(Thor) We All Know Who's In Charge

Somewhere in space...

Quill: Hey Gamora! Can we head back to Earth real quick? Boomguy is doing a build-a-deck challenge around Air Supremacy! That's my card! I need to get more Marvel Champions expansions so I can make an awesome deck.

Gamora: Are you kidding me? I let you buy the Core Set and your Hero Pack and that's plenty. That and the Captain America pack that Rocket stole for some reason.

Quill: Well...he just wanted it more...

Gamora: Yeah, and now we're not welcome on Earth, remember?

Thor walks in.

Thor: We're not going to Earth, Quail...we all know who's in charge here. Besides, I have a solution for you.

Quill: Uh, huh...what's that?

Thor: Well, we can put together a pretty good deck with what you have, and just one other pack.

Quill: We don't have any others.

Thor: (winks) I just happen to have found my Hero Pack laying around. Now we've got everything we need for a fun Air Supremacy deck.

Quill: Where'd you find your hero pack?

Thor: Uhhh...on Gamora's nightstand. But look...the key is I can go aerial from turn one. Whereas you...let me explain how this will work. First, we throw in a couple solid aerial allies in Adam Warlock and Falcon for Air Supremacy.

Quill: OK, yeah. Any yokel from Earth could put that together. Is that it? Because that's like less than 12% of a plan!

Thor: Well we need targets for Air Supremacy, right? As Defender of the Nine Realms, I'm often throwing a wrench in the villain's plans, and rooting out any one of his nefarious minions.

Quill: Uh, huh...and what if you don't have Air Supremacy ready to go? Now you're stuck with a minion.

Thor: I'm the God of Thunder - the minion is stuck with me. And while a good Hammer Throw cleanses the soul, here's another trap...do you know Hawkeye? He cuts the baddie down, and then Beta Ray Bill finishes him off, putting an even bigger damper on the villain's scheme. They're quite a pair. And I come out energized from the whole exchange.

Quill: You know what your problem is? You get stuck with left-over cards at the end of your turn. I've got an Element Gun for that. Two actually...(smiles at Gamora)

Gamora: (unimpressed stare, then eyeroll)

Thor: Of course! It happens from time to time. I relish battle and can't be bothered with droll considerations like "effective resources". But, remember Adam? He's got me covered in that case, and so does this guy named Simon. I don't know him very well, but he's seems like a good guy and he works cheap.

Quill: See...that's why you suck. You bring these allies on board, and expect them to sit around until there's a minion or an extra card laying around.

Thor: Are you paying attention? With all these friends, I'll have Strength In Numbers and tremendous Teamwork.

Quill: Who's Doreen Green?

Thor: Ah! Squirrel Girl! You haven't met her? She's great. Look...she pounces out of nowhere, well not Knowhere, but somewhere, with all these furry creatures and they bite everyone and cause a general ruckus! Then she attacks the villain's fist with her face and takes off. It's quite a show. See...this is going to be a great deck, Quill.

Quill: Fine. But I'm still the captain.

Thor: Of course you are.