The Catling Gun

This deck has one goal and one goal only: to deal upwards of 145 damage in a single turn.

How? I'm glad you asked...

Black Cat is one of the few allies that does not take consequential damage when she attacks. She's also the only identity-specific ally that does this, which opens up Sidekick and Side-by-Side as a "ready" effect.

That got me thinking... Sky Cycle exists... so, how many ready effects can I play in one turn on a heavily-upgraded Black Cat?

The answer: it depends, but if you're lucky, 7. If you're REALLY lucky, 8.

Here's how.

First, you need the following cards in play. I've organized them by what they do for the combo:

THE MEGA CAT (Black Cat + Upgrades/Buffs)

• Black Cat (duh)
• Sidekick (Enables Side-by-Side)
• Honorary Avenger (Enables other upgrades)
• Mighty Avengers (+1 ATK)
• Inspired (+1 ATK)
• Power Gloves (Psuedo-ATK)
• Sidearm (+1 ATK)
• Sky Cycle (ready)
• 3x R&D Facility (+3 ATK)
• 3x Command Team (Ready)

THE BANK (Resources on board)

• 3x Enhanced Awareness (3 res)
• 1x Ingenuity (4 res)
• 2x Web-Shooter (6 res)
• 1x Helicarrier (7 res)
• 1x Quincarrier (8 res)
• 1x Avenger's Manions (+1 Hand Size)

Phew! Only 22 cards to make the perfect board state. Easy peasy!

Now, for the combo:

Step 0) Have the following cards in your hand (Assumes hand size of 6, and Avengers Mansion in play): 3x Side-by-Side, 3x Get Ready, Hugin & Munin.

Step 1) Activate all 3 R&D Facility to give Black Cat +3 ATK this round. Black Cat should be at 7 ATK, with Power Gloves making it "8" ATK essentially.

Step 2) Attack with your Hero and with Black cat for 10 DMG (Running total: 10).

Step 3) Play your first Side-by-Side, using 2 on-board resources, then attack for 12 DMG (22).

Step 4) Play your second Side-by-Side, using 2 on-board resources, attack for 14 (36).

Step 5) Play your third Side-by-Side, using 2 on-board resources, attack for 16 (52).

Now Black Cat has an ATK of 11 thanks to the effects of 3x Side-by-Sides. It's time to go to work.

Step 6) Play 3x Get Ready, attacking each time for 11 (85).

Step 7) Play Hugin & Munin using the final 2 on-board resources to ready Black Cat and your Hero, then attack for 16 (101).

Step 8) Remember those 3x Command Teams we set up? Yeah, use all of them to ready and attack with Black Cat for 11 each (134).

Step 9) You thought we were done? Ha! Use that Sky Cycle to ready Black Cat and attack for 11, bringing the grand total to...

145 damage!

TAKEAWAYS

Is this an excessive amount of damage? Absolutely. Can you reasonably pull this off? Negative. But, even a small version of this combo with, say, a 6 ATK Black Cat might be possible in a multiplayer game where you have a little more time to set up. Bonus points if you play with other heroes who can help you draw cards (Captain Marvel, anyone with Avengers Mansion, that one card from 'Pool...) but for the sake of this list, I assumed no outside help from other players.