Andrew Guerrero [mailto:gokayin@hotmail.com] Spider-Man's new Friend - "Spanish Spider" "Cost 7's Unite!" Now everyone knows that the Spider-Friends deck is a team based attacking deck, and so is Teen Titans. Have you ever wondered what the two power houses (that are out for both teams at this moment) would do together? Me and my friend Ed found out when we tag teamed. Ed was using a Teen Titans / Brotherhood deck, and I am using my trusty Spider-Friends / Sinister Syndicate deck. We already had a team up out there for Titans, Spiders, Syndicates, and Brotherhood. It was turn 7 and I brought out the cost 7 Spider-Man and he brought out the cost 7 Raven. A match made in 14 attack power heaven. Our combo was me using spider-man's effect to exhaust all of their characters (with help from my avalon space station and our brotherhood team up) and then during the recovery phase Ed will pay the 1 endurance point for Ravens effect. Which saves me TONS of characters from being redropped to exhaust the other team. Think about it.. all of their characters are stuck exhausted and with the 1 endurance loss, they can't be readied the next turn. That leaves us being the only attackers each phase. and now for my second stradegy.. "Ultimate Defense" Now by myself this combo works very well, but in a team duel my god its downright vicious. So many people just disregard the spider-friends and sinister syndicate as an ok side team. But with the right few cards even simple starter deck characters are a force to be delt with. With spider-senses you already give your characters great defense with no attack loss (acrobatic dodge), but thats only to keep your characters alive until you can pull the combo off. With team attacking with the level 3 spider-man none of your characters will get stunned. The combo is to use Sinister Salvo, keep your characters alive and on the field, and then use Cover Fire. Even with just 4 characters out there, your already giving any character +6 defense for just one plot twist! And in a team match? +12 defense to any character. Then just use Daily Bugle to keep flipping your face up resources face down. You continue to make your characters un-stunnable. "Personal Note" (7) Spider-Man has always been my favorite marvel character. Alot may say bad things about his effect but its not meant to be used just by itself, you need tactics with it. Exhaust their character then attack it with Crushing Blow.. basically spider-mans equivalent to Clobberin Time. Its not a trick for those who want instant results..