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The Winning Hand podcast, Episode 92: Karma
Much was made of the downsides to Karma: her cost to play, taking up two ally slots by bringing along a minion-turned ally, the lack of HP and the additional consequential damage taken by the Controlled ally.
Pondering over how to mitigate these effects, I thought about Maria Hill. In hero form, all of her allies gain the SHIELD trait. So now the Controlled ally can benefit from Field Agent. She has money to pay for Karma, who is also now a SHIELD ally whilst Maria is in hero form.
Heal them all up with Med Team. Bring along Polaris to give Karma a tough status card. Or now even Nick Fury, Sr. Or use The Pericles to put it on the Controlled ally. When they defend, Hangar Bay will ready them for use in the hero phase or to defend again. Or they can ready with Command Team.
Mitigate incoming damage and remove threat using Ops Room. You can also get additional use from Moondragon until a minion comes into play that you want to have attack the villain by discarding her. Prevent consequential damage on all of these now-SHIELD allies with Stronger Together.
Maria wants to be in hero form to give allies the SHIELD trait but also in alter-ego to tutor SHIELD supports. With a Practiced Plan, keep her Ready for a Fight!