I don't tune in for ALL your content (I only have so much time for watching videos!) but I will say you're by far my favourite Marvel Champions content creator. Don't worry about how much you're getting out, your enthusiasm, fair opinions, and love for the game make me keep checking you out. Thanks Josh! And best wishes for the family
Congratulations to you and your family! A new son is fantastic! I have two grown boys so I can say really live in the moment because it goes FAST! This is the first video I have seen of yours and I enjoyed very much and will keep watching!
Oh thank you very much, and welcome to the channel!! There’s a lot on here so hopefully you’ll find other things you enjoy until I get back to work lol And I know what you mean. I’m trying to enjoy every single day with my oldest as much as I can. He’s almost 3 and he’s just growing up so fast!
This is the way to start my day with my first cup of coffee! Let’s go! Congrats Josh!!! Can’t wait to hear about the new baby!!! Prayers ascending for a smooth birth!
🚨 DOMINO UPDATE 🚨 I just completed another Next Ev campaign (that’s 4!) with Domino and I will say I definitely enjoyed it! I really just needed to play her a little more. That being said there were still a few times here and there where it felt like I described in the video, but overall I would say my opinion of her is much higher now. Getting out both Pistols and Sharpshooter is unbelievably ridiculous lol, and the turns where you can use Jackpot multiple times to play expensive cards feels really fun. So, sorry Domino fans! I jumped the gun a little bit and should’ve played her just a bit more before reviewing her. So let’s call what I said in the video my “first impressions”, and this down here the review. She still doesn’t quite reach the heights for me that I thought she would, but definitely would land in the top half of my rankings somewhere among heroes I enjoy 🙂
I still haven't payed nothing from Next Evolution onwards. (Let's just say I'm deciding if this is going to be my last MC cycle... Cause somewhere/someday... I should be able to stop, right? RIGHT? Haha. For now, I just know that I'd LOVE to have Apocalypse, the 4 Apocalypse Riders, (multiple villain scenario'), Mystique (infiltration mechanics full implemented), AND, as heroes, Beast, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Jubilee, Emma Frost and Professor-X (guess impossible but hey... dreaming is free!). All of these in order to, finally, quit myself from this beautiful addiction!
@@monoludico6166 at the risk of sounding like an enabler, who says you ever have to stop?? Lol. Especially when the game just keeps getting better and better imo I think you’re very likely to get most of what you want to see next wave! I strongly suspect the Horseman scenario will be a multivillain fight a la Wrecking Crew or maybe like Sinister six as you suggest. Mystique also feels like a requirement and I’m hoping for Dark Beast And most of those heroes sound very likely to me, except maybe Charles. I’d love to see him but there are just so many good mutants left it’s hard to say for sure. I’m hoping we get an announcement relatively soon and we’ll start to get a picture of what’s to come!
This totally worked to just dump all of your thoughts in one video. If you need to do this again in coming months, it’d be totally welcome! Totally agree on NXE = best product, Cable = my two-hander, NXE = first buy, then X-Men or Red Skull. Domino, no! I loved her on first release, but admittedly have cooled a bit I think exactly because of what you’re saying with the total control - it’s not just that NXE is easy, she’s so, so powerful, it can be too much of a walk in the park. 😂 But I’m confident I’ll happily come back to her in a bit with new ideas and ways to limit myself with deckbuilding or put up interesting challenges.
Thanks Andy! Haha I know, I think I need to just get her out and play her a couple more times. I got distracted by taking old heroes through the campaign and maybe didn’t give her enough attention. I think she deserves another shot!
Good luck with the birth…. 2nd is not quite the shock to the system as the stressful 1st! Great video and as a recent subscriber, I’m lucky to have access to your back catalog
Exactly! This is a great box to try out expert if you don’t normally play that way. A lot of villains are already hard enough that you don’t need to bother but here it’s worth exploring 👍
I really like Domino. As a request for future videos, can you pick a background other than bright white for these kinds of videos. If it was more zoomed on the cards, or the sides were cut and a black or gray was used; then it'd be much easier to look at.
Glad to hear it! I really want to like her, and suspect I will after some more plays ☺️ Sorry about that! I had to make this video as fast as I could so I was literally just sharing my screen on the Hall of Heroes website. Usually I try for a much nicer presentation with a slide show and nicer backgrounds. Thank you for the comment and the feedback!
Yeah it’s weird with Ironheart. I love her too, but I haven’t been in the mood to play her for a long time so I felt like she needed to drop some. My feelings overall haven’t changed, I still think she’s great! But there are just so many great hero’s in this game that I think for me she’s dropped back just a little into the pack of very good hero’s, but maybe not in my top 5 anymore. Who knows , maybe I’ll play her again soon and she’ll jump right back up there lol
@@ragnotgreymane Psylocke can be tricky for sure, but you can simplify her as well. If you just have 1 of each blade then her events basically do what you want them to do most of the time and she’ll have 2/2 stats which are average. I think she gives you a lot of freedom in how you play her which is just another thing that makes her so awesome!
Really good video! I agree it's WAY easier to make the game harder than it is to make it easier, so I really appreciate the ease of NeXt Evolution. Core + NextEv gives me an idea 😉, especially with what you said about She-Hulk (she'll want Juggernaut to remain Stalwart)! I'm going to do some She-Hulk testing with only cards from core and NextEv. I also proxied Taunt as soon as it was announced (Spider-Man) and got laughed at on Facebook LOL. Good stuff!
Thanks buddy! I look forward to seeing She Hulk on your channel! 😃 Ha yeah I know, Taunt won’t be for everyone, and i think many will dismiss it without trying it. but I love it lol
Fun video! Congrats again on passing 3k! When you get back, I feel like we need a “To Taunt or Not to Taunt” video quickly covering Taunt for each villain 😂
Hey Josh, thanks for taking the time out to give us your thoughts even amidst the chaos that comes with seeing a new life into the world! Always love your content and I'll just reiterate what others have already said about you deserving your 3k subscriber base, and I wouldnt be surprised if it grows exponentially. Anyway, I hope all goes well with the new kid and we'll be awaiting your return 😊 Also, taunt in Shadowcat with Quickshift? I can't wait to try it!
Thank you very much Sam! I always greatly appreciate your kindness and support ☺️ That’s one I haven’t had a chance to try yet but I very much want to! I’m a big Shadowcat fan so that’s 2 great tastes that taste great together!
Congrats on 3K subscribers! That's quite a milestone! I just got Next Evolution last week, and I've been playing the villains standalone so far (Juggernaut was instantly first choice). I think the only knock I have on Mr. Sinister so far is that he's a bit of a pain to setup much like the Hood, but not as bad as the Hood. Cable might have the most potent pre-con for solo as well. I know he greatly benefits the multiplayer arena, but I've been slapping villains down with ease with his precon before even going through his deck. He really doesn't feel that slow compare to a lot of other heroes that need the board in full display. You can get a lot of mileage out of Graymalkin and Plasma Rifle being the only two cards on the board (Psimitar is good too). I haven't had any issue so far getting him to 3/3/3 within two turns. Domino has been fun as well working her luck ability on the top deck. I find her smoother to play mentally then trying to time Shadowcat's forms. She seems slower to get going the Cable and requires more on the board to really shine.
Thanks so much J! I didn’t play Cable’s precon but I can see how it would be really strong. The Uncanny X Force strategy just seems like it will be really good I agree the setup with Sinister is a bit of a hassle. I’d be tempted to keep the Superpower mods just with his cards if they weren’t so darn fun to use with other villains!
I have had similar experience with “on the run.” It’s a lot harder (especially on expert) than I felt the community was giving this one credit for. Now I loved the Domino gimmick. Making your own luck was a lot of fun. Cable is excellent. I did solo run through the campaign on leadership focusing on voltron Fantomex with EVA on turn 1 with call for backup.
So glad to hear it isn’t just me! I have nightmares about Favored Weapon 😱 The whole time I was talking about Domino I was thinking “I just need to try her again”. That sounds awesome! I do really like the look of Fantomex but haven’t messed around with him too much. That might just be the next deck I play! (As I type this in the hospital room waiting for the delivery time. So it might be awhile 😆)
Thanks for taking the time to do this video. I'm sorry to hear you did not enjoy Domino, I hope you give her a chance in the future again. For me, she is everything I was expecting.
Yeah it caught me off guard for sure. I definitely plan to play her more. I really want to love her, and i suspect I will in the end, I just need to have that right game where it all falls into place. What’s your favorite way to play her? I’ll start there lol
@@GetUpandGame I played her only in Justice and Leadership so far and she looks best to me in Justice as she has all the damage in her kit. I've not tried anything crazy, just the auto include cards, like Digging Deep, Sharpshooter, White Tiger, etc.
Duuude, congratulations! I agree, Next Evolution is the best big box to date. It’s just straight up FUN. The difficulty is perfect. I play standard, I like a challenge but mainly I want to have fun and this box nails it. Haven’t played the final scenario yet but the first 4 are probably some of my favorites to date. Especially 2-4. I almost never play campaign but after hearing your thoughts, I may just try it!
Thanks so much buddy! Oh man PLEASE try the campaign! I never play them either but I had heard from people who got the box early that it was great and so I was curious enough to give it a shot. I’m so glad I did! Very easy to track but just adds so much more fun!
yeah, i am one of the dirty casuals that just wants a relaxing, not-especially-challenging marvel champions experience i legit don't understand the players who think this is apparently invalid. like, it is much easier for a player that wants a hard as nails game to just substitute-in a really hard modular set, use the Expert or Standard II encounter cards, play on Heroic where the villain gets extra encounter card plays, etc etc etc than it is for me to find a good way of making a villain whose baseline is very hard to somehow make that easier. modulars like Hope and Longshot help, but are nowhere near as granular a knob as the escalating make-this-harder options
Oh my gosh so sorry I missed your comment for so long! I totally agree! More options to make it easier please! Then we can do even more mixing and matching to calibrate the difficulty right where we want it 👍👍
Good video for sure. I agree with your thoughts on difficulty (although I think you're overestimating how hard "on the run" is, quite frankly). NeXt Evolution felt, on the whole, easier than the other campaigns we've got lately, but that's a good thing. Having a nice variety in terms of difficulty is good. If people want to have a harder time with scenarios, the solution is simple: use a harder modular set. The rest of the video is very solid, but there's one thing I want to comment on, because I thought it was amusing to see a similar reaction to mine. Recently I've been trying to play more heroes that I rarely play, and Captain Marvel was one of them. I build a leadership deck for her based on drawing cards, and while it was a fun gimmick, in the end my feeling was "ok, I've drawn 15 cards this turn, but I'm not excited to play any of this. My allies are doing all the work for me, while I patiently wait to buff the energy channels". She felt really bland in a way that no other hero I've played lately has. She's very strong, but nothing she did felt exciting. I was a bit surprised considering how highly she's rated by the community.
That’s exactly how I feel about Cap Marvel! Perfectly put 👍 Haha yeah I don’t know why On The Run is giving me so much trouble lol. In the campaign on standard I’ve had no trouble with it, but non campaign expert has been a real pain 😣
@@GetUpandGame the way you play and the way I play are quite different for what I've seen, so there's probably some of that, but I found that having good minion clearing ability was necessary for on the run. Lots of tough minions are constantly coming into play, so I felt that that was the main threat of the scenario. The random villain is also a big factor (Greycrow as the main villain must suck, but thankfully I haven't got that one yet), so maybe other tries will be more successful.
@@javgoro Greycrow is indeed horrendous. Yeah, it might be that I was playing Angel and I was definitely struggling with all the tough. If I tried it with someone I was more familiar with I might have more success. It’s fun though and I enjoyed banging my head against it lol
I had a similar experience with both Domino and Psylocke. Domino was the one I was looking forward to the most, and though I do still like her a lot, I don't know if she will make my top 10 or not. Psylocke though is my favorite X force so far and she has quickly risen to my top 5 heroes. I've been having so much fun building a ton of decks with her, and only in aggression and justice so far! There's so many interesting things you can do with her
@GetUpandGame oh yeah, for sure. Also want to try her with that psionic card that redirects an attack. And I've got a couple leadership decks ready to test out too. I'm honestly just having way too much fun with her in justice 2 handed to switch rn 😅
Heck, repurpose is even a skill, so she could probably do some pretty nuts stuff around that too. Between her psionic and her skill synergies, she certainly has one of the widest range of builds of all the heroes
I took Colossus Aggression through NeXt Evolution expert, alongside Domino and Cable. I don't think I took damage on him until I got to Mister Sinister. He is so crazy powerful, and Player Side Schemes just make that even better.
Got the box for christmas and finally finished it today. I really enojyed everything in this except possibly Strife who I thought was a bit too easy for a fifth villain. His first phase was really intense and almost threat me out but second phase after you deal with the side scheme he just sort of deflates. I dunno maybe he will be harder with heroes other than Cable and Domino.
Nice! Glad to hear you enjoyed it! You’re right, Stryfe is surprisingly easy for a 5th scenario. He certainly has very interesting mechanics and it’s fun to draw those extra cards on the last part but yeah, weirdly easy
Great video, many thanks. We always play Hulk with the (common) hand size 6+5 and enjoy it a lot. Suddenly, opportunities for big hits open up more often without the need to think much. Just having fun and smiling. You may give that a try, too.
Agreed! He wants to play with minions and there are definitely harder minion sets than Mutant Insurrection and Extreme Measures out there so that would greatly kick him up several notches
Another note for a buyer’s guide: - With the X-Men/X-Force, I feel like a lot of “staples” will be reintroduced in new heroes’ precons. Maybe save the money on buying older heroes that may not interest you but have the “good cards” and hold out that a future hero might have a reprint!
This expansion could have been so good, but the mandatory Hope Summers ally in 3/5 scenarios brings this down A LOT for me. Honestly, I haven’t replayed any of the scenarios from this set. Hope just makes them so awful. I’m not sure whose idea it was to make a mandatory ally for so many scenarios (especially since the Magneto ally in the previous box wasn’t well received), but I hope they never do it again. Fingers crossed the next set has some decent scenarios.
@@GetUpandGame A few things. I don't like any mandatory allies or helpful things in general (like the Milano). I feel they water down the deck building experience. I'm ok with the odd scenario if the helpful item is thematic. But 3 out of 5 scenarios with the same mandatory ally is a bit much. My other problem with her is that she's incredibly imbalanced.She's a 1/1/1 with Ms. Marvel, but can be much higher with other heroes. I will say that Juggernaut works fine without her. Trample is a little less scary, but you don't have Hope's added abilities, so it balances out fine.
I don’t own this box, but she seems even stronger than Magneto ally is from MG. she seems better served to make things easier if you need a slight mod in your favor.
@@TheVlad1616 she is potentially stronger depending on your hero. This was probably designed at the same time as Mutant Genesis and the feedback that some didn’t like having Magneto just wasn’t out there yet. But similar to how some people choose not to use Mags in Master Mold it’s entirely possible to play these scenarios the same way
Hating on Captain Marvel?! UNSUBSCRIBED!!! 🤣🤣🤣 JK. She’s still one of my favorites (in MC, in the MCU she’s pretty much 🤢🤮). I still haven’t played MC or LotR since last time, whenever that was. RL kind of sucks lately. But maybe hopefully I’ll get to play the board game Oathsworn with a friend on Monday, so that’s something 😁 Great video as always. The best of luck with everything going forward!
Hahaha sorry about that 🤪 And I’m sorry to hear RL sucks right now. I hope things get better for you soon 😔 I’ve heard great things about Oathsworn. Looks absolutely awesome! Thank you very much!
No, or at least not anytime soon. Maaaaybe when the game has run its course, if they decide to do some rereleases like with LotR. But as it stands now I wouldn’t expect to see one within the next few years
I like listening to your opinions, but question - why didn't you just cut this video into its seperate segments as their own videos? Is it not just as simple as taking this video and just stop/starting it where you have the breaks? It would be much more digestable for the viewer and more likely to see something like 'deck testing villians' when searching youtube (as opposed to this videos title) and it would also get more eyes on your content! Even if the video would only end up being 5mins in length on any one topic, that's fine as again its much more digestable.
Thank! And thanks for the feedback! I definitely considered it breaking it up. But in the end I didn’t for a couple reasons: 1. I was just in a massive hurry. I wasn’t planning on making this video, as I’m taking a break while preparing for (and now having) a baby. But having hit 3k I knew I wanted to do something. So when I found myself with an unplanned and very suddenly available window of time to record I just jumped on it with 0 preparation. I got up early and my boy slept in and it just worked out to turn on the camera and record. And then I took every opportunity throughout the day to edit it because I wanted it to come out before the baby was born so I could just have it out there and not worry about doing anything else with it. Editing it into smaller chunks would’ve taken more time, as would have setting each section up as it’s own video. From a time standpoint it’s simply much much easier to release 1 video than it is 7. 2. I wanted it to feel like a big deal. 3k subscribers deserved a big video so I thought just having one big celebration with a bunch of fun topics would be an appropriate way to do it. And I consume a lot of RUclips myself these days so I know it’s really easy to jump back into a video you’ve started watching since they save your place now. So while it’s definitely more convenient to have multiple small videos, I decided it wasn’t unreasonably inconvenient to just have it all in one. And while I would prefer to have some of these topics as searchable videos, I also didn’t feel that any of them individually were up to the standard of quality I would prefer to have as a standalone video. I usually have nicer presentations and more coherently organized thoughts, so the videos themselves would have been subpar compared to how I usually try to present things. So in a perfect situation this would’ve been 7 videos all individually doing great on my channel, but under the present circumstances this was just the much easier way for me to do it ☺️
I honestly find domino is overrated powerwise. You get 1 free stack, to garentee one of her carda or abilities to go off but the rest of your turn is kinda lucked base.
That’s true. For me I find her power really comes from her pistols. If you can get them out early you can do a ton of damage, and more importantly you’re discarding a lot of cards which leads to free resources from Digging Deep and maybe even a free ally. And since so many of her cards have the wild resource even if you can’t stack more than one they frequently come up anyways!
I don't tune in for ALL your content (I only have so much time for watching videos!) but I will say you're by far my favourite Marvel Champions content creator. Don't worry about how much you're getting out, your enthusiasm, fair opinions, and love for the game make me keep checking you out. Thanks Josh! And best wishes for the family
Thank you so so much Ryan! Those are some very kind words and it really means a lot to me. I very much appreciate the encouragement 🙏☺️
Completely agree re. the difficulty. I play games to have fun, not to be hammered into the ground!
Haha exactly! I got beat up by LotR and Arkham for a really long time, I’m enjoying winning games these days 😆
Congrats on baby!!
Thank you very much!
Glad to see you back can't wait for more
Thank you so much!
Already can’t wait to get back to it! 😀
I hope you can do some leaks video content
We already fully spoiled Deadpool packs and x23 one
@@mabos555 well, I just had a baby, so I suspect I won’t have any videos out until after those heroes come out anyway lol. But they sure do look cool!
Congratulations to you and your family! A new son is fantastic! I have two grown boys so I can say really live in the moment because it goes FAST! This is the first video I have seen of yours and I enjoyed very much and will keep watching!
Oh thank you very much, and welcome to the channel!! There’s a lot on here so hopefully you’ll find other things you enjoy until I get back to work lol
And I know what you mean. I’m trying to enjoy every single day with my oldest as much as I can. He’s almost 3 and he’s just growing up so fast!
Greetings to you and your expanding family. Cheers from Ecuador, South America. Your MC content is great! ❤
Thank you very kindly! ☺️☺️
A super video! Absolutely loved it. Thanks for all the content and variety of topics.
good luck and congratulations for the new recruit
Thank you so much!! 😀
So nice to see She-Hulk get thr attention she deserves. I love coming back to her with new cards. Great video as always.
Thanks buddy!
Yeah man, I’m having such a blast with her!!
This is the way to start my day with my first cup of coffee! Let’s go! Congrats Josh!!! Can’t wait to hear about the new baby!!! Prayers ascending for a smooth birth!
Thank you very very much Peter!! 🙏🙏
@@GetUpandGame you bet my friend!
🚨 DOMINO UPDATE 🚨 I just completed another Next Ev campaign (that’s 4!) with Domino and I will say I definitely enjoyed it! I really just needed to play her a little more.
That being said there were still a few times here and there where it felt like I described in the video, but overall I would say my opinion of her is much higher now. Getting out both Pistols and Sharpshooter is unbelievably ridiculous lol, and the turns where you can use Jackpot multiple times to play expensive cards feels really fun.
So, sorry Domino fans! I jumped the gun a little bit and should’ve played her just a bit more before reviewing her. So let’s call what I said in the video my “first impressions”, and this down here the review.
She still doesn’t quite reach the heights for me that I thought she would, but definitely would land in the top half of my rankings somewhere among heroes I enjoy 🙂
I still haven't payed nothing from Next Evolution onwards. (Let's just say I'm deciding if this is going to be my last MC cycle... Cause somewhere/someday... I should be able to stop, right? RIGHT? Haha.
For now, I just know that I'd LOVE to have Apocalypse, the 4 Apocalypse Riders, (multiple villain scenario'), Mystique (infiltration mechanics full implemented), AND, as heroes, Beast, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Jubilee, Emma Frost and Professor-X (guess impossible but hey... dreaming is free!). All of these in order to, finally, quit myself from this beautiful addiction!
@@monoludico6166 at the risk of sounding like an enabler, who says you ever have to stop?? Lol. Especially when the game just keeps getting better and better imo
I think you’re very likely to get most of what you want to see next wave! I strongly suspect the Horseman scenario will be a multivillain fight a la Wrecking Crew or maybe like Sinister six as you suggest. Mystique also feels like a requirement and I’m hoping for Dark Beast
And most of those heroes sound very likely to me, except maybe Charles. I’d love to see him but there are just so many good mutants left it’s hard to say for sure. I’m hoping we get an announcement relatively soon and we’ll start to get a picture of what’s to come!
This totally worked to just dump all of your thoughts in one video. If you need to do this again in coming months, it’d be totally welcome!
Totally agree on NXE = best product, Cable = my two-hander, NXE = first buy, then X-Men or Red Skull.
Domino, no! I loved her on first release, but admittedly have cooled a bit I think exactly because of what you’re saying with the total control - it’s not just that NXE is easy, she’s so, so powerful, it can be too much of a walk in the park. 😂 But I’m confident I’ll happily come back to her in a bit with new ideas and ways to limit myself with deckbuilding or put up interesting challenges.
Thanks Andy!
Haha I know, I think I need to just get her out and play her a couple more times. I got distracted by taking old heroes through the campaign and maybe didn’t give her enough attention. I think she deserves another shot!
Congrats on the 3000+ subs, congrats on the baby.
Don't forget, when you do bounce back, we need Josh plays Josh (Cable) Vs Josh (Thanos).
Thanks Robert!
Haha yes, that definitely needs to happen!
Good luck with the birth…. 2nd is not quite the shock to the system as the stressful 1st!
Great video and as a recent subscriber, I’m lucky to have access to your back catalog
Thank you very much! I’m very glad to hear that 😅
And thank you for the kind words!
I have to agree, the difficulty was in a sweet spot. Gives me hope to dial up the challenge in the coming months.
Exactly! This is a great box to try out expert if you don’t normally play that way. A lot of villains are already hard enough that you don’t need to bother but here it’s worth exploring 👍
Congrats Josh!! On 3k and your son! Thanks for making a big video for us!
Thank you so much!!
I really like Domino. As a request for future videos, can you pick a background other than bright white for these kinds of videos. If it was more zoomed on the cards, or the sides were cut and a black or gray was used; then it'd be much easier to look at.
Glad to hear it! I really want to like her, and suspect I will after some more plays ☺️
Sorry about that! I had to make this video as fast as I could so I was literally just sharing my screen on the Hall of Heroes website. Usually I try for a much nicer presentation with a slide show and nicer backgrounds.
Thank you for the comment and the feedback!
Very useful video. I was surprised by your chat about Ironheart. I love her and she gets a lot of play from me.
I haven’t worked out Psylocke yet. I don’t do well with heroes that need finesse
Yeah it’s weird with Ironheart. I love her too, but I haven’t been in the mood to play her for a long time so I felt like she needed to drop some. My feelings overall haven’t changed, I still think she’s great! But there are just so many great hero’s in this game that I think for me she’s dropped back just a little into the pack of very good hero’s, but maybe not in my top 5 anymore. Who knows , maybe I’ll play her again soon and she’ll jump right back up there lol
@@ragnotgreymane Psylocke can be tricky for sure, but you can simplify her as well. If you just have 1 of each blade then her events basically do what you want them to do most of the time and she’ll have 2/2 stats which are average. I think she gives you a lot of freedom in how you play her which is just another thing that makes her so awesome!
Congrats on 3000! Well deserved :D
Thank you so much!!
Really good video! I agree it's WAY easier to make the game harder than it is to make it easier, so I really appreciate the ease of NeXt Evolution. Core + NextEv gives me an idea 😉, especially with what you said about She-Hulk (she'll want Juggernaut to remain Stalwart)! I'm going to do some She-Hulk testing with only cards from core and NextEv. I also proxied Taunt as soon as it was announced (Spider-Man) and got laughed at on Facebook LOL. Good stuff!
Thanks buddy! I look forward to seeing She Hulk on your channel! 😃
Ha yeah I know, Taunt won’t be for everyone, and i think many will dismiss it without trying it. but I love it lol
Fun video! Congrats again on passing 3k!
When you get back, I feel like we need a “To Taunt or Not to Taunt” video quickly covering Taunt for each villain 😂
Thanks again!
Hey that’s a great idea!
Yes, so happy to see this video! Hope you have a blessed time welcoming your second son into the world!
Thanks buddy! I’m so excited to meet him tomorrow!
Hey Josh, thanks for taking the time out to give us your thoughts even amidst the chaos that comes with seeing a new life into the world!
Always love your content and I'll just reiterate what others have already said about you deserving your 3k subscriber base, and I wouldnt be surprised if it grows exponentially.
Anyway, I hope all goes well with the new kid and we'll be awaiting your return 😊
Also, taunt in Shadowcat with Quickshift? I can't wait to try it!
Thank you very much Sam! I always greatly appreciate your kindness and support ☺️
That’s one I haven’t had a chance to try yet but I very much want to! I’m a big Shadowcat fan so that’s 2 great tastes that taste great together!
Congrats on 3K subscribers! That's quite a milestone! I just got Next Evolution last week, and I've been playing the villains standalone so far (Juggernaut was instantly first choice). I think the only knock I have on Mr. Sinister so far is that he's a bit of a pain to setup much like the Hood, but not as bad as the Hood. Cable might have the most potent pre-con for solo as well. I know he greatly benefits the multiplayer arena, but I've been slapping villains down with ease with his precon before even going through his deck. He really doesn't feel that slow compare to a lot of other heroes that need the board in full display. You can get a lot of mileage out of Graymalkin and Plasma Rifle being the only two cards on the board (Psimitar is good too). I haven't had any issue so far getting him to 3/3/3 within two turns. Domino has been fun as well working her luck ability on the top deck. I find her smoother to play mentally then trying to time Shadowcat's forms. She seems slower to get going the Cable and requires more on the board to really shine.
Thanks so much J! I didn’t play Cable’s precon but I can see how it would be really strong. The Uncanny X Force strategy just seems like it will be really good
I agree the setup with Sinister is a bit of a hassle. I’d be tempted to keep the Superpower mods just with his cards if they weren’t so darn fun to use with other villains!
I have had similar experience with “on the run.” It’s a lot harder (especially on expert) than I felt the community was giving this one credit for.
Now I loved the Domino gimmick. Making your own luck was a lot of fun. Cable is excellent. I did solo run through the campaign on leadership focusing on voltron Fantomex with EVA on turn 1 with call for backup.
So glad to hear it isn’t just me! I have nightmares about Favored Weapon 😱
The whole time I was talking about Domino I was thinking “I just need to try her again”.
That sounds awesome! I do really like the look of Fantomex but haven’t messed around with him too much. That might just be the next deck I play! (As I type this in the hospital room waiting for the delivery time. So it might be awhile 😆)
@@GetUpandGame congratulations that’s so exciting. I have 4 boys of my own. It’s awesome.
@@danielcraig6615 thanks! Ooo 4 wow! That’s awesome!
Thanks for taking the time to do this video. I'm sorry to hear you did not enjoy Domino, I hope you give her a chance in the future again. For me, she is everything I was expecting.
Yeah it caught me off guard for sure. I definitely plan to play her more. I really want to love her, and i suspect I will in the end, I just need to have that right game where it all falls into place.
What’s your favorite way to play her? I’ll start there lol
@@GetUpandGame I played her only in Justice and Leadership so far and she looks best to me in Justice as she has all the damage in her kit. I've not tried anything crazy, just the auto include cards, like Digging Deep, Sharpshooter, White Tiger, etc.
@@tordekrpg 👍👍
Duuude, congratulations!
I agree, Next Evolution is the best big box to date. It’s just straight up FUN. The difficulty is perfect. I play standard, I like a challenge but mainly I want to have fun and this box nails it. Haven’t played the final scenario yet but the first 4 are probably some of my favorites to date. Especially 2-4. I almost never play campaign but after hearing your thoughts, I may just try it!
Thanks so much buddy!
Oh man PLEASE try the campaign! I never play them either but I had heard from people who got the box early that it was great and so I was curious enough to give it a shot. I’m so glad I did! Very easy to track but just adds so much more fun!
yeah, i am one of the dirty casuals that just wants a relaxing, not-especially-challenging marvel champions experience
i legit don't understand the players who think this is apparently invalid. like, it is much easier for a player that wants a hard as nails game to just substitute-in a really hard modular set, use the Expert or Standard II encounter cards, play on Heroic where the villain gets extra encounter card plays, etc etc etc than it is for me to find a good way of making a villain whose baseline is very hard to somehow make that easier. modulars like Hope and Longshot help, but are nowhere near as granular a knob as the escalating make-this-harder options
Oh my gosh so sorry I missed your comment for so long!
I totally agree! More options to make it easier please! Then we can do even more mixing and matching to calibrate the difficulty right where we want it 👍👍
Next evolution and talk of josh's next generation in one video. Awesome video, as usual.
Hey great point! And thanks buddy!
Good video for sure. I agree with your thoughts on difficulty (although I think you're overestimating how hard "on the run" is, quite frankly). NeXt Evolution felt, on the whole, easier than the other campaigns we've got lately, but that's a good thing. Having a nice variety in terms of difficulty is good. If people want to have a harder time with scenarios, the solution is simple: use a harder modular set.
The rest of the video is very solid, but there's one thing I want to comment on, because I thought it was amusing to see a similar reaction to mine. Recently I've been trying to play more heroes that I rarely play, and Captain Marvel was one of them. I build a leadership deck for her based on drawing cards, and while it was a fun gimmick, in the end my feeling was "ok, I've drawn 15 cards this turn, but I'm not excited to play any of this. My allies are doing all the work for me, while I patiently wait to buff the energy channels". She felt really bland in a way that no other hero I've played lately has. She's very strong, but nothing she did felt exciting. I was a bit surprised considering how highly she's rated by the community.
That’s exactly how I feel about Cap Marvel! Perfectly put 👍
Haha yeah I don’t know why On The Run is giving me so much trouble lol. In the campaign on standard I’ve had no trouble with it, but non campaign expert has been a real pain 😣
@@GetUpandGame the way you play and the way I play are quite different for what I've seen, so there's probably some of that, but I found that having good minion clearing ability was necessary for on the run. Lots of tough minions are constantly coming into play, so I felt that that was the main threat of the scenario. The random villain is also a big factor (Greycrow as the main villain must suck, but thankfully I haven't got that one yet), so maybe other tries will be more successful.
@@javgoro Greycrow is indeed horrendous. Yeah, it might be that I was playing Angel and I was definitely struggling with all the tough. If I tried it with someone I was more familiar with I might have more success. It’s fun though and I enjoyed banging my head against it lol
I had a similar experience with both Domino and Psylocke. Domino was the one I was looking forward to the most, and though I do still like her a lot, I don't know if she will make my top 10 or not. Psylocke though is my favorite X force so far and she has quickly risen to my top 5 heroes. I've been having so much fun building a ton of decks with her, and only in aggression and justice so far! There's so many interesting things you can do with her
Oh you gotta try her in protection! The Karma shenanigans are just too fun 😆
@GetUpandGame oh yeah, for sure. Also want to try her with that psionic card that redirects an attack. And I've got a couple leadership decks ready to test out too. I'm honestly just having way too much fun with her in justice 2 handed to switch rn 😅
Heck, repurpose is even a skill, so she could probably do some pretty nuts stuff around that too. Between her psionic and her skill synergies, she certainly has one of the widest range of builds of all the heroes
@@heroicskeleton1566 oh dang, yeah, being able to fetch a Repurpose at the right time sounds very good indeed!
I took Colossus Aggression through NeXt Evolution expert, alongside Domino and Cable. I don't think I took damage on him until I got to Mister Sinister. He is so crazy powerful, and Player Side Schemes just make that even better.
Ha wow! And yeah, that sounds like a monster team. Huge Colossus fan, really need to get him out soon 🤔
Got the box for christmas and finally finished it today. I really enojyed everything in this except possibly Strife who I thought was a bit too easy for a fifth villain. His first phase was really intense and almost threat me out but second phase after you deal with the side scheme he just sort of deflates. I dunno maybe he will be harder with heroes other than Cable and Domino.
Nice! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
You’re right, Stryfe is surprisingly easy for a 5th scenario. He certainly has very interesting mechanics and it’s fun to draw those extra cards on the last part but yeah, weirdly easy
Taunt with deadpool looks like a cool combo😊
Ooo indeed it does! I hadn’t thought that far ahead yet but now I’m very excited to try it!
Great video, many thanks. We always play Hulk with the (common) hand size 6+5 and enjoy it a lot. Suddenly, opportunities for big hits open up more often without the need to think much. Just having fun and smiling. You may give that a try, too.
Thanks! Yeah that would probably help lol
If its too easy there are certain mod sets to include here , that would make stryfe standard be up there if venom goblins and magnetoes.
Agreed! He wants to play with minions and there are definitely harder minion sets than Mutant Insurrection and Extreme Measures out there so that would greatly kick him up several notches
Another note for a buyer’s guide:
- With the X-Men/X-Force, I feel like a lot of “staples” will be reintroduced in new heroes’ precons. Maybe save the money on buying older heroes that may not interest you but have the “good cards” and hold out that a future hero might have a reprint!
That’s a great point! There are definitely some excellent cards that have yet to be reprinted that count still show up in the last mutant wave 👍
This expansion could have been so good, but the mandatory Hope Summers ally in 3/5 scenarios brings this down A LOT for me.
Honestly, I haven’t replayed any of the scenarios from this set. Hope just makes them so awful.
I’m not sure whose idea it was to make a mandatory ally for so many scenarios (especially since the Magneto ally in the previous box wasn’t well received), but I hope they never do it again.
Fingers crossed the next set has some decent scenarios.
Oh, interesting! What makes you dislike Hope so much?
@@GetUpandGame A few things. I don't like any mandatory allies or helpful things in general (like the Milano). I feel they water down the deck building experience.
I'm ok with the odd scenario if the helpful item is thematic. But 3 out of 5 scenarios with the same mandatory ally is a bit much.
My other problem with her is that she's incredibly imbalanced.She's a 1/1/1 with Ms. Marvel, but can be much higher with other heroes.
I will say that Juggernaut works fine without her. Trample is a little less scary, but you don't have Hope's added abilities, so it balances out fine.
@@mitch-TO all fair points! I do think it’s weird how different she is depending on which hero you’re playing
I don’t own this box, but she seems even stronger than Magneto ally is from MG. she seems better served to make things easier if you need a slight mod in your favor.
@@TheVlad1616 she is potentially stronger depending on your hero. This was probably designed at the same time as Mutant Genesis and the feedback that some didn’t like having Magneto just wasn’t out there yet. But similar to how some people choose not to use Mags in Master Mold it’s entirely possible to play these scenarios the same way
Hating on Captain Marvel?! UNSUBSCRIBED!!! 🤣🤣🤣 JK. She’s still one of my favorites (in MC, in the MCU she’s pretty much 🤢🤮). I still haven’t played MC or LotR since last time, whenever that was. RL kind of sucks lately. But maybe hopefully I’ll get to play the board game Oathsworn with a friend on Monday, so that’s something 😁 Great video as always. The best of luck with everything going forward!
Hahaha sorry about that 🤪
And I’m sorry to hear RL sucks right now. I hope things get better for you soon 😔
I’ve heard great things about Oathsworn. Looks absolutely awesome!
Thank you very much!
hmmm, Thanos + Flight 🤔
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The last thing Thanos needs is overkill 😅
Do you think there is going to be a revised core set ?
No, or at least not anytime soon. Maaaaybe when the game has run its course, if they decide to do some rereleases like with LotR. But as it stands now I wouldn’t expect to see one within the next few years
Yeah, Cpt. Marvel was always meh for me. But I still love Spiderman, Black Panther and Iron Man from core set even now with crazy pool of heroes.
Agreed! The core set really is fantastic when you go back and look at it
I like listening to your opinions, but question - why didn't you just cut this video into its seperate segments as their own videos? Is it not just as simple as taking this video and just stop/starting it where you have the breaks? It would be much more digestable for the viewer and more likely to see something like 'deck testing villians' when searching youtube (as opposed to this videos title) and it would also get more eyes on your content!
Even if the video would only end up being 5mins in length on any one topic, that's fine as again its much more digestable.
Thank! And thanks for the feedback! I definitely considered it breaking it up. But in the end I didn’t for a couple reasons:
1. I was just in a massive hurry. I wasn’t planning on making this video, as I’m taking a break while preparing for (and now having) a baby. But having hit 3k I knew I wanted to do something. So when I found myself with an unplanned and very suddenly available window of time to record I just jumped on it with 0 preparation. I got up early and my boy slept in and it just worked out to turn on the camera and record.
And then I took every opportunity throughout the day to edit it because I wanted it to come out before the baby was born so I could just have it out there and not worry about doing anything else with it. Editing it into smaller chunks would’ve taken more time, as would have setting each section up as it’s own video. From a time standpoint it’s simply much much easier to release 1 video than it is 7.
2. I wanted it to feel like a big deal. 3k subscribers deserved a big video so I thought just having one big celebration with a bunch of fun topics would be an appropriate way to do it.
And I consume a lot of RUclips myself these days so I know it’s really easy to jump back into a video you’ve started watching since they save your place now. So while it’s definitely more convenient to have multiple small videos, I decided it wasn’t unreasonably inconvenient to just have it all in one.
And while I would prefer to have some of these topics as searchable videos, I also didn’t feel that any of them individually were up to the standard of quality I would prefer to have as a standalone video. I usually have nicer presentations and more coherently organized thoughts, so the videos themselves would have been subpar compared to how I usually try to present things.
So in a perfect situation this would’ve been 7 videos all individually doing great on my channel, but under the present circumstances this was just the much easier way for me to do it ☺️
I honestly find domino is overrated powerwise. You get 1 free stack, to garentee one of her carda or abilities to go off but the rest of your turn is kinda lucked base.
That’s true. For me I find her power really comes from her pistols. If you can get them out early you can do a ton of damage, and more importantly you’re discarding a lot of cards which leads to free resources from Digging Deep and maybe even a free ally. And since so many of her cards have the wild resource even if you can’t stack more than one they frequently come up anyways!