Seeing Red

Seeing Red

'Twas the night before Sokovia
and the android saw red,
as visions of Ultron Drones
danced in his head.

With GUARDIANS and X-MEN,
and even a god
he'll Beat 'Em Up good
with an Intangible bod!

With a Gem that gives flight
he'll bomb them away,
then switch to his Beam
and save the whole day!

I already have the video for this deck uploaded, but it won't be Public until March 5th!

So... all of the decks I build to take on Ultron are Aggression decks, and this one obviously is too, but Vision gives me something that my other builds didn't: Intangibility!

This deck lets you to stay in Intangible form and let the Drones build up (because they won't damage you when they attack), then have an explosive turn in which you draw loads of cards with "Bring It!", defeat them all with Beat 'Em Up or Bombs Away (neither of which are attacks), and load counters onto Hall of Heroes so that you can draw even more cards in Alter-Ego.

Speaking of Alter-Ego, a few cards let you Confuse Ultron to flip down, but don't flip down with a load of DRONES!:

• Professor X
• Psylocke
• Phase Disruption

Playing the deck

You want to stay in Intangible form until you want to flip down to Alter-Ego. Confuse Ultron, clear up all the DRONES (Neither Beat 'Em Up nor Bombs Away are Attack events, so you can still play them while Intangible), then change to Dense form. Try to have Density Control in play when you do so you'll also get a Vision event back from discard (like Solar Beam or Superdense Strike)! Do whatever you can do in Dense form, then flip down to Alter. DON'T flip down with DRONES in play because you'll scheme out despite Ultron being confused!

Just because you're in Intangible for most of the game doesn't mean you're not going to take any damage! Flip down to Recover (for 5 since you'll be in Dense form when you do) and draw extra cards on the way back up to Hero with Hall of Heroes.

You also want to do burst damage because Ultron has Boost Effects and Treacheries which heal him. Marvel Boy and Throg can both take an Energy Spear to get up to 4 ATK, and while you're not doing much (if any) Basic attacking, you could replace Ironheart with Bug for another target for the spear. Boot Camp also increases all allies ATK by 1

While this deck was made with Ultron in mind, it also beat Expert Klaw although not as easily. I'd make the following changes to make this face off against other villains more consistently:

• 1X "Bring It!" + all 3 Beat 'Em Up for 2X Attack Training (For Psylocke and Sunfire) and 2X Honed Technique (Making Bombs Away 2 for 5 to Villain and each minion)

Key Cards

• Solar Gem gives your AERIAL to play Bombs Away!
• Any of your Confuse cards!
• Beat 'Em Up and Bombs Away
• Density Control can also be key!
• Hall of Heroes lets me draw cards in Alter-Ego, meaning I don't feel I have be in Intangible form for the +1 Hand Size.
• Build Support gets Hall of Heroes in case it was lost as a DRONE or just hasn't come out yet. If it's already in play get Boot Camp instead.
• Superpower Training gets Solar Gem!