This is maybe the first Protection card that boosted defending. 3 defense for 1ER is excellent value. I got it, that it doesn't had additional bonus like Side Step, Jump Flip and many other cards,but it provides a force without sacrifice flexibility in the hand.

Also this kind of effency is valuable for heroes with defending worse thant 3 which leads to second point: Expert Defense is worth throwing to the deck even outside of archetype.

Rating (A-C) A- Still worth using after many years and has no really downside. If I made the Protection from the scratch, this will be one of the first card that I think about creating (next to the Armored Vest of course).

I recently got to try Nick Fury and wow, he's great. So here's my review:

Stats: 2-2-2 is obviously great, 4 recovery too, a little bit above average

Cards: His Hero cards are all very good. Here's A short review to each of them: Suit Form: His main card. Obviously also his best . If you make a Nick Fury deck, think about in which form you will want to be most of the time and base the deck on this decision Maria Hill: Great ally, the ability helps a lot of you are in assault form and need threat for extra damage, a ready or resources with his cards. Concentrated fire: Both options are very helpful but the damage is below average Covert Surveillance: Very helpful but the threat removal is below average Spray Fire: Very very good card, his assault form ability makes it even better Fury's flying car: His best cars in my opinion. He wants readies and a lot of his cards help him put the necessary threat onto the suit form. If you thwart and then use this card, you get 2 free threat out of it, if you attack you could remove even more threat from his suit form if you want maximum damage output in one turn. Safe House #221: I haven't used this often, because most of the time when I ran low on hp, I didn't flip, I just put myself with cards like Covert Surveillance into stealth form, because your more flexible than in alter-ego, so I can't say much about this card. 2 hp heal is pretty good though. EM Shield: Great card. It saved me multiple times if I played a little bit too risky. Interesting is, that you don't play it before the villain discards boost cards so you know exactly if you would survive. Eyepatch Camera: A better version of Counterintelligence. In my opinion, his second best card (without counting the suit form). Fury's Watch: This card's power varies a lot based on the deck you play. Slow, Shield support and/or preparation cards based decks where you want to sit in stealth as long as possible, benefit the most from this card, because you will nearly always have a lot of threat on your suit form. Intelligence Analysis: One of the few cards which cancel Treacheries without revealing a new card. It saved me multiple times. Secret Agent: In preparation decks obviously a great card. I played it a few times and the payoff was great every time.

So as a conclusion: He is really fun. Every game is like a small puzzle. Do I stay in stealth to be safe, but I can't deal damage? Do I flip but possibly die? Do I flip to alter-ego? If you haven't tried him, you should definitely. He is definitely one of my favourite heroes, just because of his versatility

I think this card is great. As with many other cards it is just a matter of how you set it up.

Obviously I would never play it if I wasn't absolutely sure I could handle whichever treachery was revealed by it.

There are cards that help to avoid a game ender such as Get Behind Me! or Black Widow.

In multiplayer it is even better, because other players can help with preventing the treachery and/or modifying the order of the treachery deck (Global Logistics).

It's decent enough, but a massive missed opportunity. I'm very disappointed in the designers for not using this card for a "You get +1 hand size" effect. It's a similar resource effect, but in the end, vastly less thematic.

Are you allowed to attack the villain and THEN play this card? Or does "You cannot attack the villain this phase" check retroactively, preventing you from playing the card?

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