Ready Spectrum One (July '25 Update)

Ready Spectrum One (July '25 Update)

I've only made a few changes to this deck since running it through the Next Evolution campaign. All of the additions are cards which hadn't been released at that time.

Here are the changes:

• Black Widow >> Dr. Sinclair
• Superpower Training >> Specialized Training
• Starhawk, Knowhere, and The Night Nurse >> 3X Ready for a Fight

Dr. Sinclair gives you an extra 3 healing when you flip to alter-ego.

Specialized Training will pull Combat Specialist (for me), because attacking for 4 and drawing a card is better than attacking for 3.

Ready for a Fight not only fits the theme of the deck because it has the word "Ready" in its title, but it also alleviates the biggest complaint most people have with Spectrum: "It's too easy to get stuck in an unwanted form".

I've stated in the past that the best way to get unstuck is to flip down to Alter-Ego, but that's not always viable depending on many factors. Ready for a Fight lets you flip down to get unstuck, recover (and maybe heal with Dr. Sinclair too), then flip back up when the villain would scheme with 6 cards in your hand.

The other cards

Allies:

• Brother Voodoo will hopefully find the card I need in the moment
• Ironheart is just your classic "draw a card, do 1 thing, then defend" ally
• Mockingbird gets a Stun!
• Professor X gets yo a Confuse, great thwarting, and a defend.

Events:

• Ever Vigilant is part of the "Ready up" theme and also helps with threat removal
• What Doesn't Kill Me also fits "Ready up" and provides a little healing

Player Side Schemes:

• I prefer Build Support for Quincarrier because it's more expensive
• As mentioned above, Specialized Training is here for Combat Specialist

Supports:

• As mentioned above, Dr. Sinclair basically "sort of" doubles your recovery
• Quincarrier and both Energy Duplication pays for any card in the deck. It also generates in case you need for What Doesn't Kill Me or Ready for a Fight

Upgrades:

• To reiterate, Ready for a Fight aids you in getting unstuck because it allows you to "safely" flip down to Alter-Ego
• Ready to Rumble is the final component of "Ready up" when you're changing energy forms during the hero phase.

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Final Thoughts

I've really enjoyed using Ready for a Fight with other heroes, and it fits so nicely in Spectrum because it helps solve a problem!

I'm going to showcase this deck on the channel at some point, I just don't know when or against which villain.