DCL, Darkseid, and a little griping

Family gathering last night, followed by a late night painting kitchen cupboards in prep for my dad and stepmum visiting from Down Under, and you know what? Nothing inspired me for my Stu-vivor 3 challenge deck.

 It’s pretty clear that I’m going to be multi-teaming it (even with the new additions to Crime Lords from MTU and MEX, the team just doesn’t have the oomph to run mono), but the question remains as to just which other teams to toss into the mix… actually, one of those teams is pretty much decided for me, but still…

 So, since I don’t have a Stu-vivor deck for you, here’s a rambling about Secret Society in DCL.

 Now, I know that UDE’s pretty much stated that separating Villains United from the Secret Society was kinda sorta iffy, but it just seems wierd to me to have VU characters tied in with SecSoc now. It’s a little problematic for team collectors like myself.

By that I mean that when a new expansion comes out, I pick a team or two, and only really make an effort to collect those teams. This way anything else I get for other teams is trade bait. The end result is that I get playsets for the teams I’ve chosen faster, and need to buy less packs overall to get what I want.

 Now I find myself with a bunch of characters that, if I want to tie them in with their earlier versions, I’m going to have to backtrack and grab VU stuff. All in all this isn’t a big deal, since SecSoc’s quite playable in and of itself in DCU, but then it comes down to the choice of Legends.

Darkseid got a card in the original SecSoc, and there’s no denying a character of his stature is Legend worthy, but seriously – he has his own freakin’ team! To make the most use of his Darkseid Legend stuff I’m going to have to go back and trade for/collect all the Darkseids from DLS! Gah!

 To make it worse, I had picked up a LOT of Darkseid rares from DLS, but over time they’ve pretty much all been traded away. Fie and poop.