Wolverine Direct
Lee
-VS-
Captain Italy
Steph
-GAME 1-
Lee wins the flip and elects to take even initiatives.
Both players mulligan.
TURN 1 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and passes.
Lee sets a resource and recruits Moonstar.
COMBAT PHASE
Steph passes combat.
Lee activates Moonstar, returning her to his hand to rally for a plot twist 3 times. (revealing Megablast, the "b" team and Hank pym) keeping the plot twists.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 50 Captain Italy -> 50
TURN 2 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets a resource and recruits Moonstar and Speedball. he activates Speedball to deal 3 damage to both players for first blood and passes.
Steph sets a resource and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing 2 Call in a Favors and a flying kick) keeping them all.
Steph passes combat.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 47 Captain Italy -> 47
TURN 3 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and passes.
Lee sets a resource and plays a rowed Call in a favor (discarding Moonstar) to search out Wolverine. he activates Speedball to deal 3 damage to both players and then recruits Wolverine in his hidden area, returning speedball to his hand. he then equips Wolverine with a BPRD signla device and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Steph passes.
Lee sends Wolverine direct for 6 and passes.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 44 Captain Italy -> 38
TURN 4 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
Steph plays Null Time Zone.
Lee chains 2 Flying kicks, Adamantium Claws, and a rowed "b" team (discarding tania Belinskya)
B team fetches Samantha Parrington and the pumps all target Wolverine.
Null time resolves and steph calls megablast.
"I didn't expect you to do that"
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets a resource and recruits Sam Parrington, using her backup effect on wolverine and passing he then pays 1 for BPRD to prevent targetting. steph doesn't chain.
Steph then sets a resource and recruits The Captain and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
The Captain gains the name Cable and steph draws a card.
Lee sends Wolverine direct for 16. parringtons backup triggers and he readies, swinging again for 16.
Steph sends The captain into Sam Parrington with a savage beatdown for an easy stun, and passes.
RECOVERY PHASE
Lee recovers Parrington.
Wolverine Direct -> 36 Captain Italy -> 6
TURN 5 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
Lee spends an endurance for BPRD.
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets and flips Straight to the Grave (Sending The Captain to her KO pile) She then plays a rowed Reconstruction program to put him into her hand and recruits him in her support row. She then plays techno-organic Virus drawing 4 and passing.
Lee sets a resource and recruits Tania belinskya, Speedball, Moonstar and Hank Pym (enering play and calling Agent of SHIELD)
He uses Tania and samantha's backup effects on wolverine, and Hank activates granting wolverine flight and +3 ATK Speedball activates dealing 3 damage to steph. And Lee forms Wolverine in his support row and plays a rowed megablast targetting him before passing.
COMBAT PHASE
Captain Cable gains the name Annihilus and steph draws a card.
The Captain gains the name Blink and steph draws a card.
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing Lady Deathstrike, Adamantium Claws and Sam parrington) keeping the claws he plays them targetting Wolverine.
Steph plays a rowed Warp Shards to shift out parrington. She then plays Wave of destruction from her row, paying her last 3 endurance to rplace her own warp shards, wave of destruction and straight to the Grave and laughs out loud at her result. She flips up a rowed Straight to the Grave (sending The Captain) and plays a recon program from her hand to get the captain back. Then she plays a rowed Common Bond (discarding Pathetic Attempt)
And then she plays a second rowed common Bond (discarding another Pathetic Attempt)
She then declares Captain Blink into Speedball for an easy 15 damage. She follows up with Captain Cable Annihilus swinging into Hank Pym. Once legal she plays trouble with dinisaurs and a Savage Beatdown. She then powers up The captain, plays a recon program and powers up again. dealing 28 and passing.
Wolverine swings direct for 22, readies and swings direct for 22 again, sealing the game.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> -8 Captain Italy -> -41
Wolverine Direct wins!
Thoughts:
Steph - If I hadn't replaced into 2 common bonds I wouldn't have even been able to get him below 0. Super bad draws when moonstar goes afk.
Lee - I don't see many turn 5's with wolverine, but when I do, it's gross man.
-GAME 2-
Steph chooses odds.
Steph Keeps.
Lee mulligans.
TURN 1 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and recruits Moonstar and passes.
Lee sets a resource and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Steph activates Moonstar (revealing Warp Shards, Null time zone, and Lust for power) keeping them all.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 50 Captain Italy -> 50
TURN 2 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets a resource and passes.
"guess it's my turn to miss everything forever."
Steph sets a resource and recruits Moonstar
COMBAT PHASE
Steph activates Moonstar (revealing Trouble with Dinos, Savage Beatdown and Common Bond) keeping them all.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 50 Captain Italy -> 50
TURN 3 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and plays Straight to the Grave from her hand (sending Dr. Doom) she then plays reconstruction program to fetch doom to her hand. and recruits Dr. Doom. His effect triggers and places Techno-Organic virus on the top of her deck and she passes.
Lee sets a resource and recruits Moonstar, following up with Hank Pym (calling out his own version, initiative instructor)
COMBAT PHASE
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing Speedball, call in a favor and Adamantium Claws) keeping the plot twists.
Steph then declares an attack with Doom into Hank Pym both players pass for a mutual stun. Steph then flips up a rowed Lust for Power, KOing Dr. Doom.
RECOVERY PHASE
Lee recovers Hank Pym.
Wolverine Direct -> 45 Captain Italy -> 47
TURN 4 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
Instead of drawing normally, Steph reveals the top 5 cards of her deck (revealing Techno-org virus, flame trap, savage beatdown, warp shards, and dr. doom) keeping the plot twists.
(Lee draws 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets a resource and recruits Wolverine in his hidden front row, (returning Hank to his hand) he then recruits Moonstar and equips a BPRD signal device onto Wolverine and pays 1 endurance for its effect before he passes.
Steph sets a resource and recruits the Captain before passing.
COMBAT PHASE
The Captain Gains the name Cable and steph draws a card.
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing Lady Deathstrike, Tania, and crackshot) keeping the crackshot and then swings direct with Wolverine for 6.
Steph swings direct with Captain Cable for 7.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 37 Captain Italy -> 41
TURN 5 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
rather than draw, lust for power triggers and Steph reveals the top 5 cards (revealing Lust for power, Null time zone, Techno-organic Virus, bodyslide and straight to the grave) netting them all.
(Lee draws 2 cards)
Lee pays 1 endurance for BPRD.
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets and flips Straight to the Grave (sending the captain to her KO pile) and then plays a second SttG to send another captain. before playing 2 Recon programs to fetch them both to hand. She recruits The Captain and then recruits Moonstar and passes her build.
Lee sets a resource and recruits Sam Parrington, immediately using her backup on Wolverine and then recruits Moonstar. He forms Wolverine in his support row and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Captain Cable gains the name Annihilus and Steph draws a card.
The captain gains the name Blink and steph draws a card.
Steph activates Moonstar (revealing Moonstar, Bodyslide and Lust for Power) keeping the Plot twists.
Lee responds with his own Moonstar (revealing BPRD the "b" team and Megablast) keeping the plot twists.
Steph then plays a rowed tech-org virus to draw 4. She then plays another from her hand, drawing 4 more, then another for 4 more. and finally she plays the 4th from her hand for yet another 4.
Then Steph plays 3 common bond from her hand, and discards 3 Pathetic Attempt to fuel them, putting her Catpains at 19/6 each. she then plays a 4th common Bond from her row (discarding a Flame trap) to pump her caps to 23/6 each.
Continuing Steph then plays wave of destruction paying 5 endurance to replace her entire row.
She plays Warp Shards to shift out Sam Parrington with 4 shift counters and declares an attack direct with Captain Blink. Once legal steph powers up twice and plays a rowed recon program to power up once more and plays a rowed trouble with dinos and a rowed Savage Beatdown before playing another Wave of Destruction from her hand (paying 3 ) to once more replace all her face up resources she plays a rowed SttG to send Dr. Doom to her KO pile and plays another Wave of destruction (paying 1) to replace the resource. and plays another rowed trouble with dinos. Finally passing on the swing to deal a direct blow for 43.
"holy shit that was huge."
"that was nothing, my goal is -50 or more this turn."
"damn."
Steph then swing direct with Captain Cable Annihilus. Once legal, she plays 3 savage beatdowns and 2 trouble with Dinos for a faceshot of exactly 50.
"that'll do it."
Steph passes.
Lee plays 3 crackshots from his hand, 2 megablasts from his hand, 2 flying kicks from his hand and then plays 2 rowed Adamantium Claws all targetting his sole wolverine. I don't think it's enough but at least it'll be respectable.
Lee then declares his 37/7 wolverine direct. once legal he powers up and plays a rowed Call in a favor (discarding Moonstar) to search wolverine and power-up again. Wolvie auto-readies and dwings direct again for 37 and passes.
"wow not bad!"
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> -57 Captain Italy -> -43
Captain Italy wins!
Thoughts:
Lee - missing the ability to play wolverine on 3 killed it for me as i was drawing a huge selection of pumps.
Steph - Icompletely forgot to play my 3 Null time zones to lock out his pump options. it should not have been that close.
-GAME 3-
Lee elects to take evens.
Both players keep.
TURN 1 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and recruits Moonstar before passing.
Lee sets a resource and recruits Moonstar before passing.
COMBAT PHASE
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing Crackshot, BPRD and Cannibal tech) keeping the plot twists.
Steph activates Moonstar (revealing The captain, Warp Shards, and lust for power) netting the plot twists as well.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 50 Captain Italy -> 50
TURN 2 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets a resource and recruits Moonstar and Speedball. he passes.
Steph sets a resource and recruits Moonstar and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Lee activates Moonstar (revealing Moonstar and 2 flying kicks) keeping the kicks.
Steph activates moonster (revealing Bodyslide, Straight to the Grave and recon program) keeping them all.
Lee activates Speedball for the mutual burn for 3.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 47 Captain Italy -> 47
TURN 3 (Steph Initiative)
DRAW PHASE(Both Players draw 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Steph sets a resource and recruits Dr. Doom, richards rival. Entering play his effect trriggers and places techno-organic Virus on the top of her deck before passing.
Lee sets a resource and plays a rowed Cannibal tech (discarding BPRD) to fetch a BPRD, ad activates Speedball to deal 3 to both players before recruiting Wolverine and returning speedball to his hand. Continuing, her equips Bprd onto Wolvie and passes.
COMBAT PHASE
Steph swings with Doom direct for 5 and passes combat.
Lee sends Wolvie direct for 6.
Steph flips up Lust for Power KOing doom.
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> 42 Captain Italy -> 41
TURN 4 (Lee Initiative)
DRAW PHASE
Instead of draw, steph reveals the top 5 cards of he deck (revealing techno-organic virus, warp shards, trouble with Dinos, The Captain, and Moonstar) keeping the plot twists.
(Lee draws 2 cards)
BUILD PHASE
Lee sets and plays Call in a Favor (discarding Speedball) to fetch another Wolverine and then recruits Sam parrington visible. he uses her backup effect on wolverine and then pays 1 endurance for BPRD then forms Wolverine into his support row and passes his build.
Steph sets a resource and plays a rowed SttG (sending The Captain to her KO pile) She then plays a Recon program from her hand to get it back and recruits the captain before passing.
COMBAT PHASE
The captain gains the name Cable and draws steph a card.
Lee plays 2 flying kicks a crackshot and a megablast from his hand and declares an attack direct with Wolverine at 19. parrington's effect triggers and he readies and declares another attack direct. Powering up three times to put Steph exactly at 0.
Lee passes.
Steph plays techno-org virus from her hand to draw 4. Then plays another to draw 4 more.
She plays Common bond from her hand (discarding Flametrap) to give her captain cable +4 ATK and then plays 2 more from her row (discarding 2 pathetic attempts) to grant 8 more.
She continues with SttG from her hand sending The Captain to her ko pile and plays a recon program to get it back.
She then declares an attack with the captain into Parrington. Once legal, she powers up Captain Cable and then plays 3 trouble with Dinos and a savage beatdown for 26 more ATK. promising to... TIE the game at 0!
"Holy shit."
Steph then plays one final reconstruction program from her hand and powers up one last time before passing.
Lee plays a rowed Call in a Favor and realizes he cannot discard a marvel defenders card to save himself, and passes. revealing a set The "B" team, and a hand of two moonstars, proving equally useless to him and shrugs.
"Well that was... Unexpected."
RECOVERY PHASE
Wolverine Direct -> -1 Captain Italy -> 0
Captain Italy wins in a reverse sweep!
Thoughts:
Lee - I was SURE I had that. Like 100% positive I had that. hell, I was already talking to Aaron about the matchup I'd be facing next round. Just, WOW.
Steph - techno-org into a second techno org into 2 more trouble with dinos literally won me the game. To those that don't understand just how fluk-ey that is, consider that this is the first turn 4 win this deck has gotten, since our group has ever started testing these builds before the tournament started. Maybe it isn't the better deck overall, but it was the better deck TODAY.
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