I (and most new players I’d bet) were guilty of this.

Haha! Sometimes it's fine, especially just for one turn, even if I'm keen to discourage it. But 3 turns? Tsk, tsk, tsk 😉

Acknowledged! I'll see what I can do for you, and let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like tips/strategy talk about!

@@VillainTheory I have not played a lot of villains. Is there a good strategy/build for first play throughs or is just trial and error?

@@kingzerref Nelson actually just posted a guide on how to beat Klaw! I haven't done anything like that. For me, when I approach a new scenario, I typically bring an all-rounder kind of deck. (Technically I usually experience new scenarios in 2-player with my partner, but I build the decks with the intent that the overall combination is nicely rounded out!) Something like that could be interesting to do!

Hey WWF! Thanks and yeah it's going to be an awesome episode!

Ah yeah, the pre-constructed decks that come with heroes are often very lacking. Custom decks are a whole different world. Glad Wolverine worked out well!

That's fair! It varies a lot with the hero too. I'm always hunting to end the game once we're a good way through the villain's first stage. Often that means pushing slowly until the villain's first stage has 1-3 hp left, then spending the next 1-3 turns going all-out on damage to win. But not every hero/deck is built for that so it definitely takes some amount of experience, knowledge and "game sense". I'll probably talk more about it in a future video!

Thanks for the feedback!

Opened up KZfaq to see this comment immediately! Wow thank you so much!

Woo! Glad to hear it! Given its reception I'm definitely going to make a follow-up!

Some precons are pretty good, others though... I can't imagine what inhumane techniques are necessary to survive them... 😉 Just kidding but great point, thanks for raising it. Without going out of my way to experience a few precons again I can't comment too much~ Would be curious to hear how your experiences change if/when you do get into making custom decks!

Thanks! Hopefully it helps a lot of people!

Very true! Part of me didn't like having to stress there were exceptions to basically every tip, I fear it weakens the overall message, but it makes for such an engaging game.

@@VillainTheory yeah I agree that that was the correct move! It's better to learn the rules before learning when to break them, that probably comes with experience anyway. Or maybe a future video with more advanced tips and tricks! 👀

Thanks! You got it!

Glad it was helpful!

Glad you enjoyed it! Stay tuned!

Will do!

Thank you! Will do!

Venom Goblin is tough! These tips should help but there is no easy solution to him!

Message received!

You got it! Not sure the next part will have deeper insight exactly, perhaps just different insight. Might do 2-3 basic tips videos before we get more advanced! But we'll see!

Thanks Griffin, glad you enjoyed it!

Woo! Thanks!

Woo! That was the goal. Thanks!

Cheers!

They tried to stop me, they failed!

No problem 👍Glad you liked it!

RIP Hellcat. At least she has 8 more lives.

Consider yourself called out! 😜 Early damage kinda fun though...

Thanks!

Thanks! And the mulligan is really a very complicated part of the game - I could do a whole video on it!

I will make your games more boring but you might win more of them haha!

Can confirm, this has made me happy 🤣 Thanks!

Multiplayer adds so much! And then different heroes, aspects, decks, villains and even mod sets change it all over again... We'll see what I have time for but I think I'll be talking about multiplayer specifically again soon!

Hahaha! The headings were meant to make the tips memorable...

Agreed on all counts. Though spending Peter Parker always makes me sad. I actually have SP//dr out on the table paused mid-game - managed to play Peter on Turn 2 which makes me happy!

Awesome, thank you! Welcome aboard!

It's TERRIBLE. I even put "favorite" in my video titles and headings instead of the superior "favoUrite." You guys owe me... (It comes from years of gaming/working with people overseas. In the end I always find it easier to adapt to everyone else. And since 50%+ of my audience on KZfaq are in the US, well... Here we go again...!)

@@VillainTheory Just please don't expose us to mushy peas.

Great question. There are a lot of factors in play and it's a very interesting topic. As it stands, I think holding onto one or two cards for a few turns isn't likely to change much. Quite often you'll end a game halfway through a deck pass - 5 to 10 cards either way and you won't have received a different amount of encounter cards by the end of the game. And even if you do complete another deck pass, you can quite often ignore your final encounter card or two and just hit the villain to get the win! Something to consider is how many resources does an encounter card take to deal with? It varies a lot, but if you're always holding cards you're likely to have lost more value than prevented. Often I think you will have delayed the extra encounter card, still have to deal with it, and unfortunately had less resources to make progress/setup until that point. What size decks are you running? If you enjoy delaying the encounter card from an empty deck, rather than hold cards I'd suggest building 50-card decks! While I generally prefer 40, 50 card decks do have some advantages - particularly on certain heroes/deck builds. That way, you have 10 more cards than most decks before your deck empties while you can still spend your whole hand!

@@VillainTheory Hey thanks for the extensive answer! You bring up a great point about delaying encounter cards but still having to deal with them. The benefit of delaying is probably not as valuable as efficiency in every turn, leading me to think I'd probably get better if I worried less about cycling and more about playing in the moment instead, as you suggest! My collection is new and small (Core, Genesis, and a few packs) and focused on Cyclops Leadership teaming with one other X-man hero in most of my games; I sometimes play him one-handed as well. I see going with a higher card count as being advantageous with him and not too disadvantageous (assuming lots of heroes in my typical "To Me, My X-Men" deck) though I've never gone the full 50 --I've tried as high as 45, I think.

It really just depends on how late in the game you are, and what your other options are the turn you played avengers mansion. On turn 15, its probably never worth playing it assuming you have anything else productive to do. On turn 10 its a maybe, depends how close the game is to over. On turn 5, I would probably play it, but I would check with my friend (I play 2 player), to see if its safe for me to take a turn off to play it. Maybe I'd even play it and give him the card draw from it. Turns 1-3 I always play it, almost never am I so behind that its not a good play.

That's fair - prioritizing when to play or not play something is a complex topic, I definitely didn't cover every variable - that would most likely take an entire video or three. But I do make sure not to use absolute language, saying it "might" still be good to play them later on, and that not playing them later will work out "most of the time". There are exceptions to everything. With Avengers Mansion as the example, I do think it's extraordinarily rare that playing it in the last 2 turns of the game is ever worth it. It will draw you 1-2 cards. For its cost of 4 resources + losing itself from your hand (5 effective resources), you probably could have done a LOT more damage to the villain that way or played almost two allies for incredible flexibility and defense, etc! If there are 3, 4 or 5 turns left, it becomes increasingly better to play it. (Obviously there's no absolute way to know how long the game might go on for, but in most scenarios it's pretty easy to know if you're looking at 2-3 more turns or 5+.)

​@@VillainTheory It really all comes down to what your hand looks like when you play Avengers Mansion. Is it an otherwise amazing hand, Ok, or terrible. Plus it will increase the performance of other hands so you might not get much done that turn but it will improve other turns and if you are playing a resource heavy Hero like Iceman that can make all the difference where it can be the difference between 1 meh turn and 2 amazing turns or 3 meh turns. It's like when I played Iceman last I had so many turns where I could play one great card then have a few left over or play all my cards but not have them be very effective by not focusing on what I needed to at that time. The extra resources even for a short time can ensure you are able to effectively utilize your subsequent hands. Though I would say this is much more likely for expensive decks that the low cost decks

Haha! Sorry you feel called out but hey, if it helps you sacrifice poor innocent allies? I consider my villainous work done here

It’s called chump blocking for a reason!

Haha, you guys are cold…. I look at lockheeds little face and ask myself, can I really let Ronan squash his lil head with that massive hammer. Thankfully Kitty can phase through that attack…. Phew!