The defense rests, your honor

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Derived from
None. Self-made deck here.
Inspiration for
Sense Of Doubt 0 0 0 1.0

SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

The defense rests, your honor

You can see this deck in action here on July 31st (It's "Members First", and all of members have already seen it)

This deck is built to get your DEF as high as 6 so that:

Contingency Planning lets you "store" Under Control until you need it, so you don't have to (or aren't tempted to) hold onto it

I'm not running any allies to "turn on" the Ronin archetype:

You'll get some readies from:

Try to flip down with a nearly-defeated side scheme so that Foggy Nelson, Deposition, Living Lie Detector, or Superior Taste can finish it off, allowing Nelson and Murdock to Confuse the villain.

  • Establish Perimeter is better in multi, but easier to defeat in solo and will give you a Tough
  • You get to apply all 5 healing to yourself with Render Medical Aid because you're not running any allies!

45 Cards

Yes there are 45 cards in this deck, but:

  • You'll draw loads of cards over the course of the game.
  • You'll have several Upgrades and Supports in play which thin your deck.
18 comments

Jul 25, 2026 MaNemJeff · 1204

Looks like a solid build to me

Jul 25, 2026 Castlefrank47 · 9431

Looks awesome!

Jul 25, 2026 eroush · 2992

Thanks the the reminder about Under Control

Jul 25, 2026 SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

@MaNemJeff Thanks! This archetype is pretty fun! I recorded it against Klaw and it was the first game I've ever played where I didn't play an ally LOL

@Castlefrank47 It's fun! I'd like to get What Doesn't Kill Me in here too but I'm already sitting at 45/

@eroush Yeah once you're defending for 6 you should never take damage from a minion even if they have Villainous, so Under Control with Change of Fortune is pretty good here.

Jul 26, 2026 trewiltrewil · 2

I think you could cut the resource cards here. Seems like they end up being dead draws too often after playing it. I like it at 40 cards without those.

Maybe there is a good reason they are included though?

Jul 26, 2026 SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

@trewiltrewil They're handy for In Harm's Way and Powerful Punch, but I could cut them down! I also should have tried to get "Stop Hitting Yourself" into this deck but I didn't think of it until after I record a game with the deck LOL

Jul 26, 2026 RainKing42 · 2

I think they help with not totally obliterating your hand during the villain phase when you play #Powerful Punch and #In Harm’s Way.

Jul 27, 2026 dr00 · 57989

Ronin has been such a fun build-around card, especially with the 1.8 update where you can now officially swap in your team-up to replace the matching ally if the hero is also at the table. so when Elektra comes out, you can also replace your ally with the team-up upgrade and go full no allies.

Jul 27, 2026 Kole101 · 1193

Deck looks really fun as always. Thanks for sharing!

Jul 27, 2026 SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

@Kole101 as a member you can already watch the video I recorded with this deck! It was longer than I like, but it got the job done LOL

Jul 28, 2026 Kole101 · 1193

Oh thanks! I’ll have a look!

Aug 02, 2026 BlueRiver · 384

This deck worked so well! Just finished 2 handed game with Echo red against Bullseye and Stop the Presses (1st play of scenario). Although I lost to threat (it got away from me quick) and 5HP left on Bullseye, I was able to get Daredevil up to 5 DEF and worked perfect against Bullseye. In Harm's Way was perfect to use with Echo in play since I was able to use it 4 times in the game. Innate Reflexes seems to be a stable card for protection decks. I will be trying this again.

Aug 02, 2026 SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

@BlueRiver thanks for the feedback! I feel like this suite of cards is going to be REALLY strong with most heroes, and better in those who start at 3 DEF!

Aug 12, 2026 ausgor · 23

Fun deck! Hammerhead didn’t stand a chance. Feels good to be playing fresh scenarios.

Couple of questions: The Best Offense cranks it to 7 DEF, not 6, right? 2 plus armored vest, Ronin, innate reflexes, defensive condition gets us to 6. The Best Offense goes to 7. Just making sure I’m not making any rules errors. Couldn’t it in theory get you to 9 if you happened to get all three?

What’s Deft Focus doing here?

Thanks for sharing this!

Aug 12, 2026 eroush · 2992

Deft Focus is in every Daredevil deck because each one of his Senses upgrades has the Superpower trait

Aug 12, 2026 ausgor · 23

lol! I knew I was missing something obvious. I scanned through all 45 cards as what like “what the hell?” Thank you for straightening me out.

Aug 12, 2026 SoloMarvelChampion · 10496

@ausgor yes, The Best Offense... DOES increase DEF to 7, I just missed that in the write-up LOL. And yep, the Senses all have the SUPERPOWER trait1!

Aug 17, 2026 thom1977 · 506

I need to play Under Control more...I have long forgotten about that card...