Crisis Selection Extracts
In this article we’ll be reviewing my preferred crisis selection and ranking them 1-5 for Magneto, Mystique and Dual Rosters. Please be aware the ratings are largely arbitrary and don’t actually matter…
I’ll mention that in my roster I prefer either aligning to 1 leader all my crisis or mixing and matching so my opponent doesn’t get an obvious choice at crisis selection. I personally think The “magneto secures mystique extracts” plan is very weak and should be avoided. I would rather go in on one style and pivot when needed or have my opponent unable to make any great choices at crisis selection because the extracts and secures are mixed up. There’s honestly nothing that I would not consider running for brotherhood.
Senators:
My-5/5 Ma-2/5 Dual-5/5
Senators with Hulk/Juggs or some kind of steal combo is great for Mystique. Outside of probably CGR no one is better at the Senators gameplan. With prio and no opposing grunt characters at 19 threat you should be up 4-2 at minimum round 1. More and more people know how to play into this crisis now so it’s not the dominance it once was but is stil Mystiques best crisis.
Skrulls:
My5/5, Ma-4/5 Dual-5/5
I love extracts that give me parity when I lose prio. Plus if we have prio we get to take their Skrull with Juggernaut and create a scary risk for them. Double safe grabs is easy for us but not so much for other affiliations so regardless of leader we’re set up well. At 20 threat we can either go “Mystique Dream Team” or Magneto. Both offer great options. I like high threat games with Magneto as it allows his leadership to scale well.
Paranoia:
My-5/5 Ma-3/5, Dual-4/5
Love parity in extracts when I lose prio and I love all midline extracts. Magneto is still solid here because of the midline extracts and damage our opponents start out with. Mags Juggs Toad Steal is great. Mystique Juggs Toad and either Hulk or 2 3s is great. I like 16 threat as well as it’s awkward for some lists. The fast scoring can be a problem for Magneto.
Legacy:
My-4/5, Ma-4/5, Dual-4/5
By now the numbers I’m typing are largely arbitrary. All midline extracts are my favorite, slower scoring Mags is always nice. Toad is a solid legacy piece or we can bring Hulk/Juggs. This is a solid extract for us and let’s us pivot to either leader depending on the secure. We also love stackable extracts with Juggs and Hulk.
Hammers:
My-4/5, Ma-3/5, Dual-3/5
Hammers is nice because of parity and stackable extracts is great for Juggs or Hulk. I don’t like it so much for Magneto because it shuts down Asteroid M. I also don’t want my opponents getting extra dice personally
Alien Ship:
My- 2/5, Ma- 5/5, Dual-3/5
Low Scoring for Magneto and the damage from the ship helps the attrition plan. All midline grabs so our opponent might be out of position to be punished for that. Not a lot for Mystique here outside of Deception plays.
Montesi:
My- 1/5, Ma- 3/5, Dual-3/5
I personally hate Montessi but the Mags community seems to like it because it’s low scoring. Useless for Mystique. With Prio it’s solid because it forces engagement towards us. I personally hate this crisis for Brotherhood but a lot of strong Magneto players seem to like it. I’d rather play Alien Ship or Legacy that promotes more engagement. SHIELD and GOTG gunlines when we don’t have prio feel annoying to walk into while they have no incentive to engage us.
Researcher:
My-1/5, Ma 4/5, Dual-3/5
Magneto is amazing on Research station and is possibly worth running simply to deal with Webs and scenario teams. I have concerns about 4 wide Hulk teams but I think we have strong 15’s into Inhumans/GOTG teams. Pyro is great for Thanos while Colossus and Juggs are solid into CGR. I fall in and out of love with Research Station depending on the week.
Cubes:
My 4/5, Ma- 3/5, Dual-4/5
Cubes is great for Brotherhood. Stackable extracts are awesome for our team. Cubes is better than spider infected for a dual roster. Juggs and Hulk are great cube carriers. Magneto doesn’t mind his opponents hurting themselves. Just need a plan for X-men or others diving our back F’s. I personally just prefer parity when I don’t have prio but I may need to get cubes back in my lineup.
Spider-infected:
My-4/5, Ma-1/5, Dual-2/5
Go wide Mystique is solid here and our team doesn’t mind the displacement as much. Magneto obviously hates spider infected but he can play on it. Be sure to have a steal in your lineup for this crisis.