Clarity of Shuri (Expert Ronan Defeated)

Gameplay

Expert Ronan Gameplay Video

Misconceptions

I feel like Black Panther is often overlooked. I often see the sentiment that you have to play all 4 of your upgrades and then you play Wakanda Forever! every turn, and that's his whole thing. That isn't the case though! He has amazing base stats, a powerful hero ability, a massive economy, and his Wakanda Forever! cards are worth it as soon as you get 1 upgrade! The Vibranium Suit and Panther Claws are my favorite cards to grab with his Foresight setup ability. On turn 1, your Wakanda Forever!'s will already be a 1 cost card for 2 healing and 2 damage, or 4 damage, which is great! Don't feel pressured to grab every part of his suit before you start playing them.

Shuri & Clarity of Purpose

Shuri is a card that most of the time is used to search for parts of Black Panther's suit, but she's much more than that! Her ability isn't limited to the suit! She can grab any upgrade. An amazing target is Clarity of Purpose which has amazing synergy with Black Panther. Most characters will feel the damage coming in from this card, but Vibranium Suit completely mitigates it and it's actually beneficial. Since Vibranium Suit requires you to 'move' damage from Black Panther to an enemy, you can't trigger it unless you have damage on you. Clarity of Purpose pays for Wakanda Forever! and guarantees that Vibranium Suit won't whiff. Shuri can also grab Endurance, which is just a cheap way for Black Panther to increase his hp to synergize with Vibranium Suit and his Retaliate 1.

Strategy

1) Assess the matchup - You have the ability to choose whatever upgrade you want. Against most matchups I grab the suit, but if you are in multiplayer against Ultron, you might want the Energy Daggers, or if you are playing aggression you might want Tactical Genius. Be flexible! In this deck, I will normally grab the Vibranium Suit.

2) Set Up Your Economy - This deck is all about scaling. Try to get Clarity of Purpose, Team-Building Exercise, Avengers Mansion, Quincarrier, and Avengers Tower on the board as quick as you can.

3) Overpower The Villain - Once you make it to having 3 supports down, and 1 or 2 pieces of your suit, your output will be high enough to deal with basically anything that gets thrown at you! Your allies will provide great thwart and damage, and your Wakanda Forever!'s and base stats will be able to deal with the rest.

Avengers Leadership

There are a lot of combos built into this deck that you should be aware of. I will list a bunch of them out here!

• White Tiger + Regroup: Her ability only works when played from the hand, so Regroup will let you play her twice and draw 2, 4, or 6 cards depending on the villain's stage.
• Kaluu + Wakanda Forever!: He can search out your powerful identity specific event!
• Blade + Noble Sacrifice: I don't normally include Blade in my decks because most of the time I would rather have something like Squirrel Girl instead. But in this case you can take advantage of Blade's over stat hp to get a 3 heal and tough status card out of Noble Sacrifice. He is the perfect sacrifice lol.
• Falcon: This isn't a combo necessarily, I just think it is important to point out that he let's you look at the top 3 cards of the villain's deck and plan your turn accordingly! It is extremely powerful knowing what the villain is going to do.

This list isn't exhaustive, but these are the ones it would be tragic to miss out on.

I had a great time playing this deck, and was able to take out Ronan on expert mode with it. I hope you enjoy it as well! Also, feel free to make any edits that you want to fit your playstyle.

-Stay Zesty

Note: I wish there was an edit button. I had Nick Fury in my deck in my Ronan playthrough. He isn't necessary though and can mess up your Mighty Avengers, so it is totally fine not to include him. But I wanted to mention that here!