYUNoYXZleiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQXBvY2FseXBzZSJ9XX0=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

And it’s actually doing better than I thought. The Mystique is for two Morbii. Collector has been doing alright w/ Apoc + Swarm interactions. If I had Dracula I’d 1000% put him in there. I do have Helicarrier and may try that in place of the Chavez or the Gambit (which is kind of weak unless you have a Wong).

Naked Man Punch
Sep 13, 2008

They see me rollin';
they hatin'.
A list of my five most recent [collector cache] variants:
Collossus - Pixel variant
Dr. Doom - Pixel variant
Forge - Pixel variant
Iron Man - Vibranium variant
Rescue - Pixel variant

Gotta love this game, yo.

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN
Yea I’m trying to figure out if collector is worth playing there. Is the only synergy with swarm? I’m missing something

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


the_american_dream posted:

Yea I’m trying to figure out if collector is worth playing there. Is the only synergy with swarm? I’m missing something

Apocalypse too, he can get up to be a 4-5 power card p easily. It’s not MAXXXX SYNERGY but like I said, no Hela, no invisible woman, no hell cow, no Dracula… you gotta make work what you can.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

the_american_dream posted:

Yea I’m trying to figure out if collector is worth playing there. Is the only synergy with swarm? I’m missing something
Collector shows up more in zabu wong mystique versions. Wong is probably not correct but it gives you another mystique out and some real highlight reels where you discard and regenerate swarms four times.

No Wave fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Feb 8, 2023

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN
Yea I just played a round with it and see the apoc synergy and featured location which my opponent helpfully showed me with a last play hobgoblin

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


the_american_dream posted:

Yea I just played a round with it and see the apoc synergy and featured location which my opponent helpfully showed me with a last play hobgoblin

Oh yeah, that alone can boost up Collector to a decent place.

OxMan
May 13, 2006

COME SEE
GRAVE DIGGER
LIVE AT MONSTER TRUCK JAM 2KXX



I was bummed picking this up yesterday morning and going all the way down to 20 but encouraged by the fact that day 2 I'm already back to 34. Nothing fancy, just steady wins and confident snaps. No retreats. (the best part of the deck is overall consistency)

# (1) Sunspot
# (1) Agent 13
# (1) Iceman
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Armor
# (2) Sentinel
# (3) Morph
# (3) Cosmo
# (4) Jubilee
# (4) Moon Girl
# (5) Devil Dinosaur
# (6) She-Hulk
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiSWNlbWFuIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJEZXZpbERpbm9zYXVyIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJBcm1vciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTW9vbkdpcmwifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlNoZUh1bGsifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ikp1YmlsZWUifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN1bnNwb3QifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkFnZW50MTMifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ik1vcnBoIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTZW50aW5lbCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiVGhlQ29sbGVjdG9yIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJDb3NtbyJ9XX0=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

Kaddish
Feb 7, 2002

Sandwolf posted:

His looked p manageable to reverse engineer and this is what I came up with:

# (1) Sunspot
# (2) Morbius
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Swarm
# (2) Colleen Wing
# (3) Mystique
# (3) Gambit
# (3) Lady Sif
# (3) Sword Master
# (5) M.O.D.O.K.
# (6) Apocalypse
# (6) America Chavez
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3Vuc3BvdCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiVGhlQ29sbGVjdG9yIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb3JiaXVzIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTd2FybSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQ29sbGVlbldpbmcifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ik15c3RpcXVlIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJHYW1iaXQifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkxhZHlTaWYifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN3b3JkTWFzdGVyIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb2RvayJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQW1lcmljYUNoYXZleiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQXBvY2FseXBzZSJ9XX0=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

And it’s actually doing better than I thought. The Mystique is for two Morbii. Collector has been doing alright w/ Apoc + Swarm interactions. If I had Dracula I’d 1000% put him in there. I do have Helicarrier and may try that in place of the Chavez or the Gambit (which is kind of weak unless you have a Wong).

Yep, it’s your deck with Dracula instead of the Mystique. I like the Mystique idea, maybe over Gambit. I’ve also tried putting in Wong and Strong Guy.


# (1) Sunspot
# (2) Morbius
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Swarm
# (2) Colleen Wing
# (3) Gambit
# (3) Lady Sif
# (3) Sword Master
# (4) Dracula
# (5) M.O.D.O.K.
# (6) Apocalypse
# (6) America Chavez
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTGFkeVNpZiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiRHJhY3VsYSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQW1lcmljYUNoYXZleiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQXBvY2FseXBzZSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTW9yYml1cyJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQ29sbGVlbldpbmcifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN3YXJtIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb2RvayJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3dvcmRNYXN0ZXIifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlRoZUNvbGxlY3RvciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3Vuc3BvdCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiR2FtYml0In1dfQ==
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


Kaddish posted:

Yep, it’s your deck with Dracula instead of the Mystique. I like the Mystique idea, maybe over Gambit. I’ve also tried putting in Wong and Strong Guy.


# (1) Sunspot
# (2) Morbius
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Swarm
# (2) Colleen Wing
# (3) Gambit
# (3) Lady Sif
# (3) Sword Master
# (4) Dracula
# (5) M.O.D.O.K.
# (6) Apocalypse
# (6) America Chavez
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTGFkeVNpZiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiRHJhY3VsYSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQW1lcmljYUNoYXZleiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQXBvY2FseXBzZSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTW9yYml1cyJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQ29sbGVlbldpbmcifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN3YXJtIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJNb2RvayJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3dvcmRNYXN0ZXIifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlRoZUNvbGxlY3RvciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3Vuc3BvdCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiR2FtYml0In1dfQ==
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

pooping out two Morbii on T5 and then just a single T6 MODOK has actually won me a few games. They both become like 14 power, Sunspot gets a little kick.

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

I love how this game can make you feel so loving bad at everything so easily.

Decide "ok fine, nothing else is working, lemme try and mess around with MODOK" and instantly the game decides to pair with me Widow/junk players and/or bullshit locations like dream dimension and loving Weirdworld. I've seen Weirdworld more times this morning than I did all last season, not even kidding. I've seen it in 5 different matches just today.

Game absolutely doesn't want me out of the 30s.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
I am a little weirded out how much I've seen green goblin today and yesterday. It's not good so I'm not bothered I'm just confused.

Hobo Clown
Oct 16, 2012

Here it is, Baby.
Your killer track.




I've been playing for about six weeks and I don't think I've ever seen Darkhawk once. I keep having to look up what he does because I forget why everyone hates playing against him.

Zodack
Aug 3, 2014
Goblin isn't bad exactly, I feel like it's a "I can't think of any other good 3's" card for some decks

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


Hobo Clown posted:

I've been playing for about six weeks and I don't think I've ever seen Darkhawk once. I keep having to look up what he does because I forget why everyone hates playing against him.

unless you're past CL600 enjoy the ignorance for now

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN
I was goblined once on bar sinister like 2 months ago and have played around it or feared it ever since

Quackles
Aug 11, 2018

Pixels of Light.


Kaddish posted:

Yep, it’s your deck with Dracula instead of the Mystique. I like the Mystique idea, maybe over Gambit. I’ve also tried putting in Wong and Strong Guy.


# (1) Sunspot
# (2) Morbius
# (2) The Collector
# (2) Swarm
# (2) Colleen Wing
# (3) Gambit
# (3) Lady Sif
# (3) Sword Master
# (4) Dracula
# (5) M.O.D.O.K.
# (6) Apocalypse
# (6) America Chavez

OK, this is interesting, because here's my incomplete MODOK list:

[1] Iceman - Turn 1 play, good disruption card.
[1] Sunspot - You float a good amount of mana with this deck.
[2] Morbius - Discard synergy - core.
[2] Wolverine - Free 4 power when MODOK goes off. Can also be discarded by Colleen in a pinch so she's out of your hand safely.
[2] Swarm - Discard synergy - core.
[3] Moon Knight - It's a discard and it annoys your opponent, similar to your Gambit. Just don't discard your MODOK!
[3] Lady Sif - Discard synergy. Powers up your Apocalypse.
[4] Dracula - Discard synergy. Combines with Apocalypse and America Chavez to get two big bodies at end of game.
[5] MODOK - He does what you think he does. Core.
[6] Apocalypse - Once Modok does his job, he'll be the only one left (plus Swarms).
[6] America Chavez - Bringing the all-american cheese once the dust has settled. Play one of her and Apoc on turn 6, and Drac plays the other.

It's most interesting where our lists differ, counting Moon Knight and Gambit as having similar roles. I have Wolverine as a second 2-drop and you have The Collector - which may be better with the current featured location, though I think it might be a little trickier to use once that wears off.

But the main other difference is that you add one more discard (Sword Master) where I've added more disruption (Iceman). I think this is the flex slot where Mystique could go, honestly. It's an interesting suggestion. Less risk of hosing Colleen and greater chance of a high-roll with Morbius, as long as there's enough discards.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


if you take out Sword Master though you lose the anal-puckering you get to do every time you play him hoping he doesn't discard the one card you need to not be discarded

Hobo Clown
Oct 16, 2012

Here it is, Baby.
Your killer track.




Sandwolf posted:

unless you're past CL600 enjoy the ignorance for now

I just hit CL1000 this morning. Probably jinxed myself by saying it and will see it all the time now.

I've been rocking a MODOK deck lately and it seems like he'd effectively counter DH?

Quackles
Aug 11, 2018

Pixels of Light.


Sandwolf posted:

if you take out Sword Master though you lose the anal-puckering you get to do every time you play him hoping he doesn't discard the one card you need to not be discarded

See my notes about Moon Knight.

Thom and the Heads
Oct 27, 2010

Farscape is actually pretty cool.
idk how anyone has the stomach to play discard more than a few games in a row. i'm CONSTANTLY discarding the one card in my hand i need to not discard.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


Hobo Clown posted:

I just hit CL1000 this morning. Probably jinxed myself by saying it and will see it all the time now.

I've been rocking a MODOK deck lately and it seems like he'd effectively counter DH?

not really cuz Darkhawk works off of cards in your deck, not hand. counter Darkhawk tech is like, adam warlock or something. jubilee.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

Thom and the Heads posted:

idk how anyone has the stomach to play discard more than a few games in a row. i'm CONSTANTLY discarding the one card in my hand i need to not discard.
I cant handle it either. Play solo MODOK discard or the colleen+modok no discard RNG variants.

Trucker Hat
Jul 25, 2021
New season means I've been booted back to Iron rank, currently at 14. This is a perfect opportunity to gently caress around with my Pixel Variant deck:

# (0) Wasp
# (1) Squirrel Girl
# (2) Bucky Barnes
# (2) Carnage
# (2) Mister Sinister
# (3) Ironheart
# (3) Silver Surfer
# (3) Storm
# (3) Groot
# (4) Rescue
# (5) Iron Man
# (6) She-Hulk
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiSXJvbmhlYXJ0In0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJHcm9vdCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiSXJvbk1hbiJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU3F1aXJyZWxHaXJsIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTdG9ybSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTXJTaW5pc3RlciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQ2FybmFnZSJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiQnVja3lCYXJuZXMifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6Ildhc3AifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlNpbHZlclN1cmZlciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiUmVzY3VlIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTaGVIdWxrIn1dfQ==
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.

It's really got no structure but it beats most bots. It's goofy and I love it.

e: another pro is I never use Groot and Rescue, and I don't have a Silver Surfer deck setup yet, so it's been a good way to get collection levels on cards I never bothered to boost before!

e2:

Trucker Hat fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Feb 8, 2023

Hobo Clown
Oct 16, 2012

Here it is, Baby.
Your killer track.




Sandwolf posted:

not really cuz Darkhawk works off of cards in your deck, not hand. counter Darkhawk tech is like, adam warlock or something. jubilee.

Oh poo poo you're right, it's deck and not hand. That does sound pretty OP.

Thom and the Heads posted:

idk how anyone has the stomach to play discard more than a few games in a row. i'm CONSTANTLY discarding the one card in my hand i need to not discard.

I rarely touched my discard deck until I had MODOK for that reason. Blade & Sword Master always seemed to pick the one card I wanted them to avoid. It's also why Ghost Rider & Hela feel broken, they remove the unlucky RNG factor by bringing all your cards back.

Xguard86
Nov 22, 2004

"You don't understand his pain. Everywhere he goes he sees women working, wearing pants, speaking in gatherings, voting. Surely they will burn in the white hot flames of Hell"

Zodack posted:

Goblin isn't bad exactly, I feel like it's a "I can't think of any other good 3's" card for some decks

There's these "all my cards gently caress with my opponent" decks that are so busy being annoying they forget to win the game.

I don't usually emote troll but they get a snap Thanos and a thumbs up from me.

Kaddish
Feb 7, 2002
Poor bot didn't stand a chance.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
Man I dread the day when I see someone post a screenshot here of their chaos turbo dunking on me

Surprised it hasn’t happened yet tbh

I can’t move past 30 this season, it’s messed up! So many losses against insanely lucky casino lockjaw or jubilee plays. Oh nice there’s hela again!

Kaddish
Feb 7, 2002
One nice thing about this MODOK deck, and is unusual for a discard deck I think, is that it's easy to see when to snap. It's best to snap before turn 5 and I'm finding that if I have MODOK and Swarm in hand I can snap pretty quickly.

JackDarko
Sep 30, 2009

"Amala, I've got a chainsaw on my arm. I'll be fine."
Did they publish the Zabu nerf already? I don’t remember him being a 2/2. That’s nasty that there’s no notice in the client.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!

JackDarko posted:

Did they publish the Zabu nerf already? I don’t remember him being a 2/2. That’s nasty that there’s no notice in the client.
IT'S LIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

buffalo all day
Mar 13, 2019

WE DID IT:letsgo:

buffalo all day fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Feb 8, 2023

Kaddish
Feb 7, 2002
I can't believe what they did to my boy surfer :(

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

wyoak
Feb 14, 2005

a glass case of emotion

Fallen Rib

No Wave posted:

I am a little weirded out how much I've seen green goblin today and yesterday. It's not good so I'm not bothered I'm just confused.
me too, lotta green and hobgoblin and a ton of turn 6 magnetos (which was always fairly common but it's like 70% of my games today)

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Post
  • Reply