TECHnically a Web-Warrior

This is not Natasha Romanoff...

Did you know Black Widow exists in the Spider-Verse? From the Ultimates timeline a clone of Peter Parker, Jessica Drew (confused yet?), occasionally operates under the code name. Is this Natasha? Not at all, but that's why it's a technicality. And with this deck focusing on Black Widow's gear, a TECHnicality!

To actually talk about the deck, we're using the new Leadership card Med Lab. There's been community discussion on how Spider-Man Otto Octavius could be a decent target for this card, but I ultimately wasn't very satisfied with this in most cases. Considering Med Lab puts ally's into play as an Alter-Ego Action, the amount of upgrades we could use, ready with Otto, and use again is actually pretty small. But there are some that fit this bill, and Black Widow's Gauntlets will do just fine!

So either through playing Web of Life and Destiny or using Make the Call to get another Web-Warrior trait into play we'll be able to play Otto from are Med Lab. The loop is simple and goes:

1. Use a Gauntlet

2. Play Otto from Medlab to ready a Gauntlet to use again and draw a card.

3. We then go to Hero Form, and next turn (when Otto and Med Lab are no longer exhausted) we use Otto's basic attack to have him defeated by consequential damage and placed into Med Lab.

4. Go back to Alter-Ego and get ready to do it all again once Med Lab is ready.

We're also going to draw a card from Web of Life when Otto is placed onto Med Lab (if this ruling changes, this combo still works, just one less resource). So in total after setup we'll profit 2 card draws and a extra resource for a Preparation card every time we do the loop, with an extra two damage from Otto's attack, which more than compensates the resources we're putting in to play Otto every other turn. Black Widow also has some of the best ways to make sure Alter-Ego is always an option with two copies of Covert Ops, so she's naturally good at utilizing Med Lab.

You will find yourself flooded in value with this combo combined with looping SP/dr and other Web of Life draws. Add in effective generic resource generators, and Black Widow's own superb economy. You'll be at the point of overwhelming the Villain before you'll need to setup all of this, but you do have so many options to that you'll achieve this win-con early and consistently without needing to fear painful disruption. Plus, Otto and Medlab are cards that Black Widow would like to run anyway(Med Lab Winter Soldier is good if the game is stretches on that long), so you're not out anything by having this combo available.

For our break down, Ghost-Spider is a high value web Warrior that can grab our effective events. Maria Hill is more cycling to see combo sooner, same with Nick Fury, but he also likes coming in with a Rapid Response. Professor X is another confuse for how much we're flipping down and can be played on demand with Make the Call. SP/dr and Otto are the high value Web Warriors that will spend the game spinning Webs of value. Stinger also is another body we can squeeze on board which can fill up very quickly, but we appreciate having something that's always playable to spend resources on.

Make the Call lets us dodge the Web-Warrior trait and keep our options open (after some setup it's a welcome out for converting resources to board presence). Power in All of Us helps us setup up Web-Warrior cards, high value support like Avengers Mansion and Quincarrier, and makes threading in Nick Fury or Professor X much easier. Clarity is another simple resource generator that makes putting in other expensive cards even quicker and just thins the deck as well. Rapid Response is a high value prep to spend the refreshed gauntlets easier and has many good targets. Target Acquired is always one of my favorite 40th cards, but being a prep itself is good plus it's boost cancellation can also help with corner case effects that might remove our spinning allies, being re-curable with Safe House if we know of multiple such affects is a nice bonus.

Web-Warrior Leadership is tried and true, but having a new niche combo enabled by a recent release felt worth sharing. Happy gaming!