Cerebro

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How to Play

No matter which number you pick for the power of your cards in a Cerebro deck, your overall game plan will not change too much. Most of the time, Cerebro and Mystique will take two spots in the deck while not contributing to the overall total (except in Cerebro 3 with Bast and Valkyrie); therefore, as long as you don’t fear an opposing Enchantress, they should be played on the same location. This way you have all four spots available to contest the other two locations, and all four are usually needed for the win. This positioning can be extremely important, especially in low-power Cerebro decks.

Once you know where you want to invest most of your power, the second critical part of a Cerebro deck is abusing your cards’ abilities. Indeed, finding powerful abilities is the key to making a good Cerebro deck, especially when you have to work with cards with only two or three power.

Let’s use Cerebro 3 as an example. Your cards are able to get as high as seven power (if everything goes according to plan) and create two 28-power locations; however, if you only win games in that precise scenario, your Win Rate will be quite low over a large sample size.

In that Cerebro 3 deck, Mobius M. Mobius, Valkyrie, and Scarlet Witch are very good cards to disrupt your opponent, and you pack some flexibility with Wasp and Jeff the Baby Land Shark. You also have big power potential with Iron Man. This archetype is also very flexible when it comes to disruptive cards it wants to include. Tools like Armor, Cosmo, Shang-Chi, and Killmonger are simple to include if you feel they would help against your popular opponents.

It is through these kinds of inclusions that make the popular Cerebro decks much more than an assembly of cards with the same power. They have the ability to counter other archetypes and take the fight to a level other than the basic “who can develop the most points by the end of Turn 6”. When playing a Cerebro deck, then, it’s important to remember your points ceiling is not the best (hence why Cerebro isn’t highly regarded in the community). Still, you haven’t included these precise cards for their power, so finding value in their abilities is the difference between a bad Cerebro player and one racking up cubes on their way to Infinite.

Current Cerebro Builds

Guides

Cerebro 2 & 3 Detailed Deck Guide: Equality For All!

Cerebro 5 Detailed Deck Guide: Cerebro Competes With the Tier 1 Decks

Cerebro 2 Detailed Deck Guide: Compete With Tier 1 Decks Only With Series 3 Cards!

Current Power Level in the Meta

Climbing back to the Infinite Rank can be done two different ways, you either grind with a high win rate, or manage to consistently win four to eight cubes. Apparently, Cerebro 3 has been doing both so far, rocking an incredible 0.7 cube average and 60% win rate, although it was on a limited amount of games.

Here, the key cards are the disruptive ones, Quake, U.S Agent or Valkyrie. These aren’t necessarily popular, so they will allow catching your opponent off guard for those matches they thought they had in the bag.
In case these wouldn’t be suited for the current match-up, you can always rely on a decent point potential, as iron Man comes in as support to win the contested lane.

Conquest Performance

Typically, Cerebro is more of a Ranked archetype, capitalizing on the surprise effect rather than one able to win multiple rounds once the opponent knows what to expect. Yet, Cerebro 1 did much better in Conquest compared to the ladder since the OTA, likely due to its ability to impact lanes even when unable to play on it.
Then, with most of the metagame looking to block their opponent before they can get set, Cerebro 2 seems to be a nice workaround, able to get enough onto the board early on to then buff its cards with the limited space it has left.

Archetype Evolution Over Time

May 8th Update

• Cerebro 3 did great early in the season, posting the highest cube rate in the game, although it was over a limited sample size of games.

April 19th Update

• Cerebro 2 is doing fairly well currently after managing to gain some popularity. The metrics are on the lower end compared to the other decks in our Tier List, but just being in there is often a good sign for Cerebro.

March 23rd Update

• Cerebro 5 got a decent boost of momentum with the OTA, even if it didn’t make it as more than a fun archetype to explore. Cerebro 2 and 3 didn’t do anything worth noting this week.