Captain Ameri'Pool - Jedi Master

"You know what I wish Captain America could do ? Ready himself... :/ "
--- No one

Overview :

• Play Style : Build, swarm and ready yourself all day!
• Difficulty : Easy
• Power level : (Very) strong
• Recommended Player Count : Any
• Ideal Aspect Partner : Justice or Leadership

This deck has beaten (rather easily) Venom Goblin + Glider, Ronan + Kree and multiple other villains in Expert mode.

Concept :

• Keep your health at max with a swarm of allies, stun/confuse, basic defense of 4, Shield Block and Healing Factor.
• Set up as quickly as possible and pay for all your expensive cards with the three 'Pool resources and your crazy american economy.
• Then play your Laser Swords + Live Dangerously combo and ready all day : basic power, hero ability, Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Stick-To-Itiveness. For a maximum of 28 damage just with your hero !

Other combos and how to play the deck :

• Plot Convenience is nice here to save your most important 'Pool cards :
  • Healing Factor is expensive but keeps you at full health.
  • Laser Swords need to be played after Side Holster.
  • Stick-To-Itiveness is just an almost guaranteed extra activation per turn so you don't want to miss it.
  • Live Dangerously needs to be saved here for the last or penultimate turn.
  • You could also save a Cutupper for an extra stun, or some resources. Do it only if you really need to.
• You don't NEED to play Laser Swords early. It's nice because with Symbiote Suit you'll at least be a 4-ATK hero, but not necessary.
• Play Side Holster as soon as you see it !
• You have too many allies, don't be afraid to replace them if necessary :
  • Blade is mostly here for Earth's Mightiest Heroes but you'll often have some in excess ;) He should stay in play all game.
  • 'Pool allies are all good, Dogpool and Headpool can help you survive at the beginning while Kidpool is better when you turn into full-attack mode. They will take 1 (2 probably at the end) of your other ally slots.
  • Your other basic allies are just nice draw/stun/confuse when they enter play. They are your last ally slot, and they will swap places every turn or so.
• Don't play Live Dangerously until the penultimate (or even last) turn because it's...dangerous. And when you do, be assured you can ready a lot this turn :)

Other cards :

• Bob, Agent of Hydra was originally in the deck instead of Kidpool, he's a bit cheaper at the start of the game and can thwart 1 more when he arrives.
• War Machine is not the best ally but it's the only other basic AVENGER. It can be useful for turns where you have two Earth's Mightiest Heroes in hand. Pretty rare IMO as you can usually just keep one copy in you hand for next turn. Plus your ally slots are already full.
• Tic-Tac-Toe is nice to heal at full health or slowly absorb indirect damages on your permanent allies. It's also another card out of your deck once you've played it, but I almost never used it because you can just ready-up with Captain America's ability instead...

Have fun ! ;)