Magneto Was Right [GMW Expert Campaign]

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Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

Magneto Was Right

Deck showcase versus Ronan (Expert)

Magneto Was Right

With this deck, Magneto is always right. Knowledge is power and with the ability to predict the future, we can prevent what happened on Genosha from ever happening again. Blindfold and Gambit scry the encounter deck and Global Logistics sets us up for perfect player turns. Magneto is one of the best heroes to use Global Logistics on his own deck because of his hero ability, Magnetic Pull.

Max imizing Value

Global Logistics Chart

Magnetic Pull is the perfect ability to set everything in motion since it’s extremely reliable and accessible. Global Logistics allows us to rearrange the top 4 cards of any deck. This is usually more useful for manipulating the encounter deck (and we still will use it for that), but Magneto can utilize the top 4 cards in the player deck very effectively. In the above example, we rearrange the first 2 cards to be milled with Magnetic Pull. Discarding Blindfold and Master of Magnetism will proc Magneto's Armor and give him +1 THW/ATK/DEF until the end of the round since each resource icon was discarded. Magnetic Pull will hit Master of Magnetism, a double resource with the Magnetic trait which gets added to our hand. Legion will discard the 3rd card to trigger the corresponding ability that we need for the turn, and Avengers Mansion will draw us the 4th card. In a single turn, Global Logistics can give us:

• Boosts to whichever stat(s) we want

• Control over Legion's ability

• Draw the 2 specific cards we want

It won't be this exact sequence every time, but being able to manipulate the top 4 cards of our deck amplifies the value of Magnetic Pull.

Thematically, it’s not out of character for Magneto to team up with Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. in order to accomplish his goals, even if it’s for a brief moment.

Magneto and Nick Fury

S.H.I.E.L.D.

The cost to use Global Logistics is to exhaust a S.H.I.E.L.D. card we control. Helicarrier is our priority S.H.I.E.L.D. card to play because even if we don't use it for Global Logistics, it's still a good card to have in play as a pseudo resource generator to reduce the cost of the next card we play by 1. As we get more built out, Surveillance Team becomes the main target for Global Logistics to exhaust but make sure to always keep at least 1 snoop counter on it to keep it in play. Nick Fury is also an option to exhaust for the cost of Global Logistics although it's not ideal because his basic activation is powerful and he only stays in play for 1 round.

Building a Utopia

We want to include X-Men allies to ready up with Utopia because Magneto's Armor powers up his basic stats. Every mutant ally in this deck is important to the cause!

• Alter-ego access: One of the few checkmarks Magneto lacks in his hero kit is the ability to prevent threat and flip down safely in true solo (flipping in multiplayer is no issue with the increased breathing room in this mode). Blindfold and Gambit scry the encounter deck and predetermine the boost card for the villain's schemes and the encounter card dealt to make sure it's not another activation. Dazzler and Professor X confuse the villain (if they aren't stalwart) which gives Magneto more safety in flipping down.

• Board control: Legion maximizes Global Logistics, being able to guarantee 3 threat removal/3 damage per turn.

• Flex spots: Beak, Forge, and Triage are cheap 2 cost X-Men allies that can trigger Utopia and have powerful abilities that synergize with X-Men. They have more general abilities and can be swapped with other cards, although I highly recommend sticking with X-Men allies for Utopia.

Justice & Survivor

The main reason for choosing the justice aspect is because of Magneto's alter-ego ability, Survivor. Being able to put discarded cards back into the deck improves Magneto's consistently and reliability. We want to recur the most impactful cards in this deck over and over again. Tools from the yellow aspect and Under Surveillance give us the breathing room to flip down consistently.

The Honorary X-Men

Constantly battling with Xavier's ideals, Magneto is the Honorary X-Men. In this deck, Honorary X-Men gives Magneto the X-Men trait in alter-ego to trigger X-Men abilities on our identity like readies from Utopia and Professor X, healing from Triage and resource generation from The X-Jet. We will be in in alter-ego a lot so it's important to not feel restricted when playing these cards.

Build Support

In this list, Build Support is more important to grab Helicarrier/Surveillance Team so we can have a S.H.I.E.L.D. card in play for Global Logistics. Superpower Training is very good for Magneto but not as important in this deck because we have easy access to Magneto's recursion with Survivor and Asteroid M. Magnetic Pull will also help dig for Magneto's identity upgrades (since they are all Magnetic). You can definitely make the case to run both player side schemes. I personally don't because of deck space and the reasons I mentioned.

Why No Digging Deeps?

Magnetic Pull can trigger Digging Deep when it's milled from the top of the deck. This has good synergy with Magneto but since we are running Global Logistics in this build, there are too many possibilities for dead cards if we end up with all these cards in hand. In addition to Magneto's identity specific cards like Magnetic Missile (when no minions are in play), our hand could get cluttered with unplayable cards (5 double resources, 2 Wrapped in Metal, 2 Magnetic Missile, along with 3 Digging Deep is our worst nightmare). Digging Deep also has a printed wild resource icon, which means it won't proc the ability of Magneto's Armor or Legion. White Fox is also an option, but her statline and lack of the X-Men trait gives her more drawbacks than advantages in this build. These cards synergize with our Global Logistics combo, but the payoff is already there. It's not worth increasing that payoff at the cost of diluting the deck in the earlier phases of the game when we're trying to buildout. See example gameplay with a Digging Deep deck where I draw into White Fox every deck pass and am never able to proc her ability.

Generation X

Tapping into his youth, Generation X allows Magneto to play Metal Shards 3 times in a single turn. After playing 2, Magneto can thwart out Generation X with a single basic activation since he gets +1 THW with the side scheme's effect. After getting built out, Magneto can afford to play 3 Metal Shards in 1 turn even though he only has 2 printed copies in his hero kit. This 21 damage will blast through the villain with style. Generation X has a lot of versatility and can also help us get out of a dire situation early to mid game if we need Magneto's thwart event to remove attachments or attack event to get a tough status card.

Conclusion

This is the most reliable and powerful deck for Magneto that I could think of. In true solo against the more difficult scenarios, we scry the encounter deck more often to predict the villain’s turns but against easier scenarios or in multiplayer where there’s more breathing room for the player, we can pivot to manipulating the player deck to set up fun combos and massive turns!

21 comments

Nov 16, 2024 Dansome · 7

This looks pretty fun. Let's see how this goes...

Nov 16, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@Dansome Lol good luck! I found the more difficult the scenario, the more I had to Global Logistics the encounter deck. When I played this in multiplayer or against easier scenarios I was able to manipulate the player deck more freely to set up Magnetic Pull (in my true solo Ronan playthrough example I only had the breathing room to manipulate my deck once)

Nov 16, 2024 RitsyReelz · 19

Your deck lists always have fantastic write-ups and it's hugely appreciated when looking for things :)

Nov 16, 2024 Ddub9779 · 14

This looks fun! I didn't even think about using Global Logistics with magneto but now I am super excited to try it!

Nov 16, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@RitsyReelz Thanks Ritsy! I've taken tons of inspiration from the amazing deckbuilders on this website and really enjoy pretending like I'm writing a magazine article for a hero lol.

@Ddub9779 Hope you enjoy this list! Manipulating the player deck to do a "perfect" Magnetic Pull is super satisfying :)

Nov 16, 2024 mougy · 131

really thematic good job

Nov 16, 2024 ARenegadeDuck · 14

Great use of info and graphics to tell us the story of how this works! Can't wait to give it a shot

Nov 16, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@mougy thanks mougy! I love it when the theme fits :)

Nov 16, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@ARenegadeDuck thank you! I had a lot of fun making this haha. Hope you enjoy playing it

Nov 16, 2024 corbintm · 2170

I'll have to try this out! I've never used global logistics for the player deck, but I dig the idea here to help with some consistency issues. Thanks for sharing!

Nov 16, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@corbintm this was also my first time using Global Logistics on the player deck haha. It's just so good on the encounter deck but we can finally get a bigger payout with Magnetic Pull. Thanks for checking out the deck :)

Nov 19, 2024 wehehe · 222

@Web-Warrior Fanatic, With all this deck manipulation and scrying, have you considered Longshot?

Nov 19, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@wehehe yea Longshot adds more fun and synergy to the deck at the cost of some power. Wrapped in Metal already takes care of non-elite minions at a cheaper cost bypassing “when defeated” effects. Longshot is too expensive for what he does because it’s situational, but if he could defeat elite minions it would be a different story

Nov 20, 2024 wojciech · 8

Nice deck, did you think about Superpower Training ? I.e. instead Generation X? Magneto Has do mamy upgrades do it could be good choice epecialluy when you don't need to psy for this upgrade.

Nov 21, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@wojciech Thank you! Yes I mentioned it in the notes of the "Build Support" section, but basically Superpower Training is not as important in this justice deck because we have reliable magnetic recursion with Asteroid M (and Survivor) because of easy access to AE. Magnetic Pull also helps us get the cape asap. Generation X has great utility against niche scenarios like Venom Goblin (to discard Advance Glider by tutoring a 3 cost attack event) but it's mainly for me to have fun and be able to play 3 Metal Shards in 1 turn for huge burst damage. That being said Superpower Training is still really good for Magneto, the only reason I don't include it is because I'm short on deck space

Nov 24, 2024 Proust · 187

Brillant idées here! But dont you forget wolfsbane ?

Nov 24, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@Proust thank you! I decided against Wolfsbane because she’s X-Force which has anti-synergy with the deck. I considered Children of the Atom or making her an Honorary X-Men but felt it was too much of a tempo hit for the deck, and we have no reliable way to heal her unless we use Triage after making her an X-Men.

Dec 10, 2024 josseroo · 708

Did you find the deck to be a bit fragile to losing Hellicarrier since there are so few SHIELD cards to power Global Logistics?

Dec 10, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@josseroo Hi, do you mean like losing it to a Caught Off Guard or Overwhelming Force? I’ll usually protect Helicarrier in this deck over X-Jet or Magneto’s Helmet. Worse case we have Surveillance Team or Build Support to get it back out

Dec 11, 2024 josseroo · 708

Yes, all sorts of things cause you to lose cards from your tableau. But I missed your Surveillance Team. I guess I like to play with a bit more redundancy than you do and a little more guarantee that my Global Logistics will be up and running nice and early

Dec 11, 2024 Web-Warrior Fanatic · 17645

@josseroo That’s fair! I have Blindfold and Gambit to help scry the encounter deck if the player doesn’t draw Helicarrier/Surveillance Team/Build Support. I also didn’t want to make this a SHIELD deck. I think Magneto is really strong when he’s getting more readies with Utopia (which puts a focus on X-Men allies) and wanted to add a splash of SHIELD for the synergy with Magnetic Pull and extra scrying power to make the encounter deck give us what we can handle.