The Caldecott Handshake: Rogueboat Diplomacy

There's a saying down in Caldecott County, that the first handshake's free, but the second one is gonna cost you. Rogue makes every handshake count, thanks to some help from some her X-Force pals.

Allies:

Aside from Gambit, all our allies are X-Force, and help us get our alliance cards online. The priority is Pete Wisdom since he has such a high thwart and benefits from not taking consequential, but any of the other allies are decent targets in a pinch.

Events and a side scheme:

This is all about playing Gunboat Diplomacy as much as possible, and we have several ways of getting this done. We can play it from hand, or use Superpower Adaptation to get it from discard, or Generation X to get Superpower Adaptation. This way you always have Gunboat Diplomacy when you need it. One Way or Another helps us see cards to see Gunboat Diplomacy as well.

Upgrades:

We have the usual X-Gene and Deft Focus for resource generators, Heroic Intuition to boost our THW for Gunboating, and Skilled Investigator to draw cards. We also have Chance Encounter to get us any of our allies that might've gone to discard.

I've found this deck to work decently in solo and really enjoyed the flexibility Gunboat Diplomacy provides. This probably has a higher ceiling if it's an X-Force hero running X-Men allies because of Mission Training, but Rogue can play the card much more often and more consistently.

So, hold out your hand, sugah. Rogue's got some diplomacy to do.