Tuesday 1 July 2008

Wheres the Thunder?

Ever since the release of MAV I have loved the Thunderbolts team affiliation. I have done every team up under the sun.
From Thunderbolts Avengers to Thunderbolt Lantern. But there's something I never considered... Mono Thunderbolts. When they first came out I loved them but i realised they weren't much of a mono team they required some kind of 'back-up'. But with the realise of MUN I have been turned.

Radioactive Man, Bullseye and the Mountain... are just really cool cards. So I went about acquiring the cards and found my MAV folder and went about building the deck.

One drops:
Speedball <> Penance - Painmonger
Substitute... hmmmm I dunno whether I should play this version since the 3 drop rare is so cool. I think I will have to go for the 3 drop since he is big. Although the 1 drops ability is quite cool if you take the Mountains ability into account.

Green Goblin - Insanity Unleashed
Substitute as well =] He is a must with his ability. I will happily take an endurance to put a counter on radioactive man or a different character.

Speed Demon - Whizzer
A self reinforcing character that will gradually get bigger due to counters. I think I will definitely use this guy. Plus I love his Art Work.

Ogre - Weaponsmith
A +1/+1 counter on an attacker? yes please yum.. yum!

2 drops:
Beetle <> Mach
with 2 +1/+1 Counters Beetle can't be stunned whilst attacking. Mmmmm could come in use? yeah... I think so...

Erik Josten <> Atlas - Kosmos Convict
He dumps counters on himself and is just really cool... especially the Art. He's in.

Blizzard - Donny Gill.
Exhaust target character. This could especially work well within the deck. If my counters are falling behind and they have a massive character... They are getting exhausted..

Joystick - Fun and Games
I'm not sure whether to run Joystick... well at least this version. She is good.. as she has invulnerabilty once she has 2 counters and starts as a 2/3 so can get quite big. But the older version is really good with an Atlantean Trident. What do you guys think?

Bullseye - Lester
Substitute is always good. His Art Work is SEXY! and his ability is cool against those Weenie decks. I hate Weenie decks ;)

3 drops:
Radioactive Man - Containment Suit
The Board Control. I may try and find a way to stick him in the Hidden Area... But I think thats a bit of overkill. might have to find a way to stick him in the hidden area then hehe.....

Speedball <> Penance - Masochist
He's Big but without Thunderbolt Mountain he could be useless... especially if he gets beaten up.. I think I won't use him... Theres enough rares in this deck anyhow.

4 drops:
James Barnes <> Winter Soldier - Out in the Cold
This is my Secret Weapon in the deck. I am going to use him in conjunction with 4 drop Bullseye to essentially keep the end game locked down and keep the big characters out of my way. This way my big weenies will be okay.

Bullseye - Closer to God
Really simple... keep the big characters out of my way... gotta love Bullseye ;)

So thats the characters: Now for the Plot Twists and Locations:

Thunderbolt Mountain:
To activate the character abilities early

Collect Them All!
Search out is always good.

Justice, Like Lightning
+2 Att and and exhaust another character an opponent controls... always good for controlling the board.

Counterstrike
Defender gets a +1/+1 counter! always good for a counter heavy affiliation...

Speedball is Dead
Is Radioactive mans favourite Plot Twist

Ruthless Aggression
This card is so cool especially since i plan to control an oppenets board... however it could be insanely interesting with a deck it's just got me interested in building... Marvel Knight/Thunderbolt Control.

New Identity
Obvious...

Heroic Effort
Is also Obvious as well

So here is the final decklist after some tweaking:
Characters: 33
3x Green Goblin
3x Speed Demon
3x Ogre
3x Beetle <> Mach
3x Erik Josten <> Atlas
3x Blizzard
3x Joystick
3x Bullseye - Lester
3x Radioactive Man
3x James Barnes <> Winter Soldier
3x Bullseye - Closer to God

Plot Twists and Locations:
4x Thunderbolts Mountain
4x New Identity
4x Heroic Effort
4x Speedball Is Dead
4x Collect Them All!
3x Counterstrike
4x Force Field Belt.

So guys after my long ramble about how much I love Thunderbolts... what do you guys think? So far by turn 6 i have had 4 charcaters as 12/12's. What do you guys think?