"Jarnbjorn Forever!" - Black Panther / Aggression

Really fun looking deck. I'm definitely going to try this with Mean Swing in multiplayer. with multiple weapons it seems he can reliably trigger them, even if he draws more than one at a time

and any excuse to use Hulk! lol

I agree with the op that Jarnbjorn is a meaty build-around card, and that Mean Swing is better for BP than anyone else but still detracts from the theme slightly.

I personally prefer attacking with Panther and using allies to thwart (hence I prefer Heimdall over Hercules), improving the value of swing. Yet the deckbuilding opportunity cost makes it likely that an attack event gets axed to make space for the swing, which in turn lowers the efficacy of the axe.

Good write up, I look forward to seeing more of your decks as the card pool develops.

Why is Lockjaw better than Fury in this case?

Because he has a Physical resource icon, of course, of course.

@dr00 BP does work well with Mean Swing and I'm certainly thinking about adding one just because of the BP weapon combos, but I don't think I'd go with more than that for this deck. Just because if I added all 3, I'd just want to go the Battle Fury route which is an . Then I'm losing physical resources. I find late game I'm able to play a lot of Uppercuts and with no way to really untap BP that I can think of off the top of my head right now (other than something that wouldn't be worth it like Tenacity), multiple Mean Swings won't do much for me, even though I could play them to proc Jarnbjorn. I don't know, I will probably experiment with 1, would be good early game when I need the resources for other things. Maybe I just should have said "what @The_Wall" said and saved you from reading all this.

@The_WallYeah, exactly what you said in response to @dr00. - lol.

Heimdall is certainly a consideration, you're right and I don't even know if I had thought of him. I think I chose Lockjaw because of the physical resource and the fact that BP doesn't get hurt too much by the inefficiency & has the benefit of getting to pull him from discard. But in place of Hercules, is certainly something I'll try.

And thanks :)

@dr00

Actually I realized what I wrote about Mean Swing and untapping doesn’t make any sense. Haha. The only draw back is less “(attack) events” for proc’ing Jarnbjorn I guess. Late game you’d have a few weapons tho and it would cost less. I don’t know, I’ll have to test both more, but maybe it’s more efficient even with less attack events.

This deck is immense. Played last night in a 3-player game and once had the upgrades up and running, the damage was ridiculous - one game I had 3 Wakanda Forevers in my hand, enough resources to play them all in a single turn and enough Enhanced Physique to use Jarnbjorn on every attack!

@RisingSunStudios

Agreed. Pretty fun when that happens, I can often get 10-12 damage in a turn off of just Jarnbjorn once you get your setup. Combined with the events/allies/attacks, that usually kills the villain in one turn. Thanks for the comment!

really funny deck, I tough the same idea for thor but with CP works faster! i get some copies of Mean Swing cause gets versatile; boosting your attack, or doing damage on another target trough Jarnbjorn's ability

Nice build. I suppose it's implicitly built on the assumption that a person only owns one Thor pack. But from a theoretically optimal deck-building perspective it seems to me you would want 3 Jarnbjorn to ensure the engine gets started early. I see no reason you couldn't use proxies to achieve that if you weren't interested in investing the money in additional hero packs.

Sorry, ignore that last comment. Jarnbjorn is unique so only 1 per deck is allowed.

@Randoom

Thanks man! Hopefully with more card additions it ends up working for Thor as well. Mean Swing certainly goes very well with BP, maybe the best right now with 3 weapons. Definitely one of the cards I’ve experimented with in this deck and don’t think it’s a bad idea at all. Let us know how it goes.

@FreqKing

No worries man, you are exactly right. But my bank account is kind of glad we only have to buy one hero pack anyway! And maybe the deck building rules will only get more confusing in the future with allies that will have hero versions!

@Brian-Vit gors sweet!! I don't like too much the control style so I play it aggro, and god he's good! When you don't get mu ch to do just throw up your hand to strike like hell For and aggro approach, I just throw any fist that is not draw engine and man it's fun

Thanks for posting this, and your other lists as well! You’re a very skilled builder!

I tested with basic Rhino and defeated him without a single thwart! It's really a impressive deck!

Yo, I love your decks! Your tech strategy is on point! When I start deck building I come to look at what deck you have to compare!

@Randoom Interesting! Usually I'm more balanced and don't do as well with all out aggressive decks. I'll definitely give that approach some attention :)

@oldoly Thank you my good sir! Can't wait 'til we get some new cards (I'm in the US). Will be fun to play with these decks and see if we can't tweak/improve them. :)

@Atticus Nice, man! Maybe throw in some Mean Swing if you're having no trouble with threat! Especially if you're going multiplayer. Thanks for the comment.

@Steel_Web Thank you, I appreciate the compliment! I love the deck building aspect of the game and also love to compare to see what other good ideas people have come up with. Take care :)

What’s „THW“?

The threat amount you can remove with your hero, or your blue stat, depending on context

Isn't She-Hulk a better option than Hercules? Drop Kick and Martial Prowess could also be considered...

@dukepuccini This deck was built when the most recent cards were Thor's kit.

To your suggestions, I think She-Hulk, especially with Honorary Avenger, is a great replacement for Hercules.

any chance of an update on this with the current pool?

Love Brian-V's decks. Definitely worth a revisit to the latest pool of cards Brian.

Reviewed this deck for a New Player Guide to Black Panther: www.youtube.com