My Own Worst Frenemy — Unusual X-Force

If Cable and Deadpool are Frenemies, then Cablepool is...his own worst frenemy!

The first deck in my Unusual X-Force series! Want to know more? Here's the video: https://youtu.be/NiOF4_cmtsU

Why is it unusual?

For one thing, we're playing Mr. Side Scheme without the one side scheme from our actual aspect! But also? No one's been publishing Cable decks with Ambush. Cable likes Ambush. A lot.

Aaand it's 45 cards. By diluting our deck, we can bring more side schemes with less risk of them flooding our hand. And we delay an encounter card from decking out so we have more time to build. And, by the time our events are powered-up, our deck is thinned anyway!

Overview:

• Archetype: Safe 'Pool
• Difficulty: Medium
• Play Style: Side Scheme Farmer
• Recommended Player Count: 1-2 Player
• Ideal Aspect Partner: Justice

Mulligan Priorities:

• Mind Scan, Professor X or Spider-Man (for the 3 THW Turn 1!)
• Any other ally or Blackout
• Graymalkin / Helicarrier
• Healing Factor
• 'Pool resources (they always give 3x resources on Turn 1)

Setup Ability Choice:

• Specialized Training if we can defeat it on Turn 1. If not, Call for Backup or Build Support.

Simple Guide to Success:

1. Make farming side schemes your priority, but not at the expense of losing the game. Use Ambush and allies to help keep the board clear, and Plasma Rifle once you have it.

2. Specialized Training is our best side scheme. Choosing Surveillance Specialist will help you set up better/faster and give you immediate card draw (you can trigger it immediately if you used a basic THW), while Combat Specialist will help more with board control and ending the game. Both are great choices.

3. Graymalkin is Build Support's best find, but is great to play raw anyway.

4. Call for Backup loves Nick Fury or Professor X. Nick's card draw can help you set up faster or give you a burst of tempo, while Professor X can help smash any other threat while setting you up via the confuse to go alter-ego in the future (X-Bunker + Professor is so good.)

5. Plasma Rifle is Superpower Training's main target, but is also good to play raw.

6. Get Rage-y loves Nick Fury, Professor X, and Spider-Man (on the first turn he's played!)

7. Use allies and/or Blackout to soften up player side schemes early on. We have many allies with 1 THW to soften up the 3 threat side schemes so Cable can then finish them off and ready.

8. Blackout counts as Cable defeating side schemes since it's an Upgrade, not an Ally or Support. That means you can ready from it removing the last threat from a side scheme.

9. Bob, Agent of Hydra is great here. He can enter play, ping one threat, and let you defeat that side scheme with a basic THW (which readies you). Then, if you play another side scheme that turn, he can thwart for another one threat and you can basic THW again to defeat that too.

10. You can save Tic-Tac-Toe, with 6 damage on it, to trigger once more and deal 7 damage whenever you are ready to finish the villain off. Combining this with Plasma Rifle and a Telekinetic Blast is devastating.

That does it for this deck. Thanks for reading!

Good luck and have fun!

If you would like more decks like this, the rest of the series can be found here:

• Domino "Honorary Psionic" Leadership Deck
• Angel "Aerial Arms Dealer" Protection Deck
• Psylocke "Chain Lightning" Aggression Deck
• Deadpool "Alivepool" Protection Deck
• X-23 "Web of Slicing Enemies" Justice Deck

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