I love that this card basically makes a new archetype of protection. Just fwi the following heroes have no hero specific allies in their base 15.
Magneto
Cable
Venom
Rocket
Silk
Groot
Spider man (miles morales)
Ghost spider
Hulk
Storm.
Daredevil likes this (Cyclops too of course). With honed Technique 10 for 4 ER is crazy. Potentially a really good card now. Especially with daredevil being able to attach his upgrades on the villain
not a review but a note. I was playing red skull and this was the only side scheme in play (via the main scheme causing it to be displayed after part 1 of the villain phase). Then my encounter card was masterplan, placing 4 threat on all side schemes in play or else surge. I got to put 4 threat on this side scheme and it was meaningless, because this side scheme doesn't go away at 0 threat anyway.
If masterplan had wording like "place 4 threat on all side schemes that can receive threat, or else surge" then surge would have occurred. But it didn't, so I got a nice little break :)
Except the number of threat isn't "0", it's "-".
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Hankroyd
· 5
Meaning no threat can be added on it, ever.
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Hankroyd
· 5
With the incoming characters, Echo and Daredevil, when you play protection and need extra defense this is the card. Hero's can now have an upwards of 8 to 9 base defense. It opens up expert and higher play easily.
I wouldn’t say this opens up expert play, but it is certainly cool to see how high your defense can go. The hazard icon can really suck.
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tunic
· 941
Effective and good card for Groot. Not depending on growth counters (which is rare for his kit), got superpower and attack trait which can be discounted. Bonus defeating enemy is cool.
Overall (A-D) A- (not flashy, but effective card)