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UPDATE - Jan 2022 (Vision Release)
Added 4
Cut 2
- 1 Heimdall
- 1 Mockingbird
There aren't a lot of flex spots in the deck to clear space for these changes but all of the additions are worth their spot. Zone of Silence is a definitive staple for any mystic deck, and Determination is strong in this deck as well because should always been cycling through a lot of cards each turn and it will just naturally get ditched along the way. One Way or Another is very strong here for its ability to help you draw your deck, but also to help set up Clear the Area and Skilled Investigator.
These changes do put the deck total up to 42, which isn't ideal. My further cuts would probably be Wiccan and 1 Turn the Tide but both of these cards are strong enough in their own right that I don't think its worth it and the ally count starts to get on the low side. There is so much draw that you still very quickly see most of your deck so playing 42 isn't the worst thing in the world.
Original Write Up:
I've been really excited to share this very powerful deck as I've been playing Scarlet Witch for a while. Initially I was going through scenarios on Expert, but this deck was having no issues so I stepped it up to Heroic. This deck has so far cleared the following scenarios solo:
EXPERT Rhino/Bomb Scare (1st attempt) EXPERT Klaw/Masters of Evil(1st attempt) EXPERT Ultro/Under Attack (1st attempt) HEROIC 2 Risky Business/A Mess of Things (1st attempt) HEROIC 1 Mutagen Formula/Goblin Gimmicks (2nd attempt) HEROIC 1 Kang/Anachronauts (1st attempt)
Full Red Skull Campaign: HEROIC 1 Crossbones (2nd attempt) HEROIC 1 Absorbing Man (1st attempt) HEROIC 1 Taskmaster (1st attempt) HEROIC 1 Zola (1st attempt) HEROIC 1 Red Skull (1st attempt)
Deck Concept As always, I start deckbuilding by looking at a heroes strengths and weaknesses. Scarlet Witch's Strengths: Card Draw Low cost powerful events Very powerful first turns when compared to other heroes
Scarlet Witch's weaknesses Low permanent upgrades/resource generation Acceleration tokens
So, the idea with the deck was to develop something which really took advantage of her high card draw and big first turns to allow her to quickly and safely transition into a built up setup using non hero aspect/basic permanents. Double resources (and Chaos Magic) are key here - and Scarlet Witch will see them a LOT.
Once Set up the aim is to very quickly cycle through your deck taking advantage of her powerful events to win swiftly. By the midgame you should be playing at least 2 (often 3) Hex Bolt every turn.
The Draw and Build Spiritual Meditation, The Sorcerer Supreme and her alter ego ability give Scarlet Witch an incredible amount of draw that allow her to see so much of her deck so quickly. This means it is very easy to find specific card combinations. This deck is designed to be VERY aggressive when using that draw. You should be mulliganing away anything that isn't an extra resource/Chaos Magic or a key support/upgrade. Occasionally Nick Fury Fury can be kept - playing him off of Chaos Magic lets you draw 3 cards whilst only spending 2.
Turn 1 you should be able to develop MULTIPLE permanent upgrades/resources. I have had games where turn 1 I have brought out Quincarrier, Helicarrier AND Nick Fury. This is because you are drawing so many ways to draw that you WILL find your permanents, and you should have enough extra resource cards to pay for them easily.
Allies Early builds of this deck ran more allies. I initially played Lockjaw, Spider-Man and even War Machine to make sure The Power in All of Us was always live. However, that just turned out not to be necessary thanks to all of the card draw. I chose to only play what I believed were the strongest allies.
Ironheart and Nick Fury both help to keep the cycle up, Heimdall (Chaos Magic anyone?) and Wiccan both have strong synergy with Scarlet Witch's kit and Mockingbird is just good...
Justice First and foremost this deck is actually really just a basic deck with a justice splash. I once hoped to be able to include The Power of Justice as well, but there isn't enough room or good 2+ cost Justice cards to warrant it.
I chose justice because I believe it has the 2 strongest aspect event cards: Clear the Area and Turn the Tide. Clear the Area is like a mini Hex Bolt that only discarded 2 cards but hit 1 and 2 boost icons. The draw synergises with the deck's gameplan as well. Turn the Tide deals 3 damage for 1 card, with a token requirement - the card is BUSTED. Since the gameplan is to play lots of Hex Bolt which can be unpredictable and might not fully deal with a problem, having cheap ways to clean up afterwards is really nice.
Under Surveillance helps with potential acceleration tokens, and Skilled Investigator further capitalises on the thwart.
Conclusion This deck is very powerful, and it also asks you to think a lot. It won't be uncommon for you to look at a 8+ card hand and wonder if you can kill the villain that turn. The deck is good enough to win even if you do make mistakes, but if you play it perfectly it's just crazy!
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Mar 08, 2021
That's more than enough though to be able to regularly trigger it. |
Mar 08, 2021What is the Wiccan interaction with her kit, other than doing more of the same (discard for bonus)? |
Mar 08, 2021
It isn't super relevant, but it's enough to make Wiccan slightly better than in a different deck. And Wiccan is a pretty strong ally as is. Even if you just hit 1 boost icon each activation he's still 2 cost to thwart 3 and deal 3. |
Mar 08, 2021Great Deck! I tested it dual and solo, both times very smooth. Sometimes a guard minion can screw you up (looking at you Hydra Soldier). I replaced Heimdall with War Machine. I like his versatility more. I don't like the grey only decks, but this approach is very handy. I found it very interesting, that Scarlet Witch on her own kit doesn't need much setup. This changes imho with this build, but if something goes wrong she can come out swinging.
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Mar 08, 2021@DualPlayer Remember with guard minions that hex bolt doesn't attack so can get around them if need be. Funnily enough when I played against Kang he brought out two copies temporal shield. I got around it by just killing him with multiple copies of hex bolt instead! With Spiderman I did originally test him (and lockjaw and warmachine). Ultimately I cut all of them. Typically you only really want 1 ally our per turn and the rest of your hand just wants to be hex bolts, clear the areas and turn the tides to combo off. With the large amount of draw I found I didn't need to play as many allies so I cut the weaker ones. Spiderman was the last one to get cut. He's definitely good, I just think he slightly misses out. |
Mar 10, 2021Really nice and fun to play deck. I built it yesterday and crushed Kang in solo game. Then, my girlfriend used it in a two players game where I was playing Black Panther leadership and also crushed Kang. We started last round with Kang standing at 12 live. We keep counting to see how many damage we can deal, and its final HP were -42. Also we cleared the plan, and defeated 2 minions (one of them a tyranosaur). Is so great to draw 10-12 cards, play 2 hex bolts and 2 molecular decay in the same round. Great job with this deck !!! |
Mar 10, 2021
That sounds awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! |
Mar 11, 2021
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Mar 12, 2021This deck is ridiculous, Chaos magic is ridiculous, expert Klaw/Kree Fanatic in mp was so easy. I need to test with Ultron, Green Goblin and Zola. But I think I'm gonna quickly switch to heroic even with Kree fanatic set |
Mar 12, 2021I don't think Chaos Magic works with Heimdall's effect. You play Heimdall, resolve his text, and then discard the cards you just looked at. |
Mar 13, 2021Good work. I just ordered my scarlet witch pack but this is the direction I was thinking I would go in. Justice/ build for sure. |
Mar 13, 2021
It isn't a huge deal though I don't think. When you pay for him properly using 2 double resource cards and a helicarrier then he will still help you set up your first hex bolt. And when you play him for free it doesn't really matter that he's a vanilla because he's still incredible value. |
Mar 13, 2021I hadn't played for a few months, and my second game back was this deck. What a blast! Very fun, extremely effective. Thanks very much for sharing this list. |
Mar 17, 2021
nice write up btw! looking forward to try some of your decks :) |
Mar 17, 2021
I think |
Mar 21, 2021what a fun deck. wiccan is such an insanely good ally for any hero and especially so for Wanda |
Mar 22, 2021This deck is a beast. I don't even miss Beat Cop- no one I've played against so far can keep more than one or two threat on a scheme for more than one turn lol |
Apr 15, 2021Just beat Ronan Heroic with this deck. Granted I got pretty lucky with molecular decay and wiccan flips but damn it felt good |
Jun 06, 2021This Deck Is Beast! However, I find it not very effective in 4 player game in a specific scenario where you need to invest in heavy thwart. But, man I do love this build. |
Jun 20, 2021Scarlet Witch is the Chaos queen! |
Jun 27, 2021love this deck ..... sooo good |
Jun 28, 2021interested to try this out! |
Jul 05, 2021is this a rush kind of deck? or can you also play this to control the battlefield? like making sure the minions are always dead before attacking the villain, keeping threat low, or do you need to rush? |
Jul 05, 2021
Generally, the unpredictability of scarlet witch's hex bolts makes a rush tactic unwise in my opinion. Rush tactics work if your deck is capable of throwing all of your resources into damage. But this deck wants to clear everything every turn. The goal should be to play hex bolts early in the turn and just see what happens. And then based on what's left you decide how best to clean up. You should be aiming to remove every side scheme and every minion every turn. |
Jul 09, 2021There is a copy of #Quincarrier in The Wasp Hero pack, so you don't need to own Black Widow to build this deck as currently listed. |
Jul 09, 2021Quincarrier sorry just an fyi |
Jul 09, 2021
The only actual packs required are Thor, Doctor Strange, The Rise of Red Skull, Wasp, Scarlet Witch and the core set. However, all of the required cards from the core set have also been reprinted elsewhere so you could technically obtain all of the cards without owning the core set. For example, nick fury could be obtained from the core set OR from the Black widow hero pack. That's why it lists "Black Widow / Core set". |
Jul 15, 2021How does this deck fair against Ronan? Also, your stats for the games you cleared using this deck... were they done solo, 2p, 3p, 4p, or a mix? In your opinion, do you think this deck plays best solo, or some other player count? Or equally well in either solo or mp? Very much looking forward to trying this! Thanks for this build! SW is one of my favorite marvel characters, but I can't deck build outside of a paper bag! |
Jul 16, 2021
Those hex bolts...so much stun locking. And the incredibly fast set up (I think I had something like, Sorcerer Supreme + Quincarrier on the first turn, then the Helicarrier + SW Circlet on the second turn!). Thanks again, so much fun! |
Jul 23, 2021Have you tried the deck against the expert GMW campaign? |
Jul 31, 2021Cool deck. My only but is that you use Sorcerer Supreme... Dr. Strange does not approve! |
Jul 31, 2021
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Aug 01, 2021I know, I know :) Now, If I don't want to play with Sorcerer Supreme, which card would you put in the deck instead? |
Aug 04, 2021Great deck. Thanks for sharing... it plays so differently, makes you think, and makes you look at each scenario in a different light. |
Aug 05, 2021
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Aug 05, 2021
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Sep 17, 2021Awesome! this deck is totally awesome!!! Thanks! I'm having a lot of fun with it! |
Oct 05, 2021I think this deck needs an update with: One Way or another card. |
Oct 05, 2021
It absolutely does need an update yes. One way or another is definitely a strong option for this deck - but regardless zone of silence is an autoinclude. |
Oct 05, 2021I have added three copies of One Way or Another to this deck and have add crazy success with it. Adding to her cycling and thwarting ability really opens up the board state. Super card! |
Oct 05, 2021
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Oct 06, 2021
If you're making changes don't forget to also add in Zone of Silence because there is 0 reason for that card not to be in any mystic justice deck. |
Oct 06, 2021
As for Zone of Silence, I will have to wait on that one.... I don't own MTS yet :( Thanks for your insight. This deck is one of my favorites and have been playing it for a while :) |
Oct 15, 2021
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Nov 06, 2021Maybe could be worth cutting both copies of 'the power in all of us' to make space for some of the new cards? Especially if heimdell is also one of the suggested cuts. You still have chaos magic and the standard double resources to get out the big support cards. The extra draw potential from one way or another should make up for it also. |
Dec 16, 2021@L3w15 7 This deck is nothing short of amazing! I absolutely love it! I bought the Scarlet Witch pack recently and never expected to have so much fun playing her. I steamrolled (all solo play) all the core set villains on expert, the Wrecking Crew and Kang never stood a chance. I had some trouble with Zola in RotRS, but still beat him on the first try in the expert campaign. The Mutagen Formula was the only scenario I lost as I got overwhelmed with goblin minions all at once, but routed him on the second attempt, as I did with Risky Business. Really looking forward to unleashing this deck on new villains/scenarios when I get them. Thanks for sharing it. Definitely has my vote for its spot in the MCDB Hall of Fame! :) |
Dec 28, 2021Great deck! Thank you. Used this deck to try to "ge the hang" of SW. Was a lot of fun. Once you get your board state set up, you have massive turns with lots of cards. Thanks! |
Jan 16, 2022Finally got around to updating this. Commenting here as I know some people were asking about changes. |
Jan 17, 2022
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Jan 18, 2022Love your deck, always fun. Regarding the latest changes, I am thinking you might drop the The Power in All of Us as they only interact now with Fury and the supports. Any thoughts on replacing them? |
Jan 18, 2022
This deck is designed to see a lot of cards in a single turn in order to pull off as many strong combinations as possible. The double resource cards are where the real value comes in. Draw power is only good if it actually draws you to something - the resource cards are your power cards that you want to see as much as possible each turn. So yeah, I understand the point that you're making - but I would solve it differently. If you keep playing and find that you keep drawing power in all of us without any card to spend it on, then maybe swap wiccan back out for mockingbird or something similar. |
Jan 23, 2022I think that Multitasking makes a better partner for One Way or Another than Clear the Area, so I´d suggest to make room for it maybe dropping Under Surveillance and one copy of Clear the Area which is more situational. Regarding allies, I find Ironheart weak, and if you consider to include Eros, then there is a nice sinergly between Problem Solvers, Chaos Magic and One Way or Another, using Eros and the Witch for a thwart of 4 on every plan. It works wonders in multiplayer, in solo play could make up for a single copy in heavy drawing deck like this with a couple copies of One Way or Another. I am very fond of Wraith for controlling the board especially when playing with normal II and expert II encounter sets, but I understand it is difficult to find room for it despite of it being insubstantial. Nice deck :) |
Jan 23, 2022
I think changing the deck as far as you're suggesting would be enough to consider it a completely different deck. I wouldn't cut clear the area without also cutting turn the tide and I consider those 2 of the best cards in the deck. Also, with regards to iron heart, I think that card is absolutely fantastic. It typically thwarts 1, and blocks a full villain attack whilst replacing itself in hand and digging you deeper. What's not to love? |
Jan 23, 2022Thanks for your reply All allies are good and can do a minimum of an attack / thwart plus a block to a villain attack (save it comes with brutality, which happens so often in expert II and normal II sets), I am just not very fond of Ironheart. The deck already draws a lot of cards, so I´d would go with an ally doing someting else, such as Wraith. As I said, it´s matter of playstyle and details here and there. I´d rather have Clear the Area and Multitasking over Clear the Area and Turn the Tide, because I feel it helps me better to control the board, but yours is a very solid choice. I just tested it against The Hood in Normal II / Expert II solo and destroyed him before first cycle of encounter deck. Grats on the deck again and keep up the good work =) |
Feb 20, 2022For the record this deck still kicks ass. IMO the best in the game.... |
Mar 30, 2022Hi can't beat standard kang with this deck, I get to kangIII but no joy after 6 attempts. Any tips? |
Mar 30, 2022If you make it to Kang 3 but then lose then my advice would be to make sure you are in a strong set up position before you flip him to Kang 3. For example, you could avoid killing the 2nd Kang until you make sure you have all your supports/upgrades out, scarlet witch has tough (via a hex bolt) and make sure you have an ally or two ready to block. |
Apr 14, 2022I got kang the end cheers. But now struggling against expert Klaw. Finding it hard as he gets so many minions out. |
Apr 14, 2022
Obviously if the minion has 7+ health you might need to be using molecular decay instead, but this isn't typically as efficient as hex bolt or turn the tide. |
May 16, 2022Firstly I gotta say how much I love this deck. I play it with 40 cards by dropping 1 clear the area and 1 turn the tide, and it still works flawlessly, but secondly; Try running this deck through the Rise of the Red Skull campaign. It's beyond hilarious. You firstly grab the Basic Thwart Upgrade upgrade, then at Taskmaster's you can easily nab all the 0 cost allies with One Way or Another and the ability to cycle the encounter deck quickly and they're all about twice as good in this deck, since you turn it around so quickly, where you pretty much have all three of them on board all the time, no matter how wasteful you get with them. And to add, Zola is kind enough to permanently take away your Quicksilver whom you pretty much never play. If you want to add to the hilarity, the rules allow you to toss out two more allies between games instead of Clear the Area and Turn the Tide. At any rate, it was a fun heroic campaign clear! |
May 18, 2022This deck is pretty fun. However, I play mostly in three player games and I find that Clear the Area just isn't potent enough when threat and schemes start stacking up, especially with One Way Or Another being used. I'm going to start shopping for a replacement. Anyone have any suggestions that might have some good synergy here? |
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May 26, 2022Would you say adding Deft Focus would be beneficial to this deck? |
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Jul 15, 2022For me - one of strongest deck (if not the strongest one)! |
Jul 15, 2022
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Aug 30, 2022This deck is madness omg. I've beaten Green Goblin at Heroic 2 with one left hand! This deck draws 10+ cards per turn and deals tons of damage. The threat never raised above 5. |
Nov 23, 2022This chick is crazy! On turn one, I cleared a side scheme, put Nick Fury and Quicksilver into play, and was able to place down the Avengers Mansion, Skilled Investigator, her Crest, and Agatha. Oh, and I hit Red Skull for four damage. Damn!!!! |
Nov 27, 2022Maybe using Blindhold instead of Heimdall. Easier to spell and you can shuffle for preparing your hex bolt. |
Nov 27, 2022
It's a minor shame blindfold isn't able to reorder the deck, but overall her effect is better and she's cheaper as well. Shame she's not basic to synergise with the power of everything, but the fact that she's 2 cheaper than Heimdall makes up for that. |
Jan 13, 2023I kid you not, I defeated Expert Zola in two turns with this deck. Got a lucky pull of 0 cost allies (freed all during Taskmaster fight) on the first turn and was able to get him out of the picture on the second turn. Never seen anything like that. Could not be stopped on second run either - the encounter deck was already out, might as well play another round. Effortlessly beat Expert RoRS. So fun! |
Jun 24, 2023Maybe add endurance because Wanda has only a recover of 3. |
Jul 05, 2024Any tipps against Zola. Cant defeat him |
were you using turn the tide with hex bolt