Daytripper Can Work It Out

Every time I see Daytripper I think of my favorite band. So this deck is all about Daytripper, and together we can work it out. Daytripper is a powerful ally because because she serves multiple purposes. When she enters play, you can search your deck and discard pile for a copy of Bamf!, then deal 1 damage to each enemy with Bamf! attached. The extra copies of Bamf! that she searches sets up Nightcrawler's powerful events, and provides AOE damage that is useful against minions.

This deck takes advantage of Daytripper's versatility by recurring her, and getting big activations with Last Stand.

Two Birds With One Stone

Nightcrawler's entire kit revolves around Bamf!. Your alter-ego ability searches one copy from the deck, and your hero ability grabs Bamf! from the discard pile. For Nightcrawler to be full strength, you need all 3 copies at your disposal in hero form. Daytripper allows you to grab Bamf! from the deck OR discard pile, enabling Nightcrawler to have all 3 copies active. To gain access to Daytripper and the other two copies of Bamf!, all we have to do is Call for Aid, then Make the Call.

2 Avenger Allies: White Tiger & Kaluu

There are 2 targets for Call for Aid, White Tiger, and Kaluu. Both of them serve a similar purpose. The goal is to discard cards to get Daytripper and Bamf! into the discard pile, then find Make the Call with White Tiger's card draw and Kaluu's event tutoring, then play Daytripper from the discard pile grabbing Bamf! and dealing damage.

The Daytripper Combo

• Step 1: Call for Aid to find White Tiger or Kaluu discarding Daytripper.

• Step 2: Use White Tiger's card draw, or Kaluu's event tutoring to find Make the Call.

• Step 3: Use Nightcrawler's ability to grab Bamf! from the discard pile and attach it to an enemy.

• Step 4: Use Make the Call to play Daytripper dealing AOE damage.

• Step 5: Attack or thwart with Daytripper, ready her with Command Team, then use Last Stand.

• Repeat

Extra Value

Since we are going to be discarding cards off the top of our deck, we might was well add White Fox and Digging Deep. The extra resources are great for getting set up and having big turns, and White Fox is a great user of Last Stand.

Strategy Tips

• (1) Always keep track of White Tiger and Kaluu. If both of them are in your discard pile and you draw Call for Aid, unless you want to reset the deck at the cost of an encounter card, it's probably not the correct time to play it.

• (2) Rapid Response is great to use on Nick Fury when you need some extra damage or card draw. It can also be used to great effect on Daytripper and Kaluu.

• (3) Forge is there to find the The X-Jet. At the beginning of the game, you may want to use Make the Call on Forge to get the The X-Jet into play.

• (4) Professor X and 'Port Away can get you out of a pinch if you need some threat removal or access to alter-ego.

• (5) You don't have to save everything for the Daytripper combo. Deal with the board state. If you need to use Command Team and Make the Call on Professor X or Nick Fury then do it!

• (6) Slow down, you're doing fine. Nightcrawler is a powerful and fun hero with his identity specific cards. If you want to hold off on the Daytripper combo until you have some of your identity specific upgrades you can!

During playtesting I found this deck to be consistent, powerful, and fun! Currently it's my go to way of playing Nightcrawler. I hope you enjoy it as well, and if you try it, let me know how it went!