CotT: Agent Coulson vs. Dr. Strange

PuceMoose

This was one of the most boring crashes for me, as I never had a chance to fire a single power. It was one of those matches where the board was constantly reshuffling, and my only moves seemed to enable Strange to match either yellow, purple, or blue on his turn. Strange stunned my champed 5/5/3 Coulson once, but I eventually wore him down with match damage. A level 150 Taskmaster Sword helped Coulson overcome the board's trickery with solid extra damage to the so-called "hero". 

My reward was a 5th saved cover for Agent Venom, blargh.

DAZ0273

Twas the Friday after Thanksgivings the good people of the world were being direly vexed by a magical spell cast over them - a spell of shopping frenzy! This sounded like a job for Agent son of Coul.

Dr. Strange Sale : By the Ancients of Amazon Prime, who are you?!?!?
Agent Coulson: That isn't important now, I've been sent to take you into SHIELD custody because you keep pretending to say magic stuff but you are really just advertising things. You are giving us all a bad name. Fridays are about being Thankful, not 2 for 1 deals!
DS: By the winding windows of Microsoft, what proof have you and would you like it gift wrapped?!?!?
AC: Look what you did there. You are like a pop-up ad and I'm the adblocker. You're going to jail.
DS: By the Magical McChicken Sandwich of McDonalds, no! All my sayings are mystical in nature! Buy one, get one free!
AC: No. Just stop it.
DS: By the Burning Bonds of Black Friday, I will not!!
AC: Look what you just did again. That wasn't ancient magic, you are just advertising things.
DS: By the Macy's Day Parade, tis not so!
AC; Your next line is going to be about getting 40% off at Walmart isn't it?
DS: Tis 45%!
AC: *fires gadget restraining Dr. Strange* So that's what that does! Now I'm going to take you to a magical place called The Raft.
DS: By the power of purchasing!  Sale ends Monday!


Agent Coulson defeated and made it safe to surf the internet again. Well, until Cyber Monday anyway.

TPF Alexis

This is an odd one, certainly. Fortunately for me, Coulson is one of my higher-level 4*, so he has the health to absorb a few blasts from the Faltine. I actually ended up using all of my powers at least once. Got pretty beat up in the process, but Strange still dropped before I did, so it was all good. If you wait for the right opportunity, Coulson's purple can do absolutely ludicrous damage from setting up match-5s and such.

Token was a non-green 5* Iceman!

froggerjohn

Took four attempts for my 1/2/0 Coulson, with 2*Taskmaster's Sword and max damage boosts in each of the three color pairs.

Either Strange yellow or blue would one-shot my low-level Coulson, so I had to deny those colors, and avoid all powers. My first two attempts were within 500 hp of winning, so I knew it was doable.

Getting cascades was pretty crucial to victory (multiple procs from the Sword), as was forcing Strange to settle for off-color matches as much as feasible. It's a pure match-damage fight, paying close attention to board layout, and not taking any unnecessary risks with spawning tiles. (Avoid moves that might create blue or yellow matches for him).

Token was a Namor black.

Tarelgeth

Luckily, Strange is such a low hit point pushover that even a low Coulson should be able to win just by denying Strange's blue and letting match damage do the work.

Loved the Black Friday routine above, that was a great read.