For the number crunchers out there
I recently got and have been playing through Agents of Shield, and got to the final encounter: >!Baron Zemo!< (which I put a spoiler warning on because the instructions do too lol). Given his first phase always starts with 12 health and reducing him to 0 removes three counters from the shield executives, I was wondering what the max amount of damage you could do turn 1 would be to try and clear all three executives in one turn (total of 24 damage). So, as a hypothetical for you number crunchers, what is the most amount of damage you could do in turn 1?
Rules for clarification:
- You can choose what your starting hand is for this hypothetical
- You can do anything from 1-4 players, with your choice of which goes first, but brownie points for the lower number of players you do
- You have to follow the Marvel Champions rules for deckbuilding (pretty much you can't use multiple aspects unless something else says you can)
For answers, just list out what heroes you'd play, cards you'd need, order, that kind of thing. Just detail a whole round 1 of the hero turns. Just meant to be a fun exercise for those that want to think it through :)
Posted Jan 27, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC