Every Move You Make

Move in Shadow is such a cool new card, and I was curious what heroes might enjoy it even without the discount for being a Martial Artist or Spy. A few came to mind (Psylocke? Get on that, someone!), but none moreso than my beloved Silk.

A few reasons why she enjoys Move in Shadow:

• When you defeat a side scheme with Move in Shadow, it counts as Silk defeating it, meaning she can tuck that side scheme.

• Silk has cheap cards of her own (Smooth as Silk for 0, Wallcrawl for just 1 or even 0 with Deft Focus, Get the Scoop for 0 if you're playing it and not putting into play with J. Jonah Jameson), and she likes other cheap cards like Face the Past, One Way or Another, and my most-beloved Assess the Situation. All these cheap cards mean a lot of instances of triggering Move in Shadow.

• Once she's up and running, she's also often drawing 2 extra cards each turn with her alter-ego ability, meaning she just tends to have big, cycling turns. Move in Shadow still works in alter-ego, too, so she can flip down, draw 2, and possibly play 1-2 more cards, triggering Move in Shadow again.

• She needs the double resources to play out her upgrades as she sees them, but once built out, Move in Shadow remains a great target for spending her double resources.

In addition to all of this, we have the other new card, Stealth Training. This is an incredible card for Silk. Once she's set up, she has the following combo:

• Flip to alter-ego, putting Get the Scoop into play with J. Jonah Jameson.

• Next turn, flip to hero form. Remove 2 threat from Get the Scoop with J. Jonah Jameson. Remove the last 2 threat from Get the Scoop with Wallcrawl, Move in Shadow, or a basic thwart, triggering Skilled Investigator for card draw and Stealth Training to stun the villain or a vulnerable minion.

• Repeat.

Frankly, it's dirty.

First Aid is for Spider-Man.

Cell Phone is helpful for finishing side schemes or minions.

Mockingbird is there for another stun, meaning this deck is very well-equipped to deal with a villain you just don't want attacking, or a scenario with awkward vulnerable minions (so, all of Fear No Evil).

In multiplayer, I'd add another copy of Skilled Investigator and probably Sense of Justice: it is really fun to give Sense of Justice to the Matt Murdock player, he can use it really well! Another hero may be a better target for Heroic Conditioning, and you can ask someone to play Aggressive Conditioning on you if they're playing Aggression. Speaking of which: Combat Specialist is your preferred upgrade from Specialized Training, typically, you need your ATK boosted.

Have fun creepy crawling through the new box!