Jump Sca... nope

The problem I've found with decks that rely on defeating enemies during the villian phase is that they leave you with very little to do on your turn, as you've got no cards left.

So this deck doesn't do that. We're trying to stay in AE for a bigger hand size, using Ready for a Fight to stop the Villian Scheming, ripping it back to hand with Practiced Plan then drawing cards with Moira MacTaggert and Unflappable.

This gives us the oppourtunity to unload attack events before flipping down to AE to repeat trick.

Gambit has a DEF of 5 with Armored Vest and Innate Reflexes, Hidden Base gives us a Tough to take more hits, Rogue is practically free and has Tough, Echo can take any hit Gambit can take and Natural Agility, which Jocasta can fish for, lets you avoid the hardest hits.

We're not too worried about Threat, as the Villian rarely Schemes. Hard to Ignore Creole Charmer, The Thieves Guild and Gambit's AE Thief Extraordinaire keep it in check anyway.