(00:00:00) Intro & Adepticon Vibe Check

(00:20:00) Mike's Adepticon Performance

(00:35:00) Ryan's Adepticon Performance

(00:54:00) Ryan Breaks the Game?

(01:04:00) Stuff We Didn't Like

(01:29:00) Adepticon Tournament Stats Breakdown

(02:00:00) Road Map Spicy Quick Takes

(02:16:00) 2026 MCP Strike Better Hall Inductees. (SBMCPHOF)

MIKE'S WORLDS LIST: https://www.jarvis-protocol.com/rosters/b2e221d9-470f-424e-a5c2-44cdff3c85d5

RYAN'S WORLDS LIST: https://www.jarvis-protocol.com/rosters/63bf1038-5dcf-4983-9ef3-03a6849c25e2

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Will Shick and Will Pagani talk about all the AMG reveals about Marvel Crisis Protocol. 

(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

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This week the Strike Better team bring on Dave Den Ouden, otherwise known as Utility Cookie to help discuss ways you can become a better roster builder, as well as breaking down the Season 4 Top Cut.

• [00:00:00] News + Updates
• [00:09:00] Roster Talk: Season 4 Top Cut
• [00:55:00] Beef against Jacob Collins
• [01:00:00] Deep Dive: Utility Cookie

Strike Better!

This week the Strike Better team look at the last bit of the Inhuman's character cards and discuss whether Medusa or Lockjaw will have a larger impact on the meta. Then the Season 4 Midseason roster updates and broken down in detail!

• [00:00:00] Inhumans Talk/ News
• [00:34:00] Roster Talk: Season 4 Midseason Updates/Records
• [00:59:00] Deep Dive: Listener Questions

Strike Better!

This week the Strike Better team take on a variety of listener questions after discussing the new Inhumans news. Lockjaw is certainly a good boy, but is he good for the game? Also, the Mad Titan continues to be explored as new Thanos builds find success in the TTS Season 4 league.

• [00:00:00] Inhumans Talk/ News
• [00:30:00] Roster Talk: TTS4 Midseason Changes/ 9 Point Thanos
• [01:03:00] Deep Dive: Listener Questions

Strike Better!

This week the Strike Better team breakdown the data dump of all users participating in the Table Top Simulator Season 4 league! Who was the top character? Which affiliation was surprisingly underrepresented? Which tactics card should maybe be on the ban list? Find out all that and more this week!

• [00:00:00] Intros/News
• [00:12:00] Roster Talk
• [00:23:00] TTS S4 Stat Breakdown
• [01:15:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

AMG gave MCP players an early holiday gift with the release of new game modes! The Strike Better team discusses why one of them, Battle Realm, is good enough to be the new competitive standard. Also, the team discusses why Loki should never go for $34 dollars in a draft style format.

• [00:00:00] Intros /News
• [00:09:00] Roster Talk: MCP Draft Highlights
• [00:30:00] Deep Dive: Can Battle Realm be the new competitive standard?
• [01:29:00] Power Ups

Strike Better Draft Results

With the holidays coming up this week we bring on Abby Pitout, a TTS Season 4 and Australian Grassroots community organizer, to discuss positive ways to grow the game as well as common beginner mistakes.

• [00:00:00] Intros /News
• [00:15:00] Roster Talk: What We're Playing + Holiday Buying Guide
• [00:42:00] Deep Dive: How to teach new players/build a community
• [01:23:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

This week the Strike Better team teaches you how to correctly pick your Crisis cards when creating a competitive roster. Also Adam Murgatroyd announces the new strikebetterpodcast.com blog!

• [00:00:00] Intros/News
• [00:10:00] Roster Talk: Thinking About Season 4
• [00:30:00] Deep Dive: Crisis Selection
• [01:30:00] Power Ups

This week the Strike Better team bring on TTS Season 3 league winning Esmond, otherwise known as Scorsha, to discuss X-Men, Wakanda, his approach to the game, and a truly epic final match against co-host Morgan Reid.

• [00:25:00] Roster Talk
• [00:36:00] Esmond (Scorsha) Interview
• [01:15:00] Power Ups

Scorsha Youtube for game Commentary 

TTS3 Final Match Highlights (from Turn 0)

This week the guys at Strike Better discuss the Top 8 breakdown of TTS League Season 3. Then Travis Foss is interviewed on how he approaches his matchups, and what you should do as a player to prepare for games.

• [00:00:00] Magneto/Toad Preview + Dice Beef
• [00:20:00] Roster Talk: TTS Top 8 Breakdown
• [00:47:00] Deep Dive: How to plan for a Matchup
• [01:18:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

Top 16 Lists

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This week the guys at Strike Better discuss what Synergy is, and how you can create some in your own Roster. The new Restricted/Ban list is also discussed as well as a catchup on card previews.

• [00:00:00] Restricted and Ban List Talk
• [00:16:00] Roster Talk: Preview Bonanza
• [00:44:00] Deep Dive: Synergy
• [01:29:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

TTS League Discord: https://discord.gg/6WyfHPp

(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

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This week the Strike Better crew breaks down everything you need to know about Priority. You'll also learn what the difference between a Control squad and an Attrition squad. 

• [00:00:00] TTS Season 3 Mid Season Stats
• [00:09:00] Roster Talk - How to Make Roster Changes
• [00:40:00] Deep Dive - Priority
• [01:27:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

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September releases soon approach and the Strike Better crew breaks down what you need to know about Defenders roster building, whether or not Ant-Man and Wasp are any good, and if Dr. Strange and Ghost Rider are worth their 5 point cost.

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:09:00] Roster Talk - Defenders
• [00:27:00] Deep Dive - Ant-Man, Strange, Ghost Rider
• [01:15:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

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Tabletop Simulator MCP Season 3 begins soon and the Strike Better crew breaks down all the important information including: most popular affiliations, most prevalent characters, and favorite crisis selections.

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:04:00] Roster Talk - TTS League Retrospective
• [00:20:00] Deep Dive - TTS Season 3 Meta
• [01:07:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

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This opening episode focuses on how you build a roster for Crisis Protocol. If you've been wondering how to select your affiliation, characters, tactics cards, and crisis cards then this is the episode to listen to.

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:05:00] Roster Talk - How to Build a Competitive Roster
• [00:50:00] Deep Dive - Additional Roster Tips
• [01:05:00] Power Ups

Strike Better!

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Learn about who we are and what our show format is!

Just a shorter episode with Farmer answering a few Web Warrior related questions.

(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

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(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

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Inhumans vs Web Warriors VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt7vnCnrvas&t=527s

(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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AMG Developers Will Shick and Will Pagani come on to talk about the 2025 character updates.

(00:00:00) Intro & Adepticon Hype Talk / Speculation

(00:27:30) Unsung Hero: Kingpin

(00:35:00) 2026 MCP Strike Better Hall of Fame Finalists. (MCPSBHOF)

(01:14:00) SUPER OR POOPER!

(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

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No timestamps this week! We spend an hour just talking about the pre-adepticon Meta. Oh and Mike is mad.

(00:05:00) Critical Calculations: How Bad Are You?

(00:14:00) News/Character Updates

(00:48:00) New Crisis Cards Roundup

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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This week we go over all the spoiled characters from ministravaganza and give our initial hot takes.

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• [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

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Welcome to Team Up! Strike Better's sidecast for MCP Alliances!

We bring on Will Shick and Will Pagani from Atomic Mass Games to talk about all things Crisis Protocol!

• [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

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• [00:00:00] Intros/News
• [00:05:00] Adepticon Spoilers/ Spicy Hot Takes
• [00:30:00] Adepticon Meta Analysis

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No Show Notes this week. Enjoy a listen on your way to Adepticon!

• [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

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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

• [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

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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

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One last quick episode before the Holidays! We'll be back in 2024!

This week we bring discuss all things timeline format, as well as express what we're MCP Thankful for!

• [00:01:00] News and Hot Takes: Timline Rosters!
• [00:10:00] Unsung Hero: Hulk Buster
• [00:18:00] Super Power Review!!!!: Ensnare
• [00:26:00] Deep Dive: Timeline Deep Dive

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This week we bring on Second Wind Winner Zach Cohen to talk about his Guardians of the Galaxy team that...shockingly included the current Meta menace Cosmic Ghost Rider.

• [00:01:00] News and Hot Takes: Core Set II Reactions
• [00:10:00] Unsung Hero: Enchantress
• [00:16:00] Inspiring Monologue
• [00:21:00] Super Power Review!!!!: Power is Only For the One Who Rules!
• [00:31:00] Deep Dive: WTC Interview with Zach

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00:00:00 Intro & News: SECRET STREAM?! 

00:08:30 Critical Calculation! Namor into Black Widow

00:14:20 Hot Takes: Kang, Iron Monger, Rescue

00:53:00 Unsung Hero: The Best Baron in the Game!

01:00:00 New Box Who Dis: X-Force

01:08:00 Deep Dive: Early Turns for top Archetypes