Strike Better Podcast

A Marvel Crisis Protocol podcast focused on competition strategies, roster construction, and in depth discussion of how to improve your skills at the game.

S7E01 - New Starter Boxes & Mighty Avengers Hot Takes 01/05/2026

S7E01 - New Starter Boxes & Mighty Avengers Hot Takes (00:00:00) Intro & News (00:08:45) Mighty Avengers Hot Takes (00:34:50) Unsung Hero: Yondu (00:44:30) New Box, Who Dis? X-Men/Brotherhood & Spider-Foes (01:06:30) Deep Dive: New Crisis Mechanics and Potential Issues Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/39608665

S6E16 - AMG's Will Shick and Will Pagani talk Winter Updates 11/20/2025

S6E16 - AMG's Will Shick and Will Pagani talk Winter Updates AMG's Will Shick and Will Pagani join us to talk about the big Ministavaganza Rule Updates, previews, and character changes. Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/39105385

S6E15 - All New All Different Ministrav Roundup 11/18/2025

S6E15 - All New All Different Ministrav Roundup The full crew breakdown all the rule changes and character hot takes! Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/39081795

S6E14 - Clone Saga and WTC with PRP Jeff Troast 11/03/2025

S6E14 - Clone Saga and WTC with PRP Jeff Troast (00:00:00) Intro & Critical Calculation: Gambit and Luke Cage (00:11:20) Theme Battle! (00:22:20) Unsung Hero: Clone Saga (00:28:50) Deep Dive: World Team Championship with Jeff Troast Join the Strike Better Discord! Watch WTC VODS: /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38897805

S6E13 - Even More Webs and WTC Preview Talk 10/22/2025

S6E13 - Even More Webs and WTC Preview Talk (00:00:00) Intro Critical Calculation: Shadow King into Kingpin (00:12:00) Mike's Thoughts on Web (00:41:00) Theme Battle! (00:48:00) Deep Dive: World Team Championship - Montreal Shark Tank Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38745405

S6E12 - Web Warrior Q&A Minicast 10/15/2025

S6E12 - Web Warrior Q&A Minicast Just a shorter episode with Farmer answering a few Web Warrior related questions. /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38593770

S6E11 - The 4 Web Warrior Archetypes 09/27/2025

S6E11 - The 4 Web Warrior Archetypes (00:00:00) Intro/Brian Terwilliger joins this week! (00:02:00) Critical Calculation: Doc Ock and Mighty Steve (00:15:00) Trying new things. (00:36:00) The 4 Web Warrior Archetypes (01:21:00) Quick Intro to Countering Webs Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38379210

S6E10 - New Webs Full Hot Takes and Breakdown 09/13/2025

S6E10 - New Webs Full Hot Takes and Breakdown (00:00:00) Intro/News (00:05:23) Tigra (00:17:00) Ronin (00:29:46) Echo/Critical Calculation (00:46:00) Prowler (00:57:55) Ham! (01:02:19) Spider-Man 2099 (01:10:43) Spider-Man Noir (01:24:09) Silk (01:49:11) Ultimate Spider-Man (02:15:00) Web of Spider-Verse Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38208390

S6E09 - Meta Evolutions Pre LVO 09/03/2025

S6E09 - Meta Evolutions Pre LVO Inhumans vs Web Warriors VOD: (00:00:00) Welcome (00:02:45) Critical Calculations: Killmonger, Usurper attacking ASM (00:19:40) Theme Battle: Weapon X vs X-Force (00:28:30) Unsung Heroes: Mind Wipe (00:39:00) Deep Dive: pre LVO Meta Talk - Crisis Cards Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/38066490

S6E08 - Sculpt "Tier List" / Support Character Talk 08/17/2025

S6E08 - Sculpt "Tier List" / Support Character Talk (00:00:00) Welcome / Retractions (00:07:00) Critical Calculations: Cruelty Loki Damage Curve (00:15:00) It's The News (00:16:40) Hot Takes! New Brotherhood Meta? (00:23:40) Unsung Heroes: Man Thing (00:32:00) Theme Battle! (00:44:30) Deep Dive Part 1: Sculpt "Tier List" (01:13:00) Deep Dive Part 2: When to use Support Characters Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/37848885

S6E07 - Stop Playing Brace: Tactic Card Talk 08/03/2025

S6E07 - Stop Playing Brace: Tactic Card Talk (00:00:00) Welcome (00:01:20) Critical Calculations: Staggered Black Bolt attacks Namor (00:11:30) It's The News (00:23:50) Theme Battle! (00:35:30) Unsung Heroes: Heavy Firepower (00:44:30) Deep Dive: Team Tactic Cards Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/37648940

S6E06 - Vulture is an APOC Counter? Oh and Inhumans are Good Too 07/20/2025

S6E06 - Vulture is an APOC Counter? Oh and Inhumans are Good Too (00:00:00) We're Back! (00:04:00) Critical Calculations: CGR Attacking Okoye (00:15:00) It's The News (00:23:00) Hot Takes on Character Revamps (00:37:00) Unsung Heroes: Vulture (00:48:00) Let's Talk Intentional Draws (01:05:00) Deep Dive: Mike Wins Champions Cup GT with Inhumans Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/37468440

S6E05 - AMG Interviews on 2025 Character Changes with Will Shick and Will Pagani 05/29/2025

S6E05 - AMG Interviews on 2025 Character Changes with Will Shick and Will Pagani AMG Developers Will Shick and Will Pagani come on to talk about the 2025 character updates. /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/36779810

S6E04 - Passion of the Curd | Post Adepticon 2025 Rundown 04/07/2025

S6E04 - Passion of the Curd | Post Adepticon 2025 Rundown (00:00:00) Adepticon Impressions (00:14:00) AMG Crisis Protocol Updates: Store Kits and Crisis/Reprint Roadmap (00:28:00) Hot Takes! (01:28:00) Tournament Rundown (01:54:00) Worthy notes/ Tariff Warning Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/36039010

S6E03 - Pre Adepticon 2025 Musings 03/25/2025

S6E03 - Pre Adepticon 2025 Musings No timestamps this week! We spend an hour just talking about the pre-adepticon Meta. Oh and Mike is mad. /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/35859355

S6E02 - Crisis Changes and Nerfs Rundown 02/20/2025

S6E02 - Crisis Changes and Nerfs Rundown (00:05:00) Critical Calculations: How Bad Are You? (00:14:00) News/Character Updates (00:48:00) New Crisis Cards Roundup Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/35357940

S6E01 - The Pre LVO 2025 Meta 01/14/2025

S6E01 - The Pre LVO 2025 Meta (00:05:00) Critical Calculations: How Poor Are You? (00:11:00) News/Hot Takes (00:40:00) Pax Overview/ Meta Outlook (00:54:00) Meta Overview Summary Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/34855490

S5E13 - Monsters, Mutants, and Pork Roll with Jeff Troast 11/22/2024

S5E13 - Monsters, Mutants, and Pork Roll with Jeff Troast (00:02:00) Critical Calculations: Mephisto Attacks (00:12:00) News/Hot Takes (00:40:00) Unsung Heroes: Ancient One (00:48:00) Clash of Opinions: Power Creep? (01:08:00) Deep Dive: WTC Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/34103651

S5E12 - Are the New Mutants Spicy? 11/03/2024

S5E12 - Are the New Mutants Spicy? (00:02:00) Critical Calculations: 3 Threat Damage Dealers (00:09:00) News/Hot Takes (00:49:00) Unsung Heroes: Taskmaster (00:57:00) Clash of Opinions: Is Fat Thor OP? (01:08:00) Building New Mutants Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/33765177

S5E11 - Namor Bringing the Apocalypse with Rightmad 10/02/2024

S5E11 - Namor Bringing the Apocalypse with Rightmad (00:02:00) Critical Calculations: 4 Threat Damage Dealers (00:09:00) News/Hot Takes (00:20:00) Deep Dive #1: Building an Apocalypse Roster (00:59:00) Deep Dive #2: Nashcon with Rightmad Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/33301912

S5E10 - So About That Tactic Card Rotation 08/13/2024

S5E10 - So About That Tactic Card Rotation (00:03:00) Critical Calculations: Death or War? (00:22:00) Unsung Heroes: Ms. Marvel (00:32:00) Clash of Opinons: Is Survival good for the game? [Score: Mike-0 Brian-1] (00:42:00) Tactic Card Rotation Deep Dive Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/32554747

S5E09 - Ministravaganza 2024 Character Hot Takes 07/22/2024

S5E09 - Ministravaganza 2024 Character Hot Takes This week we go over all the spoiled characters from ministravaganza and give our initial hot takes. Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/32239682

S5E08 - I SAY TO THEE NAY VILLAIN! Asgard Roundup 07/04/2024

S5E08 - I SAY TO THEE NAY VILLAIN! Asgard Roundup [00:01:00] New Host Introduction: Brian Terwilliger [00:02:00] Critical Calculations: Which 5 Threat Does Most Damage? [00:11:00] Hot Takes: Asgard Box [01:03:00] Clash of Opinons: Is Eyes on the Price good for the game? [01:15:00] Quick Asgard Affiliation Overview Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/32017557

S5E07 - AMG Summer Interview with Shick and Pagani 06/20/2024

S5E07 - AMG Summer Interview with Shick and Pagani We bring on Will Shick and Will Pagani from Atomic Mass Games to talk about all things Crisis Protocol! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/31825342

S5E06 - Spider Foes Deep Dive and Hot Takes 05/04/2024

S5E06 - Spider Foes Deep Dive and Hot Takes [00:01:00] News [00:16:00] Hot Takes: Shocker, Gwenom, Electro [00:54:00] Unsung Hero: Vision [01:00:00] Deep Dive: Spider-Foes Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/31126288

S5E05 - Adepticon 2024 Roundup 04/07/2024

S5E05 - Adepticon 2024 Roundup [00:00:00] Intros/News [00:05:00] Adepticon Spoilers/ Spicy Hot Takes [00:30:00] Adepticon Meta Analysis Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/30712873

S5E04 - Timeline Tier List for Dummies (Us) 03/20/2024

S5E04 - Timeline Tier List for Dummies (Us) No Show Notes this week. Enjoy a listen on your way to Adepticon! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/30453448

S5E03 - The Bald Meta is Finally Here? | Prof X Hot Takes, CGR Nerf 02/13/2024

S5E03 - The Bald Meta is Finally Here? | Prof X Hot Takes, CGR Nerf [00:00:00] Intros/News [00:11:00] Cosmic Ghost Rider Eratta [00:30:00] Professor X Hot Takes/ THE BALD META COMETH [01:05:00] Inspiring Monologue [01:09:00] Unsung Hero: Cassandra Nova [01:18:00] Super Power Review!!!!: Merc with a Mouth [01:20:00] Deep Dive: Extracts and You Join the Strike Better Discord! FOR SURE BALD: Strucker Bill Ancient One Luke Cage Cassandra Nova Drax Kingpin Okoye Proffesor X Red Skull 1, 2, 3 Skurge Thanos Wong Bishop? Shadow King Nick Fury Jr MAYBE BALD? Bob Deadpool Groot Zola TECHNICALLY BALD Lizard Nebula Sentinals Vision Ultron 1, 2 Supergiant /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/29937378

S5E02 - LVO Roundup | Iceman Bishop Nightcrawler Hot Takes 01/30/2024

S5E02 - LVO Roundup | Iceman Bishop Nightcrawler Hot Takes [00:01:00] News and Hot Takes: Bishop, Nightcrawler, Iceman [00:41:00] Inspiring Monologue [00:49:00] Unsung Hero: Ant Man [00:57:00] Super Power Review!!!!: Witty Banter [01:06:00] Deep Dive: LVO META ROUNDUP Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/29721453

S5E01 - Expected LVO Meta Overview 01/12/2024

S5E01 - Expected LVO Meta Overview This week we take a deep dive into what we think the meta will be for the upcoming LVO tournament! [00:01:00] News and Hot Takes: Red Skull Eratta and Wakanda [00:19:00] Inspiring Monologue [00:26:00] Unsung Hero: Skurge [00:34:00] Super Power Review!!!!: Metal Mind [00:40:00] Deep Dive: LVO META Join the Strike Better Discord! /episode/index/show/strikebetter/id/29467613

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