Wild Side

Born to be Wild

Why would you ever play Gamora in leadership? There are barely any attack or thwart events!

Not so fast. I have a idea. With Multitalented, there are just enough events available where a leadership build for Gamora can not only be viable, but be one of her best.

Wild Side (Deck Strategy)

This deck focuses on resources, both within resource generators and on cards themselves. You can use these resources to easily hit the different kicker for all of the events here, shining most when taking full advantage of Multitalented. This build includes status options, plenty of healing as well as affordable allies on demand for a versatile deck while still leaning heavily into Gamora's strengths.

Healing Factor

Remember when I said that we want to take full advantage of Multitalented? Here's idea #1: Prepare to play Gamora like Wolverine.

• Take the full attack from the villain. Live life on the edge a bit
  • You can defend as needed if you're a coward. You'd probably draw Exhaustion anyways
• Get that 'Free' resource with Clarity of Purpose
  • Use it at 2HP to help play Multitalented. What could go wrong?

Wishing you had a 'healing factor'? Here's the best I can do:

• Conditioning Room gets you 1 health. I guess that's useful
• Endurance is nice. Hope you don't draw Caught Off Guard with low HP
• Momentum Shift will give you something back and help you trigger Finesse
• Multitalented ties everything together, healing you and triggering both Finesse and Precision

Don't worry too much. Drop Kick helps you stun the villain and Concussive Blow will get you to alter-ego in case you need to recover.

You can also let your 'friends' take the hit if that's the kind of idea you're used to.

Standing By

Here's another idea: You can have events in a Gamora deck that aren't attack or thwart events. You just don't want them to be expensive. Here they're all 0 cost.

Assess the Situation allows you to extend your hand size if you're stuck without something you can play

• Drawing into this (or the other 0 cost events) with Drop Kick and Kaluu feels great so that extra card draw isn't wasted

Make the Call allows for us to have an on-call answer to most situations we might need an ally for, including taking hits when needed

• Groot is more than happy to take some hits and heal from it too
• Kaluu will get you any event in your top 5 cards, including Assess the Situation and Daughters of Thanos
• Major Victory gets an on board ready, perfect for threats that require an exhaust
• Nebula lets you get any attack or thwart event and more importantly helps us to play Daughters of Thanos consistently
• Rocket Raccoon is a useful loop for any minion heavy scenarios

For those flips to alter-ego, Conditioning Room's card draw with Gamora's alter-ego action can help you play for any of the 2 cost allies instead of sitting on those cards.

Lose a dead hand with this one simple trick

You draw a hand and the only event you have is Crosscounter. Here's a idea: this deck sucks!, you say. How am I supposed to trigger Finesse and Precision?

I'm glad you asked.

1. Use Clarity of Purpose to deal 1 damage to yourself and pay for any card.
2. Wait! You were just dealt some damage! Use a resource and play Crosscounter.
3. Prevent that damage and trigger Finesse and Precision.
4. Play the original card you paid for with Clarity of Purpose.
5. What if that card was Decisive Blow or Forward Momentum? If so, you just used an interrupt to play an attack/thwart event already so you get the additional benefit!

And before you have a idea of your own, no you can't do this with Blood Rage or "Think Fast!". This works because Clarity of Purpose deals damage to you and you don't have to take it as a cost. Crosscounter specifically doesn't specify that the interrupt is from when you take damage from an attack, so this combo is legal to use within the player phase.

And that one is for my fans who think I can't read!

Specializing the Deck

Here's your final idea: Change out some of the events for different scenarios. You don't have to, but you'll have a better time.

Playing in higher player counts? You might want a bit more thwarting.

• Swap out a single copy of Drop Kick and Concussive Blow for two copies of Three Steps Ahead. It fits in perfectly here

Playing a stalwart scenario? You'll want to get rid of some dead cards.

• Swap out Drop Kick for Clobber
• Swap out Concussive Blow for either Multitasking or Three Steps Ahead, depending on player count

Other Card Considerations

Not every idea makes the cut, but I am proud to say that Venom and Symbiote Suit never were considered. Swap in any of these for a worse deck.

• C.I.T.T. is a strong Guardian support for the heroes that want it, and that hero is not Gamora. Make the Call and Major Victory is stronger regardless
• Crew Quarters is a very useful card generally, but I wouldn't want to let you heal too much. Low cost allies and status removed the necessity of this
• Drax is probably better than Groot in raw power, but Groot is a guy
• Domino is a addition and has a cool interaction with Gamora's alter-ego action but she's a little expensive for how limited her utility can be. Every other ally was just more playable
• Knowhere is a fantastic card, but it doesn't work when you put allies into play with Make the Call

Results

Having a blast with this! It's fun, it's a little different, and there aren't too many hoops to jump through. Let me know what you think!