Very efficient thwarting for the few Mystic heroes in the game. Combos perfectly with Digging Deep and White Fox, which is a very strong archetype. Adam Warlock, whose deck this was released in, doesn't mind depleting his deck because of Soul World. This can be very interesting in a Magik deck too since it's a spell she can bring back to the top of her deck, and by discarding some cards from the top, she can try to find a better card to play from deck using her hero ability. I would always play this card as a Mystic hero in Justice

I think there is a case for including this card in a Cyclops deck. It can recur Full Optic Blast (and ready Cyclops to help him use it).

F.O.B. Is the most powerful event card in the game and a one-off so getting a chance at an extra use for it is very valuable.

All that said, 2 cost still feels a bit high for this card

I think some of the past criticisms have been mitigated with the introduction of the Pool Aspect. Having access to 3 triple resource cards goes a long way towards patching Hulk’s resource issues, Stick-To-Itivness and Healing Factor are generally good. Cut-upper is an auto-include Stun card and Tic-Tac-Toe/Black-Out further mitigate dead hands by giving those cards a function. I disagree with the idea of reprinting/redesigning a card unless they are mailing free copies of it. A more realistic solution is introducing Gamma specific support similar to “The Sorcerer Supreme”.

Understanding and judging Sneak Attack is pretty difficult for a beginner, as the precise wording is important. It certainly took me some time to understand.

The ally is discarded at the end of the PHASE, not at the end of the turn (like Nick Fury, who is discarded at the end of the turn). This will under most circumstances mean the PLAYER PHASE, so the ally is not around for the VILLAIN PHASE and cannot be used for defense then.

Also, the ally ENTERS PLAY, which is not the same as being PLAYED FROM YOUR HAND. Many allies with one time special effects (usually responses) refer to one OR the other. Compare the responses of Beast to Pixie.

Then, the Ally is DISCARDED, not DEFEATED, so effects which refer to allies being defeated won´t work (like Schnelle Reaktion).

But if the deck includes several high-price allies with powerful one-time effects, this allows for wonderful combos.

How do we review this?

It's technically a very slow Hero Response card, since it can only be applied to an enemy that was previously attacked this turn.

For my money, I treat this card as Honey Badger Special. If it looks like the villain may be a problem this turn, have her poke the villain and attach this card.

But if there is a serious minion threat, then that is a prime target for Puncture Wound.

The beauty is in the fact that you can make your decision later. So even if you are certain about which enemy you need to debuff, you can take your time deciding, since Puncture Wound's application only specifies an enemy that was attacked 'this turn'.

In a multi-hero game, this prevents you from wasting this card on an enemy that would be defeated that round. Excellent application of situational variance.