Attachments, Detachments and Allies - Nebula

"Oh, look...the villain can't do anything, and no one can touch me. I think I'll bring out Nick Fury for the 5th turn in a row!"

Intro:

I'll admit I didn't like Nebula's character at first. Her attachments only last one round in Hero form, she has low hit points, low damage output, and not a lot of survivability. Or at least , I thought. So, I decided to give her the most stripped-down deck I could. One that would bring up her attachments as fast as possible, while also getting her resource generators out, and giving her a bunch of allies.

The other issues I had was that the only good decks I could find with Nebula had her building up all her attachments in AE, and flipping once or twice to Hero form for huge turns. Which while very effective is also boring for all but those two big turns.

This deck is built to keep Nebula in hero form for all but the opening turn, and the turns where Combat Ready pop up. Played correctly, you should have more than 2 allies on the board at all times (a lot of times 4), will probably have Nebula with a tough status card, and the villain confused and/or stunned.

Priorities and Setup:

• 1) Keep at least one ally on the board each round.

• 2) Play an attachment and Combat Ready each time you're in Alter Ego. I highly recommend flipping to AE when you have at least one Combat Ready in your hand. Shuffle 2 technique upgrades back into the deck if you've already used all 8 techniques, or if your deck is really thin. Otherwise, discard until you get the technique upgrade. It gets you the special. I mistakenly thought you also get the 2 card draw. It does not.

• 3) Get out Nebula's Ship, Helicarrier and Avengers Mansion ASAP. They'll help with card draw, and paying for allies and techniques. You should be able to play one of these three, an attachment and an Ally in a round.

• 4) Use Rapid Response on Black Panther, Hawkeye, Kaluu and Maria Hill since their abilities trigger on entering play. Nick Fury's does, too, but he also gets discarded at the end of the round. Use Regroup on White Tiger, Ironheart, Gamora and Nick Fury.

• 5) Make the Call priorities: Nick Fury then White Tiger then Black Panther then Gamora if there's a special you want to trigger. Remember to attach Make the Call to Black Panther whenever you can. Until the Endgame...

Endgame:

You're eventually gonna have 3 to 4 allies on the board (With The Triskelion), and very little threat thanks to Cutthroat Ambition triggers, Allies, and Nebula's thwarting. So, once you're ready to flip the villain to stage 3, starting using Go Down Swinging on your 3 and 4 value allies.

One funny thing I've found is that getting your obligation once you're fully setup usually helps you. It delays your attachments from discarding, gives you the opportunity to draw 2 cards and play Combat Ready. All while hoping to flip and use Lethal Intent to trigger more specials.

The best case scenario is where you're using Go Down Swinging to remove the 4th Ally from the board. Then you just replace that ally with a new one.

Remember that Black Panther can pull a Go Down Swinging from the discard pile. So, you can use him once, and destroy him with his own card for 4 points of damage. Combine this with a big AE Combat Ready round where you flip back to Hero form, and the villain may die in one turn.

Card Additions and Replacements:

• Strength In Numbers - for Go Down Swinging if you want even more card draw.

• Daughters of Thanos - Shadow of the Past would always come up too quickly for me to use this card. It could go in place of an Assess the Situation.

• Lockjaw - If you find you get some dead hands with just multiple resources. In place of Hawkeye.

• Down Time - If you get hit with overkill attacks or too much indirect damage.

Conclusion:

This might be the most powerful deck I've built. It's really balanced, and the villain has to do a lot to get you off your game. There's just so much card draw, and Nebula's cards are all so low cost. She's built for either huge rounds, or nice steady board control. In this deck, you can do both! Enjoy!