Anticipate a Change of Fortune

Prepare to Anticipate

I don't think I've ever thought much of Anticipation. However, now that we have "Come Get Me, Bub!", Anticipation can now bring about a controlled ready (and with Black Widow, an extra string of damages).

It's kinda nice. Have Widow's Bite and Anticipation out. Play "Come Get Me, Bub!". You may get a minion, but then you'll heal 3 (which is nice for Black Widow's low health), get a tough (also nice for Black Widow's low health), ready from Anticipation, do a damage somewhere, activate Widow's Bite to do 2 damage to a minion and stun it, then do a damage somewhere else.

In fact, either by Synth-Suit or by Anticipation, you get to ready if you were already exhausted from defending the villain's attack previously. Though the best Synth-Suit readies come from cancelling a treachery through Grappling Hook.

That's not too bad. And Black Widow can control a lot of things because of Safe House #29.

Change of Fortune

Because of the preparation cards and her Hero Effect, it's really easy to be able to take an enemy out on the villain phase. You can use Riposte on a defense, or use your preparations to do damage to a minion. Either way, you get to draw. In fact, the reason Nova is here is to help you get a minion to one or two health left where preparations can finish the job. The Quincarrier can help you with that (or paying for Riposte).

Preparations

You're welcome to add in the other available preparations if you want. The deck gets pretty thin by your second shuffle, which is good because you really want to see Dance of Death on your third time through, and you really like cancelling extra treacheries with Grappling Hook. They all mean extra damage. I played with a couple of Espionages. It went well. It was nice to spend two to then get it back after a surge which helps prevent the tempo shift from a surge. It was also nice to leave them out there and help with the cost of Winter Soldier. But the others are nice too, like Target Acquired (a must in Expert 2 if you ask me) and Defensive Stance (which I've never enjoyed for some reason). But a reminder that they exist.

Your role with this deck to is to summon and control minions. Protect the board through your preparations. And never forget, in multiplayer, Attacrobatics can cancel the boost icons when the villain schemes too.