Shall We Dance, Anton?

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Derived from
None. Self-made deck here.
Inspiration for
La Danse Macabre 37 34 2 2.0

Tano Games · 3252

I made this deck especially for my #HydraRising video of Black Widow vs Expert Taskmaster and it quickly has become probably my favorite Widow deck, which is shocking considering how much I love Leadership.

Game versus Taskmaster

This was made with a very specific vision of Natasha and Taskmaster locked in hand-to-hand fighting. Natasha would utilize her skills and Taskmaster's momentum against him. No stun here, this is a fist-fight.

So of course the idea was to defend all the time. No undefended attacks, no stuns, no chump blocking. Natasha takes anything Taskmaster can throw at her. With Attacrobatics, Electrostatic Armor (which I see as very thematic since she has the electricity built into her suit/guantlets), and Counter-punch, she's able to deal him a lot of reactive damage. The only two attacks are Dance of Death and Momentum Shift, the latter of which fits the theme.

Need to play Synth-Suit and Armored Vest as quickly as possible, but can bide time with Energy Barrier and Defensive Stance. Once she's got 4 defense, she's virtually untouchable with Desperate Defense in case of emergency. With lots of defending, it also helps to ready; so also there are a couple Indomitable in here with readying from Synth-Suit, of course. This means she also defends minion attacks, which is nice to shock em in return with the Electrostatic Armor, and get an easy draw off Unflappable.

I'll be trying this out against other villains, too, especially Rhino (maybe actually Heroic, which I never play), to see how well she can stand up to Charge and Stampedes.

Should scale well to multiplayer also, but you might want to rearrange a few cards, like adding the Tackles for activation control. I added a couple To the Rescue because I felt nervous over relying on Covert Ops for thwarting, but it actually wasn't an issue vs Taskmaster.

Enjoy! Dasvidaniya.

5 comments

Sep 18, 2020 Wosho · 1

I dont get counterpunches in heroes with 2 attack?

Sep 18, 2020 Tano Games · 3252

@WoshoI included it as part of the theme of the deck. But I also don't really subscribe to the idea that it's bad to only Counter-Punch for 2. Damage is damage in my book. Especially in Widow where most of your damage is done in a lot of small bites. In my video though, I didn't really use the Counter-Punches, finding them mostly in my hand when I wanted to play something else and used them for a resource.

Sep 21, 2020 dendra55 · 1

@Hall of CardsReally love the idea, maybe more Barrera de energía instead of Contragolpe? What do you think about including Hermano Vudú or Nova instead of To the rescue? Many thanks in advance!

Sep 21, 2020 Tano Games · 3252

@dendra55 i didn't include allies because I made this deck envisioning it as a one-on-one fight between her and Taskmaster. Of course, outside of that theme, more allies would do well to have some thwarting. I really like To the Rescue for aspects outside of Justice, since I only play solo. I'd probably add Quincarrier and maybe a third Momentum Shift to replace Counter-Punch

Sep 21, 2020 dendra55 · 1

@Hall of Cards Your deck and great comments inspired one solo oriented (solo player here) deck not tied to the theme. marvelcdb.com What do you think? Removed To The rescue and added Hermano Vudú and Mockingbird to deal with Thwart, but stay In hero mode thanks to Protection the maximum time possible is another way to deal with it. Made the changes your suggested. Not sure if Get Behind Me! is needed if you have Grappling Hook. Maybe Tackle, or Endurance or more Energy Barrier ??