This Season’s Winning Decks

Is Loki Still Supreme?

With this season coming to a close, the Infinity Conquest is now open! In this article we’re going to look at tournaments from last weekend, namely the Impulse Pro Series #2 Event’s Top 10 and the winning list from another event.

You can also view this content here in video form with gameplay examples and some additional thoughts on the top decks!

First we’ll look at a breakdown of the 11 decks that performed at the top of this event.

Loki (7 Represented)
Zabu Darkhawk (5 Represented)
Bounce (1 Represented)
Werewolf Silver Surfer "Silver Bullet" (1 Represented)
Zabu Helicarrier Loki (1 Represented by Johnson)

Loki

Most Loki lists are pretty similar with only a few small card changes. Every list I was able to find played Beast or Quinjet but not both. This list was played every round in a 77-participant closed decklist tournament this week to land xUrb4n a 1st place finish!

Quinjet Loki w/ Werewolf

Agent 13 and Luke Cage are standout inclusions from this list though not completely unique. Here’s a full breakdown of all cards across the 5 traditional Loki lists that I was able to find.

Agent 13

On Reveal: Add a random card to your hand.

Luke Cage

Ongoing: Your front-row cards can't have their Power reduced.

The remaining 4 Loki decks + Johnson’s Helicarrier Loki made up places 10 through 6 in last weekend’s larger, 186-player event, with no Loki players cracking into the Top 5. While Loki is an incredibly powerful deck, there was one card that really took the weekend.

Darkhawk

The three Zabu Darkhawk players could agree on half of their deck, with some different packages otherwise. Mrs. Marvel is incredibly strong, able to dish out 15 power for as little as 3 energy off Zabu. You’d have to pay double that for Doctor Doom, which many are also willing to pay for.

Ms. Marvel

Ongoing: Your adjacent locations with 2+ cards and no repeated Costs have +6 Power.

Zabu

On Reveal: Give each 4-Cost card in your deck -1 Cost.

4th place OwiCast opted for the flexibility of Alioth while 2nd place kx4n included Invisible Woman, Mobius, and Shang-Chi. The winner of the event, Dark Blaster took a different approach with several unique picks.

Alioth

On Reveal: Remove the text from all unrevealed enemy characters here.

Invisible Woman

Ongoing: Cards you play here are not revealed until the game ends.

Shang-Chi

On Reveal: Destroy an enemy card here that has 10 or more Power.

Zabu Darkhawk

This list really looks to go over the top with Mystique serving as extra copies of Darkhawk, Mrs. Marvel, or even Devil Dinosaur, which can lead to huge point swings in a Zabu-discounted final turn. The deck also includes Snowguard, which I pinpointed last week as possibly the best card in the game at the moment. I chatted with Blaster Dark for a bit after his win and he told me that his favorite moments from the event came from Agent Coulson in the finals. Both clips can be seen in this article’s accompanying video. I don’t want to spoil them here! Coulson and Devil Dinosaur he considers his lucky cards, and he enjoys that the randomness makes his possible plays difficult for his opponent’s to predict.

Mystique

On Reveal: If the last card you played has an Ongoing, copy its text. (if able)

Darkhawk

Ongoing: +2 Power for each card in your opponent's deck.

Ms. Marvel

Ongoing: Your adjacent locations with 2+ cards and no repeated Costs have +6 Power.

Zabu

On Reveal: Give each 4-Cost card in your deck -1 Cost.

Snowguard

On Reveal: Add the Hawk and Bear auroras to your hand.

Agent Coulson

On Reveal: Add a random 4-Cost and 5-Cost card to your hand.

Devil Dinosaur

Ongoing: +2 Power for each card in your hand.

His matchups were also lucky, as he went 1-1 against Loki decks in the Swiss, but beat opposing Darkhawk players 5 times! His remaining Swiss match was against a Junk deck, and then in the Top 8 he beat Bounce, Darkhawk, and Darkhawk again!

More Loki & Darkhawk

While I don’t have the exact lists to add their data to the totals above, I know of two other tournaments that happened in the past week, both that concluded with Darkhawk defeating Loki in the finals!

I also wanted to highlight one more Loki list off the beaten trail from Johnson!

Zabu Loki by Johnson

Johnson first threw this deck together for a tournament a few weeks ago, and he was able to use it again this weekend to crack into the Top 8. While not the typical Loki take, it’s impressive that he’s able to perform with it and stand out while not running the traditional list. It’s also just fun! You can watch gameplay from this deck and the decks to follow in the accompanying video!

Silver Bullet

"Silver Bullet" by YoWoodyMJ

This take on Silver Surfer is incredibly powerful, playing a suite of 3 disruptive movement cards that can trigger Kraven, though most of Kraven’s points will come from Werewolf by Night, the best 3-cost card in the game at the moment. Next season is looking to introduce some competition for that role, but they may all be able to be friends in this list which took YoWoodyMJ to 3rd place.

Silver Surfer

On Reveal: Give your other 3-Cost cards +2 Power.

Kraven

When a card moves here, this gains +2 Power.

Werewolf By Night

After you play a card, move there to gain +2 Power if it has an On Reveal.

Bounce

Werewolf Bounce

Bounce is a tricky to play yet rewarding deck that many top players are fans of.