Avengers Assemble precon.

How it plays.

Core game plan

Ramp and fix Jeskai colors, resolve Captain America, Team Leader, then deploy Heroes that benefit from his trigger. Cap triggers when another Hero enters; casting Cap does not retroactively put counters on Heroes already present. Early Heroes are still appropriate when needed for defense or their own value. Draw engines sustain the team, while counters and Equipment make attackers modified for Iron Man and War Machine. Keep a Hero or refill spell back when an opponent can sweep the board.

Key cards

• Captain America, Team Leader. Whenever another Hero enters under your control, it gains vigilance and haste and receives a +1/+1 counter, and Cap receives one too. Cap entering does not buff existing Heroes.
• Director Nick Fury. Alternate face commander. Makes all your Hero spells cost 1 less and, on every attack, digs four deep for a Hero to add to hand. Pick him when you want a grindier card-advantage build over Cap's aggression.
• Iron Man, Armored Avenger. Counters-matter and modified payoff. Every card you draw puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature, and his attack trigger gives flying to your other modified attackers, helping your team connect.
• War Machine, Avenging Arsenal. Turns a modified board into a beating. When he attacks, your attacking modified creatures (anything with a counter, Equipment, or Aura) gain double strike, which is a huge swing with Cap handing out counters.
• Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings. A counters payoff that ends games: he grows whenever you draw, and the moment his tenth +1/+1 counter lands you draw five cards and gain five life.
• Captain Marvel, Apex Avenger. Flying, double strike, indestructible, and she copies any counters you place on another non-Kree creature onto herself, so Cap's counter handouts make her enormous in a hurry.
• Avengers Quinjet. A repeatable Hero engine on a 4/4 flyer. Each time it enters or attacks you can drop a Hero from hand onto the battlefield or buy one back from the graveyard.
• Door of Destinies. Name Hero and it grows the whole team. Each Hero spell you cast adds a charge counter, pumping every Hero by +1/+1 per counter, which scales hard in a typal deck this dense.
• Sol Ring. One mana for a rock that taps for two colorless. It accelerates generic costs, while colored requirements still need lands or fixing.
• Hulkbuster Armor. A modification that makes a Hero a 9/9 flyer for a cheap Equip Hero {3}, feeding Iron Man and War Machine and giving you a fast clock or a sturdy blocker.

Combos and synergies

• The stock plan is combat synergy. Cap gives a newly entering other Hero a counter, vigilance and haste, while growing himself. Modified attackers can gain flying from Iron Man and double strike from War Machine. Captain Marvel mirrors qualifying counters put on another non-Kree creature. These interactions require the relevant creatures to survive through their trigger windows; they are not a two-card instant win. Use Avengers Quinjet or Heroic Return to rebuild after removal.

Mulligan

Lines and sequencing

• Sequence fixing before the commander; Sol Ring does not supply the three required colors.
• Resolve Cap before the next Hero when safe. A Hero already on the battlefield receives no retroactive entry bonus from Cap.
• Count which attackers are modified before relying on Iron Man or War Machine, and retain enough blockers for the crack-back.
• Use Nick Fury's attack-triggered selection to sustain Heroes when he is in the 99; choosing him as commander changes which legend begins in the command zone.
• Protect a critical creature with the actual target restrictions of Patriot, The Wasp or Plaza of Heroes; protection from targeting does not stop a nontargeting wipe.
• After a wipe, rebuild an engine plus one threat before emptying the hand again.

Pilot difficulty

Intermediate. The main plan is readable, but sequencing, trigger timing and resource accounting matter. Use the pilot reference and worked interaction before taking a long turn.