A Sharp Mind

A Sharp Blade - A Sharper Mind

This deck revolves around the utmost discipline and conditioning Psylocke went through in order to become a lethal Hand assassin.

Training Regimen is the card from which this deck is built, so let's have a look at what it can do.

An Arsenal of Choice

Firstly, I've included Build Support as a route to play Training Regimen. At only 1 cost, it may not seem worth it, so consider playing Stepford Cuckoos or X-Bunker. Either of these cards fortifies Psylocke by protecting her against nasty encounters, or by gaining card draw to firm up her modest hand size.

Once you play Training Regimen, there are all the skill upgrades you can look to get - just assess the scenario you are in and choose accordingly. If there are plenty of crisis icons, consider Psionic Training; if there are enemies with Tough, use Weapons Training for the retaliate etc... Since Psylocke can also confuse regularly, I've added Float Like a Butterfly, should you wish to take the confuse-lock tactic.

Other skills have been included to gain more of an immediate effect. Both are low cost, so even if you exhaust Training Regimen in hero form, don't worry too much about losing a card.

Directed Force is for when both Psi-Katanas are out....use it for a healthy burst of 5ATK;

If you need more thwart, use Training Regimen to search for Making an Entrance...have Psylocke thwart for 5THWT...and in most cases you should be able to trigger the event to heal 2 damage.

An Assassin Never Tires

As there are events that give weight to Psylocke's basic actions, you want to give Psylocke the opportunity to do more when ready. As her attack and thwart are so strong, I've added ways to ready her.

With large thwarts, Psylocke can ready with Justice Served. This works particularly well with Making an Entrance and Pivotal Moment - thwart using Making an Entrance to clear the main scheme; heal 2 damage: ready up again; play Pivotal Moment for 5 damage...if you used your Psi-Knife to pay and convert to Psi-Katanas...then basic attack for another 3ATK!

The not often used Tenacity have two copies in the deck and the idea is to play one or both....then use for late game. Psylocke can easily generate a resource with her Psi-Katana...so why not use it? Ready Psylocke again for that last push of damage to defeat the villain!

Do You Mind?

Blindfold, Chamber, Professor X and White Queen are strong thwarters and each have a bonus effect that can help you depending on what you need to do - manipulate the encounter deck, flip down, remove a status on the hero, remove a tough from the villain....or attack/thwart for longer ...all these options are available to you.

Regular includes such as Cerebro are included to get the ally you need, or even as another form of card draw (similar to Training Regimen and X-Bunker...you should have a 9-card AE hand size!) have been included;

Finally, a small indulgence, Telepathy has been added. Again, Psylocke can generate double resources regularly...and for those moments where she can't ready after a basic attack, ...its good to know that you can still remove at least 2 threat if there are no other options available.

(Successfully tested against Standard Enchantress, Standard En Sabah Nur and Expert En Sabah Nur).