Just Shut Up and Take It

Playthroughs:

• Daring Lime

Venom uses weapons to do many things: spread damage, targeted damage, creating weaknesses for damage. He's the machinist, and when he has all of his tools out, he's ready to clear the board.

Tools

Obviously, you want to get the weapons out. That's the heart of any Venom deck, but there's one other tool not to pass up on, and that's Float Like a Butterfly. This deck contains so much synergy and method around "confused" that even steady enemies will be subject to the extra damage. It's great to be able to have Dazzler or Spider-Woman do 3 damage to enemies.

Debilitator

Speaking of Float Like a Butterfly, it helps create an enemy weakness around confusion. One extra damage doesn't feel like much until you get to see how much it adds up over the course of a game and with any character you control. Scare Tactic is now 4 damage, your base attack will do 5 damage, and Professor X can even do 1 damage.

Noiseblaster

Inflict confuse on all enemies through the myriad of cards. "Think Fast!" lets you use your health to confuse. Upside the Head the head lets you confuse the villain or a high-health minion. In fact, nothing feels better than doing 4 damage to the Badoon Headhunter, confuse him with Upside the Head, then use Scare Tactic to finish the job.

Sonic Rifle helps with the confusion, but don't forget its other ability of doing 3 damage. This may not be the most efficient use of the weapon, but it is a nice way to deal with minions or the villain when you're looking to make that push.

Auto Crossbow

This is a justice deck, so make sure to keep the board under control using Venom's spread abilities. Multitasking is meant to help get side schemes down or keep tempo with the main scheme. His pistols and thwart can help finish a scheme, and then you can use Skilled Investigator to draw. It's a pretty standard combo, but it's important to call out. Most solo side schemes can be taken care of by Multitasking and Multi-Gun taking two threat away. Sense of Justice is there to help trigger the Multitasking and Behind Enemy Lines bonuses.

Use your tools to keep the board stable. Then do big damage to confused enemies. If the villain is stalwart, use your confuse ability against minions while doing your standard attack and damage to the villain. The goal of confuse is not to flip down. It's to create a weakness around it and do lots of damage. Pretty standard piloting, but pretty fun results!

Character Role Decks:

Each of these decks are meant to be mixed and match in multiplayer with the other role decks below. Feel free to check out some of the other character roles

• Born with the Gift of Magic. Adam as the Red Mage
• I Prefer the Term "Treasure Hunter". Vision as the Thief
• Just Shut Up and Take It. Venom as the Machinist
• I'm Gonna Smash It. Wolverine as the Monk
• Obi Ham Kenobi. Spider-Ham as the Mage Knight
• Now You See Me, Now You Don’t. Shadowcat as the Ninja
• Death by a Thousand Cuts. Gamora as the Samurai
• Get Strong. Smash the Villain. X-23 at the Feral
• Ante Up! Gambit as the Gambler
• Summon the Earth's Power. Storm as the Geomancer
• Pursuing the Secrets of Monsters. Wanda as the Blue Mage
• Phoenix is a Beast. Phoenix as the Beastmaster
• A Bit Unruly. Hulk as the Berserker
• Copycat. Rogue as the Mime