Thomas Oscar Morrow is pissed off. After escaping from the DC Multiverse through a gap in the bleed he found himself on Earth 616 of the Marvel Universe and facing the prospect of superhero registration. Never one to conform, the good professor stepped back through the bleed to recruit some of DC’s finest weenies to join up with their Marvel counterparts and help Tony Stark stick the SRA where the repulsor ray doesn’t shine!
Ever since the release of the Justice League expansion, I’ve been looking for a way to make T.O. Morrow work and get an army of 2 drops on the board. My initial build involved Kelex to go and grab a Mosaic World and Professor Ivo to hunt for T.O. Morrow and although it was fun to play – when I could get all of the pieces in place – its consistency left a lot to be desired.
Flash forward a few years and now, with the release of several new expansions and the help of a couple of MVU preview cards, Thomas and chums are ready to go to town.
Characters
1 drops
4 x Sue Dibny – Charismatic Coordinator
2 drops
4 x Professor Ivo – Anthony Ivo
4 x Maxwell Lord – Financier
1 x Kate Spencer <>Manhunter – Fearless Renegade
1 x Sarge Steel – Knight
1 x Dr Psycho – Mental Giant
1 x Talia – Beloved Betrayer
1 x Red Tornado – John Smith
1 x Speed Queen – Female Fury
1 x Bart Allen <> Kid Flash – Heir to the Mantle
1 x Krypto – Guard Dog of El
1 x Kelex – Faithful Servant
1 x Natasha Romanoff <> Black Widow – Super Spy
1 x Shape – Malleable Mutant
1 x Melter – Bruno Horgan
1 x Clumsy Foulup – Puppet Dictator
1 x Toad – Mortimer Toynbee
1 x Electro – Shock Jock
1 x Forge – Inventor Extraordinaire
1 x Luke Cage – Steel-Hard Skin
1 x Dazzler – Rock Star
1 x Crimson Commando – Freedom Force
1 x Plague – Death Walker
1 x Iron Fist – Danny Rand
1 x Captain America – The Patriot <> Secret Avenger
3 drops
4 x T.O. Morrow – Thomas Oscar Morrow
Plot Twists
4 x Superhuman Registration Act – Team-Up
4 x Membership Drive
4 x Crowd Control
4 x Finishing Move
2 x Forged in Crisis
Locations
4 x Birthing Chamber
Maxwell Lord is the key to grabbing Superhero Registration Act and Sue Dibny is included as the sole 1 drop to go and find him. Professor Ivo digs out T.O. Morrow who you really want to hit the table on turn 3. Turn 4 onwards, pay the resource point and start swarming! On turn 4 you can get 6 resource points worth of characters into play, turn 5 that jumps to 8 and turn 6 nets you a massive 10 resource points worth of recruits. Crowd Control keeps a lid on the breakthrough while Forged in Crisis and Finishing Move keep your opponents numbers down.
Although the deck is far from competitive, I love the synergy between many of these cards and some of the combos that are possible. The Luke Cage/Iron Fist combo is one of my favourites and it’s one that dovetails quite nicely with the +1/+1 counter theme that the deck seemed to spawn organically. Captain America and the Superhero Registration Act are the perfect partners, not only thematically but also in terms of gameplay while Crimson Commando and Membership Drive take the theme one step further. Forge is a dream in a deck that runs nothing bigger than a 3 drop while Speed Queen can contribute to the attack and then ready to exhaust for a Finishing Move. Birthing Chamber was just made for this deck and, other than the key components, the 2 drops are included as single copies to maximise the number of recruits per turn.
Possible tweaks I can see myself making to this deck are running more than a single copy of Captain America if he proves to be as good as I think he can be, and trying to incorporate Quicksilver – Inhuman by Marriage for his double swing ability.
OK, so this Tuesday Jankfest thing seems like becoming a semi-regular feature here, doesn’t it? Be sure to call back in a couple of weeks when I’ll share with you all the jank that is the Intergang/Superman Robots deck.
