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Mons Hubris
Aug 29, 2004

fanci flup :)



How critical is Zabu to this deck? Is there any potential good replacement?

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Opopanax
Aug 8, 2007

I HEX YE!!!


I've been having a lot of fun with my Cage deck



I can see some advantage to saving hazmat for turn 6, but I'd still rather have Wong/Odin/Crusher available, one dose of her is a bit anemic.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
Why is scarlet witch in every sera deck? Just cause 2 costs are good?

Opopanax
Aug 8, 2007

I HEX YE!!!


No Wave posted:

Why is scarlet witch in every sera deck? Just cause 2 costs are good?

She's a handy one to keep on hand in case an area screws you over

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN
Anyone play Moon Girl in deathwave? I couldve sworn she was a thing but im not sure if that deck is good or not

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
But no one else runs scarlet witch, while like every generic sera list does.

the_american_dream posted:

Anyone play Moon Girl in deathwave? I couldve sworn she was a thing but im not sure if that deck is good or not
Used to kind of be a thing but I think it ended up much better dropping the death and the wave and building the deck entirely around moon girl+she hulk instead. You can go Sunspot+Quinjet+SheHulk+Aero (maybe even chavez) and other cheap cards that make for a good moon girl copy.

No Wave fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Feb 24, 2023

JackDarko
Sep 30, 2009

"Amala, I've got a chainsaw on my arm. I'll be fine."

No Wave posted:

Why is scarlet witch in every sera deck? Just cause 2 costs are good?

Dream Dimension hate card. At least for me. I hate that location enough to run it. Even running Wanda I’ll still sometimes not draw her when I need to change dream dimension. You also get to end Limbos. It’s a great counter for turn 7 greed.

Jokymi
Jan 31, 2003

Sweet Sassy Molassy
I've been mostly running a Sara Control deck for the last couple months, and I think the reason Scarlet Witch is so useful is because of how much the deck relies on filling most or all of the available slots on the board, so being able to zap a location that restricts playing cards in some way is really helpful. It can also be used as part of the last turn surprise by doing something like dropping it on a location that you filled that is subtracting power from every card (obviously a gamble, but it's swung a few games for me). And, like JackDarko said, Dream Dimension is a killer and needs to be taken out of play.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

No Wave posted:

But no one else runs scarlet witch, while like every generic sera list does.

Switch is the only 2-drop that can alter a location. Sera Miracle likes 2-drops because they get the max percentage discount from Sera.

Hobo Clown
Oct 16, 2012

Here it is, Baby.
Your killer track.




One of these days I'll remember that Magik not only makes it a 7 turn game, she does so by changing one of the locations :doh:

Stacked all my big cards on what I thought was still the Nexus (your power here is granted to the other locations) and took way too long to figure out how I still lost

Fate Accomplice
Nov 30, 2006




CitizenKeen posted:

Bucky Barnes dying on the Rickety Bridge and coming back as Winter Soldier is both incredibly thematic and also wins me a lot of games.

sabertooth is my rickety bridge champion. dude keeps coming back

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

Absolutely nothing is working for me and it sucks poo poo. All my decks feel bad right now and I have no idea what my pocket meta even is. If I was getting even a couple wins here and there I'd be like "ok, I can deal with this" but it's like every game my opponent goes in and says "i'm gonna gently caress you up so loving hard." Just retreating left and right all day and the games I don't retreat, I get absolutely walloped by bad luck.

buffalo all day
Mar 13, 2019

Sandwolf posted:

I know you’re a fair bit ahead of me but it was like 6 boxes? How’d you get two items!

Yeah I didn’t mention the avatar and currency I pulled, just that I mega low rolled the tokens (200 and a box of 100) and the cosmetics (Bucky pixel): once you finish p3 the caches suck basically

psychopomp
Jan 28, 2011
Can I save up a thousand more gold by the time Deadpool Day ends? Let's find out.

JackDarko
Sep 30, 2009

"Amala, I've got a chainsaw on my arm. I'll be fine."

RevKrule posted:

Absolutely nothing is working for me and it sucks poo poo. All my decks feel bad right now and I have no idea what my pocket meta even is. If I was getting even a couple wins here and there I'd be like "ok, I can deal with this" but it's like every game my opponent goes in and says "i'm gonna gently caress you up so loving hard." Just retreating left and right all day and the games I don't retreat, I get absolutely walloped by bad luck.

If you have the cards for Thanos, Lockjaw I’d play that. If you do and are still losing a break may be a good idea. When I’m on tilt, it feels like I’m guaranteed to lose.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
I didnt realize KANG THE CONQUEROR was coming out in 4 days. He may be perma-S5 (devs have said they're debating it) so he might actually exist on ladder. I think he's actually going to be kind of strong and frustrating because taking 4/8 cubes off a kang runner will be so dang hard.

Cosmo him tho and lol. lmao.

No Wave fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Feb 24, 2023

Zodack
Aug 3, 2014

I've never seen or played this deck before. I just built it and have mirrored it four times already.

Bottom Liner
Feb 15, 2006


a specific vein of lasagna
Matchmaking is extremely hosed in this game. Switched back to an old zero/shehulk/infinaut deck and have also mirrored 3 times while clearing 6 quests. Then went to casino ramp deck and mirrored card for card the first game. Absolutely bonkers poo poo.

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

JackDarko posted:

If you have the cards for Thanos, Lockjaw I’d play that. If you do and are still losing a break may be a good idea. When I’m on tilt, it feels like I’m guaranteed to lose.


I've been running Thanos Lockjaw (Ongoing Variant) and it's doing nothing for me. I've been running that, I've been running the chonky boys. I've been running a Jane Foster Lockjaw. I've been running Destroyer/Spectrum. Small drop Kazoo. Sera control and Sera/Zabu/Hazmat. Hell, even Knull/Galactus. I just can't get anything going and it's really loving with me. I can't even say "oh, I'm losing to cards I don't have" because that's absolutely not it. I'm just losing. I'm losing to players who's only move is to gently caress with me. I'm losing to players who just outdraw and/or outpower me. I'm losing to locations that are actively aggressive against me. I'm just flat out losing and it feels bad.

the_american_dream
Apr 12, 2008

GAHDAMN

RevKrule posted:

Absolutely nothing is working for me and it sucks poo poo. All my decks feel bad right now and I have no idea what my pocket meta even is. If I was getting even a couple wins here and there I'd be like "ok, I can deal with this" but it's like every game my opponent goes in and says "i'm gonna gently caress you up so loving hard." Just retreating left and right all day and the games I don't retreat, I get absolutely walloped by bad luck.

This game hands down makes me feel the absolute worse on losing streaks and ive been playing competitive (sports) games my whole life. It feels like the game works against you when youre crashing. You dont draw cards, the locations are trash, your opponent either plays the perfect card(s) to counter you or you dont draw your counter that would likely win you the game.

I guess because most games I play rely more on skill than this one. Skill is involved but there is way more RNG that needs to be neutral or go your way

Ninurta
Sep 19, 2007
What the HELL? That's my cutting board.

So, that didn't suck. Completed a season pass mission last night, got Coulson. Finished up my dailies, got Rescue. Just 8 pool 3 cards to go, I may spend those 1k tokens on the pinned Kingpin but I'm waiting for him to show up in a collection. Edit: woops, I must have unpinned him now Ghost is in the shop for 6k.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
So is it still a better idea to get that deadpool bundle or just wait for the gold -> tokens? I'm getting close to 3200!

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


priznat posted:

So is it still a better idea to get that deadpool bundle or just wait for the gold -> tokens? I'm getting close to 3200!

The gold-> tokens bundles coming out over the next month will cost 4000 gold total, get you 3000 tokens, and something like 1200 credits (I’m unsure of this last one I can’t remember). So if you’re buying Deadpool for tokens, it’d be better to wait. If you want the credits and the variant too, it is probably fine to buy?

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

Sandwolf posted:

The gold-> tokens bundles coming out over the next month will cost 4000 gold total, get you 3000 tokens, and something like 1200 credits (I’m unsure of this last one I can’t remember). So if you’re buying Deadpool for tokens, it’d be better to wait. If you want the credits and the variant too, it is probably fine to buy?

Oh it's a big bundle! I thought it was going to be in things like 500gold -> 600 tokens or some obfuscating type currency conversion that will always leave you with a bit that is unspendable

Snackmar
Feb 23, 2005

I'M PROGRAMMED TO LOVE THIS CHOCOLATY CAKE... MY CIRCUITS LIGHT UP FOR THAT FUDGY ICING.
ah geez, should I pin and save up for this? that's gonna take a while



Edit:
also dang I love this Ebony Maw variant - haven't seen it before

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


priznat posted:

Oh it's a big bundle! I thought it was going to be in things like 500gold -> 600 tokens or some obfuscating type currency conversion that will always leave you with a bit that is unspendable

No you’re kinda right. There’s like 6-9 bundles coming out over the month of March that ultimately total 4000 golds for 3000 tokens. I was amalgamating them for ease of understanding.

LGD
Sep 25, 2004

Snackmar posted:

ah geez, should I pin and save up for this? that's gonna take a while



my understanding is that Sauron is very good in Shuri Zero but mostly only there and isn't actually necessary so probably not worth pinning unless you've got everything else you need for it and like playing that deck

given the periodic downgrades I think it's likely that only the forever-series-5 cards that enable their own archetypes (Thanos, Galactus) are currently worth buying at the full rate

RevKrule
Jul 9, 2001

Thrilling the forums since 2001

LGD posted:

my understanding is that Sauron is very good in Shuri Zero but mostly only there and isn't actually necessary so probably not worth pinning unless you've got everything else you need for it and like playing that deck

given the periodic downgrades I think it's likely that only the forever-series-5 cards that enable their own archetypes (Thanos, Galactus) are currently worth buying at the full rate

Pretty much this. Unless you have a deck right now it would slot into, don't use 6k tokens on a card that's not Thanos or Galactus. If you don't have pool 3 complete, it's probably a good idea not to buy any pool 4 cards either (unless you absolutely have a deck to slot it into) because those will drop to pool 3 in a month.

flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
yeah, i'd just save up tokens and spend them on either cards that you'd want to immediately play with or cards that are never coming out of series 5

i pinned shuri and just got her yesterday b/c i figure if i waited to get her naturally she'd be nerfed by that time

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

LGD posted:

my understanding is that Sauron is very good in Shuri Zero but mostly only there and isn't actually necessary so probably not worth pinning unless you've got everything else you need for it and like playing that deck

given the periodic downgrades I think it's likely that only the forever-series-5 cards that enable their own archetypes (Thanos, Galactus) are currently worth buying at the full rate

I’m enjoying my Sauren deck without Shuri, but it would unquestionably be better with Shuri (who I have pinned, am 900 away)

Still got me from 50-60 though. 50-59.9 was very fast. 59.9-60 took me like 50 games.

Push El Burrito
May 9, 2006

Soiled Meat
Be like me, pin Zola, get up to 900 tokens, pull Zola from a box.

Pixeltendo
Mar 2, 2012


Lol got Captain Marvel out of a box and then immediately the next one is a Captain Marvel variant

Snazzy Frocks
Mar 31, 2003

Scratchmo
For your goony pleasure I present the deck that is always fun to play with only s2 cards (plus zabu whoops). It's been extremely effective even since I got force transitioned into full on s3 against my will.

# (1) Iceman
# (2) Scorpion
# (2) Zabu
# (2) Scarlet Witch
# (2) Lizard
# (3) Storm
# (3) Cosmo
# (4) Shang-Chi
# (4) Enchantress
# (4) Jessica Jones
# (4) Moon Girl
# (5) Devil Dinosaur
#
eyJDYXJkcyI6W3siQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiRGV2aWxEaW5vc2F1ciJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiTW9vbkdpcmwifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlNjb3JwaW9uIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJTY2FybGV0V2l0Y2gifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkxpemFyZCJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiU2hhbmdDaGkifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlN0b3JtIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJKZXNzaWNhSm9uZXMifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IlphYnUifSx7IkNhcmREZWZJZCI6IkNvc21vIn0seyJDYXJkRGVmSWQiOiJFbmNoYW50cmVzcyJ9LHsiQ2FyZERlZklkIjoiSWNlbWFuIn1dfQ==
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and paste it from the deck editing menu in Snap.


Current meta highlights are always having a stage changer to interrupt limbo. Ability to have multiple cosmos, shang chis, and enchantresses with moon girl. General fuckery abound that messes up their plan while you dump a dino on them or claim a spot with storm or whatever.

General strat for me is Iceman on middle unrevealed and lizard/scorpion on second unrevealed depending on what you have and if they played in the first turn or not. Play storm on 3 if you got Jessica otherwise hold your cards unless you sense a need to use them. Do whatever from then on to answer whatever they're doing.

E: Lol poo poo I been using zabu for so long I forgot he wasn't s2

Snazzy Frocks fucked around with this message at 04:02 on Feb 25, 2023

New Leaf
Jul 24, 2013

Dragon Balls? Are they tasty?
Hey I just got Lockjaw! Are Lockjaw shenanigans decks still pretty viable?

Studio
Jan 15, 2008



I'm here to anti-complain about Shuri. I picked her up in a box randomly, and she's definitely eased up my game. I don't really love Shuri decks and think they're actually quite boring, but it is nice to play something non-Control oriented.

No Wave
Sep 18, 2005

HA! HA! NICE! WHAT A TOOL!
As far as I can tell shuri is just supposed to be overpowered and at some point they'll intentionally shift the meta by nerfing her. I'm not even bitter about it I only managed to rank up by countering the hell out of her and farming her rear end. But getting shang chi to a 40% (!) usage rate while shuri STILL stays a top winrate deck is some sort of game design decision I just don't understand yet.

Sandwolf
Jan 23, 2007

i'll be harpo


No Wave posted:

As far as I can tell shuri is just supposed to be overpowered and at some point they'll intentionally shift the meta by nerfing her. I'm not even bitter about it I only managed to rank up by countering the hell out of her and farming her rear end. But getting shang chi to a 40% (!) usage rate while shuri STILL stays a top winrate deck is some sort of game design decision I just don't understand yet.

I just want to play the bullshit Shuri before it gets nerfed :(

Ninurta
Sep 19, 2007
What the HELL? That's my cutting board.

This game really needs an easier way to report inappropriate names.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
The only vaccine for Shuri.. is more shang-chi(bell)

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FlamingLiberal
Jan 18, 2009

Would you like to play a game?



New Leaf posted:

Hey I just got Lockjaw! Are Lockjaw shenanigans decks still pretty viable?
The top performing deck is Thanos Lockjaw

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