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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 20 2013, 08:14 PM (840 Views) | |
| SKAZ1 | Jan 20 2013, 08:14 PM Post #1 |
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As the title says I'm trying to build a Wolverine theme deck using multiple Wolverines which means using "Wolverine Squad" which then throws Exiles into the mix. This gives me a couple of problems as I have never built a deck using MEV cards, although I have a good number, I've never used "Exiles" and my understanding of the "shift" mechanism isn't great so at the moment my early "exile" drops are just there to make the team up work rather than any ability that they might have. I'm not expecting a top tier deck but would like to get to the stage where I can win some fun games with it. All that said here's my 1st attempt with a few gaps (needs 3 more cards and probably some changes); Characters (23) 1 Drop Blink earth 295 x 4 2 Drop Elsie Dee x 4 3 Drop Blink 295 Clarice x 2 Wolverine logan x 4 4 Drop Wolverine age of apocolypse x 4 5 Drop Wolverine secret avenger x 3 Wolverine bub x 1 6 Drop SUGGESTIONS NEEDED 7 Drop Wolverine bloodlust x 1 8 Drop SUGGESTIONS NEEDED plot twists (29) Wolverine Squad x 4 Mobilise x 4 Adamantium Claws x 3 Big Leagues x 4 X-men United x 4 Turnabout x 4 Berserker Rage x 2 X-men Assemble x 2 Healing Factor x 1 Sneak Attack x 1 locations (5) The Omniverse x 3 Xaviers Institute of Higher Learning x 2 Thanks in advance Cheers Dave |
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| Biderman | Jan 20 2013, 11:10 PM Post #2 |
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I would at least consider putting some Albert - Earth-50211 in there. They have lower stats than the Age of Apocalypse version, but is basically non-unique and works really well with Wolverine Squads secondary effect/ability. |
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| SKAZ1 | Jan 20 2013, 11:21 PM Post #3 |
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Good call with Albert, I didn't even know about that card as I don't own any copies but since I already have an unreasonable amount of proxies a few more won't make much difference, looks like I'll have to do some trading if I like the deck. Cheers Dave ps any good characters for 6 and 8 in keeping with the theme? |
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| Biderman | Jan 20 2013, 11:51 PM Post #4 |
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Maybe Collossus, Organic Steel for a 6 drop and for the 8 drop a couple options: Professor X-Mental Master, Cable-Mutant Messiah or Cyclops-Mutant Messiah. Even though Cable is off-team, I think he would be cool. |
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| SKAZ1 | Jan 21 2013, 12:58 PM Post #5 |
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I think that I am going to have to make 2 versions of the Wolverine Deck, the one that I've listed with a couple of small changes, which I think will be totally in keeping with the Wolverine theme and another version but using "Crisis on Infinite Earths" as that will let me use just 4 cards instead of the 11 that I am using at the moment for virtually the same effect. I had already thought of using "Crisis" which was why I asked the question in the rules section but when I looked at the card with a big picture of Superman staring at me it just didn't feel in keeping with the deck but when I asked UKYO for his opinion the first thing he said, without even looking, was use "Crisis" instead which hammered home what I was already thinking so I'll post the "Crisis" version as well in the next couple of days. Crisis should also allow me to use the 6 drop weapon X wolverine as well, I think. Albert swopped for Blink on Turn 3 Cheers Dave |
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| marcos_coco | Jan 21 2013, 01:54 PM Post #6 |
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drop mobilize, use uncertain legacy. For this kind of deck it should work better. |
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| Biderman | Jan 21 2013, 02:10 PM Post #7 |
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If you check out ukyo's Crisis Jean deck, that might give you an idea for flow of the deck. Are you sure you have enough shift characters to make Blink worth while? Her stats aren't really that great if you're not getting full use of her effect (also I assume you know she's banned, but this is just a casual deck right?). |
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| Biderman | Jan 21 2013, 09:25 PM Post #8 |
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For the Exiles heavy deck, A Finer World can be helpful. Would also recommend Blink! instead of Sneak Attack. I would run a full play set of Healing Factor and Berserker Rage and drop X-Men Assemble entirely. It just seems to muddy the focus a little bit, and would be of very little use in a Crisis deck. If you really want something along those lines, maybe Survival of the Fittest. Anyway, just some thoughts. Edited by Biderman, Jan 21 2013, 09:27 PM.
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| ukyo_rulz | Jan 23 2013, 03:50 AM Post #9 |
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Did someone say Wolverine Theme Deck? 4 Jubilee, Jubilation Lee 4 Jean Grey, Teen Telepath 4 Wolverine, Logan 2 Wolverine, Skrull 4 X-23, Genetic Miracle 1 Wolverine, Age of Apocalypse 4 Mystique, Foxx 3 Colossus, Organic Steel 2 Wolverine, Bloodlust 1 Jean Grey, Phoenix Force 1 Onslaught 4 Muramasa Blade 4 Mobilize 4 SNIKT! 4 Turnabout 4 Healing Factor 3 Fastball Special 3 Avalon Space Station 3 New and Improved 3 Xavier's Institute of Higher Learning |
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| SuperAzn | Jan 23 2013, 04:20 AM Post #10 |
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Playing crisis means you can play 1 drop archangel and x corp Amsterdam. There's also a clash of worlds but I'm guessing that card is out of reach for you? |
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| SKAZ1 | Jan 24 2013, 10:43 PM Post #11 |
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Firstly thanks to Ukyo for taking a look after I'd asked but it has raised a question about how, with your build, you deal with the uniqueness issues of multiple Wolverines? "Uncertain legacy" or "mobilise" I was very tempted with uncertain legacy as I don't like the discard cost of mobilise, the big problem that I had was I only intended to play 1 8 drop which couldn't be Wolvie so mobilise had the edge however if I find through testing that I don't usually go to turn 8 then I will definitely swop them over. I'm still thinking about the "X-men assemble" although it definitely will not be in the "crisis" build which at the moment is looking very different to the build that I have at the moment. The Exiles were really just there to make "wolverine squad" work and I wasn't giving much thought to the shift ability which might be a bit of a bonus but I had never intended to use it really but I couldn't see any better 1 and 2 drop exile character to use? Cheers Dave |
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| ukyo_rulz | Jan 25 2013, 01:47 AM Post #12 |
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In my deck Wolverine makes an appearance on turns three and seven, with a single copy of the AoA Wolverine on turn four just in case you miss him on turn three. The idea is that by turn seven, your three-drop will already be dead so playing the seven-drop will have no adverse effects. The deck was primarily created to stay true to the theme, hence the presence of Jubilee (sidekick), X-23 (clone), Jean (love of his life) and Colossus (Fastball Special partner). Mystique is a bit of a stretch, but they do have some history and she makes good use of Healing Factor and Muramasa Blade on turn five. If you want it to be more in-theme you can throw Cyclops, Fearless Leader in there as his eternal rival. Also a boosted Professor X 8-drop can be a more in-theme play on turn nine. Even the non-character cards were chosen to be in-theme. I'm actually really happy at how it turned out. It's a theme deck, but it doesn't sacrifice too much power to stay on theme. To be honest I can see many curve decks not being able to handle even a three-drop Logan with Muramasa Blade backed up by Healing Factor. Edited by ukyo_rulz, Jan 25 2013, 01:49 AM.
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| SKAZ1 | Feb 4 2013, 08:56 PM Post #13 |
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This is my "Crisis" version of Wolverine, It still needs another 8 cards, Locations, a couple of characters and anything else that might be useful as well as any advice as I think I am more likely to play this deck rather than my first attempt. Characters (24) 1 Drop Blink earth 295 x 4 2 Drop Elsie Dee x 4 3 Drop Albert x 4 4 Drop Wolverine age of apocolypse x 4 5 Drop Wolverine secret avenger x 3 Wolverine bub x 1 6 Drop Wolverine unleashed x 2 7 Drop Wolverine bloodlust x 1 8 Drop Cyclops mutant messiah x 1 plot twists (23) Mobilise x 4 Adamantium Claws x 3 Big Leagues x 4 Assorted Aliases x 2 Crisis on Infinite Earths x 4 Berserker Rage x 2 Secret Identity x 2 Healing Factor x 2 EQ (5) Muramasa Blade x 3 Ego Gem x 2 |
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| SKAZ1 | Feb 4 2013, 09:05 PM Post #14 |
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If I am understanding "Crisis" correctly I could play archangel but the X-corp Amsterdam would not work as requires "X-man" but my affiliation would now all be "crisis" only? |
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| SuperAzn | Feb 4 2013, 09:08 PM Post #15 |
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Correct but this is after you play crisis, x corp Amsterdam is fine to search and activate crisis. When you finally flip crisis is when you lose the xmen team stamp. There are a number of jean greys that replace resources to remove crisis when needed |
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