Spectrum - Brains over Brawn

Spectrum - Brains over Brawn

This is version 2.0 of a Brains Over Brawn build for Spectrum, who when fully upgraded will have a THW of 6 + 1 with Soaring Acrobatics!

This deck wants to primarily stay in Photon form, but before getting built up you might swap between it and Gamma as needed.

Allies and Player Side Schemes

All of my allies have the AVENGER trait, which matters for Evaluate Threat.

• Manifold finds any of my Player Side Schemes and can then thwart 2 from it:
  • Evaluate Threat only has 2
  • Specialized Training has 5, so he can take 2 and Spectrum can take the last 3 (assuming you're in Photon form). In this deck I'll find Surveillance Specialist to increase her THW.
• Speed can thwart for 4 the turn he enters play!
• Yellow Jacket has 12 upgrades he might find.
• Ironheart and Mockingbird are just chump blockers with a draw and stun, respectively.

Events

• Brains Over Brawn is what I built the deck around. Increase your THW to 6 (eventually) and after you make a basic thwart BoB will deal that much damage (super fun if you also defeated Lay the Trap with that basic thwart).
• It may be a little iffy early depending on the villain you're playing, but once you're built out One Way or Another will almost always grab a side scheme you should have no problem clearing. I also think it goes without saying that if you're running One Way or Another you should take a look at the villain deck while setting up to know what your options and counts are!

I don't feel that I need to run any addition thwart events because of Photon Speed, which will often ignore the Crisis icon since the plan is to stay in Photon form most of the game. I've also had test games in which I never even played Photon Speed.

That said, Clear the Area might be a good addition, but you'll have such a high THW that you may not have the chance to play it often.

Upgrades

• Chance Encounter finds an ally when you clear the attached side scheme (which should be pretty easy). Sometimes you want a specific ally to play and sometimes you want it for its resource (when needing a specific resource to discard an attachement, for example).
• Heroic Conditioning gets you +1 THW AND +3 HP
• Heroic Intuition gets you another +1 THW
• Ready to Rumble lets you ready after changing forms
• Skilled Investigator draw you a car after clearing a side scheme
• Soaring Acrobatics gives you (or Blue Marvel, but usually you) +1 to your THW or ATK.
• As mentioned previously I'll grab Surveillance Specialist with Specialized Training which gives me another +1 THW and also draws a card when I thwart.