I was pretty low on this card, but it sure was devastating to the Thunderbolts scenario 4 of the Agents of Shield box. It's also pretty solid as a stun in a protection deck that wants to run the Power of Protection, but that'll depend strongly on your deck.
Normally I wouldn't be interested in the minion-stunning option, but now that we're seeing larger minion mechanics with the Thunderbolts modules, it's a decent backup plan.
Incredibly strong ally, especially for multiplayer, where player side schemes shine. Having an extra effective copy of Build Support or Superpower Training to get your key pieces out fast can add a ton of consistency to decks. You can also use this as a Swiss Army Knife to search up Take Out the Guards / Show of Empathy when you need to deal with some minions, or pick the Protection player to grab Establish Perimeter for some defense, or the Leadership player to grab Call for Backup to get key allies out. Add this to the inherent power of allies to thwart, attack, or block, and Manifold is a no-brainer for Justice decks
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This card that was missing in the prebuilt Spider Ham.
Take damage, then receive a Cartoon Counter, confused the villain ( + a minion ). Change in Alter-Ego, recover life points and another Token. So many actions for only three energy resourcies, what-else ?
Français La carte qui manquait au préconstruit de Spider Cochon.
Prendre un dégât, pour avoir un Jeton Cartoon, puis désorienté le méchant ( + un sbire ). Se retourner en Alter-Ego, récupérer des points de vie et un autre Jeton. Tant d'actions pour seulement trois ressources d'énergies, que demande de plus ?
A very important card for true solo Protection players; not quite as big a deal as as Under Surveillance in Justice, but close. Previously, the only non-character-specific ways to stay safe from the "what if Rhino draws an Advance?" problem when flipping down in Protection were a single confusion from Professor X and having the Black Widow ally in play. Ready for a Fight gives you three more safe flipdowns per deck cycle, which is enough to satisfy heroes who like to go alter ego frequently but not necessarily flip every single turn (e.g. Groot, She-Hulk).
The biggest beneficiary is of course Black Widow (hero this time), as she can loop these every turn with Safe House #29 - and greatly prefers being in hero form when encounter cards are drawn so she can trigger her other preparations. Once the loop is in play and you're flipping every turn, the experience is a bit like playing the Psylocke->Danger Room-> Professor X combo, except you're using other Protection cards to negate or blunt the villain's attack instead of confusing them. That may not sound amazing but hey, it can't be negated by Stalwart!
Now we just need a 3-of 'fixed' variant of Not my Responsibility in Aggression (maybe drop the ally clause?) and a non-trait-locked version of Tempus in Leadership...
Interesting 1-cost support for some heroes which rely on playing tech cards.
An auto-include for me in any Starlord deck, since even if no tech cards is drawn, each turn can be used to power an Element gun.