Three Gunboats a Turn? Sure, Why Not?

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gamesncardsmitch · 623

Let's play Gunboat Diplomacy every turn!

Here is what we need to do:

Let's pump up the Gunboat Diplomacy we play every turn.

Plan the big turn.

  • Throughout the game place two copies of Game Time and one copy of Gunboat Diplomacy under Bruno Carrelli.
  • Get Utopia into play.
  • Wait until we have another X-Men/X-Force ally and enough resources (we will need either one double resource, a One Way or Another or to start the turn in alter-ego) in hand to play everything.

Play Gunboat Diplomacy three times in a turn.

Could we find a way to play Gunboat Diplomacy a fourth time in a turn? Probably, but isn't three enough?

15 comments

Dec 16, 2024 boomguy · 10001

What a fun combo deck! This is one I will want to try out!! Ms. Marvel is a great target for this card, thanks for sharing!

Dec 16, 2024 Castlefrank47 · 6024

Love gunboat decks and I love how we got a Ms marvel mutant deck now that she's a mutant in the comic world. Don't play her much at all but I'll be trying this out!

Dec 17, 2024 turtles04 · 1062

Whoa! Really clever!

Dec 17, 2024 gamesncardsmitch · 623

@boomguy I hope this deck scratches your Jonny itch and I've enjoyed watching your All Hands On Decks series so thanks for that!

@Castlefrank47 Hope you have fun with it! Ms. Marvel is one of the Marvel Champions heroes that I want to love but until now have struggled to find a deck of hers that I enjoy playing.

@turtles04 Thanks!

Dec 17, 2024 Caldias · 5053

Love Ms. Marvel, love Gunboat, love that this deck is a theme win and giving love to an old hero!

Dec 18, 2024 Man-is-Obsolete · 8779

Looks like a great time! And don’t forget Aamir can stack up the combo on the bottom of the deck!

Dec 19, 2024 thom1977 · 257

Not gonna lie...this looks interesting. I lack the depth of the card pool, but I think I can make it work.

Dec 19, 2024 gamesncardsmitch · 623

@Caldias Love it!

@Man-is-Obsolete Good point, thanks for sharing!

@thom1977 Hope it works for you, I think the deck could handle quite a few substitutions.

Dec 20, 2024 Royal7 · 52

I really like how this is now a very thematic deck. Ms Marvel has been fully in the X-men for a year now (even if the game will never catch-up with that)

Dec 27, 2024 HeroicSkeleton · 3733

Love it! Gotta play this in multiplayer, so someone can make her an X-men. Not only would that be thematic, but could totally break the deck. It would let you ready her with Utopia and Professor. If the other players have X-men allies, you would be able to go way over 3 gunboats in a turn lol

Jan 04, 2025 CANAS1AN · 1

what is the All for One for in the description?

Jan 04, 2025 gamesncardsmitch · 623

@Royal7 Thanks! It's always great when you can enjoy the theme of a deck.

@HeroicSkeleton Definitely could do some crazy things with this deck in multiplayer.

@CANAS1AN The All For One in the description should have been One Way or Another. Thanks for pointing that out, it should be fixed now.

Mar 02, 2025 Wt200 · 7

Just played a test game with this vs drang. 6 damage and 6 threat removal a turn is fun. Trying with some more complex villains next.

Apr 01, 2025 AjaxWrex88 · 1

I don't have AoA at the moment and playing Deadpool makes me weary. What would be good replacements for them?

Oct 09, 2025 matchet · 237

I deduct this deck may take too much turns at building the full setup for the gunboats, and thats the main weakness I might spot first sight.

However, Gunboat Diplomacy can start working at the very moment you drop in two compatible allies. Just not at full strength

Aside from that, Vigilante Training may help you refish Gunboat Diplomacy so you can use it more freely as a card to pay other cards (since it will return at the ending of a deck cycling. but im not yet sure if it worths since morphogenetics alternative (locks you 1-2 card though).

In regard of morphogenetics, since we are paying the cost of Gunboat Diplomacy every turn, maybe a Sense of Justice will free you another card so your effective hand becomes 4 instead of 3? But dunno, lotsa upgrades to play already