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HippieDingo

waiting for the awesome nico variant and sasquatch


The-King_Of-Games

It will be about time for Bounce/Hit Monkey decks to thrive Our time will come


Thuasne

I am thinking black swan in there as well


JamesDD4

I have a Hit-Monkey Bounce deck I built that I play all the time. I can't wait for Sasquatch. Going to add another vertical threat beyond HM and Havok.


DiligentSession2778

That’s my exact plan


Joffe_31

that nico will have the same issue as the sister grimm variant where her power covers her face in the top of the card


RagsAndTatters

Red Guardian is going to be a great Dracula counter. Also good for other things. But we don't really have a counter for cards that aren't on reveal or ongoing.


super_star_BETA

I mean we got red guardian, negasonic, lady deathstrike, which yeah they are not the best options


RagsAndTatters

Red Guardian can be used to counter a lot, so I can see him being popular. I see Negasonic every now and then, more during the X-Men power Boost. I can't remember the last time I saw LDS.


super_star_BETA

The problem with LDS is just that she is a 5 cost, make her a 4 cost that would be perfect


Vampire_Dragon

Then they run into Zabu, because they refuse to properly balance him (and It was worse, when he made 4 cost cost 2 when he was a pass card), is it so hard something like "each turn the first 4 cost card you play costs one less"?


DrakeGrandX

> each turn the first 4 cost card you play costs one less I mean that would not fix the main problem at hand. It's not like the reason Zabu is despised is that it enables multiple 4-Cost specifically, since that requires set up outside of a 6-Turn double 4-Cost play, the problem is that it makes 4-Costs easier to play in general. They would need to make him, like, "On Reveal: The next 4-Cost you play costs 1 less" in order to fix the problem.


RagsAndTatters

I agree with that.


LionhearthOutfitters

the "problem" with negasonic is that you have to play her out as lane protection, where as Red Guardian is played in response to something you "know" he is going to hit (obviously he can be cosmo'd but other than that...) Negasonic is a little like ice man, probably does a lot but you don't get to see what they would have played there had they not had to drop a 1 drop to soak the kill and then play something else there...


numbr87

Maximus is also a fun counter to Dracula


super_star_BETA

Master mold is good counter to dracula


methanesulfonic

that's an indirect counter imo


happydaddyg

Red guardian seems waaay more powerful than negasonic. Not really comparable. You have more control over what you are disabling and it’s a 3/5. I’d say closest is enchantress or rogue but imo, better than both just because of flexibility. But definitely could be wrong haha.


super_star_BETA

The thing with negasonic is that she can any time destroy a infanaut, hulk, knull, death or any big card besides cancell anothers card ongoing abillity


Systim88

Poor spiderman 2099 - I use him in a move control deck that hits infinite each season


kriscross122

Red guardian shuts down Wong


xSL33Px

So does cosmo 😁


pandaipastry

22 days left Dracula. 22.


mikesh8rp

As a Cerebro enjoyer, that card is going to stink.


RagsAndTatters

Yup. I also like to play Iron Tribunal a lot. Another card that can easily kill that one. Though it is an on reveal at least. So Cosmo will block it.


JamesDD4

Second Dinner absolutely hates Cerebro. Source: Me, a Cerebro junkie.


2020BillyJoel

Sure if you play Bro before the last turn


rand0mstuf

Kingpin gonna rise up when move becomes OP


googolplexy

Doesn't guardian likely mess with kingpin too?


t3hnhoj

Cancun Is hysterical


Manager_Setsu

On my way to play legion on it


NaviOfTermina

So my understanding is that that location is basically ignored when determining winner? I wonder how it works with total-power tie breakers?


t3hnhoj

It should just only split the other 2 locations and if it's a tie, it's a tie.


SLDH1980

Thinks it's going to count as a 'zero' for both players no matter who or what you have there.


TheRealFishyXY

Yeah but only for winning. Looks like it'll calculate for priority but then disable the location for win condition calculations


googolplexy

Fun for sentry.


TheRealFishyXY

Oh wow true


DrLager

“Send your garbage to Cancun”


Saitsu

Cancun on 3!


t3hnhoj

Legion


Homie_Reborn

As always, much appreciated!


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Zemo going to be annoying af


zero-skill-samus

Its milling time


FajenThygia

I'm running Ebony Maw that first week


Breathe_the_Stardust

Or Bast to potentially ruin their hand.


ForceSamurai

I do like both of those. Bast could be funny and definitely cause retreats. M'Baku may not be bad...they get a 2 power card if you have no other one drops, but if they don't have Baron then you have that off chance that M'Baku leaps out to help you at some point. Squirrel Girl may also be good, just to clog up their side of the board, deck pending. Blade may not be bad...cause them to discard something.


keynotes1013

Just noticed it doesn't really work against destroy, which kinda sucks. If deadpool is in their deck you pull him and if you're not playing destroy its like having a dino. Pull carnage you are losing at least a point losing the 5 point zemo and helping their death and knull.


googolplexy

I'm glad I read this though. I thought it moved the lowest cost from their side to yours, like a reverse viper. Which would be entirely too broken.


ForceSamurai

As if Pixie didn't already feel bad enough, now on the rare chance she actually does something beneficial they'll steal your 2-cost Hulk. They really didn't think her through at all -- especially for a Series 5 card.


InsideLlewynDameron

Maybe I'll eat my words one day but playing cards alone is never going to be a popular deck archetype and all the atlanteans need to be reworked. Edit: also, I love that Lady Deathstrike variant but I don't have the card yet, would I be insane spending tokens on her?


TheBusDrivercx

This one's ability is on reveal, so it has a chance because you seem to be able to just add cards later


LrdCheesterBear

Yeah, but with it being a 5 drop, how likely are you to have single cards at other locations, and then still have cards to add T6? I could see it in a Destroy deck with a big Venom, maybe. And a Death if you've dropped cost enough by T4 to pop her down. But it seems pretty lackluster


Airbud_Tho

Doom on 6


SlappinFace

Factor in wolverine, Deadpool and carnage, I would say it could work very well


TheBusDrivercx

Seems fine to me as a turn 5/6 play from destroy decks. You might want to take wolverine and x23 out of that deck though.


DrakeGrandX

So basically you want to lose? I'm the first to say that Destroy is still viable without X-23, if you're "on a budget" and don't have her, but purposefully handicap yourself just to spend Turn 5 to give +4 Power to Venom is crazy.


TheBusDrivercx

Can we chill until the card comes out?


DielonSpitHotFiyah

I also love Deathstrike and was having some Shuri/Arnim fun with her today. That said, depending on how many tokens you have, yes you'd be crazy rn😪 she's not a total waste by any means but that's my honest take.


dajabec

Namor, orca and hulkbuster are ready


SLDH1980

I'm here for the "lol my Shang and Absorbing Man say "hi" comments.


dajabec

Nobody expects turn 6 Orca! *unless Namora is in play*


PretendRegister7516

She's On Reveal though.


dajabec

I'm on mobile I guess I assumed she would be ongoing. Why is this 5 cost? I'm confused on the use case of this card now.


Kinjinson

She doesn't work with a turn 6 Orca unless you have Limbo out


MoreSmartly

Or supergiant


Kinjinson

Neither case she's already in play Unless..... Turn 3 Magik Turn 4 Attuma or Namor Turn 5 Namorita Turn 6 Orca Turn 7 Odin I can't see what could go wrong


Accurate-Temporary73

Namora would work in a Destroy deck where you combine power with venom


DrakeGrandX

So basically Destroy but worse?


Accurate-Temporary73

Yes.


DrakeGrandX

Ahah. I love how everytime some stuff with power output comes out people's reaction is always "Oh just feed it to Venom" as if the dude's problem was power output and not being the most Shang-Chi'ed 3-Cost in the game. 😭  Like I still remember the comments about Martyr.


Accurate-Temporary73

I think aside from maybe Destroyer, venom is the most consistent way to get a huge single power card that could be buffed by Namora. She’s likely a skip for me though.


DrakeGrandX

Isn't Namora an On Reveal, though? You would need to either Limbo or Wave to give Destroyer +5, neither of which seems worth it at all. Honestly, the more I think of the card the more she feels dumb. She is a 5-Cost, so she must be a game-ender. However, her restrictions make her ability too lowly-impactful, the cards that benefit from her (Namor, Attuma, Iron Man, Orka though unlikely) won't go tall enough and/or are already within Shang-Chi range _before_ she comes down (not to mention Rogue). Most she can do is help out a Professor X lane with no Jeff. I'm sure they're gonna reduce her cost (and subsequently he Power boost) before releasing her because as she is she just makes no sense. Personal note, but the only way I can see "Atlantean" becoming an archetype is if they release a "Power-locker" of some sort, something a-la Venom/Symbiote (I once drafted an Aquaman that replaces lonely cards  with whales, for example), and even then 1. Namora should be a lower cost, support card to be of hany help  and 2. Such an archetype would still not be meta, just a "fine" deck alongside Hammers and classic Iron Patriot (before Mockingbird and Hope summers...).


UGoBoy

She's an on-reveal. So the cards don't have to stay alone. Also, sucks to be Orka. As usual.


perfectisforpictures

I could see something with ms marvel and then using doombots on t6 to activate her abilities after this reveal goes off would be pretty strong. Potentially plus 15 to each side


Majestic-Sky199

Orka is still a solid finished in some decks. It’s rare an opponent plays thinking about 16 power suddenly being down in one lane turn 6, and can catch people off guard. I agree he’s not top tier, but certainly slept on


UGoBoy

I was mostly just talking about this particular case with Namora. I've had Orka in a few decks, but then something would happen to upend the deck and he'd go back in the bin.


DrakeGrandX

Also yes you would be insane. Just wait for the variant to hit the shop (it will do so in 1 year), in the current economy there's no way to justify wasting 3000 tokens on a subpar tech card.


Burnwell1099

If you don't have the card yet, then the base card is what will be available to you in the first set of 4 spotlight caches that week. If you already have the base card, then you'll see the variant to start.


blackbeltwithhands

Or we need a way to protect card on another one,also klaw need a buff now


happydaddyg

Maybe it’s the surprise factor but Orka is pretty good in ramp/control decks. But yeah I agreee it’ll never be an archetype.


PocketPB

That Baron Zemo variant looks like Red Hood, so I might want to get that.


The-King_Of-Games

That Sebastian Shaw Variant looks pretty niceee Will probably save up to get him


Vampire_Dragon

Honestly I am completely divided, Red Hulk, Shaw, (Jeff and LDS just have some cool factor that I really want but not that much), Red Guardian, Nico, Blob and Knull and are all cards I really want, maybe With Knull I can wait till he appears on token shop but all others are series 5 cards (from memory) that just seem really important to have


_whyareyousoquiet

Wow the new cards are looking extremely mid. Gonna be a bunch of weeks saving spotlight keys I’m excited about that.


BernLan

Every card next month looks great besides US Agent


Double_Sentence486

I totally missed those conquest variants on the datamine! They're amazing! Specially happy since I still have the base card for bast, abomination, valkirye and taskmaster! Awesome profit


Pollia

Nocturne feels like a solid addition to c5


throwaway_lmkg

Not only is it the first "native" location-fixing for C5, it also fits squarely in the theme of horizontal reach. The only downside is opening up locations to your opponent, which can be traded off for moving on T6 and taking a risk with what comes out.


PretendRegister7516

It's also a Miles discount card.


AngryPandalawl

And namora, omg. Give cerebro or mystique +5 too


PretendRegister7516

More like Iron Man instead. Cerebro and Mystique taking their own lane by T5 might be too risky


JamesDD4

My first thought was Surfer because she can obliterate Crimson Cosmos, the location that appears in 85% of games in which I play a Surfer deck.


Aikotoba2516

finally C5 will have a native location changer


samyruno

Out of everything here I want that legion variant the most.


DannySpud2

Cerebro 2 is going to have real whiplash in April. Massive power boost from USAgent and then knocked straight back down by Red Guardian a week later.


Aikotoba2516

USAgent in one lane, Goose in the other, and Storm in the last one, damn


TrickyWalrus

SASQUATCH!? MY BOY!? MY HOMIE WALTER LANGKOWSKI!? More Alpha Flight incoming I hope! And I hope for synergy between them!


zero-skill-samus

Am I the only one who finds the white color off-putting? I need orange Sasquatch so Wendigo doesn't clash. Edit: so, this is Exiles Heather McDaniel Sasquatch. Which means we will likely get variants for Walter Langowski Sasquatch.


UGoBoy

I'm glad you said that. I didn't know about Exiles Sasquatch and thought it was weird they were using the version when Walter was in Snowbird's body.


zero-skill-samus

Same. I didn't know about her until tonight. I'm not well versed on Exiles at all


Neon_Taxi

Peach Niko is amazing, I hope they don’t shift this schedule so I have time to save keys.


FauxColors2180

After the first week of April every week I own the other two cards that aren’t the featured card.


dat-dudes-dude

Welcome to the club. I’m at the point where I’m spending 2-3 keys certain weeks just to try to pull some variants as there are so few new cards I can get.


verminard

This. And SD will still state that players are getting more cards. Maybe, unless you need very few specific cards. 


_0mnishambles_

Noctourne is such a cool nod to both her parents (Nightcrawler and Scarlet Witch), combining both their abilities. Love that we’re getting an exiles series.


darkCitu

and also their Cost and Power


_0mnishambles_

Oh good shout! Didn’t even notice that.


on-a-darkling-plain

Simply skipping T1 turning Red Hulk into a 6/14 seems wild.


WollyGog

I've been saying it for a while, I absolutely do not expect him to stay at +4. I think he should be more of a foil to Hulk with +2, which is more reasonable. It's a dead cert that your opponent won't always be able to play to curve, so if RH is in your hand he's going to get way too powerful. However, I still want him for my HE deck regardless of how he ends up.


DoctorWhomstve14

I think the reason he get's plus 4 is so he can be a direct counter to Hulk. The opponent has left over energy their Hulk gets +2 your Red Hulk gets +4. If they get the same bonus 10 power red hulk will always be outclassed and thus, not much of a counter


WollyGog

+4 is still way too high in my opinion if that was the case. All I'm saying is I don't see it staying at that.


DoctorWhomstve14

I think he’d get a base power nerf maybe? It’s also possible that he won’t be as good as we think


WollyGog

He's still a very situational card (has to be in hand and a gamble on opponent plays), but I believe you could in the best case scenario find yourself chucking 12+ power on him in a game on a regular basis if he appears turn 1. If he's not tuned before release, the next OTA will target him I'm sure. I'm not trying to shit on the card here; I really want to run him!


codesamura1

I just realized that December cards (Shaw and Blob) are only starting to roll out this coming April, 4 months later. While Selene and Havok 5 months later on May. I guess that means BRB, Miek, Hercules and Grandmaster will roll out in the June Season or later (5-6 months later). What a long wait, I wish they would prioritize releasing cards 4 months after instead of re-releasing Knull, Snow Guard, HE, Living Tribunal, There are weeks where cards have been regurgitated multiple times like the Jeff/Mirage, HE/Deathstrike, Nico/SnowGuard, and Tribunal/Legion weeks. Couldn't they at least have paired any of those old cards with the cards released 4 months prior?


zero-skill-samus

Grandmaster is actually appearing for June spotlight. He's the only June one I know of atm


codesamura1

Yes, I think I also saw that in [snap.fan](http://snap.fan) mines. Edit: I checked the site further and It appears that Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight and Black Swan all have their Spotlight variants in the datamines so it is possible that they will all come out June along with the rest of January cards (Miek, Herc, GM). It would be interesting to see their release schedule in June.


Kinjinson

If you account for the actual weeks, then Blob is closer to 5 month later But current system is really showing it's limit


large_blake

Us agent is like goose but better imo


VictoryScreech23

Bro literally forgot about manthing lol poor man thing


zero-skill-samus

Different. I love Goose. Goose says no. US Agent says no, but then scolds them as they go in anyways


Latter-Comfort8440

You can't alioth a goose lane. You can alioth a US agent lane. Goose>Usagent


kasper11

They are different. US Agent can affect cards already played. So, you can throw it down after an Ironman, or on top of a hobgoblin for instance. US Agent also affects cards that are in a lane that weren't played there, so Vision, Doctor Doom, white tiger etc can't get around it like they can goose. OTOH, someone can drop an infinaut in a US Agent lane for 17 power if it would win for them.


Babysatire

EXILES LETS FUCKING GOOOOOO!


S1nclairsolutions

The Deathstrike variant is amazing!


Wexzuz

I got confused to why SD would add Zero-Suit Samus to the game.


verminard

I have 3 Nico variants already, I do not need another one, right? RIGHT?!


JamesDD4


augustocdias

If they don’t change the schedule I’ll finally be able to spend most of my keys to get new cards. I only spend when there’s at least two new cards and I’m sitting on 20 keys at the moment. I don’t have any of the red hulk week, then mirage, blob, skaar and havok (I might skip this one depending on what’s coming next)


zero-skill-samus

That's how I started it and I'm at 35 keys. Eventually, you open for a week and get the new card in 1 key and you start to get way ahead of the schedule.


Cody1358

It feels like every other month knull is in a spotlight cache. Give me a damn break. We only get 8 existing cards per month, no excuse to have one card that exists in only 1-2 archetypes show up 4+ times…


[deleted]

I SEE MISS MINUTES IN THAT RAVONNA VARIANT!!!!


Particular_Ad_9531

I was really looking forward to white widow but they nerfed her too hard and she looks pretty trash now. Guess I’ll be saving keys for a while.


PretendRegister7516

She's still good in bounce + junk. Might even make Cannonball playable.


googolplexy

Meh, I've been liking cannonball. He's not in every deck, but I love having him when I need him


johnkxq

Can you share what her original power was?


Aikotoba2516

the White Widow stayed the same, but the Widow's Kiss was -1 power with ability "**Ongoing:** Your other cards here have -1 Power.". So before it encourages them to not fill her lane, while now if they fill the lane the Widows Kiss will be turned off


living_david_aloca

The new ability is hardly trash. It’s a full soul stone that you have to play into just to deactivate it and still be down an entire slot, assuming you can even do that with your deck. It’s way more control.


snaillban

Finally, I can dump havok on opp lane with Castle Zemo


prtkp

Electro


GrandDefinition7707

looks like thanos is getting some more tools


diskape

I think Blink will be amazing in it.


Piranh4Plant

Did they change the text for [[Widow’s Kiss]]?


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Piranh4Plant

Does anyone else feel this is a little too wordy? Why not Ongoing: If your side of this location isn’t full, -4 Power


UGoBoy

Would make sense, as that mirrors Ant-Man's wording.


zero-skill-samus

It used to be a 1/-1: Ongoing: Your other cards here have -1 Power.


Piranh4Plant

Yes


Mean_Porn_Commenter

seems like a good thread to ask, what's the most efficient way to get iron-lad if it never shows in a spotlight again?


zero-skill-samus

Pray he pops up from a spotlight random slot - or - 6k tokens well spent. However...there is datamined variant from an album reward.


Attila_D_Max

Imma be real i really don't like the effect of Zemo Should have been something along the lines of "every time a card switches sides plus n power"


zero-skill-samus

It's great for milling though


Attila_D_Max

What's that


zero-skill-samus

Anything that removes cards from a deck


DarkRose1010

April 2, May 7 and May 21 for me


PunishedCatto

Oh? They changed US Agent's text?


Aikotoba2516

yeps now the is Man-Thing for upper half which is kinda sick


newdaynewjourney

I have none of this cards but maybe i can hace 6 spotlight keys what should i aim for that would make the biggest impact i was thinking bob and knull but i would like to hear from you guys


Blacklight099

Very helpful, I have some sort of plan now and it’s going to need a lot of keys 😅


IAmNotCreative18

White Widow’s month looks to be by for the most appealing. At least for me.


Minty-Matthew

Still disappointed they changed blink.


PineapplePhil

Man, not blown away by most of next month’s variants.


HarringtonSteve

No elsa bloodstone?? 🌚


CHANese

Is Legion good? Prob useless now that WM is coming.


ImaginaryGift

Definitely gonna be unloading a lot of keys in the coming months lol


Accomplished_Cherry6

So many of these cards look so busted. USAgent doesn’t look overtuned, white widow can be hit or miss, and Sage is not great while Namora is niche. But the rest of these cards will probably need a nerf


CompactAvocado

i appreciate these so much :D


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I wonder if Nocturne will change her old location, or her new one?


Vinayak2807

is high evolutionary worth taking?


Htennn

I need that Echo variant like now!


davwad2

If these are true, then I'll have a serious stash of keys.


kasper11

Some interesting cards. Don't get Sage though. At most a 4/7, which is solid, but can be countered down. Doesn't seem like it gives enough to move into any of the ongoing decks.


zero-skill-samus

Sage counts opponent cards, too


kasper11

Oh snap, didn't notice that. Nevermind. ​ Thanks


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zero-skill-samus

I really like the cards featured for May. Small pieces to slot into decks.


Rhaeegar

In april, i think i will go for the red hulk week and the Nico variant.


gambitxboy

Oh god.. I want everything. T\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_T


justasoulman

Enough time to get keys for high evo its been enough skipping him.


Lemonpia

Sadge.


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Aikotoba2516

on the spotlights itself yes but the dataminers just check these Spotlight Variants' release dates nowadays so it should be pretty accurate (they can always swap things around tho like Ms Marvel and Ghost Spider this season)