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Guides on how to play as specific fighters are common, but guides on how to fight against specific fighters are not as common. So, I'm trying out a new weekly topic where we can all chime in to share strategies and tips against some of the best fighters in all of Unmatched!

Brains & Brawn was my first Unmatched set and She-Hulk helped me to big victories against the likes of Eredin, Achilles, Yennenga, Leshen, and even Sherlock Holmes! She's only considered A+ Tier but my friend hates playing against her (he's never beaten me playing as She-Hulk). Sadly I've only fought She-Hulk once using a hero who is a great counter (Doctor Strange). So whatever tip I'm going to give is from the perspective of the She-Hulk player and not from someone who beats She-Hulk on a regular basis.

The most important advice I can give to anyone facing She-Hulk is to be careful where you end your turn. You'll want to be in a different zone from her to avoid taking damage from her ability. But most importantly, Savage She-Hulk needs two actions to turn into a 9 Attack. If you don't have means to deal with that card, like a Feint, do not end your turn adjacent to She-Hulk.

She-Hulk has two other set ups for Savage She-Hulk. Leap Toward can move her up to four spaces, and Jennifer Walters, ESQ can move her to any starting space. So, aside from not ending adjacent to her, you'll also want to keep your distance (more than 4 squares away) and also stay away from starting spaces. Or just stay in the starting space so she can't be placed there.

I'll stop there so as not to dominate the conversation. What else can you share about battling She-Hulk?

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One aspect of Unmatched strategy involves mulligans - shuffling your starting hand into your deck and drawing five new cards. While there is the general idea of opting for a mulligan if your starting hand does not have any defenses especially if you're going second, different heroes have different mulligan targets. Let's talk about when and what to mulligan for when playing as Yennenga.

Actually, I have yet to play a single game as Yennenga but I've fought her a couple of times already. She's got the reputation of having a flexible deck that can adapt to her opponent's strategy. What should I be looking for in my opening hand when I play her? Do I want to get Pin the Prey or Stallion Charge early? Help me and other folks who want to be good with Yennenga!

To keep things fresh and force ourselves to play match ups we don't normally consider, I asked my friend to run this single elimination tournament using fighters from our shared collection. I limited it to 32 because we didn't have enough for 64 and I didn't want to deal with byes. I used Karma's latest tier list to determine the seedings.

We're at the quarterfinals now and it looks like Elektra has the best chance to win it all. Nikola Tesla was quite the surprise, taking out Achilles (thanks to map advantage) and Ciri. The mighty Sherlock Holmes got taken out by Sinbad.

We have our elite eight! I feel that Donatello has a decent chance against Elektra. No idea how the other matches are going to play out. What do you guys think? Any match results come up as a surprise to you? Who do you think is going to win at the end?

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One aspect of Unmatched strategy involves mulligans - shuffling your starting hand into your deck and drawing five new cards. While there is the general idea of opting for a mulligan if your starting hand does not have any defenses especially if you're going second, different heroes have different mulligan targets. Let's talk about when and what to mulligan for when playing as Nikola Tesla.

Recently, I've been enjoying playing as Nikola Tesla, but I've never really thought about what to look for in my opening hand. As long as I've got a good mix of versatile cards, I'm good. Maybe I'm wrong and I should actually be looking to get an early advantage? Looking over Tesla's cards, X-Ray Radiation looks like a good card to have early while my opponent still has a lot of cards in his/her deck. Three early top deck discards can potentially get rid of key cards and deal good damage. Other cards that look like good mulligan targets are: Lightning Storm for getting rid of 1 HP sidekicks early, Repulsion Blast to escape from early pins plus a random discard, and Polyphase Coils for canceling.

What should we be mulliganing for when playing as Nikola Tesla? Do you have more specific mulligan strategies for him? Let's talk about it!

Guides on how to play as specific fighters are common, but guides on how to fight against specific fighters are not as common. So, I'm trying out a new weekly topic where we can all chime in to share strategies and tips against some of the best fighters in all of Unmatched!

Today, let's talk about Doctor Strange, the third hero considered as the big three. I've never fought Doctor Strange but I've used him a lot (Brains & Brawn was my first Unmatched set) so I can talk about how I play him. Doctor Strange doesn't have a lot of offense - his printed Attack value tops out at 4 and the two attacks that can go above this require blind boosts (Bolts and Seven Suns) so I'm careful when I use them. With Strange, I treat matches as a war of attrition, not necessarily going for a fatigue win but biding my time until my opponent is starting to run out of resources.

Don't try to beat Strange via exhaustion. He's got two passes and two super passes, his ability to recur cards, and the ability to recycle Rings of Raggadorr (which will heal him). Strange only has one print 3 defense (Seven Suns) so it's easy to deal damage to him. Using his ability to recycle cards and keep his hand count up costs HP, so constant attack pressure really gives me trouble.

I'll stop there so as not to dominate the conversation. What else can you share about battling Doctor Strange?

Check out the rest of the Tips and Strategies topics here!

One aspect of Unmatched strategy involves mulligans - shuffling your starting hand into your deck and drawing five new cards. While there is the general idea of opting for a mulligan if your starting hand does not have any defenses especially if you're going second, different heroes have different mulligan targets. Let's talk about when and what to mulligan for when playing as Sinbad.

When I play Sinbad, I'm just hoping to get at least one Voyage in my opening hand and a versatile card or two. I don't mulligan for Voyage Home since Sinbad has a lot of card draw effects and I'm likely to draw into it anyway. However, if my opponent has random discard effects, I'm definitely going to try and protect Voyage Home if I draw it in my starting hand and use a mulligan to send it back to my deck.

Are mulligans this straightforward for Sinbad? Do you have more specific mulligan strategies for him? Let's talk about it!