Call for Backup

I think this is the best player side scheme in the NeXt Evolution box (after Technovirus Purge). It lets players reliably summon their Voltron targets, or whatever ally they need in that moment. The ally also gets any put into play affects that don’t stipulate that they enter play “from your hand”. Beast is an especially good target, since his high cost can be a bit prohibitive otherwise, and his enters play ability lets you fish out a double resource (or a triple if you happen to be Domino) while you still have a handful of cards to use the resources on. Compared to the other PSS cards this one might be under costed, it should probably either cost 2 resources to play or more thwart to clear.

jamman39 · 5
It is so versatile. You can get Professor X for confuse, Mockingbird for stun, Beast is great like you say. You can also bypass Trait restrictions and get a Ghost-Spider or Gamora — Stretch22 · 347
Digging Deep

You only have room for so many resource-only cards in your deck, but Digging Deep has tons of combo potential that will spawn entirely new decks built around this effect (shared by White Fox). The number of cards that can discard this from your deck is surprising high, and many are cards you'd be happy to play anyways. A non-exhaustive list includes Weapon X, No Quarter, Global Logistics, Caliban, Piotr's Studio, Repulsor Blast, Aunt May & Uncle Ben, and Cosmo. Of course, it is insane with Domino, and Star-Lord too can place it on top of your deck with his Alter Ego ability. Assuming you also want to play Energy, Genius, Strength, and maybe some Power ofs, I might play a few more resource sinks or card draw to make sure my resources go to use each turn...otherwise you can have some awkward hands. I think we will see some really powerful decks with 3x of this card!

Stretch22 · 347
Overwatch

I have a doubt with this card and Cable. His own side scheme, Technovirus Purge says that characters other than Cable cannot remove threat from it. My question is... ¿if I Attach Overwatch to another scheme, can I discard it to remove threat from Technovirus Purge when another character thwarts to the attached scheme?

I'd say yes, as I'm the owner of the overwatch card, and It's me who is using it, therefore, removing threat from Technovirus Purge. I'd just want to know if anybody can confirm that I'm doing right.

wehehe · 120
Yes. Upgrades are considered an extension of your identity. — Stretch22 · 347
Then, the sinergy between this and Spider-Man is just bonkers :O. I used Yesterday to remove a scheme just found with one way or another and TVP with spidey — wehehe · 120
FYI, the Spider-Man (Peter Parker) Justice ally removes threat upon entry, but this is not a "thwart", which is necessary to trigger overwatch. — Stretch22 · 347
Question on this specific matter, if another player attaches overwatch to a side scheme, and I controlling cable thwart that side scheme, can I trigger overwatch on Technovirus purge? What if I place overwatch but someone else thwarts, can overwatch remove from Technovirus purge? And last case, another player places overwatch and thwarts on it, can they remove from technovirus purge? I'm very confused. — Normochampion · 1
1. No. The Overwatch is considered to be done by the other player's identity, not Cable. 2. Yes, that is OP's question. 3. No, same reason as 1. All three could apply the following logic: Does the Cable player control the Overwatch? If yes, it can remove from Technovirus Purge. If no, it cannot — Stretch22 · 347
Ouch, I completely skipped the "by a thwart" part. It was too good to be possible — wehehe · 120
Plasma Rifle

Works great with Graymalkin feeding that sweet energy every turn. The card text actually reads "Exhaust Plasma Rifle and spend a Energy resource --> deal 1....", not Strength as pictured here at release. :)

DeckHardCain · 55
White Fox

Let's kick off the Next Evolution reviews with perhaps the most broken of the bunch. It is so hard to overstate the value of something like this that no matter how powerful it is in play, comes in for free. We're talking Weapon X, we're talking Call for Aid, we're talking Gamora, we're talking No Quarter. And with Star-Lord or Domino as your hero, you can put White Fox right on top of your deck from your hand before your discard effect. With this and Digging Deep, we have a basic aspect package of cards that can go in tons of different decks and provide free value. I'm absolutely floored by this card and excited to see all the creative ways people will build around it.

Stretch22 · 347