"I'm Gonna Turn You Into A Pincushion" (Con Of Heroes '26)

"I'm gonna turn you into a pincushion!! I've been waiting years for this moment! As for the rest, I'll leave that to the Devil himself!" Jean Pierre Polnareff

This protection deck is a defense-trigger engine that turns defending into damage, card draw, and tempo to help you keep up. You’re not just blocking homie - you’re profiting and clapping back every time you do.

The one downside is that thwarting can be hard, but that's what Kurt's basic activation is for. Also don't worry about the deck being over 40 cards.

Your upgrades stack into a well oiled machine:

• Unflappable -> draw a card when you take no damage
• Electrostatic Armor -> ping damage back
• Flow Like Water -> damage when you play defense events
• Defensive Conditioning / Armored Vest -> boost DEF and HP so you don’t take as much damage
• Nerves of Steel -> pay for defense events easier

Basically just defend for your friends, take no damage, and turn it into value. Nightcrawler dodges hits with Bamf!, then hits back with events while drawing cards and pinging damage the whole time.