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DISCLAIMER
This is a meme deck play at your own risk.
The other day I was looking at decks on mcdb and saw this monstrosity: https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/63718/the-catling-gun-1.0, Which utilizes black cat to hit 145 damage and I thought to myself what could try and beat that number then a few days later I see they top that with yondumsday at 160, so I needed a star ally and my mind went to a combo I discovered fairly recently but hadn’t really explored yet using scarlet witches encounter card manipulation and Unified Strike to give Havok the biggest hit possible then ignoring the consequential thanks to Unified Strike. So with an idea I got started on the deck then. And walked away with a grand total of 172 damage in one turn. Now let’s get into the actual maths and damage output of the deck and all the set up required to hit the numbers.
Havok math: whenever havok attacks the following equation occurs: A + X + M = D, A is havoks attack at that point in time. X is the encounter card boost due to the unpredictability of encounter cards this can vary so for both my sanity and to try and get a consistent number I set X to equal 2. M is any other modifiers the boosts from target practice, power gloves, last stand and unified strike go in this category. And D is damage dealt. This equation will appear throughout the write up to show how it works, with the total damage being in brackets [ ]
(the allies)
Havok the Star
Stinger the gateway
Quicksilver the finisher
Blade he’s here (tucked under Avengers Compound)
get the stuff (put these in play)
Honorary Avenger on havok + 1 hp and gives avenger
Reinforced Suit on havok + 2 hp
Sky Cycle on havok + 1 ready
Power Gloves on havok + 1 damage
Sidearm on havok + 1 attack
Inspired on havok + 1 attack
Danger Room Training on havok + 1 hp and attack
Avenge Me! On stinger
Clarity of Purpose on stinger
All 3 Command Team +1 ready each
All 3 R&D Facility + 1 attack each
All 3 Magic Shield -3 damage each
All 3 Target Practice +2 damage
Mighty Avengers +1 attack
Avengers Compound holds blade
Agatha Harkness more cards
Scarlet Witch's Crest boost icon manipulation.
[Rapid Response] (/card/08031)
the sequence
Step zero here’s what you need in your hand: get ready, avengers assemble, chaos magic, last stand, and two cards you don’t care about (other cards from Wanda’s set). And be in alter ego
Step one use super powered sibilings to discard the two cards you don’t care about and draw 3 cards lead from the front, energy, one or both copies of get ready and one or both copies unified strike are all acceptable outcomes here.
Step 2 use Agatha harkness to get one more card any of the ones listed in step one are acceptable outcomes.
Step 3 flip to hero form and attack with stinger for 2 damage [2]
Step 4 use clarity of purpose to defeat stinger and play blade, avenge me triggers and you get the remaining two cards from the acceptable outcomes.
So now you have 10 cards in hand and now it’s time to deal the damage
Step 6 use energy to play lead from the front buffing your allies. Then use all 3 r&d facilities to buff up havok, who is now at 10 attack from the combination of sidearm,inspired,danger room training,mighty avengers,lead from the front, and the R&D facilities.
Step 7 attack with havok and play the first unified strIke exhausting Wanda, exhaust scarlet witches crest to increase the number of icons, discard the first target practice and deal 18 damage (10+3+5) take no consequential. [20]
Step 8 attack with quicksilver and deal 4 damage, he takes 1, [24]
Step 9 use chaos magic to play Avengers Assemble! which will ready quicksilver,havok and scarlet witch and additionally boosts the attack of all avengers in play.
Step 10 unified strike number 2 for 17 damage (11+2+4) exhausting Wanda and havok no consequential [41]
Step 11 use command team one ready havok and discard target practice two for 17 damage (12+2+3) discard magic shield one havok takes no damage [56]
Step 12 repeat step 11 with command team 2 target practice three and magic shield 2 deal 17 damage (12+2+3) [73]
Step 13 use command team 3 and magic shield 3 deal 15 damage (12+2+1) [88]
Step 14 use sky cycle to ready havok and attack for 15 damage (12+2+1) he takes two damage this clears his reinforced suit. [103]
Step 15 use get ready 1 to ready and attack with havok for 15 (12+2+1) he takes two damage his extra health from honorary avenger and danger room training are gone.[118]
Step 16 use get ready 2 attack with havok for 15 more (12+2+1) he takes two damage and goes down to one health [135]
Step 17 pause on using havok then attack with blade for 5 damage he gets discarded, attack with quicksilver for 5 he takes one damage then ready quicksilver with his action and attack with him again for 5 more damage [150] it is here we surpass catling gun
Step 18 use the final copy of get ready on havok and play last stand to attack for 18 (12+2+4) havok gets defeated by consequential before the attack finishes resolving, which means he avoids the discard from last stand, which means that he can return with Rapid Response. [168] it’s here we surpass yondumsday.
Step 19 finally attack with havok one last time for 4 damage (2+2+0) for a grand total of 172 damage
Ok that was a lot I know but due to the unpredictability of encounter cards results will vary but with good luck I believe you might be able to crack 200 with this set up. Ok I don’t know how to end these likes and comments appreciated.