Grapnel Laun-Shuri

"Grapnels are single-use, Wakanda is Forever!"

— Grapnel Laun-Shuri

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Overview:

• Play Style: Massive extra basic thwarts, maximize her ability, confuse.
• Fun: Very High (delete schemes, juggle with Restricted cards, Wakanda!).
• Difficulty: Medium (stick to the plan, prioritize, juggle).
• Power level: Very Strong.
• Recommended Player Count: 2-4p (1p version at the end).
• Number of cards: 43 (including 2 PSS, and big draw power).

This deck has easily beaten multiple Expert villains, including Magneto, Juggernaut, Red Skull, and Thanos (stalwart, only 1 Sonic Rifle for minions).

Concept:
Grapnel Launcher is SO MUCH VALUE for Shuri:
it "readies" you (kinda), gives you +1 THW, ignores crisis/patrol, can be kept for future turns if needed, AND it triggers your hero ability!

We want to play it as often as possible by drawing A LOT of cards, confusing the villain, and going to alter-ego.

Go up to 5 THW (6 THW with a Grapnel), and decimate side schemes. In solo, 3-4 THW is usually enough.

How to play this deck / combos:

1. Early game

• Choose whether you'll need Innate Perception or not in your first hand. It's recommended for solo, but I usually leave it in the deck for multi. You could say I "forget it even exists half the time", but it would be wrong! :p
• Mulligan for Aja-Adanna, any support or resource generator, any PSS.
• Prioritize playing Aja-Adanna to retrieve key hero cards if needed.
• Try to exhaust on turn 1 to play a WAKANDA upgrade, or a Sonic Rifle.
• Try to always confuse the villain. Flip almost every turn!
• When you've played 2-3 key cards, you should then always try to play Grapnel Launcher whenever you see it! As stated above, they really are a lot of value!
• Remember you have 2 Power of Justice, they should easily find targets.

2. Draw a LOT of cards

• Nick Fury... well you know him, that's 3 cards!
• You might know Avengers Mansion as well. 1 card.
• Ingenuity and Moon Girl are GENIUS classics. Easily draws you 3 cards.
• Cypher + Sonic Rifle (+Kimoyo Beads in a pinch) draws 1 to 2 cards.
• Dora Milaje is only there for The Elephant's Trunk. It draws you 3 with Queen Ramonda or T'Challa.
• One Way or Another is 3 cards, and triggers...
• Skilled Investigator is 1 card.
• Going to alter-ego almost every couple turns is 1 card.
• Your alter-ego ability technically is 1 card.

3. Gameplay + combos

• Try to take a hit or two on your HPs early game, as Queen Ramonda and Vibranium Suit will heal you. Do not Recover, you need your identity card to thwart or to play cards in alter-ego.
• Survive other attacks with allies, or basic DEF sometimes if you really have to (at least you'll trigger your hero ability....).
• Build Support is for either Helicarrier or The Elephant's Trunk.
• Side Holster allows you to hold 1 Sonic Rifle + 2 Grapnel/Rifle.
• Reach 5 THW with Heroic Intuition, Heroic Conditioning and Innate Perception. Especially good in multi, not as needed in solo (see below).
• Float Like a Butterfly helps you end the game because you can confuse so easily, and because you have a lot of potential attacks.

Other cards to consider:

• Solo version: Remove Heroic Intuition. We keep Heroic Conditioning for the +3HP, and Innate Perception because it helps you reach 3 THW early, very useful threshold in solo!
• In 3-4 players: Keep only 1 One Way or Another, maybe add 1-2 Skilled Investigator and 1-2 Float Like a Butterfly, depending on your teammates.
   
• Justice Served and Ready to Rumble can both be super useful, but I don't want to add more cards.
• Stealth Training is not so great here because we often over-thwart.
• As Batman (the MCDB user, not the DC hero :p ) suggested: Specialized Training would be great here! +1 THW, more draws.

Anyway, enjoy, have fun,
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