Saturday, March 1, 2008

New Deck: Fantastic Four of Earth 2

I said I was working on it, so here's the preliminary build for my Fantastic Four/JSA team up that uses the new Alan Scott card from the hobby league kit.

Characters:
4x Jakeem Williams, JJ Thunder
2x Atom Smasher, Al Rothstein
4x Luke Cage, Steel Hard Skin
2x Mr. Fantastic, Stringbean
4x Invisible Woman, First Lady of the Fantastic Four
1x Thing, Idol O'Millions
4x Alan Scott, Golden Age Engineer
1x Mr. Fantastic, Critical Thinker
3x Thing, Heavy Hitter
1x Thunderbolt, Yz
3x Human Torch, Flame On!
1x Jay Garrick <> The Flash, Golden Age Speedster
1x Black Adam, Ruthless Hero
Plot Twists:
4x Signal Flare
4x Flying Kick
4x Allied Against the Dark, Team-Up
4x It's Clobberin' Time!
3x Invisibility
3x Force Field Projection
3x Savage Beatdown
2x Clobberin' Pine!
2x Heroes of Two Worlds

The general idea is to make sure you hit Luke Cage on two, Invisible Woman on three and Alan Scott on four with FF and JSA teamed up. Invisibility can ship Alan Scott to the hidden area, where he can proceed to wreak havoc on turns five and six. You pretty much want odd initiatives, because turn five can become very strong, and the Torch antics can still happen off initiative. If you still have Luke Cage on turn five, you can use his discard ability and swing him up the curve with a Beatdown or Flying Kick, bring him back with Alan Scott and then stun another character to draw four cards. You could also just have a giant Thing swing twice, but there's less chance of getting him stunned. Turn Six you activate Torch twice to burn them down. Add in the healthy amount of Force Field Projections and Clobberin' Pines, and you should be able to foil a lot of their combat while Mr. Scott runs roughshod on your opponent.

Thoughts?

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