Side Step is a nice part of the Flow Like Water + Defensive Energy deck. If you aren't in a defense synergy deck, blocking with allies, stunning, or using tough cards is generally a better way to prevent damage. There are a bunch of 1-cost defenses, but unlike Never Back Down or Desperate Defense, you don't need to defend with your hero's basic power. If you are trying to trigger things like Hard to Ignore or Unflappable, you might want a few extra ways to prevent damage like Energy Barrier, because villains will often attack for more than 3 damage. Jump Flip is another close comparison that I prefer because Protection is light on threat removal, but in the Flow Like Water deck you can definitely play both.
Protection
Événement
Défense.
Coût: 1.
Resource:
Interruption de héros (défense) : quand vous êtes censé subir n'importe quelle quantité de dégâts, prévenez 3 de ces dégâts. Si vous avez utilisé une ressource pour payer cette carte, infligez 1 dégât à un ennemi.
"Raté !" — La Guêpe
Gurihiru
Vif-Argent #15.
- Side Step Vision #19
Reviews
If I understand the card correctly, the condition for the interruption is taking any amount of damage, so the source of the damage could be yourself. Then this card cant interact with cards like
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(Wolverine (Hero) - Wolverine's Claws)
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(Wolverine (Hero) - Berserker Barrage
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(X-23 (Hero) - X-23's Claws
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(Deadpool (Hero) - "Yoo-Hoo!"
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(Deadpool (Hero) - Maximum Effort
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Basic Ally - Grant Ward
And lot of Take 1 damage cards and effects that I wont list here because preventing 1 damage with this card is questionable