Hello Champoions! BananaCrapshoot here to bring you another Marvel Champions article. This one I am going to start another new series called High Fives where I will give my take on the top 5 or (high five) of each of the aspects. We are going to start this one off with Protection because I didn't think it would be fair to do aggression or justice until their card pool is a bit deeper. This is something we will revisit every so often. Also The Power Of "ASPECT" cards will not be considered for this article series. I imagine these articles will aslso be slightlty shorter than our other ones have been. Let's dive in.









I don't think it's a surprise that Med Team is on this list. The whole point of Protection is to keep people alive and how better to do that than heal 6 damage from your team. Synergizes great with Leadership players spamming allies to keep that Vision alive. The cost to dmg/health ratio is right on curve so there's usually no situation where you don't want this card on the table. I put 3 of these in every Protection deck I build.









Next up we have Tackle. I think this card is great. Note that its an (attack) so if you are stunned and try to play this it will clear the Stun on you and is basically a dead card. At first glance this might not seem to fit the cost/curve dealing only 3 dmg for 3 resources but its hard to value a Stun on the villain. The less times the Villain activates the better off it is for you and your team so I definetly believe this card is worth the cost and I put at least 2 in all my Protection decks.





As we all know using your basic DEF ability causes you to exhaust to defend against an attack. That normally leaves you exhausted throughout your next hero phase, enter Indomitable. For the cost of a mere 1 resource this upgrade condition will allow you to bypass that little annoyance and ready yourself after blocking that expert Rhino attack. This is great for the protection player, allowing you to ready yourself to either block multiple times a Villain phase or giving you some more breathing room during your upcoming Hero phase activation. I usually have 2 in my Protection decks.









This ally definetly isnt allowing in Planet Fitness, that damn alarm goes off whenever he's within a mile of that place. Luke Cage is a beast ally and is a must have in your Protection deck in my opinion. Of course you can opt not to include this beastly specimen but I feel you are doing yourself, your teammates, Krysten Ritter, and Mike Colter a huge disservice. Is he the only ally with more health than his cost at this point? I'm not looking it up, I'm just assuming thats the case, and if so, that is great value. That's on top of him coming into play with a tough status card, which besides being super thematic is also extremely beneficial. Your villain has 189 upgrades because you aren't using the hero action to discard them? You about to be hit for 1800084945937 dmg? No worries bub, this Hero for Hire will that shot straight to the chin then ignore all that dmg. He can also dish out 10 dmg over 5 rounds, or more likely 2 dmg for a few rounds then will get shot down blocking a hydra soldier for your Iron Man player that flipped with 2 upgrades on them...... Luke Cage is great.









Last up on my Protection High Fives is Energy Barrier. This card is amazing. It's a 3 of in all my Protection decks. It makes Iron Man assemble faster so he's not as useless as long. And it is super versatile. It's -1 on any dmg dealt to you and then you can deal 1 to an enemy, it doesnt even have to be the enemy that dealt you the dmg. If you have multiples out you can trigger each of them. So if Ultron bops you for 3 dmg and you have 3 of these in play, you can remove a counter from each and deal 1 to 3 different drones. The versatility of this card is amazing. Best Protection card in its pool in my opinion.









Well I hope you enjoyed this shorter article for High Fives: Protection. I will do a Leadership one next, Aggression after Thor releases and Justice after Black widow. I will revist protection at a later time. If you disagree with my list let me know in the comments or on facebook. We love this game and hope you enjoy the content we are providing. Be sure to check out our other articles, facebook page, podcast, and youtube for live gameplay videos. I'm BananaCrapshoot, stay scheming Champions.















