Thanks! Yeah I've been linking them for a while, but I always forget to mention them in the video. I need to get better at that and may just record a short shout-out segment to insert since I edit all of my videos anyway. I've been watching your channel for a while now (because The Masked Hero linked you!) and will be adding you to my links as well.
She's been my favourite for a while. Money & Survivability never goes out of fashion - best card is Energy Absorption :). I do think she was less interesting and strong in the core set. So much of her kit is garbage that she really benefits from having more good aspect/basic cards to play. I think they tried to balance her economy by making Crisis interdiction/Cosmic Flight a bit inefficient but it just means you play aspect cards instead. Photonic Blast does only cost 2 if you get a rebate and you almost always should, it only takes one energy resource not all three after all. All that cycling is really strong as you get to your best cards faster (obvs). I always want to get some damage on her to get the healing going. Even if you are just drawing to resources one card in her deck is likely to be worth about 1.2 resources vs about 1.1 for someone else. I've been playing her with Band Together recently and getting 3 triples plus doubles in a large hand is amazing. I don't even think her thwarting is too bad. She is ready a lot due to never defending plus she can play her super inefficient cards if she has to, and often 2 threat is all you need solo so For Justice is no better.
Thank you for the links to my channel and playlist! I don't know why I wasn't made aware of it before. Regardless, I knew I had to get around to this video eventually.
You're welcome, just repaying your kindness! I get a notification saying that you've "mentioned me in a description" and assumed everyone I was doing that for was getting the same notification. This is the video I was prepping when I asked you to split those heroes into a separate playlist LOL.
She was my first favorite. Such a powerhouse! Love your Float like a Butterfly build, can’t wait to try it out. Sidenote: I like to play Cosmic Flight as a safety, and playing the helmet gets more cards out of the deck. (Only when there aren’t better options.)
I think I've said a few times that I wish I'd played her better when I only had the core set. I think Crisis interdiction turned me off of her then, but now I see it as a modal card: play (which I never do), heal or pump Energy Channel. I guess it depends on which villain I'm playing if I play Cosmic Flight or not.
Very nice review! I’ve actually enjoyed Carol a lot more recently than I ever have but it’s been a funny way to get there. Because like you I never liked Cosmic Flight or Helmet or Crisis Interdiction. That’s half her kit. Despite all the resources and card draw I can’t enjoy a hero that I don’t like half their cards. When speaking about this on Discord recently some one suggested that instead I lean into this and go with Aerial allies. And I actually really enjoyed it! It’s definitely not her best deck as those cards we don’t like we don’t like for a reason. But once I actually started playing her cards and making the best use of them I could I was able to enjoy her as a hero more than I ever had before. Crisis Interdiction is at least playable once you have Aerial, and Cosmic Flight can save you in a pinch. No Helmet still though lol, but most heroes have 1 card I don’t play so I’m fine with that. Using the Aerial allies and events in leadership ended up being a really fun way to play her that’s at least mostly unique to her (and a small handful of others) so that helped me like her finally
Thanks Josh! Aerial Allies does sound interesting, I'll give it a try! Something I said in a first draft of this review - which I had to scrap and re-record because it was WAY more ramble-y than this one and about 10 minutes longer because of it - is something I touched on here but didn't say outright, and that's that I consider Cosmic Flight and Crisis Interdiction modal. I could play them, heal with them, or turn them into damage with Energy Channel. That only leaves Helmet as a "dead" card, but not really because you can Alpha Flight it. I just wish I'd remembered to say "modal" in this recording LOL. So I agree that having cards you don't want to play hurts a hero kit (and yeah, most heroes have at least 1), but thinking of those cards as modal has helped me get over that with her.
My comment has been deleted for whatever reason, so I just retry. Thank you for trying my Captain Marvel Aerial Allies/Event deck Josh. Really humble you give it visibility, since it is not about "power", and just about "giving personnality, utility to Cap Marvel kit".
@ oh hey! Always fun to bump into people in different places! No, thank you! I appreciated the suggestion and challenge to break my years-old mindset and just try to play with what was there rather than not play her at all 😀👍
glad you have moved your opinion up on Captain Marvel. She was always one of my favorite cards, then when Sinister Motives came out it made her even better with a S.H.I.E.L.D deck. I have run a bunch of Justice S.H.I.E.L.D with her. Lately been running leadership S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D cards, both gray and blue along with Clarity of Purpose is so fun. Great video.
If I'd been playing her better when I only had the core set she'd probably be my favorite hero in the game! Leadership is a blast. I like Beast with her and even Suit Up... find an ally you want AND Clarity of Purpose. Thanks!
@@prufrock1977 That's what I played in my most recent "Battle for the Core" game. I love Global Logistics and Homeland Intervention! Yeah I can't wait to see what we get out of Agents of SHIELD!
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Good stuff, and I love people linking other channels! What a sweet community.
Thanks! Yeah I've been linking them for a while, but I always forget to mention them in the video. I need to get better at that and may just record a short shout-out segment to insert since I edit all of my videos anyway. I've been watching your channel for a while now (because The Masked Hero linked you!) and will be adding you to my links as well.
@ that’s very generous! We all have to stick together 😁
She's been my favourite for a while. Money & Survivability never goes out of fashion - best card is Energy Absorption :). I do think she was less interesting and strong in the core set. So much of her kit is garbage that she really benefits from having more good aspect/basic cards to play. I think they tried to balance her economy by making Crisis interdiction/Cosmic Flight a bit inefficient but it just means you play aspect cards instead.
Photonic Blast does only cost 2 if you get a rebate and you almost always should, it only takes one energy resource not all three after all. All that cycling is really strong as you get to your best cards faster (obvs). I always want to get some damage on her to get the healing going. Even if you are just drawing to resources one card in her deck is likely to be worth about 1.2 resources vs about 1.1 for someone else.
I've been playing her with Band Together recently and getting 3 triples plus doubles in a large hand is amazing. I don't even think her thwarting is too bad. She is ready a lot due to never defending plus she can play her super inefficient cards if she has to, and often 2 threat is all you need solo so For Justice is no better.
Thank you for the links to my channel and playlist! I don't know why I wasn't made aware of it before. Regardless, I knew I had to get around to this video eventually.
You're welcome, just repaying your kindness! I get a notification saying that you've "mentioned me in a description" and assumed everyone I was doing that for was getting the same notification. This is the video I was prepping when I asked you to split those heroes into a separate playlist LOL.
She was my first favorite. Such a powerhouse! Love your Float like a Butterfly build, can’t wait to try it out. Sidenote: I like to play Cosmic Flight as a safety, and playing the helmet gets more cards out of the deck. (Only when there aren’t better options.)
I think I've said a few times that I wish I'd played her better when I only had the core set. I think Crisis interdiction turned me off of her then, but now I see it as a modal card: play (which I never do), heal or pump Energy Channel. I guess it depends on which villain I'm playing if I play Cosmic Flight or not.
Very nice review! I’ve actually enjoyed Carol a lot more recently than I ever have but it’s been a funny way to get there.
Because like you I never liked Cosmic Flight or Helmet or Crisis Interdiction. That’s half her kit. Despite all the resources and card draw I can’t enjoy a hero that I don’t like half their cards.
When speaking about this on Discord recently some one suggested that instead I lean into this and go with Aerial allies. And I actually really enjoyed it! It’s definitely not her best deck as those cards we don’t like we don’t like for a reason. But once I actually started playing her cards and making the best use of them I could I was able to enjoy her as a hero more than I ever had before. Crisis Interdiction is at least playable once you have Aerial, and Cosmic Flight can save you in a pinch. No Helmet still though lol, but most heroes have 1 card I don’t play so I’m fine with that.
Using the Aerial allies and events in leadership ended up being a really fun way to play her that’s at least mostly unique to her (and a small handful of others) so that helped me like her finally
Thanks Josh! Aerial Allies does sound interesting, I'll give it a try!
Something I said in a first draft of this review - which I had to scrap and re-record because it was WAY more ramble-y than this one and about 10 minutes longer because of it - is something I touched on here but didn't say outright, and that's that I consider Cosmic Flight and Crisis Interdiction modal. I could play them, heal with them, or turn them into damage with Energy Channel. That only leaves Helmet as a "dead" card, but not really because you can Alpha Flight it. I just wish I'd remembered to say "modal" in this recording LOL.
So I agree that having cards you don't want to play hurts a hero kit (and yeah, most heroes have at least 1), but thinking of those cards as modal has helped me get over that with her.
@ that’s a good way to look at it, and may very well be what the designers were thinking when they made those cards so under the curve
My comment has been deleted for whatever reason, so I just retry. Thank you for trying my Captain Marvel Aerial Allies/Event deck Josh. Really humble you give it visibility, since it is not about "power", and just about "giving personnality, utility to Cap Marvel kit".
@ oh hey! Always fun to bump into people in different places! No, thank you! I appreciated the suggestion and challenge to break my years-old mindset and just try to play with what was there rather than not play her at all 😀👍
glad you have moved your opinion up on Captain Marvel. She was always one of my favorite cards, then when Sinister Motives came out it made her even better with a S.H.I.E.L.D deck. I have run a bunch of Justice S.H.I.E.L.D with her. Lately been running leadership S.H.I.E.L.D. S.H.I.E.L.D cards, both gray and blue along with Clarity of Purpose is so fun.
Great video.
If I'd been playing her better when I only had the core set she'd probably be my favorite hero in the game! Leadership is a blast. I like Beast with her and even Suit Up... find an ally you want AND Clarity of Purpose. Thanks!
I was thinking of trying her in Justice SHIELD. The next expansion is really going to open up new possibilities.
@@prufrock1977 That's what I played in my most recent "Battle for the Core" game. I love Global Logistics and Homeland Intervention! Yeah I can't wait to see what we get out of Agents of SHIELD!
@prufrock1977 i played her that way a lot as well. it works so good.
agent 13 getting tou 2 uses of alpha flight squadron in alter ego is so good!
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Ya' know, since you went out of your way to tell me he sent you I'll do even better! Here's 50% off of nothing!!! Thanks for checking me out :)