Jubilee Hero Power Home Rule

Looking at Shopping Spree, it’s just not that great. 

It’s cool to always have a side scheme to clear and trigger some of the justice upgrades like Chance Encounter, and Skilled Investigator.  Even with economical deck building, I was able to do some of that.  I wisely added Cell Phone into her deck, just to always have an item to grab... In all of Marvel Champions, there are only two items cards which cost three.  Some heroes have no item cards.  Most items cost one or two.  So Shopping Spree pretty much saves you zero resources and often ends up costing you more for the same item. Really, you're just getting to search a deck for an item. It would be fantastic with Adam Warlock.  With other heroes?  Meh.  So far she’s helped herself and Gambit find an item... ...and Gambit never used the item she got for him –sometimes that can happen.  Overall, it’s a very mediocre side scheme.  With that said ⇒

Her hero power NEVER gets used... 

Her hero power feels like such bad hero design. She needs readies.  She seems like a support hero, so I added a few “if” statements to help with that role.


Proposed Hero Power change:  

Resource: Exhaust Jubilee → generate a * resource (once per phase).  If this resource is spent to play an ally or support, ready Jubilee.  If Wolverine is in play, draw a card.


Just a couple “if” statements to add conditions which could often make her power useful.  I only added “once per phase” to make sure it doesn’t get over-used, and because there are a few allies with reactions / interrupts…  Her stat line is among the lowest in Marvel Champions.  Her items help with this. Since her basic powers aren't game-changers, this change will only help a little in the early game, and help a little more late game, BUT she’ll often get to use her hero power, and that’s fun.


Does this make her a little OP?

As D20 Woodworking said, "I'm fine with that." There are plenty of hard villains and expert modes which are unreachable for my (economy) decks. The main point here is that her original power is completely useless, and the home rule makes it more playable + more fun.

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