Universus MHA Format Mirio Deck Tech

With the release of Undaunted Raid, many new characters joined the fight in Universus. While several of them are already seeing competitive play, this focuses on Lemillion of the Big 3, Mirio Togata. With a straight-forward kit and powerful abilities, Mirio is a great deck for a player new to competitive play.

Mirio Universus character card

Mirio’s main ability works on Punch and Slam attacks. While there are options on all 3 of his symbols, this deck is build on Good. This gives the potential for a more aggressive build, although you still need to wait for the right time to go for the kill. You can find this deck list at UVS Ultra.

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MHA Universus Kyoka Jiro Deck Tech

The metagame for MHA moves pretty fast. Characters and deck archetypes fall in and out of favor in the span of a couple of weeks. There are a few that have maintained presence in high level play, and Jiro is one of the most popular. Many decks use Good, mostly to use Cannon Blast, or All to take advantage of Weapon synergies. This one focuses on Air, relying on Jiro’s reaction abilities along with low to mid-difficulty Charge attacks. The full deck list is posted on UVS Ultra.

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box
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MHA Universus League of Villains Prerelease Tournaments

Prerelease tournaments for the newest MHA block release for Universus begin on on Feb 23rd and run through the release of the set on March 3rd. A list of stores participating can be found on the official site. These tournaments use the sealed format, which has different considerations than standard play.

To begin, each player receives 6 booster packs, which forms the available card pool to build your deck. Additionally, each player should get a promo card, which is also usable in the event. Where sealed differs from standard begins with deckbuilding. First, you ignore resource symbols on your cards; anything you pull can be used. Second, you ignore the 4 card limit. If you pull 6 copies of the same card, you can use all 6. This can open up a lot of interactions and decks that could never work in standard. Without further ado, here are my unsolicited and non-professional insights.

6 packs of the League of Villains set for Universus
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MHA Deck Tech: Mt Lady

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box

Mt. Lady is an interesting character that, unlike most other characters, wants additional copies of the character card in the stage. The first enhance fetches a copy from the discard pile and places it in the stage. If you can’t, then you add a card from discard to your momentum. You can then use the momentum to give your attack +2 damage per copy of Mt Lady in your stage. Being able to give all of your attacks +8 damage is powerful, but blocks can be an issue. To help get around this, I build the deck on Void, focused on kick attacks to add some speed. The full deck list can be found on UVS Ultra.

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MHA Deck Tech: Pauper Ochaco 3

My Hero Academia Universus is not as costly to start playing as many other games, but recreating top decks can be expensive. While a shifting meta eases the burdens somewhat, it can still be prohibitive for a new player. That, along with the simple challenge, is why I enjoy building pauper decks for the game.

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box
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MHA Deck Tech: Pauper Ojiro 2

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box

In almost every ccg, play focuses on decks using the best and most powerful cards. This, along with inherent scarcity, drives prices on those cards up. Some players simply cannot use those cards, either due to lack of resources or a small card pool. Many card games have formats that limit players to using cards that are more easily available, such as Pauper for MtG. Chaos Gaming designed a deck using this philosophy for MHA. I recently played the list in a store provisional tournament.

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MHA Deck Tech – Ochaco II

My Hero Academia Cards in BCW Prime X 4 Gaming Box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box

As one of the main characters in the anime and manga, Ochaco has been well represented in the game with cards that range from very good to meta defining. The character cards are very useful as well, but overall, Ochaco II may be the most overtly powerful of them. Featuring a free speed buff, a speed reduction, and the ability to remove a successful attack from your card pool, this version also has the second highest Health rating in the game currently.

The resources on this version are unusual for how the character is typically shown, specifically Death. This gives access to several powerful cards, as well as turning the low hand size into an asset. This is a deck with powerful attacks that make each block a difficult choice.

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MHA Deck Tech – Mei Hatsume

Mei Hatsume was introduced to the My Hero Academia game in the Crimson Rampage set. Initially, opinions were negative, with most considering the character mid-tier at best. However, players soon realized that Mei can grant large and consistent damage bonuses while also maintaining significant card advantage.

This deck uses the Life resource. While decks will typically use All to make use of several powerful Weapon attacks, Life grants more interaction with flipping foundations, making Mei’s Enhance more powerful overall.

BCW Prime X4 box with My Hero Academia decks
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box
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MHA Deck Tech – Iida 2

My Hero Academia has revitalized the Universus system, thanks to the crossover appeal from fans of the anime. In fact, the Jasco booth at Gen Con was constantly full with people taking demos of the game. For better or worse, the meta also moves quickly, with a character considered useless jumping to high usage in a matter of weeks.

With this in mind, I offer this little deck tech. It is not tournament viable, at least not now, but should work well for casual or local play using a very high-risk/high-reward style. The deck is capable of throwing out several high-damage, nearly unblockable attacks each turn, but only if all the pieces are in place. Without further ado, the list.

My Hero Academia decks with accessories in Prime X4 box
Four MHA decks in a BCW Prime X4 Gaming Box
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Collecting the My Hero Academia CCG

On October 15th, North America saw the release of the My Hero Academia card game, based on the hit anime and manga series. The game uses the UniVersus system to replicate fast head-to-head fighting action. The system has its roots in the Universal Fighting System series released in 2006. The name was changed as the game stopped focusing exclusively on fighting games like Street Fighter and Soul Calibur and used properties ranging from the Mega Man to Cowboy Bebop.

Players select a character to build their deck around. Players build foundations and assets, use action cards, and unleash attacks to try to reduce the opponent to 0 life. Each card has a difficulty printed on it and success is determined by putting the top card of the player’s deck into the discard pile, hoping for a check number that is equal or higher than the difficulty. A successfully played card remains in the staging area, increasing all other card difficulties by 1. For more information, check the resources page.

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