Ronan…like the barbarian? He needs a shirt.

Give Ronan What He Derserves

Beating the final boss of a campaign in expert using a hero with aspect/basic cards from the core set and the campaign box sounds impossible.

So why not start with the most notorious box?!

Bringing Ronan to Justice

This is Spider-Man beating Ronan on Standard and Expert. Now I will say, this is not an always win deck, but it is a mostly win against Ronan deck. I assume this will survive most scenarios…maybe even the worst scenario…Collector 1.

Your Friends at Work

So how do you do it? Heal and keep Daredevil in play for as long as possible. Use allies for board state. Play and use up your Surveillance Team. Use Swinging Web Kick to take out minions until you’re free enough to take big swings into Ronan.

Jessica Jones is also clutch here. If Superior Tactics comes out. Keep it. We don’t want the power stone. This is also an additional +1 THW for Jessica.

Protect Your Friends

Try to always defend with Peter if possible. Chump block with Nick Fury and Mockingbird, but keep track of the 3 Kree Privates because they’ll give an attack overkill.

Cancel any treacheries that create extra activations. Don’t worry too much about removing the Universal Weapon until you’re ready to play Webbed Up and MAYBE if you’re going to play Mockingbird. If it’s early in the game, it might be worth it. In one of my expert games, I got lucky that Masterplan caused the hammer to get discarded. But in the other, it kept coming back.

Use Your Smarts

As far as flipping down, always flip down for your obligation. It lets you use your scientist ability. Otherwise, remove the hammer and make sure you don’t have the power stone. It’s better to have a +1 SCH than an extra boost card. Then, have the scheme down to zero.

Set up rounds where Daredevil is constantly thwarting the main down and doing a damage with it, and you are getting resource generators with a couple of Swinging Web Kicks to make a push. Surveillance Teams will help you with the side schemes that come out.

I’m a little shocked this worked with just core set and Galaxy’s Most Ronan.

Minimalist Matchups

The goal is to create a series of decks meant to be accessible to players who don't have access to all of the content. It can be tough to find decks that feel strong and work in a limited collection. So this series will be heroes built to take on the toughest villains using only the Core Set, Villain's Campaign Box (if applicable), and Hero Pack (if applicable). This means each deck will only require 2 or 3 packs.

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Minimalist Matchup Decks:

• Spider-Man (Peter) Justice Against Ronan the Accuser
• Captain Marvel Leadership Against Red Skull
• Cyclops Aggression Against Magneto
• Black Panther Leadership Against Loki
• Gambit Aggression Against Ultron
• Spider-Man (Miles) Justice Against Venom Goblin
• Dr. Strange Aggression Against En Sabah Nur