Just a nice little link to the Redemption card for quick reference and the card text:

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Linked (Show of Empathy). Victory 0.

Take control of attached minion and treat it as a Redeemed ally with a blank text box. Its THW is equal to its printed SCH and it takes 1 consequential damage after it thwarts or attacks.

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Believe it or not, I actually just used this card to great affect in a Captain Marvel aggression deck against Expert MaGog. I paired it with Deft Focus and it work quite well stopping him from accumulating ratings counters.

Nice to have a reason to dust off an old and seemingly useless card.

My big concern here is with the art. This is not depicting much of a "clobber" much more of a shield type effect. Would have preferred to have one of the many depictions of a big smash scene. That being said, its nice to see reprints of cards with updated art for the new arc.

I feel like Northstar is an overlooked ally. For a single card slot he can negate 3 boosts. Or chump block and negate 2 boosts. That’s a lot of value for one card, essentially three copies of Target Acquired hiding in a trenchcoat.

The value goes up with healing cards like Med Team or X-Mansion, so he can be sustained for the duration of a scenario.

And being able to stop a big boost card often does more than just reduce how often you have to go recover. “Perfect defense” builds rely on cards like Unflappable, Desperate Defense, Never Back Down, Not Today!, and Hard to Ignore. An unlucky boost can really throw a wrench into the works, so this insurance policy is easily worth it!

White Queen is great ally. Why? This card can really remove two statues in one turn (confuse or stun from hero and tough from villain by the attack). Also 2 thwart for basic ally is excellent and give a flexibility. What's more? Very good trait X-Men, and also not bad Psionic. Three points of life is a nothing crazy, but enough.

Rate (A-C) B+ Works well in solo/multiplayer, only downside is trait locked