I've been doing a progression challenge and when taking into account the time of release, I consider Ms Marvel to be the best designed hero pack when it comes to aspect cards. Protection was the weakest aspect in the Core Set, so the first pack they released was a Protection pack(alongside Cap America). There added Endurance and Downtime(really useful in multiplayer) as basic cards to improve survivality and recovery. Lockjaw as a resource sink and permanent block/attack/thwart for heroes with great economy. Concussive blow to help flipping to alter-ego(Stalwart didn't exist back then). Melee to help aggression players deal with Minion Swarm(especially with Green Goblin being released at the same time) Tackle added a new strategy for protection(Stun Lock) and was really useful at the beginning before Stalwart existed. Nova is especially useful for Ironman(1 def), being energy and helping him deal with minions that would otherwise chip at his health. But to me, the best designed card of this pack is Energy Barrier. It improves protection a lot, either by giving your hero what's basically+1def or protecting you against minions(most early minions had 1attack). It counters Ultron drones and helps dealing with big minions(Klaw and Green Goblin) by reducing their hp. But most importantly, it improves Ironman consistency considerably by being both a Tech Upgrade and an Energy resource.
@@gaelbeltran6276 I think you bring up a bunch of great points. And I do feel like with just these 2 packs the aspects have improved so much! It’s really nice to hear your thoughts on this, and it has been super fun for me getting to experience this for myself.
Hi, keep up the good work!! I'm new to the game and i started doing a progression game style on my own before i knew it already existed on this channel❤❤. Tip: if you really want to use enraged, you should use it on lockjaw, 8 damage in two activations🎉. A +4 damage with 1 resource (+1 of enraged) and you can always play lockjaw from the discard pile
@@mixgamer1765 that sounds like a great use for it! I’m glad you’re watching the series. It hasn’t got a lot of love on the channel compared to the other videos I make so seeing a new player find it useful makes me feel really good! That was my goal. Thanks for the support :)
Love this series, and very useful for a newish player like myself that owns a lot of stuff but is trying to space it out and really appreciate it. This series helps me truly savour it.
@DaringLime there's a fun design idea somewhere in there where you play with facedown cards in your hand, but that lack of vision confers a benefit somehow
I actually played "progression style", and still doing it, since I'm late in my collection. I'm currently at wave 7 lol. I found Tackle being "nonbo" , anti synergistic if you will, with Spider Man ability. Every time the enemy is stun, he does not get to draw a card. That can be mitigated at 2 players, but for solo play, I just cut it out. Concussive Blow was great in She Hulk at that time to me. Because you draw 4 hand size, you toss your hand to confuse the villain, and if you happen to get the physical kicker, you can deal 3 dmg bonus to him, but you don't mind it overall. With 3 copy of Concussive blow, she can flip back and forth every turn. Get those 6 hand size, frequently, and get her 2 damage from flipping back to hero mode, every now and then. Very powerful to me. I agree Enhanced upgrade are good for her. Iron Man, I use the mental enhanced card, not the energy one, but feel free to try it. And yes Energy Barrier elevated Iron Man Protection right from the start. Same impact as Repurpose in Wave 5 for him. At last, I built a similar Black Panther deck at the time, but I added once enhanced card, because it is free target for shuri, even late game, and it is a way to convert vibranium or basic double into resource on board to spam Wakanda Forever. To this day, wave 7 for me, I still run an enhanced card in every Black Panther Deck I made. It give him so much consistency, to counter the "clunkyness" of "wakanda forever" x3 in a single hand lol. Great video!
I think that idea for black panther is fantastic. I will probably add it in. For Iron Man, I want to play the enhanced awareness, and just keep the enhanced reflexes in my deck to be energy resource targets for repulsor blast. I'm excited to try out she hulk again. She has so many more tools already. I agree about spider-man having an anti synergy in solo with tackle. Losing the card draw is annoying. It will probably still be worth it though just because keeping the hp up is really good. I bet he is similar to she hulk and is strongest with a confuse build at this point. That's really cool that you have gone through your own version of a progression series! Thanks for the comment :)
I've been doing a progression challenge and when taking into account the time of release, I consider Ms Marvel to be the best designed hero pack when it comes to aspect cards.
Protection was the weakest aspect in the Core Set, so the first pack they released was a Protection pack(alongside Cap America).
There added Endurance and Downtime(really useful in multiplayer) as basic cards to improve survivality and recovery.
Lockjaw as a resource sink and permanent block/attack/thwart for heroes with great economy.
Concussive blow to help flipping to alter-ego(Stalwart didn't exist back then).
Melee to help aggression players deal with Minion Swarm(especially with Green Goblin being released at the same time)
Tackle added a new strategy for protection(Stun Lock) and was really useful at the beginning before Stalwart existed.
Nova is especially useful for Ironman(1 def), being energy and helping him deal with minions that would otherwise chip at his health.
But to me, the best designed card of this pack is Energy Barrier.
It improves protection a lot, either by giving your hero what's basically+1def or protecting you against minions(most early minions had 1attack).
It counters Ultron drones and helps dealing with big minions(Klaw and Green Goblin) by reducing their hp.
But most importantly, it improves Ironman consistency considerably by being both a Tech Upgrade and an Energy resource.
@@gaelbeltran6276 I think you bring up a bunch of great points. And I do feel like with just these 2 packs the aspects have improved so much! It’s really nice to hear your thoughts on this, and it has been super fun for me getting to experience this for myself.
Agreed on everything 100% with every points you made.
Very good pack at the time.
Glad you are really enjoying playing through your progressive series. Great memories revived here
@@shanepheeney9029 that’s great! I was hoping it would be nostalgic for people that have been around since the beginning.
I think the idea with Enraged is to combine with either Hulk ally or Tigra.
Hi, keep up the good work!! I'm new to the game and i started doing a progression game style on my own before i knew it already existed on this channel❤❤.
Tip: if you really want to use enraged, you should use it on lockjaw, 8 damage in two activations🎉. A +4 damage with 1 resource (+1 of enraged) and you can always play lockjaw from the discard pile
@@mixgamer1765 that sounds like a great use for it! I’m glad you’re watching the series. It hasn’t got a lot of love on the channel compared to the other videos I make so seeing a new player find it useful makes me feel really good! That was my goal. Thanks for the support :)
Love this series, and very useful for a newish player like myself that owns a lot of stuff but is trying to space it out and really appreciate it. This series helps me truly savour it.
That's fantastic to hear and makes it feel worth it that I'm doing these videos!
So many fun decks. I need to go back and look at previous videos. But this one really inspired me for future games.
@@prufrock1977 that’s awesome! Are you gonna play along with me and try out some of these decks?
art-wise, my favorite card in these packs is Followed. anything with Daredevil is 😘👌 - even the art on Down Time makes me go "aww they're friends"
@@JohnCollinsIsAWizard I feel like some day we have to get a daredevil hero lol
@DaringLime there's a fun design idea somewhere in there where you play with facedown cards in your hand, but that lack of vision confers a benefit somehow
@ that would be so cool if you could get it to work
I actually played "progression style", and still doing it, since I'm late in my collection. I'm currently at wave 7 lol.
I found Tackle being "nonbo" , anti synergistic if you will, with Spider Man ability. Every time the enemy is stun, he does not get to draw a card. That can be mitigated at 2 players, but for solo play, I just cut it out.
Concussive Blow was great in She Hulk at that time to me. Because you draw 4 hand size, you toss your hand to confuse the villain, and if you happen to get the physical kicker, you can deal 3 dmg bonus to him, but you don't mind it overall. With 3 copy of Concussive blow, she can flip back and forth every turn. Get those 6 hand size, frequently, and get her 2 damage from flipping back to hero mode, every now and then. Very powerful to me. I agree Enhanced upgrade are good for her.
Iron Man, I use the mental enhanced card, not the energy one, but feel free to try it. And yes Energy Barrier elevated Iron Man Protection right from the start. Same impact as Repurpose in Wave 5 for him.
At last, I built a similar Black Panther deck at the time, but I added once enhanced card, because it is free target for shuri, even late game, and it is a way to convert vibranium or basic double into resource on board to spam Wakanda Forever. To this day, wave 7 for me, I still run an enhanced card in every Black Panther Deck I made. It give him so much consistency, to counter the "clunkyness" of "wakanda forever" x3 in a single hand lol.
Great video!
I think that idea for black panther is fantastic. I will probably add it in. For Iron Man, I want to play the enhanced awareness, and just keep the enhanced reflexes in my deck to be energy resource targets for repulsor blast. I'm excited to try out she hulk again. She has so many more tools already. I agree about spider-man having an anti synergy in solo with tackle. Losing the card draw is annoying. It will probably still be worth it though just because keeping the hp up is really good. I bet he is similar to she hulk and is strongest with a confuse build at this point. That's really cool that you have gone through your own version of a progression series! Thanks for the comment :)