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Cosmic Radiation
Let me start out by
saying that I am really hesitant to give a
review on this card. Currently this card is
being disputed by many Marvel judges. As one of
them I had to think long and hard before writing
this review (since I do not want to mislead
players with false information). This
controversy all has to do with the way in which
this card is currently being abused in a combo
with the plot twist Team Tatics. The combo is
as follows:
Player A declares an
attack with a fantastic four character, thereby
exhausting that character.
Player B chooses not
to chain to the attack because he has nothing he
can play.
Player A modifies
the attack of now exhausted character with a
card such as Savage Beatdown, Flying Kick, etc.
Player B gets upset
but can do nothing about it.
Player A chains with
Cosmic Radiation and Team Tatics – thus
re-exhausting the fantastic four character and
targeting it at the same time to give the
character a huge attack bonus.
At this point the
original attack resolves - Player B takes a huge
loss and cries.
So what is the
problem here? Well, Cosmic Radiation states
that any fantastic four characters that are
readied by its effect can not attack. So the
question is…Does the stipulation of Cosmic
Radiation cancel the initial attack? O.k. so I
am no expert by any means…so I hit the internet
and looked at everything I could get my hands
on. What I found was very interesting. I found
this on the pojo.com marvel forum under advanced
gameplay : “This
would be a perfectly legal combo, as Cosmic
Radiation makes so the readied character could
not "recieve" the attacker characteristic, but
it would not remove an already present attacker
characteristic.
This came from one of the Vs. Netreps.” (Big
thanks to Pojo and all those who posted)
Upon contemplating
this situation I would have to concur. What
this translates to is a card with unlimited
potential. However, I would like to get this in
writing from Upperdeck. So if you Netreps are
out there watching…how about dropping a line or
a ruling and let’s get some clarification
here!!:)
Ratings:
Fantastic Four
constructed deck – 4.5/5.0 …..the ability to
ready your Fantastic Four characters and use
their activated powers again is sweet…and did I
mention the combo…
Limited – 2.5/5.0
…..in limited all you need to pull is a
fantastic four character with a decent activated
power to make this card worth keeping…
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