The guys admit they were very wrong about Deception's cost, and talk about their recent experience with the very powerful tactics card.  They also take a deeper dive into Brotherhood builds that include MODOK, and spend a good deal of time talking Wolverine and Loki, two incredibly cool but somewhat undervalued characters.

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Seva's roster:

Magneto

Cubes, Hammers & Senators   // Meteors, Demons & Consoles

The gents tackle the last few tactics cards arising from the mutant rollout, and also spend a good deal of time talking strategies about the new 14-Threat Crisis including some tentative builds and what it will mean for the future of roster construction.  They briefly broach the subject of the state of organized play and how timeline events will be handled.  Lastly, the boys talk about ways in which one of their favourite starter set models, Captain Marvel, can be made to work with some of the new affiliations.

The guys dive into the new batch of mutant character spoilers as well as Magneto's panel-to-play tactics cards.  They also spend some time musing about potential mutant-heavy rosters.  Marc and Seva spend a bit of time talking about a recent game and also share their thoughts about some lessons learned.

Some notes about the short battle report:

Skrulls + Infinity Formula

Seva's roster: Black Panther, Shuri, Task Master, Spider-Miles, Wong & Okoye

Disarm, Medpack, Wakanda Forever, Vibranium Shielding, Brace for Impact

Blind Obsession, Disarm, Medpack, Field Dressing, Hired Muscle 

The guys gush over the recently revealed Brotherhood spoilers and discuss their first impressions of how Magneto will work.  The guys also go into the shift towards the inclusion of more 3-threat characters in their rosters.  Lastly, they revisit Criminal Syndicate with a sample roster and talk about their experience playing with and against the affiliation.

Required reading for this episode includes the excellent Coaxium Gaming roster article: https://www.coaxiumgaming.com/crisis-response-criminal-syndicate-at-each-threat-level/

Magneto spoilers: https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/1318979201798602752

Toad Spoilers: https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/1318667125632897029

A brand new Brian joins Devin, Matt and M-A to go through the X-Men spoilers, after which Brian details his proposed Defenders roster for the guys to sink their teeth into and off which to bounce ideas.

Brian's Roster:

Doctor Strange

Devin, Seva and Marc share their thoughts on the recent Banned & Restricted announcement, and muse about the updates to the affiliation list and what that could mean for Cabal and Criminal Syndicate.  Lastly, the guys spend some time chatting about play styles and how you can skew the crisis to best support a defensive or aggressive strategy.

M-A, Seva and Devin wade through the mass of spoilers for Criminal Syndicate and revisit their early comments about the Defenders affiliation.  The first part of the discussion is interrupted by even more spoilers.

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A wild Jordan appears and joins Seva, Devin, Matt & M-A in talking about the newly spoiled Kingpin, Angela & Enchantress cards, as well as a deeper dive into how Asgard plays.  We cap things off with our first Dark Horseplay segment where we talk about ways to make Winter Soldier work.

Devin, Seva and M-A join us for the first episode aimed at a more general audience, where they talk Defenders & Ant-Man and the Wasp, as well as go into their deployment process and chat about whether a total KO Roster is a possible and viable strategy.

**NOTE** For a more current version of the intro to MCP Strategy, players can consult episode 0.875: https://capitalcrisiscastpodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-0875-how-to-start-playing-crisis-protocol-fall-2021-edition-part-2/

Seva, Devin and M-A tackle the second half of the new player intro, with notes on how to game on a budget and a look at tactics cards.

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