Thor, Herald of Galactus (3.0)- Thor Aggression

but where's Toe to Toe?

With this list... can you reliably activate Jarnbjorn? I know it's a little expensive, but what about including Quincarrier for a reliable way to activate it?

Right now I have Thor built in protection aspect, but I want to try buidling him again in Aggression to see how "Bring It!" work. How are they working for you?

I hesitate about them with Thor, as I usually found myself wasting a lot of attack to defeat little minions if I engage too much of them, I feel that they maybe fit better with Rocket Raccoon, which has more reliable massive damage.

@wehehe jarnbjorn was almost godslayer but I liked the potential 2 to anything. You can pop it but not tons of times due to limited physical resources.

@dr00 binder

Sure, having a total of 11 physical resources is hard to "abuse it". I also used to play Thor with Godslayer but that cost 3 really hurts, and I was thinking if Jarnbjorn would be a better option, as it also is a cheap way to enable a "double" Mean Swing.

And what about "Bring It!" ? They really deserve the spot ? At least with my playstile, I always try to clear the table of minions, so, specially in solo play, I think it's very difficult to have 2-3 minions engaged at a time.

@wehehe I actually run a deck with bring it, and had looking for trouble in there too. It works, even if you get minions to deal with; even then, hammer throw gets the job done. The thing to remember is that when you properly set up, you can take them out, then play something else and still hurt the villain. My deck also included dive bomb and when you began playing hammer throws and dive bombs every turn or so, the game quickly ended.

@BananaCrapshoot has EMH and battle fury to make it happen. I would echo the calls for quincarrier but otherwise, very cool deck!

@neothechosen dive bomb is another one I tried out but his kit itself can be expensive if you are diving deep on lightning strike so I left it out for now. But it can be very very good

@BananaCrapshoot I agree it's expansive, but it ended up working fine; we have a different approach, I had more resources as well as more ramp. I think both are viable, just a matter of choice or personnal preference at this point.

`@BananaCrapshoot lovely deck! this is close to my normal builds, used to go full deep on readying and lightning strikes! I'm about to chuck up a thwart heavy aggro deck for him which saw me through red skull heroic. Albeit I drew Asgard early and was playing next to a Steve Rogers.

Sorry @BananaCrapshootthat was a mistake on my part - certainly not heroic redskull... it was expert.

@Mattythreenames damn you got me excited for a moment LOL!

Helicarrier cannot trigger jarnbjorn, but quincarrier could. Looks like a solid build with a great cost curve. Well done :)!

• i support the other comment on adding in a cost reducer or two. (Helicarrier, quincarrier, enhanced energy). You could also sub out jarnbjorn for hand cannon.
• this will allow people to tweak it to their needs, but it's a solid template.

I have build a very similar MP deck lately with no EMH and Godslayer since it doesn't need resources. "Bring It!" works so well with Thor. I just brought minions from the encounter deck with Looking for Trouble, DotNR and Angela. If I felt overrun I just played Lightning Strike and collected the glory counters for Hall of Heroes. But I played Mutagen formula with Anachronauts and Protection Spidey so there were a lot of minions and almost no need to defend.

Would there be any value in putting in Team Building Exercises?

TBE applies to 6 cards. You're better off using Helicarrier or Quincarrier that apply to all the cards in your deck (-0 costs).

Its always an interesting debate as to when Deft Focus and TBE have enough targets to be more useful than the Helicarrier when looking for a resource generator. Cheaper, but fewer targets. If you can get it to trigger most hands, its probably worth considering though.

With Thor having Asgard and Avenger traits, TBE would hit 3 allies (since 2 are 0 cost), 2 supports and and 5 upgrades for 10 cards total. If I had 10 targets, I'd probably consider adding the Power Of cards, since those effectively will do the same thing here. I'm not saying its an auto-include, but for a hero with a low hand size, it could give some help paying for a lot of critical cards if pulled early.

Heck, even just paying to get Mjolnir back on the table when its used as a resource or after Hammer Throw may be worth it.

@teamcanadahockey2002``@99neil99

I think you could have both Quincarrier and TBE.

Quin has more targets and helps Lightning Strike.

TBE has 6 targets, but one of them keeps coming back to your hand and you really want it in play!

My latest games with Thor I used both AND Deft Focus AND sometimes even Martial Prowess. Combined with God of Thunder, you get free Hammer Throws and it feels amazing. Plus you thin out your deck...

If youre going to use 2, I would opt for helicarrier (as it affects all of your cards + it works on teammates) & quincarrier. TBE would be a good 3rd choice. If you add all 3 then it'll up the efficiency & consistency.

@teamcanadahockey2002Yes. Team-Building Exercise would be the 3rd best card in this deck behind the 2x God of Thunder.

@neothechosenTBE Reduces Asgard and Avengers so it’s 10 cards on top of Mjolnir multiple times per game after Hammer Throw.

It would be a big upgrade over Battle Fury.

@99neil99 In a 3-4 hero games the flexibility for teammates of Heli probably pays off. In 1-2 hero games, giving Thor extra Jarnborn and Lightning Strike damage and that TBE can reduce the Quinn’s cost let’s it thoroughly out-class Heli.

Helicarrier also reduces the cost of quincarrier. You dont even have quincarrier in the deck. We all build differently. It's a good thing.

some of even play with actual cards!

I've never tried the mod on TTS, but I think however you play, as long as you play is what matters most! :D