Symbiotic Fluid (MCM Secret Santa 2022)

This deck is a part of KennedyHawk and MCM's 2022 Secret Santa deck exchange. The task was simple enough: create a fun Venom Aggression deck for solo with a limited collection. Most notably, I didn't have access to Galaxy's Most Wanted or Nebula so my usual go-to for Venom Aggression, Energy Spear Guardians, wouldn't work here. So instead I looked towards one of my favorite underrated cards, Fluid Motion.

The idea here is to use Fluid Motion with the readies from C.I.T.T. and Run and Gun to make some big attacks. The most important card in this build, next to Multi-Gun, is Helicarrier, which is why we run two even though we can only play one. Venom's resource requirements can be surprisingly strict, and Helicarrier helps him pay for both Drop Kick and Behind Enemy Lines. And Savage Attack if that matters. We even have Agent 13 in the deck to ready the carrier. The Enhanced Physiques will also help with Drop Kick, but most importantly they make Grasping Tendrils more consistent.

This deck is unlikely to use all three of its copies of Fluid Motion, but it really wants to get at least one or two into play. Once you do, you can reasonably expect to deal 20+ damage in a turn with a sequence like "play an attack card, attack for 6, Multi-Gun for 2, play Run and Gun, do it again, pay for CITT, attack for another 4." Or "play Drop Kick and another event, attack for 7, Multi-Gun for 2, ready with CITT, attack for another 5" for 20+ and a stun in case the villain is still alive.

The deck's not perfect, we don't have a lot of room for allies and we definitely struggle with Stalwart, but at least Venom's status cards are so efficient he still has a shot against Steady. If you have a full collection, here's some swaps I'd make:

Spider-Man ---> Rocket Raccoon

One by One ---> Clobber

Press the Advantage ---> Precision Strike

Avengers Mansion ---> Symbiote Suit

Overall, I'm pretty proud of how this list turned out, and I'd like to give thanks to KennedyHawk for this deck exchange, it's been a lot of fun.