Self-Isolation

Self-Isolation

This card is the reason of why X-23 stays away from sidekick-voltroning her Honey Badger.

By pure chance, you either can find yourself completely unstoppable, or totally disarmed and back to the start of the game.

To add salt to the wound, the obligation can only get discarded, never removed. Just when you though you had a bad day, surprise, take another cup.

And because its an obligation card, Stepford Cuckoos wont help you. Front Organization wont help you. Literally no single avaiable tool for leadership decks will effectively help at preventing you from getting destroyed.

matchet · 567

Spider-Tingle

Spider-Tingle

Incredible value with silk once you have eidetic memory in play as you can cancel any encounter card as long as you have a tucked treachery from the same set, and you can avoid wasting your hp until then.

Eldibar · 1

Plasma Rifle

Plasma Rifle

Expensive, restricted, requires completing at least 2 side schemes to justify its use, but its only really worth past 3+ completed PSS.

Yes, on late (if you survive and accomplish enough to reach late) its spending a for 3/4 ranged damage. But until then its a constant dead weight in your hand and in your board.

matchet · 567
I agree I think this card is the reason why I constantly lose playing Cable — nosiak · 298
Well I would play it when you defeat lock and load so you circumvent the cost. And even 2 damage for 1 energy can be worth it if you would have an unspent Ressource of Greymalkin otherwise. Sure it's not top priority but far from a dead weight especially when it's on the board already — Chris2002 · 77

Going Undercover

Going Undercover

AKA Look at the top 5 cards of the encounter deck and have a shot at removing Shadows of the Past from the game! 200 characters 200 characters 200 characters 200 characters 200 characters 200 characters

Ephigy · 7
What I like about this is that it's flat 4 threat and not per player so it can be quite helpful for example with Chance Encounter or the new Stealth training — Chris2002 · 77

Protect Humanity

Protect Humanity

Some simple tips for optimizing this card:

  • If you're about to reveal a Labor that might be Protect Humanity and Amadeus is in your hand, consider whether there's value in discarding him to pay for another card before doing the reveal, since he's entering play whether he's in your hand or discard, but you're losing out on the resource if he's entering from your hand.
  • Herc's Helm counts as defending without exhausting Hercules, letting you do a basic defense if an encounter or player card causes you to be attacked again, or save your basic action for something else during the player phase.
  • Currently available aspect cards which trigger an attack by the villain and could let you clear this one turn faster: Bait and Switch, Get Behind Me!, Get in Front of Me!, Ready for a Fight, Taunt, Toe to Toe.
zent54 · 2