The Hacker (1s and 0s Only)

Card draw simulator

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JRise33 · 6246

Honestly when building this deck I had no idea if this was going to work, but after playing it quite a bit over the weekend I can safely say that it does.

Meet Adam Warlock The Hacker.

Every card in this deck either costs 1 or 0 and allows Adam to build an ultimate mainframe rich in upgrades and card draws to allow him to find the card he needs for any situation.

Main reasons for the cards included in this deck:

1 - Upgrades to help thin out this deck ASAP.

2 - Cards that prioritize card draws to improve cycling.

3 - Best attack, thwart and defense cards that cost 1 or 0.

4 - I included Stinger because I believe Make The Call "put into play" negates Stinger's "play only if you have the Avenger trait" but please feel free to correct me/ swap in an Inspired or Ready For Action.

The toughest part of this deck will be remembering to draw all of the cards you can by using all of the different upgrades you have on the table by midgame :)

Here are some keys to success:

1 - Prioritize getting Adam Warlock upgrades out ASAP.

2 - Keep allies on the table for big swings using Strength In Numbers, which you can keep fishing for with Quantum Magic.

3 - Use Quantum Magic to keep key cards in play. I found pulling Shield Spell and Pip the troll out frequently in the early game, helped with defense and allowed allies to build up.

By late game your deck should pretty much be mainly Adam Warlock cards allowing you to pop off multiple Karmic Blasts per turn.

Testing Experience

Had not problem destroying expert Mutagen Formula (multiple times), expert Thanos and expert Kang.

Really looking forward to seeing iterations of this deck and finding out who is the best Hacker!

8 comments

Feb 23, 2022 Schwall · 180

Ha! This is great! I built an Adam Warlock deck I called the Doughnut Shoppe where I only included 0 cost cards. Reminds me of this.

Feb 23, 2022 JRise33 · 6246

Hahah @Schwall how did that play?

Feb 23, 2022 Schwall · 180

@JRise33 Not great, but surprisingly not terrible either. I think it will become more viable with future sets. Already at the time I played it we didn't have Defiance. I think the best play I made with it was a very clutch Foiled! that managed to keep the game from ending.

Feb 23, 2022 JRise33 · 6246

Haha amazing @Schwall. When I was working on this deck I was shocked how many solid 1 cost upgrades there were and 0 cost card draws.

Feb 23, 2022 InigoMontoya · 4254

Cool concept. I never published it but you can make a really good deck adding as many 2 cost cards as you can. Since Adam Warlock has ten 2 cost cards in his set adding a bunch of 2 cost heroes, events and supports matches well with taking all the Power Of cards and the 3 basic resources. You pretty much always have a match for the resource card.

Nice to see more math for Adam!

Feb 23, 2022 JRise33 · 6246

Very cool @InigoMontoya. Ya Adam wasn't a character I was super excited about, but with all of the awesome cards that have come out (and continue to come out) there are some really interesting ways to play him.

Feb 25, 2022 Death by Chocolate · 4

Looks fun, and I'm going to try it, but I would personally make an exception for The Sorcerer Supreme even though it costs 2. It is basically a signature card for any Mystic in my opinion (at least until they release one that really does want to spend more time in AE).

Oct 15, 2022 Remo · 4

A nice idea! A different approach from the one i just created but i will give it a try.