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stilonxy · 4952
This is my take on Shadowcat. A jolly fun deck that is packed with nice synergies and you can get a lot done during the villain phase given it's a justice deck. Short write up down below.
The Idea
The idea is to always start the villain phase in Phased form, negating the villain's first attack.
Sit in hero form for most game and exhaust defend vs the villain in Phased form, clear threat with Lay Down the Law, hit the villain and clear minions with Turn the Tide, draw a card with Skilled Investigator, ready with Ready to Rumble or Justice Served, so you can exhaust attack during the hero phase to end up in Phased form again with ease. Rinse and repeat.
During the hero phase you want to end up in Phased form eventually, the deck is therefore packed with ready cards since this deck doesn't have that many attack events, and you'll thus want that exhaust attack.
The Strategy
So yeah, the above section pretty much sums up the strategy. The deck is played as a control deck. Take your time, clear minions and threat while chipping away hp from the villain. You will of course take some damage from minions, and there will be cases when you can't end your turn in Phased form. But fret not, we're in luck. Phased and Confused+Professor X will give us plenty of room to flip and heal.
The deck provides you with plenty of forward planning, because ending up in Phased form is essential. Should you attack or thwart with your hero exhaust? If you play Turn the Tide will it force you back in Solid form?
I should also clarify that, if you're in phased form and you're able to defend > clear a scheme with Lay Down the Law into Turn the Tide > Ready to Rumble/Justice Served, you'll end up in phased again and be ready for another villain attack right away in case you draw an activation encounter card. This is simply bonkers.
Also, I wanna mention that holy hell, Overwatch is designed to be in a Shadowcat deck. Put it on the main scheme, play One Way or Another, pick up a nasty side scheme with the crisis icon and completely obliterate the side scheme with a chunky thwart on the main scheme, triggering Intangible Interference as well.
Justice Served is there to give you more flexibility, and help you end the turn in phased form.
If you care for it, you could include Dazzler but I've found him redundant.
If you want more damage, let's say in a solo scenario I'd drop one Lay Down the Law for another Turn the Tide.
Final thoughts
It fairs pretty well on expert level. Not much else to say, I enjoy this deck quite a lot. Hope you do as well. Cheers!
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Jun 12, 2023
I've tried X-Gene, and while most of the damage in this deck comes from her events (along with basic attack), it's a rather awkward card to get on the board given that it requires you to be in A-E, and this deck is not designed to switch that often. Furthermore, the cost curve is pretty forgiving in this deck, and you draw plenty of cards so I've rarely felt resource starved. You could include it and hard mulligan for it I guess :) |
Jun 12, 2023I guess Angel and Blindfold arent key cards right ? Because i dont have Cyclop yet, what cards could replace them ? Cheers :) |
Jun 12, 2023
That being said, any cheap X-Men ally will do it, since Utopia plays a fairly big role in your damage output and damage mitigation. Either that or go for staples like Wiccan and Ironheart, and then replace Utopia with something like X-Gene |
Jun 12, 2023This is very similar to my Shadowcat Justice build, except I run her without allies and added in some additional events and maxed out others. Very underrated aspect for her. One of the best things is being able to play Lay Down the Law and Turn the Tide in the villain phase if you need to get back to Phased for a second defense! |
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Oct 14, 2023I just ran this two handed with Angel and ended up replacing the Angel ally with Bishop. He was a great fit for a Shadowcat deck as he could charge up while she took no damage and then make big burst attacks. |
i really love Justice Shadowcat and think her ability to bypass crisis is seriously overlooked. i love the pattern of thwarting and defending in phased, then lumping multiple attacks together in the player phase to ensure that you're in phased form; it's great that you've identified that.
btw, have you tried X-Gene yet or do you find that you don't player her events that often and instead rely more on things like Ready to Rumble?