No Doubles is the way with a no ally build! Draw faster into more options. Expert Ronan in the title with a video link in the description as it should be.

@Gnarlantlers Lol of course! And I definitely took inspiration from your plug and play Black Widow list

With the +10 HP from Symbiote Suit and the +3 HP from Defensive Conditioning, what do you think of Dauntless for this deck?

Also, because this deck has such a high basic defense + Stand Alone and/or backflip, have you tried Containment Strategy or Under Control?

Have you tried Taunt?

Great deck! I’ll have to try it next time I play Spider-Man.

Nice work, definitely a very powerful deck. The core package (Innate Reflexes, In Harm's Way, The Best Offense...) is strong enough that there is a lot of room for variation. I tried a Repurpose build that is 10 cards different, and still came out undefeated in 3 games against Expert Ronan. Definitely a case where Spidey really takes full advantage of a build due to his economy.

@AstroAstronaut thanks Astro! It’s just my personal preference, but I usually don’t prioritize retaliate in builds like this so I would pass on Dauntless. I also prefer Mitigated Threat to hold off side schemes instead of the 1 cost Containment Strategy. Under Control I think is really good tech for minion heavy scenarios, and Taunt is just one of those cards I’m not a big fan of outside of tough heroes like Luke or Colossus who don’t have to exhaust for it. I think Peter is one of the best heroes to use for Taunt because of Spider-Sense and Backflip but i usually can’t find room for it.

@akodobill glad the deck played well for you! I hadn’t considered a repurpose variant of this - really cool idea!

Did you think about Counter-Punch? Would have great synergy with The Best Offense..., since you could use it once to attack for about 8 damage in the player phase and then again for the same amount in the villain phase. 8 damage for 1ER is quite insane... Could be more of a rush strategy. Same for "Stop Hitting Yourself" or even Leading Blow. Also I think more then 40 cards would not hurt since i feel in the no ally archetype, Spidermans own cards are not as good. I mean 1 The Best Offense..., 1 Leading Blow and 1 Counter-Punch could wipe out a complete villain stage with 4ER in 1 turn once the DEF is high enough.

Nice! Spidey is so fun with the new protection cards!

Love this! Just one question: would you consider switching out Mitigated Threat and Symbiote Suit for other cards in a 3-4 player game (where their downside start to become more magnified)? If so, what would you take instead?

@eschdi123 Counter Punch is forsure good here, but i personally prioritize keeping the deck at 40 with this build to mulligan into the DEF increasing cards ASAP (like starting off with innate reflexes is huge!)

@Christian_Medic right?!? Hope you enjoyed the list!

@bitsai thanks! Those cards function a bit differently in multiplayer but the decklist still works without changes! In a 4 player game, the hazard icon from Symbiote Suit isn’t as detrimental so as long as you’re blocking for other players regularly they shouldn’t mind the extra encounter card per round haha. As for mitigated threat, I definitely wouldn’t attach this to the Kree Command Ship or Symbiote Suit for more than 1 round because the tax is too much in a high player count game like you said. Mitigated Threat in higher player counts is used here like a 1 turn stall - if there’s a 12 threat crisis icon side scheme in play, but the table doesn’t have enough thwart events that turn to thwart it out and remove enough threat from the main scheme, we can slap mitigated threat to cancel the crisis for the round, then just discard mitigated threat at the end of the round without paying its tax.

I love this deck. I think it helped me fully unlock the power of the no ally archetype. I was trying to use big supports like Avengers Mansion and Quincarrier to stabilize the game, and I failed to realize how powerful Unflappable is in this build. I love the concept of a lightweight economy, and I think it plays perfectly with Spider-Man. Have you thought about building a similar deck for Quicksilver? He is my favorite hero to play with this new archetype, and I think he can shine with most of the cards you included here (especially Symbiote Suit + Mitigated Threat)

@YourFriendlyNeighbor wooo glad you enjoyed the list and glad it helped this archetype click for you!! I love this lightweight approach for Spidey with his web-shooters being his main source of economy. I have tried Quicksilver in this archetype (haven’t posted the video yet) and although he’s not as low to the ground as Spidey his built out board was insane. I didn’t even go Symbiote Suit with Quicksilver so i can only imagine!

Contingency Planning works with Webbed Up, right? Didn't realize it worked with so many other cards too like Spider-Tracer and others.

I never thought about it until this deck came out, but it is a nice bonus compared to other heroes (like Quicksilver and Captain America) who do not have any upgrades to attach to encounter cards. I have never used it, but I can see the usefulness of storing a Spider-Tracer for later once the symbiote is set up.

Would love to see you attempt this deck against Red Skull on Expert. Im thinking only Spidey and Nightcrawler are the only ones who could beat him using the Ronin archetype.

protection is the best aspect?? always has been

This deck has to be near the top of best decks ever created. I have absolutely destroyed a ton of villains on Expert. Spider-Man just has so many tools to survive with and this juiced up Ronan deck just takes him over the absolute edge.

Spiderman, not a web warrior, is PERFECT thematically for going it alone. No awkward declarations (I'm a web warrior!) needed.

My only.. criticism.. Is that you don't have ingenious in your genius character build. This is a prestige upgrade.. It's also cheaper than helicarrier.