

Winning Hand - A Marvel Champions Podcast
Boomguy
A podcast all about Marvel Champions…one card at a time.
Marvel Champions the Card Game is a Living Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games. Every episode we use one card as the focus of the episode but we discuss a range of topics, news, tips, and decks for the game we love! Join us as we journey through Marvel Champions one card at a time.
Marvel Champions the Card Game is a Living Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games. Every episode we use one card as the focus of the episode but we discuss a range of topics, news, tips, and decks for the game we love! Join us as we journey through Marvel Champions one card at a time.
Episodes
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Feb 13, 2024 • 33min
Episode 26 - Beauty and the Thief
The hosts discuss team up cards and potential pairings like Vision and Scarlet Witch. They propose creative names and mechanics for superhero duos, and suggest making team up cards more interesting by adding double resources. They compare Rogue and Gambit's signature allies and share opinions on a card from Marvel Champions. They conclude with a Valentine's Day gift idea.

Feb 6, 2024 • 42min
Episode 25 - Swarm Tactics
The podcast episode discusses team-up cards in Marvel Champions, focusing on the Swarm Tactics card for Ant-Man and Wasp. The hosts analyze the usefulness, limitations, and design challenges of team up cards. They also discuss the art and thematic relevance of the Ant-Man and Wasp team-up card, sharing mixed opinions. The episode ends with a review of a specific card and a call for listener reviews.

Jan 23, 2024 • 48min
Episode 24 - Captain Marvel (Ally)
The hosts discuss their recent gaming experiences, playing X-23 and the pros and cons of preconstructed decks versus custom builds in the Marvel Champions game. They also provide a detailed description of Captain Marvel's abilities and discuss support cards, superhero strengths, and potential enhancements. The importance of preparation cards and the desire for more cards in this category are highlighted, along with Captain Marvel's versatility as an Avenger.

Jan 9, 2024 • 1h 2min
Episode 23 - Bring it! feat. The Brandt
The Brandt, an expert in the card game Bring It!, talks about the famous Vision the Intangible Minion Collector deck. They discuss the cooperative gameplay of Marvel Champions, favorite heroes and campaigns, and a specific aggression deck strategy. The speaker also explores the concept of vision in the game, the power of Vision's deck, and a strategy using Party Thor and Vision.

Dec 26, 2023 • 57min
Episode 22 - Repurpose
In this episode, the pod crew discusses the card of the day, says nice things about some heroes that need a little love, give out gifts, and announce the winner of the Great X-Mas Giveaway of 2023!
Here is LazyTitan’s deck for the episode: Go Faster lol
Here are the 4 winning decks we discussed in this episode:
Colossus gets technical
Psionic Redirection
Rogue is ready to repeatedly recall repurpose
No guns for you, mister
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com
Insta: @winninghandpodcast
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554797829594

Dec 12, 2023 • 41min
Episode 21 - Daredevil (Ally)
In this episode, we discuss the classic core set card Daredevil, and wonder how he's doing these days. We definitely remember him being better, right? Is old age getting to him, or have newer cards blinded us to his gifts?
Here is the link for the big X-Mas giveaway: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J5kvd8pWQBTeWNq8EfuhYnH3QTkgWurah3C0pnbe6HM/edit
*Note: For the giveaway, we are making a slight change and going to give away one set of alternate art & promo cards to each winner to spread the love out a bit.*
Here is LazyTitan's deck for the episode: Float like a Butterfly (using bleeding edge military propulsion systems)
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com

Nov 28, 2023 • 56min
Episode 20 - Beast (Ally) feat. Nelson
In this episode, the pod weighs in on the timeless debate of mechanics vs. thematics in deckbuilding, what resource card is best for Beast to target, and where Hank's arm went. We also welcome Nelson as a special guest. It is time to discuss the genius himself, Beast!
Here is LazyTitan's deck for the episode: Just play more allies lol (it's that easy)
If you want to see more of Nelson, you can find him here: Nelson All Over
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com
IG: @winninghandpodcast
Discord: Boomguy57

Nov 14, 2023 • 53min
Episode 19 - Honed Technique
In this episode, the pod talks about the mental aspect of doing damage, deck archetypes, and frisbee golf as we talk about one of the more disruptive cards to be released in a while.
Here is LazyTitan's deck for the episode: Apotheosis
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com
IG: @winninghandpodcast
Discord: Boomguy57
Reddit: @therealboomguy57

Oct 31, 2023 • 50min
Episode 18 - Sky-Destroyer feat. Nelson
In this episode, the pod discusses all things S.H.I.E.L.D. with the Sky-Destroyer, Nelson joins us from Nelson All Over, we debate our favorite player counts, and share what hero packs we want to see most of all from the designers going forward!
Here is LazyTitan's deck for the episode: S.H.I.E.L.D. (but in the future)
Find Nelson here: Nelson All Over
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com
IG: @winninghandpodcast
Discord: Boomguy57
Reddit: @therealboomguy57

Oct 17, 2023 • 1h
Episode 17 - Fantomex (& E.V.A), featuring VillainTheory
In today's pod, featured guest VillainTheory stops by to share his thoughts on a new card from the Next Evolution expansion. We discuss his new content expansion, what deck he's most proud of, and why Fantomex has Doctor Octupus arms. Or does he? Tune in to find out!
You can find VillainTheory at his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@VillainTheory
Here is the deck that VillainTheory talked about in the episode: Master of Puppets
Here is the deck that Boomguy talked about: Minion Control Viz
Here is LazyTitan's deck for Fantomex: Fantom Expansion
We are looking for feedback from the community that listens to this show, so please get in touch to let us know what you think of the podcast, and please take time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, it really makes a difference!
Email: winninghandpodcast@gmail.com
IG: @winninghandpodcast
Discord: Boomguy57
Reddit: @therealboomguy57