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*** Combo Magazine #23 (November 1996) (sealed)*** <s>Combo Magazine #23 (November 1996) (sealed)</s> (pending)==What decks I like running==The main types of decks I like are decks that are heavy hitting, mostly with high damaging cards like [[AR]] or [[HN]].===H1N1===The deck is named after the special code that's prominent in the deck: [[HN]]. Since the H1N1 virus of 2009 was supposedly deadly and fits the moniker, I figured to bestow the name upon it.====Characters====* The Hand (19)* The Starjammers (19)* Nick Fury (20)* Hawkeye (Reserve) (17)====Strategy====This deck is one of the "staples" of OverPower, but I added my own strategies to it.I like this deck because each character has a way to deal an 8 damage. With the [[Marvels OverPower|Marvels OverPower Expansion]], the deck has some tricks with Nick Fury's no-Activators and Hawkeye's Action Leader. The strategy is to just hit them hard and fast. I employ Maximum Carnage's Lambs to the Slaughter in the deck and just go ahead and KO the opponent's main character, there's almost no defense that battle. ====Record====In its current (June 2012) form, the record for the deck has been 4-4 in Toronto Tournaments.===Offensive Energy===I haven't really put much thought into the name.====Characters====* Adam Warlock (20)* Cyclops (20)* Gambit (20)* Velocity (Reserve) (16)====Strategy====The point of this deck is to also deal damage, just like the [[User:Jack#H1N1|H1H1]] deck. This deck employs the [[FE]] special to allow for damage chaining ([[FE]] from Adam Warlock to Cyclops' [[FT]] and Gambit's [[EJ]] or [[HN]]) to get a much more sustained attack. Cyclop's [[FT]] from the [[Marvels OverPower]] expansion allows for a 9 damage -- more than [[HN]]'s 8 damage and it's non [[One Per Deck]]. I use that card with Captain Universe to get the damage up to 10 so I can bypass some defense deck's AD specials (the 1 to 9) and its legal to use in the FE chain. I tend to like throwing in some of the lesser used cards in my decks as seen with Captain Universe and with the Basic/Training/Doubleshot on my [[User:Jack#Muir Island|Muir Island]] deck. Adam Warlock also has some [[AR]] specials.The deck also employs Maximum Carnage's Lambs to the Slaughter event for a battle of pure damage. The only drawback to this deck is that there's no natural 8 Energy characters, it's a bit weaker since ''that'' 8 won't be possible for an attack. H1N1's strategy was to always place the 8F on The Hand so if venture is not won from the hand, you can win it with ''The'' Hand.Alterations of the deck could include:* using the 3-stat Adam Warlock (14) to give myself a 18-point character in the reserve* using Invisible Woman (20) (who also has FE) to give myself a 17-point character in the reserve** this would help me with the +2 venture each battle as well as allowing me to put Hawkeye in the reserve for a lot of damage (as opposed to Velocity's MW), no (or very minimal) AD specials would be used however* using 3-stat Invisible Woman (12) to give myself a 20-point character in the reserve** this allows me to put Captain Atom (20) in the reserve to throw out some 6F teamworks** or Sunfire (20) to get some chip damage from his [[FT]] and [[NG]] from reserve -- useful for spectrum KO* using Superboy (18) to give myself a 18-point character in the reserve** this would bring in the elusive EY special into my deck===Offensive Strength===I haven't thought of a name for this one either.====Characters====* Savage Dragon (19)* Heroes for Hire (21)* Super Skrull (3-stat) (15)* Hawkeye (Reserve) (17)====Strategy====Strength decks have always been known as the power-houses of OverPower and this deck is no exception. As of this edit, the deck has only been built and not tested or tweaked.The same strategy with [[FE]] specials in my [[User:Jack#Offensive Energy|Offensive Energy]] deck is employed in this deck. Savage Dragon plays [[FE]] followed by Super Skrull's [[HN]] and Heroes for Hire's [[HY]]. Unfortunately, you don't receive follow ups with FE specials so you can't use the [[JW]] special and do a massive chain (3->[8|[3->8]]). With 2 characters with 8-Strength in the deck and Hawkeye's [[EJ]] from Reserve, there is plenty of venture damage per hand in this deck.