Bacon & Webs (Porky's Regroup)

What's the porpoise of another Clarity of Porkpose deck?! ... Just like local area man Brian O'Brian from Briantown, MD told the Daily Beagle in earlier news, "Hey man, this deck has got like other things going on!"... So many great decks from a lot of well-respected contributors, but I thought I'd still go ahead and post this one because it is unique and most importantly, it's a ton of fun!...

Regroup & Petulant Pig Recursion

• This deck is a little crazy, but you'll be constantly drawing through most of your deck and bouncing your allies in and out of play throughout a turn. I suppose the craziness fits Spider-Ham, but it also feels thematic with how I think the Web-Warriors should feel -- web-swinging in and out of play.

• After set-up you're kind of untouchable, you have a ton of resources and you can draw your almost entirely-full deck in single turn. I've bounced Ghost-Spider back to my hand 3 times in a turn (drawing 5 each time) and swung with the little Porker for 20+ damage total in a turn on his own. Going through your deck so quickly isn't a drawback, because this little pig wants to be attacked anyway.

• This deck is not a meme deck though, nor is it multiplayer-centric despite the Regroup. It is very effective and the best Spider-Ham Leadership deck I’ve tested solo. I would say that it's a more advanced deck to pilot and has specific intentions in its play. It might take a few plays to get what you're trying to do, but it's not incredibly complicated after a playthrough or two.

Synopsis:

• This deck uses focuses on recurring Petulant Pig with Ghost-Spider, Captain Americat, & Regroup. When played correctly, you'll have turns where you're sitting through a turn with around 10 cards in your hand and still figuring out ways to play allies and draw more cards.

• You'll be drawing your cards primarily through Petulant Pig, Web of Life and Destiny & the many allies who draw cards in the deck. With Petulant Pig your forcing the villain to attack you on your turn, just so you can bounce what you want back to your hand and draw cards.

• Throughout your turns you'll be constantly bouncing your allies who draw through Web of Life and Destiny or 'enter play' effects with Regroup and then playing them again the same turn. Each turn is kind of an individual decision which character you want to block and bring back to your hand to keep your turn going, this is where the skill is involved.

Set-up & Petulant Pig:

• Your first pass through the deck you're playing the deck as probably most other Spider-Ham decks play. You'll have a lot of resources with the Clarity of Purpose & Spider-Nonsense ability combo. You're mainly searching for Clarity of Purpose with all your draw effects and trying to get Organic Webbing, Huge Wooden Hammer & Web of Life and Destiny down.

• It really depends on what you draw into, but you can start using Petulant Pig and Regroup right away with your characters that draw with 'enter play' effects. Once you get down Warrior of the Great Web you can start chump-blocking with your low-cost Web-Warriors.

• One Web-Warrior I like to bounce until I get the set-up I want is Otto Octavius. Because each time he enters, you can ready Clarity of Purpose and mitigate the resources you paid for him. Other good ones who aren't Web-Warriors are Ironheart & Nick Fury.

• Even if you don't draw a Petulant Pig & Regroup together, bouncing back your allies with 'leave play' & 'enter play' is still a good turn! It's just on your turn, with this card you can draw a ton, and keep finding ways to draw through a significant portion of your deck.

• Once you're set up, your typical plays will to play Captain Americat and put Petulant Pig into your deck. When you draw a Petulant Pig you'll block with Ghost-Spider and bounce her to your hand with Regroup. This will draw you 5 cards -> 3 from playing Petulant Pig, 1 from Web of Life and Destiny & then the last card will be to go and get the other Petulant Pig you put in your deck with Captain Americat.

• Because you have 3 confuses through Swinging Wb Pig, it's not that hard to set this up because you can flip and heal and draw what you'll need. You have Make the Call & Across the Spider-Verse to make sure you can always grab the two characters you need. So once you get these two characters in play, wait for your Regroup and then do the combo. You'll use the Rapid Response for Captain Americat to put the Petulant Pig back into your deck.

Warrior of the Great Web:

• This card I don't typically like, but because you're bouncing back Web-Warriors on your turn and they aren't just dying on the villain turn, this card is actually effective believe it or not. It is more of a late game card though, so don't worry too much about playing it early.

• I've had turns where I've bounced back at least 5 Web-Warriors for +5 ATK. That combined with the readies from Peter Parker and Organic Webbing aren't too shabby for multiple swings.

• If you do get a big turn with this card, remember you can use Command Team to ready Peter Parker who would ready the Porkster, or you can use Otto Octavius to ready the Hammer. And of course you can do all of these to get a bunch of big swings in a turn.

Combos:

• Sp//dr -- You'll use Sp//dr to bounce and draw with Web of Life and Destiny. If you need to, you can use a Command Team to draw her to your hand in a single turn using her ability if needed. Sometimes the need to draw 1 card is definitely worth it.

• Team-Building Exercise -- Works with most cards in the deck with Cartoon and Web-Warrior traits being prevalent.

• Otto Octavius -- As stated above, use him with Clarity of Purpose most of the time to get more resources. If you do happen upon a big turn with Warrior of the Great Web, it could be worth using on Huge Wooden Hammer.

• Lastly, don't be afraid to use all the other cards as you normally would. If you need to, use Ghost-Spider to get what you need when you bounce her back to your hand. A Regroup bounce on the villain turn is also still an amazing play, because you'll still draw a card with Web of Life and Destiny or take a card back into hand that can draw with enter play effects next turn.

Other Card Options:

• I am trying to cut a card from this deck and despite a lot of testing, I'm still figuring it out. I might cut one Command Team.

• Adding more Clarity of Purpose is certainly an option, but I find I draw so much even out of the gate that it's not a big deal if I don't get it first turn. Plus mid-late game you're drawing so much and another one has no purpose (pun intended) so it's really just a dead card that you don't want to see while you're trying to get your combos. But if that's your playstyle, of course do it!

• Multiplayer Options:

  • I would definitely play Symbiote Suit in multiplayer, I can only imagine the deck would do even better in multiplayer with Regroup being such a good card at higher player-counts. Let me know if you try it! Would probably be great with another Web-Warrior so you both can draw cards from your respective allies with Web of Life and Destiny.

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• I've tested this deck a lot on Expert and really haven't come close to anything other than easy wins, Spider-Ham is a pretty high-tier hero.