Protection powered by spycraft - Black Widow v.1

This build plays to the ability of Black Widow to ready after using a preparation card. This allows her to defend the villain attacks and be ready to go on her turn.

Black Widow has a high Def of 2, we can up that to 4 with the addition of Armored Vest and her Synth-Suit. Once she gets up an Energy Barrier and Defensive Stance she will basically stop taking any damage at all from Villain attacks. It feels really good to have the villain attack for 8 and not take any damage, ready your hero and do 2-3 damage back to the bad guys.

So on the villain phase: Black Widow defends the villain attack. Use her Def of 4 and combination of preparation cards Attacrobatics,Defensive Stance along with Energy Barrier to prevent any damage. Then Unflappable will allow her to draw a card. If you used Defensive Stance to stop the damage Synth-Suit will allow you to ready Black Widow and, because you used a preparation card Black Widow does one damage to a target. Then because she is in the ready position she can defend herself from an engaged minion or defend a team mate as well. Then comes the facedown encounter cards: You can prevent boosts with Target Acquired and treacheries with Grappling Hook. Got a minion? Widow's Bite will deal 2 damage. If a surge is triggered Espionage can let you draw two cards. Black Widow also does 1 damage for each and every one of these preparation cards that you use. Also if you didn't get readied in the villain attack use Synth-Suit now to ready Black Widow. Replace any preparation cards used during the villain phase from your hand cheaper using her Black Widow's Gauntlets. Use Second Wind for big heals and Med Team for small heals. If Winter Soldier shows up late enough for you to have 4 preparation cards down he is free! Use stuns and confuses as needed to heal/flex down.

Enhanced Reflexes is in purely for Nova's ability. These might get swapped out for more Unflappable.

I hope you like this build. I think it has a bunch of potential. I've done Rhino on expert with this build, but haven't tried her with other heroes yet. I'll update it after more play throughs.