Face-down in the dirt

Alternate themes appeal to me. Every team seems to have a strength, one theme that does well, but I always wonder about the secondary and alternate themes, and just how much fun can be had with them.

This was the appeal of the Squadron No-Break deck, the Avengers Leader build, and the Morlock No-reinforcement build. So sue me, I like Marvel decks.

When Darkseid’s Elite was refeatured in DLS, it didn’t take long for peeps to jump on the substitute bandwagon, but what about the Furies?

DLS gave us a pretty solid suite of Granny Goodness’s girlie goon squad.

At 1 we have Mad Harriet, with the delightful advantage of being useful both as a 1-drop recruit and also as a resource-locking tool should you not draw her for the first turn.

At 2, Malice Vundabar replaces resources, while Speed Queen has solid 3/3 stats out of the gate and ties in with locking your opponents resources. Considering the number of locations, etc, with a threshold of 3 or more, you should get at least one use out of her self-readying ability, even if your own resource lock theme isn’t behaving.

At 3, the aggresively stat’d Gillotina causes burn depending on how well you’ve locked your opponent, while Lashina further enforces the resource lock by placing cards from your hand into your opponent’s row. Oh, and burning while she’s at it.

Obligatory bikini shot

At 4, Knockout comes out with a hefty 10 ATK while also helping you remove those little breakthrough magnets from the first couple of turns by, you guessed it, tossing them into your opponent’s resource row. Stompa, the only rare amongst the Furies, is a slight variation on Lashina’s ability, the most notable variance being that she can target those pesky team-up locations…

At 5, Bernadeth gives another means of clearing away those lowbies (or indeed, a reason to underdrop next turn) to provide some lovely pumps, be they while attacking or defending.

At 6 we have.. well, no furies. Good thing Darkseid: Evil Reborn fits in with the “effects that trigger off your opponent’s face-down resources” theme.

And at 7 we close out with the 16/14 Kara Zor-el, who doesn’t really fit the theme at all, but since she shares the Female Fury version, she’ll still be able to take advantage of cards like Furious Assault.

The Mockeries are beautiful, yes. The multiple-Darkseid deck is lovely, yes. But isn’t it about time we got a littl Furious? Before it all comes to an end?