IN THE TANK part 2: Turning things up

After my posts the other day, players repping the Italian meta pointed out that a few of my lists didn't match-up to their Golden Age Kings. as such I'll be revisiting Spider Stall using their USB variant, and their Black Bamboo build, which each seem quite potent compared to the first ones I played.

For those interested their Golden age tier list includes decklists and detailed breakdowns for several unique approaches on their Golden age Kings.

You can check that out ON THE GOOGLEDOC THEY POSTED HERE!

So to keep things semi-standardized, only a few tweaks have gone into the Guns build so far, mostly because I want relevant information testing these two decks before ripping the guns apart and building my challenge toolbox from the ground up. Most notable is the inclusion of Power Dampeners specifically for the Lex, but useful for some other problematic characters as well.

I'll be posting after action reports in a moment!

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The reviews:

Super Black Bamboo

- Far more resilient than anticipated.

- Good potential resource disruption early

- Power Dampeners hurts Lex, but Black Bolt is easy to just replace.

- Expect to face all 3 PA's
- Dont KO a power dampened Lex. Or he'll be back.
- Spider-Girl can be annoying.

Difficulty: 7

THOUGHTS:
- RFP could be ridiculous into this build.
- Caliban hurts this build.

- Taking even initiatives is better to control Lex with Dampeners, giving you a turn 5 build phase.

USB (Italian Spider Stall)

- Lots of prevention of character targetting. 

- Consistent access to characters in the KO pile.

- one god-hand away from no plot twists until turn 4-5.

Difficulty: 8

THOUGHTS:
- Assume any variant I see has a Lex instead of Sinister
- weak against resource hate. Really weak.
- No way to secure the perfect PT lockdown.
- Koriand'r loses her effect to Dampeners.

Lots to chew on tonight. While i do love child lock into the other combo/stall/toolboxes it is rough into a good rush like quick voltage... Tomorrow ill be posting my first draft for a catch-all Toolbox.