This guy is one of the strongest allies in the Aggression pool for sure. Yes, there are many candidates that deal higher amounts of single target damage, and some that go through a process to deal some kind of AoE. But Two-Gun Kid provides raw power, without the extra steps, without anything else but a single minion needed on the board. Dealing 2 against one target and 2 against another is amazing value, which can be taken even further with Boot Camp to essentially turn him into a Melee generator, or even more with Sidearm. The fact that he's an Avenger is also a huge plus - probably the most frequent trait to use with Team-Building Exercise. There is also Avengers Tower to discount him in an Avenger-heavy deck. Two-Gun Kid is one of the few allies in Aggression that makes it worth keeping a First Aid around for a consistently good damage source that doesn't rely on some random factor or rare niche scenarios.

It's interesting that there hasn't been a review of Domino here yet, considering how long Next Evolution has been out; and how unique her mechanics are. It's probably a case of her being overshadowed by the more obviously-powerful Cable; but she can be very rewarding to play in her own way.

Domino introduced a unique deck-milling style of play to the game. It's not always the strongest, and it can be complex in terms of decision making. But when you pull it off well, it's a very rewarding gameplay loop.

At first glance, her stats aren't amazing. Only 9hp and 3Rec makes her seem very squishy. She has the standard 6/5 hand size, and the same 1/2/3 stat line as the likes of Peter Parker Spider-Man. But it's her special abilities - and how they interact with the rest of her kit - that makes her shine.

The key to understanding her stats - and seeing how her kit works in general - can be found by looking at the card Probability Field. This upgrade doesn't exhaust for its effect - don't make that mistake - and means that you discard a card from her deck every time you use a basic power, adding its number of resources to the value of the power. If you are in hero form, you also double any wilds (though not in AE).

The upshot of this is that her stat line is somewhere between 2/3/4 and 4/5/6, with a recovery between 4 and 6. Most of the time - with a deck stacked with wilds and double resources - it'll be a 3/4/5 stat line. And with her ability to put cards on top of her deck, you'll know what the value is in advance. Readying can therefore be very strong for her, although she doesn't have it natively in her kit (the likes of Indomitable and Justice Served can be good value).

With only 9hp and multiple cards that are good in AE, she's a hero who likes to flip a lot; so Justice is a good aspect for her, or Protection with the Ready for a Fight build. She's also a character who benefits a lot from a very built-out board state, so those control type decks are favoured even more.

Tbh though, you'll often have a lot of basic cards in her deck, to maximize her abilities. So the space for aspect cards is often small - they're a sprinkle of flavour, rather than the main dish. That's probably the biggest downside of her archetype. It leans heavily into her hero kit, meaning her builds can be same-y unless you intentionally fight against that.

Overall though, she's a very rewarding character to pilot. If you want Magik-style complex decisions but handled in a very different way, Domino is worth a shot.

Since its expected that (yet, not obligated) you will pay the Captain America's Shield back from your hand, the "real" base ER for this card is 2. Then we have:

• 3ER: 1x 4 Damage = \~1,3 DMG per ER
• 4ER: 2x 4 Damage = \~2,0 DMG per ER
• 5ER: 3x 4 Damage = \~2,4 DMG per ER
• 6ER: 4x 4 Damage = \~2,6 DMG per ER
• 7ER: 5x 4 Damage = \~2,85 DMG per ER

Some important considerations:

• You arent obligated to pay the shield thereafter, flexing 1ER for later turn. Super-Soldier Serum can also handle that 1ER.
• There must be different targets; this is a very limitant factor on low player count and or low minion density scenarios
• It starts at low ER per DMG ratio plus have diminishing returns
• Since its an attack with a value, it can be multi-increased with Aggressive Energy, Warrior Skill, etc.
• Can trigger Captain America's 4 dmg effect in team games with Winter Soldier or Falcon, even if they are just providing that card for you and nothing else. This converts Shield Toss into
• • 3ER: 2x 4 Damage = \~2,6 DMG per ER
• • 4ER: 3x 4 Damage = \~3,0 DMG per ER

Overall, this is a very bad attack card, per ER cost, with the sole exception of the abovementioned title (even with that is quite regular); its 0-Cost is a deceptiful nebwie trap, therefore this card should be used as your very last resource in critical cases where is imperative that you do that extra damage.

Spider-Man 2099 holds an awkward place as the only Leadership Web-Warrior, but there are plenty of Basic Web-Warrior allies to play in a deck with him, or you can make him part of a multiplayer team. Miguel is under-statted for an ally, though there are ways to cheat him into play like Call for Backup and Across the Spider-Verse. From an efficiency perspective, the response ability is usually not worth it. The ability of an ally to block a villain's attack with their last hit point is a huge part of their value (~2 ER). By returning that ally to hand, we only give ourselves 1 ER of value. So why would we ever do this? (and before you say Web of Life and Destiny, remember you draw the card either way) First of all, this grants flexibility. If we have a resource-heavy hand in which 2+ resources would go unspent, we can return a playable ally to hand, then the "loss" of 1 ER of value is still less than the 2+ ER that would otherwise be wasted. Web-Warriors with strong enters play abilities like Miles or Pavitr might also be worth replaying again even at 1 ER less than their usual value.

Most notably, Miguel makes a powerful loop with Madame Web, which can let you stack the encounter deck several turns in a row. It's expensive to get going, but once it is, it becomes basically impossible to lose the game.

This is a pretty clean implementation of the core deck idea by theromeo3517 if you want to take 2099 out for a spin: marvelcdb.com

Spider-Man 2099 is a bit overrated for my money, but he certainly defines a unique and interesting deck, especially for coordinated multiplayer Web-Warrior lineups.

Dust is problematic. Even looking at super-niche combos, such as adding Energy Spear in a Star-Lord deck or something leaves me doubtful of her utility. You can at most activate her twice to sweep through minions, but nowadays that's somewhat below average of what you'd expect to get out of your cards. I think there are superior alternatives to her AoE in Aggression and overall much better X-men allies.