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Achtung, Mein Fruend!
This is an untested deck, but I'm hoping after playing Nightcrawler a few times, I've got a sense of how his deck can be handled.
The premise of this themed deck is Nightcrawler BAMF-ing (i.e Sneak Attack) his allies into the fray, then BAMF-ing them out ( i.e "You Got This!" ) in order to protect them from the villain - only to then take on the enemies himself!
Heavily inspired from the Thor deck created by The Masked Hero, I liked the idea of the combo that Sneak Attack has with the likes of "You Got This!", Last Stand , Save the Day and Go Down Swinging.
Using this combination with Nightcrawler organically had me associate Sneak Attack with Nightcrawler's mutant ability of teleportation - and hence an idea was born!:)
X-Friends
I initially thought of adding all X-folk and include Children of the Atom in the deck, but I ultimately went for all X-Men allies in order to make space in the deck for Utopia.
All allies have a triggered ability once put into play, to maximise their use if put into play by Sneak Attack. Beast can give you a resource card; Pixie can grab another card from the discard pile; Cyclops can amp attack for the phase; Professor X can do a variety of things; ;Triage can heal; Phoenix can heal and ready allies; Beak and Kid Omega can remove threat; and White Queen can remove a tough from the villain if need be.
Allies = Choice
The secondary strategy for this deck is to maximise your ally numbers. More allies in play mean that you have a better chance to put allies in play that either have 1/2, 2/2 or 2/1 base stats.
This equates to having the versatility to choose which power you need for the given situation. For example - using "You Got This!" ...do you need more attack or thwart for the phase? Choose Professor X to amp Nightcrawler's stats to 5THWT (and this is after the Professor already thwarts for 3THWT and Nightcrawler for 2THWT!) and have Kurt mega-thwart! Or choose Beast to increase Kurt's stats to 3ATK (after Nightcrawler already attacks for 1ATK and Beast for 2ATK).
With this reasoning, I've included Utopia and New Recruits to increase ally count to 5 - giving you that variety (if you end up putting five allies into play) ...as well as inherently having an army of allies to help you progress the win condition!
..And the Rest
Finally, the likes of The X-Jet and Deft Focus have been included to make life easier for Nightcrawler when it comes to paying cards, in particular his hero events. If you get these two out - along with Prehensile Tail, then your Bamf! cards and hero events ( Tally Ho!, Scout Ahead, Teleport Drop and 'Port and Punch) are pretty much paid for without spending any cards.
Specialized Training has also been included because you'll potentially have so much THWT, you don't know what to do with!