The Book of Dack Fayden

[tcglkn]

Cool I can go with this art from his first MTG card, as painted by Eric Deschamps:

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

PSYCHOMETRY
Start the game with an Artifact Equipment Glyph on this card. Anytime an Equipment Glyph is placed on this card, place a purple Psychometry Marker on its card. ​Dack may use the special powers of any Glyph with a Psychometry Marker on its card as though he was equipped with that Glyph.

GREATEST THIEF IN THE MULTIVERSE
After normally moving or with his Planeswalker special power, if Dack Fayden does not have an Equipment Glyph on his card, you may choose an opponent's adjacent figure and place an Equipment Glyph from that figure's card on this card.

Not that we dropped MD we can break out this into two powers for clarity too.

[tcglkn]

C3G INITIAL PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Dack Fayden

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = DACK FAYDEN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = THIEF
PERSONALITY = TRICKY

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 150

PSYCHOMETRY
Start the game with an Artifact Equipment Glyph on this card. Anytime an Equipment Glyph is placed on this card, place a purple Psychometry Marker on its card. ​Dack may use the special powers of any Glyph with a Psychometry Marker on its card as though he was equipped with that Glyph.

GREATEST THIEF IN THE MULTIVERSE
After normally moving or with his Planeswalker special power, if Dack Fayden does not have an Equipment Glyph on his card, you may choose an opponent's adjacent figure and place an Equipment Glyph from that figure's card on this card.

PLANESWALKER
Once per round, instead of moving normally with Dack Fayden, you may place him on any empty space that is either within 6 spaces of his current space, in your Start Zone, or on another battlefield that is part of this game. When Dack planeswalks, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

NAME = AMULET OF TARANTUAL
SUBTITLE = (Wall Crawling)

Artifact Equipment Glyph
When moving up levels of terrain with this figure, you may ignore this figure's height and only count one space for every two levels climbed. While this figure is adjacent to any figure, obstacle or terrain with a height of 9 or greater, this figure is considered to be 9 levels higher than their base for the purpose of determining height advantage against non-flying figures.

Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Dack Fayden (150), Doctor Octopus (Sinister Six), Kraven, Electro, Stilt-Man and Mysterio (1000) VS Fantastic Four

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage: Landed just one wound on Human Torch

Psychometry: Started with Latverian Life Spell and passed it to Doc Ock, no other Glyphs in this game.

Greatest Thief: N/A

Kraven hunting Mister Fantastic

The Sinister Six got out to an aggressive start and took out Human Torch early in round 2, but Thing clobbered Kraven before he could get to Mister Fantastic. Latverian Life Spell saved Dack once, but was actually more valuable for Doc Ock who avoided death twice. The Fan 4 pulled it out barely in the end.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Mister Fantastic 4 wounds, Thing with 3 wounds

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Dack Fayden (150), Amanda Waller, Rick Flag, Scorpion, Abra Kadabra, Hydro Man (1000) VS Crossbones (160), Madame HYDRA (140), Baron von Strucker (210), Red Skull (250), HYDRA Agents (x3) (240)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage: Took out two Hydra Agents

Psychometry: Started with his Amulet. Passed it to Scorpion early on. He stole the Cosmic Cube and promptly lost it to a wound from Strucker the next turn.

Greatest Thief: Stole the Cosmic Cube

The Suicide Squad just kinda got picked apart by the Hydra Agents. Not much exciting happened this game. I'm not too concern with Dack having the Cosmic Cube since he's not Ruthless and takes a wound every use.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): 2 Hydra Agents, Madame Hydra unwounded, Strucker with 3 wounds

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Army Test
Map: City Park
Units: Dack Fayden (150), Red Skull and Adam Warlock (800) VS Hawkman (Carter Hall), Flash (Jay Garrick), Sandman (Wesley Dodds), Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (800)

Spoiler Alert!

Normal Attack Damage: Got a couple of wounds on Sandman

Psychometry: Started with Latverian Life Spell, immediately dropped it and spent the first round passing Glyphs around.

Greatest Thief: Never wanted to drop the Soul Stone to steal the Gas Mask.

Fun game with Dack having a lot of options every turn but he's still not that strong. Adam Warlock did a lot of the damage on the JSA in this match. Pretty much soloing Green Lantern and Hawkman.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Adam Warlock with 4 wounds.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: Dack's pretty fun, but I have a tweak I want to make to prevent some of the Glyph cycling shenanagins.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by tcglkn

GREATEST THIEF IN THE MULTIVERSE
After moving normally or with his Planeswalker special power, if Dack Fayden does not have two Equipment Glyphs on his card, you may choose an opponent's adjacent figure and place an Equipment Glyph from that figure's card on this card. Dack may never drop or pass Equipment Glyphs he is equipped with and anytime he would receive one or more wounds, he only loses one glyph of your choice.

Think I want to add this phrasing to Greatest Thief. He's not really a sharer so having him be an easy was to bring these glyphs to share since he doesn't need them for long seems kinda unthematic. Right now he would only be able to get a second Glyph by stealing one from another figure (even an ally, he's kinda shady). Wording is a bit rough but I think this will make him play better.

[tcglkn]

I propose we move to public playtesting with the above change.

[IAmBatman]

sure

[Tornado]

Yuuuuup

[MrNobody]

[Soundwarp SG-1]

ja.

[tcglkn]

This passes

SP is updated with the changes for future testing.

[Lord Pyre]

Post-Yea

[Ericth74]

C3G STANDARD PLAYTEST FEEDBACK FORM

NAME OF THE PLAYTEST UNIT: Dack Fayden

Version tested:

Spoiler Alert!

NAME = DACK FAYDEN

SPECIES = HUMAN
UNIQUENESS = UNIQUE HERO
CLASS = THIEF
PERSONALITY = TRICKY

SIZE/HEIGHT = MEDIUM 5

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 5
RANGE = 1
ATTACK = 3
DEFENSE = 5

POINTS = 150

PSYCHOMETRY
Start the game with an Artifact Equipment Glyph on this card. Anytime an Equipment Glyph is placed on this card, place a purple Psychometry Marker on its card. ?Dack may use the special powers of any Glyph with a Psychometry Marker on its card as though he was equipped with that Glyph.

GREATEST THIEF IN THE MULTIVERSE
After moving normally or with his Planeswalker special power, if Dack Fayden does not have two Equipment Glyphs on his card, you may choose an adjacent figure and place an Equipment Glyph from that figure's card on this card. Dack may never drop or pass Equipment Glyphs he is equipped with and anytime he would receive one or more wounds, he only loses one glyph of your choice.

PLANESWALKER
Once per round, instead of moving normally with Dack Fayden, you may place him on any empty space that is either within 6 spaces of his current space, in your Start Zone, or on another battlefield that is part of this game. When Dack planeswalks, he will not take any leaving engagement attacks.

Army Test
Map: Conflict Chernobyl
Units: 800 pts – Captain America 240, Winter Soldier 240(Team-up), Dack Fayden, Spider-Man(Norn Enhanced) 170 VS 800 pts – Wrecking Crew

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R4T1 Wrecker 1 wound


Psychometry: Dack starts with the Gylph of Power Sword of Greyskull. Was really helpful the whole game, used on every attack.

Greatest Thief: No chance to steal a Glyph

Planeswalker: Used a few times to gain height or put himself in a better position.

Dack starts with the Gylph of Power Sword of Greyskull.
R1 – Movement. Winter Soldier puts a wound on Bulldozer. Bulldozer hits Cap for 3 wounds. Dack Planeswalks to get adjacent to Bulldozer and attacks(Cap/Power Sword/Height bonuses) down on him, Bulldozer blocks it.
R2 – Cap hits Bulldozer for 2 wounds. Winter attacks Bulldozer doing 2 more wounds to him. Wrecker hits Winter Soldier for 3 wounds. Dack attacks down on Bulldozer , its blocked.(2 attacks of 6 so far for Dack and a total of 2 skulls on 12 dice, bad luck but in a good spot.) Wrecker hits Winter for 1 wound from range. Piledriver attacks Winter but its blocked. Thunderball attacks Dack from range, Dack blocks it with his boosted 8 defense. Spidey hits Piledriver for a wound. Thunderball attacks down from range on Winter, but he blanks his roll. Wrecker attacks down on Winter from range, killing Winter Soldier.
R3 – Cap takes out Bulldozer. Wrecker engages Cap and attacks but its blocked. Spidey attacks down on Piledriver and does 5 wounds to him taking him out. Wrecker attacks Cap again who blocks it again. Dack attacks down on Wrecker, its Blocked(3/3). Thunderball tries to get past Caps defense but its blocked. Wrecker takes 1 more whack at Cap and finally puts him down. Full life Dack and Spidey vs full life Wrecker and Thunderball.
R4 – Dack attacks down on Wrecker doing a wound. Wrecker attacks Dack, who blocks it. Spidey attacks Wrecker and Thunderball but does no damage. Wrecker hits Dack for 2 wounds and sends the Power Sword Glyph flying. Thunderball disengages from Spidey and takes a wound to pick up the Power Sword Glyph and attacks Spider-man from range, doing 1 wound. Spidey SA's Wrecker who blocks it and then swing lines over to attack Thunderball doing 2 wounds forcing him to lose the glyph. Thunderball attacks Spidey who blocks it. Wrecker hits Dack for 4 skulls but Dack somehow blocks it.
R5 – Spidey swing lines to the Glyph and picks it up, SA's Wrecker doing 2 wounds and swing lines to attack Thunderball, doing 4 wounds to him. Wrecker attacks Dack who blocks it. Dack Planeswalks to attack Thunderball(still with the Power Sword bonus) but he rolls 4 shields. Wrecker attack Spidey from range Spidey blocks it. Spidey puts 1 more wound on Thunderball. Thunderball attacks with his Ball and Chain but its blocked by Dack and Spidey.
R6 – Wrecker and Thunderball have both of their attacks blocked by Dack. Spidey hits Wrecker with his SA, and swing lines over to attack Thunderball rolling 5 skulls killing him. Wrecker hits Dack for 2 wounds. Spidey attacks Wrecker , its blocked. Wrecker kills Dack. Spidey attacks Wrecker who blocks it.
R6 – Wrecker hits Spidey for 1 wound knocking away the glyph. Spidey attacks Wrecker it blocked. Wrecker takes out Spidey.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Wrecker 2 wounds/3life left

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Army Test
Map: Custom Map - Shipping Yard
Units: 1000 pts – Doc Ock 250, Trapster, Mysterio, Sandman, Kraven, Dack Fayden VS 1000 pts – Luke Cage, Ronin, Songbird, Spider-Man 250, Daredevil 200

Spoiler Alert!

Damage Dealt: R3T3 Daredevil 3 wounds

Psychometry: Dack starts with the Gylph of Power Sword of Greyskull. Was really helpful the whole game, used on every attack.

Greatest Thief: Dack stole the Power Sword Glyph from Daredevil.

Planeswalker: Used once to gain height and leave engagement.

Dack starts with the Gylph of Power Sword of Greyskull. Kraven picks Luke Cage as his Prey.
R1 – Movement on both sides. Kraven hits Luke Cage for 1 wound on two attacks. Songbird hits Kraven for 3 wounds.
R2 – Kraven hits Cage for 2 wounds over 2 attacks removing his 1 and X markers. Dack attacks Cage with the Power Sword, he blanked his attack. Ronin attacks Kraven twice both are blocked. Songbird kills Kraven rolling 5 skulls to 1 shield. Spidey attacks Sandman doing 1 wound.
R3 – Ronin attacks Doc Ock, who blocks it. Cage attacks Dack doing 1 wound and knocking the Power Sword away. Dack Planeswalks to gain height on Cage and attacks down still using the Power Sword, rolling 3 skulls, but Cage rolls 4 shields to block it. Daredevil picks up the Power Sword and attacks Dack from range, Dack blocks it. Cage attacks up on Sandman, its blocked. Sandman attacks Cage doing a wound and heals a wound. Doc Ock takes out Cage. Songbird attacks down on Doc Ock who blocks it. Spidey webs Doc Ock and attacks him for 1 wound. Sandman moves over Spidey and Songbird and does an wound to each. Sandman attacks Songbird, she blocks it. Mysterio attacks and kills a Toxic Barrel which does 1 wound to Spidey but misses Songbird. Dack steals the Power Glyph back and attacks Daredevil doing 3 wounds.
R4 – Sandman puts a wound on Songbird. Spider-Man hits Doc Ock for 1 wound. Dack kills Daredevil but he ignores it. Songbird attack Sandman who blocks it. Daredevil attacks Dack twice, he blocks both. Songbird puts 1 wound on Mysterio. Spidey kills Mysterio.
R5 – Songbird hits Doc Ock for a wound. Daredevil attacks Dack Fayden twice killing, Dack blanks his defense rolls both times. Trapster picks up the Power Sword glyph, he attacks Daredevil from range and does a wound. Sandman walks through Ronin, Spidey, and Songbird and does wounds to all of them and attacks and kills Songbird. Spidey attacks down on Doc Ock who blocks it. Doc Ock puts 2 wounds on Ronin. Sandman kills Daredevil. Trapster attacks(with the Power Sword) and kills Spider-Man. Ronin shoots at Doc Ock killing him. Ronin attacks down on Trapster who blocks it.
R6 – Ronin hits Trapster for 2 wounds. Sandman kills Ronin.

Who won? List figures remaining in the winning army (include life remaining for heroes): Sandman full 5 wounds, Trapster 2 wounds/2 life left.

THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT'S COST, BALANCE, & DRAFTABILITY: 150 points seems correct. Works well in Sinister Six builds. Not a ton of Thief synergy currently. Useful in generalist builds.

GENERAL THOUGHTS ON THE TESTED UNIT: When I first read over his design I wasn't sure what to make of him, or how to fit him into a team. Once I started using him I could see his utility. Being able to use multiple Glyphs that he doesn't have equiped any more is much stronger than I thought. And his Planeswalking ability to move 6 spaces is pretty big in setting up a Glyph steal or for gaining height. He didn't do a ton of damage in either game but that was due to poor rolls more than anything else. He's certainly a figure I'd think of using if I needed 150 point figure. No changes recommended.