Deck works fine without Bar Sinister too, but just not as good/fast. Built this deck to be as annoying as possible, by blocking slots and messing with the opponent’s hand.
Usual turns if Viper in starting hand:
1: play 2nd location if Bar isn’t on 1st
2: Viper on Bar to block 4 slots (3, if no unit was there) / play 3rd location if Bar isn’t on 2nd and you don’t have G.Goblin in hand)
3: G.Goblin on Bar if it was 3rd and pray it doesn’t get contested (if you have initiative, you beat them, unless they also played G.Goblin)
Usual turns if Green Goblin AND Debrii in starting hand:
1&2: play 1st location if not Bar / play both turns on 2nd or 3rd if Bar on 1st
3: G.Goblin on Bar
4: Debrii on Bar
If your opponent didn’t contest Bar at turn 3, you won Bar and gave them and yourself 3 rocks each at the other locations. Optimally, your opponent played a unit into both locations and they can’t do anything for the remainder of the game. So you have 2 turns to draw and play a unit that’s stronger than their turn 1-3 unit.
Apart from just blocking slots, there are a few things to keep in mind:
– Depending on what kind of deck your opponent is playing, Doctor Octopus and Magneto can win single-handedly by disrupting a combo
– Take your time turn 5&6, Doctor Octopus into Shang-Chi can leave your opponent without a late-game, or you can drop Doc into a full lane turn 6 with Demon for a 16 power swing
– You can re-use the G.Goblins from Bar to help Magneto win another location
– Armor is usually well-paired with Demon or whatever crap you managed to give your opponent
– Order (LUL), when playing Black Widow and Iceman or Scorpion in the same turn
I’m missing card x, what do?:
Some cards are too unique to replace, judge for yourself if the deck can work without. Other than that, following cards definitely have some potential to be anno- synergy:
Aero / Polaris / Juggernaut / Spider-Woman
Originally Korg and Rockslide were in the deck and provide good synergy for Doctor Octopus, but Rockslide is too slow imo and Korg is just worse than Red Hood.