Otherworld's True Defender

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bananners · 747

"We are not his. We are our own, and I am Otherworld's true defender."
—Betsy Braddock, Excalibur Vol 4 6

Psylocke

Psylocke likes to flip a lot to make use of her larger hand size and supports like Training Regimen and Cerebro, so defending for the table usually isn't in the cards for her, but Ready for a Fight changes that.

Flip down as often as you want to draw cards and find the allies you need, then defend for your teammates in multiple ways:

1) Tough and beefy allies block without dying, then ready up with Hangar Bay to go again.

2) Psylocke's basic attack blocks 4 damage, then ready with Martial Arts Training if you need to go again.

3) Psychic Misdirection moves an attack to an enemy.

4) Psi-Flail Strike issues a stun to stop the next attack before it starts.

The Night Nurse and Dr. Sinclair can heal any damage that slips through to you or your teammates. With you controlling the villain phase, your teammates are free to thwart and attack without ever worrying about their own lives. You are their True Defender!

15 comments

Jul 03, 2025 VJakson · 1400

Awesome! First deck! First comment. I love it. Gonna try it out soon!

Jul 03, 2025 boomguy · 12482

Congrats on your first deck!

Jul 03, 2025 marktry · 768

Deep Excalibur cut with Otherworld.

Jul 04, 2025 bananners · 747

@marktry Gotta admit, I don't know the comic context for that quote, I just looked for a good Psylocke quote that was related to defending because I wanted to give @boomguy some flavor text.

Jul 04, 2025 marktry · 768

Chris Claremont, who wrote some of the best X-Men got really weird with Excalibur, where Betsy Braddock before she turned in an Asian ninja was part of t he team. Her brother is Captain Britain. Really bizarre stuff. I see her economy lets you buy lots of expensive allies.

Jul 04, 2025 bananners · 747

@marktry Ah, got it. Yeah, she has pretty good economy anyway, and then being able to flip a lot makes it even better. :)

Jul 04, 2025 Caldias · 5235

Love this! Psylocke is in my top 5 of heroes for sure.

Jul 04, 2025 JacenSketch · 637

This looks like a lot of fun! Ill need to try this out! Psylocke is such a fun character to play.

Jul 04, 2025 HeroicSkeleton · 4014

I really want a Captain Britain Betsy hero now.

I've been wanting to try rfaf with her, and I like that you ditched Prof X here, as confuse has anti synergy with rfaf. This looks great!

Jul 05, 2025 dr00 · 54047

Psychic Misdirection and Psi-Flail Strike are some of my favourite protection cards. Only usable in a few heroes, but it's soooo great here and definitely a reason to love Psylocke

Jul 06, 2025 andyr · 17335

Man, title and quote sold me on the deck. Playing it was next level. Thank you for posting. I don’t do alter ego a ton with Psylocke. This showed me a different look at her, and it was awesome!

Jul 13, 2025 Nickoli · 81

Great deck! I would suggest switching out the Power of Protections for Power of the Mind because you have more targets for it. But this looks fun. They should make a Captain Britain title card now so Betsy can claim her mantle! Your quote is from a recent run where she took over as Captain Britain from her brother.

Jul 13, 2025 bananners · 747

@Nickoli Great swap suggestion, thanks! I like having the wilds from PoP for villain attachments and such, plus I don't play Flurry of Blades or Mental Detection much with this build, but if you know your scenario doesn't have attachments or you'll want to play her events more, PotM would be great here.

Jul 13, 2025 Nickoli · 81

Good call. Especially if you know there are certain cards you most likely won't play, that definitely changes the math. And being prepared for villain attachments is something I don't give enough attention to.

Nov 17, 2025 datakey · 9

Question:

Psylocke's basic attack blocks 4 damage

Why 4? I mean, I don't see the Chaleco blindado, so I don't see the 4th point (2 base + 1 from Entrenamiento en artes marciales.