Hero

Cartoon. Web-Warrior.

Thwart: 2. Attack: 1. Defense: 1.
Health: 12. Hand Size: 5.

Each toon counter on Spider-Ham can be spent as if it were a resource.

Spider-NonsenseResponse: After Spider-Ham takes any amount of damage, place 1 toon counter on him.

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Spider-Ham
Alter-Ego

Cartoon. Civilian.

Recover: 5.
Health: 12. Hand Size: 6.

Cartoon PowerResponse: After you make a basic recovery, place 1 toon counter on Peter Porker.

"You ever feel as if someone else is in control, like you're just a character in a game?"
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Peter Porker
Reviews

This guy is so goofy, I just think he's awesome. My love of the character from Into the Spiderverse probably influences my opinion.

He has some great HP, two upgrades that put him at a 3THW, 2ATK, 1DEF, all of which leans heavily into his cheeky, subversive 'Bugs Bunny' personality. Let's be honest, 3THW is unusual and surprisingly versatile in an aggression build. Not to mention that some of his signature cards are borderline broken if you have the necessary 'toon tokens'.

And it's the 'toon tokens' that will ultimately determine how fond you will be of Spider-Ham.

He generates one token when he is damaged, one token when he recovers, and he has an upgrade that you can exhaust to add a toon counter to his alter-ego form. This all just means that in order to get the most value from this ability, you have to take damage, flip, heal and flip.

Admittedly, his more expensive Backflip (Cartoon Physics) ensures he earns a toon token and The Daily Beagle gets him an additional token while he's in AE. So there are tools in place to assist, but you still have to do a lot of flipping for best results. And with all of the benefits provided by his Huge Wooden Hammer and Organic Webbing, not to mention his inherent wild resource ability, you really want to have as many toon tokens as possible.

At least Ham It Up doesn't require you to discard tokens. Which means that a heavy Thwart build is going to get a lot of mileage out of Spider-Ham.

But seriously, I can't even read the flavor text in my head without doing a John Mulaney voice.

MacGhille · 228