Interstellar Bebop

This is probably my favorite version of the Honed Technique/No Quarter deck. Nebula having Cutthroat Ambition takes the most advantage of the excess damage. Also love the fact that all of the deck is Aggression or Hero. Aggressive Energy is such a small but great addition to this archetype.

There are just so many cards I want to have in this deck but it's tough to find any wiggle room: Second Honed Technique - to get it online more consistently.

Daughters of Thanos - Probably if I was playing with a Gamora player only.

Wolverine and/or Bug - With so many minions coming out and so little space, having Aggression allies that last a while and help chip away at minions to get more excess damage seems great. The Fist on Wolverine is at least helpful for getting No Quarters requirement. The Energy on Bug though isn't helpful to the build. There may also be better options that I was too lazy to look up.

Genius and Strength - Nice but as you said not necessary and dilutes No Quarter.

I think it's a testament to the build that you made the hard cuts to make a streamlined deck. Awesome build.

@KakitaJamie thanks for your comment! i really appreciate it. yeah, they were definitely some hard cuts! i agree about Daughters of Thanos. would definitely add it in when playing with a gamora player since it's always playable and unlike some of the other team-up cards, it doesn't require either identity to be in a particular form or not.

actually a lot of iterations had 2 Honed Technique. i agree it's a really important card and thankfully extra copies can be spent to satisfy its triggering condition. i think when the Wolverine pack comes out, i'll replace Follow Through with the new Warrior Skill (just 2 copies) and go to 2 Honed Technique. as for Genius and Strength, i just kept discarding them lol, but early game they definitely help with setup, so it's probably worth it

i hadn't tried Wolverine, but i did have Bug. i eventually took him out to make room for other things, but in a multiplayer game where more enemies can show up, you don't need as much stuff like Looking for Trouble. you also probably wouldn't need as much healing if you have some chump blockers, so Moment of Triumph could go (it's the same resource as Bug). as for healing, i did have Crew Quarters for a while, but again, kept discarding it lol. i do want to try going to 50 cards to see if the loss of consistency in setting up is worth it for the increased consistency of No Quarter. it seems there's plenty of room to add extra copies of things like Honed Technique and fit in a few basic cards without changing the ratios too much.

@dr00 was thinking a little more on this deck last night as I was trying to plan a Honed Technique Spectrum deck. I cut Into the Fray entirely, now granted that was for Dive Bomb which Nebula can't play. I went with 2 Dive Bomb and 1 extra Honed Technique. My thinking was Looking for Trouble is going to keep the Main Scheme in check. Spectrum will likely want to be in Photon to allow Energy Duplication to produce Mental. Therefore Spectrum can just scheme if needed. Long story to get to the point, Nebula is a 2 THW and she can probably keep schemes in check along with Looking for Trouble & Cutthroat Ambition. Perhaps Into the Fray is the flex spot to fit the extra Honed Technique.

Good call on Warrior Skill over Follow Through, its way more versatile at the cost of having counters. I didn't pay attention on the spoilers enough to see that.

That's a very good point. I think Into the Fray just generally being more expensive anyway lends itself to overlapping a bit with Looking for Trouble. i must admit that for a lot of games, i don't go for the 'full combo' lol. i find that Into the Fray rarely does 10 threat removed along with 10 damage to the villain (just really fun when it does).

i really love it in Spectrum and other aerial heroes. i did something similar with Nova, and i think Captain Marvel could be another great hero that uses this (needing a lot of specific resources, but thankfully there's some overlap, and Into the Fray and Moment of Triumph can be spent on other things)

thanks for your perspective. it's definitely given me something to consider

sorry for a dumb rulings question on such a great deck but does no quarter keep discarding after you discard the deck? do you just keep discarding (effectively) drawing from the reshuffle deck like you would if it said draw instead of discard?

@namor hey, no worries! actually when you play No Quarter and have fewer cards remaining in your deck (e.g. you have 2 cards left and would discard 4), you only discard what's left in your deck, add any red cards to your hand, but then nothing else. here's the relevant ruling:

• If the player’s deck empties and reshuffles while the player was drawing cards, the player continues to draw cards up to the specified number.

• If the player’s deck empties while the player was discarding cards from their deck, no further cards are discarded from the newly shuffled deck.

All in all a nice deck @dr00, i try to use fewer decks with honed but yeah, too good card. Like yout thematic deck and description.

Before i forgot it, Warrior skill is a nice complement in my own honed decks.

@MrMimigma yes, Warrior Skill is such a great option, especially for getting to excess damage so you can trigger Follow Through. glad you've enjoyed it!