Patriot

How to Play

Based around its namesake card, Patriot aims to build a solid amount of points on every lane through global buffs. Most of the time, Patriot will be able to compete on every location and reach 15 to 20 points on each.

While this total might seem lackluster compared to a Discard or Destroy, this allows Patriot to keep its opponent in the dark regarding the exact spread of points to expect. Indeed, a lot of explosive archetypes wait for the last turn to commit their points in order to gain information based on what their opponent does. Against Patriot, you know every lane will be a fight.

While you don’t have much flexibility with your space (you will often use all twelve spaces available with a Patriot deck), a great player will be able to count how many points they should be able to develop ahead of time, and then construct their turns to make it difficult for the opponent to read the situation.

Plus, since you have points on every lane, you will typically hold priority with a Patriot deck, which opens the way for Alioth, Cosmo, or other such cards to potentially ruin your opponent’s game plan. Finally, since Mockingbird joined the game, Patriot was given a great way to keep some points in hand until the very last minute. This provides some more flexibility regarding how you spread your points, and it has been instrumental in Patriot coming back in the meta during the Avengers vs. X-Men season.

Current Patriot Builds

Guides

Iron Patriot Detailed Deck Guide: The Best and Effective Way to Play Patriot

Patriot Detailed Deck Guide: Do You Like Vanilla?

Current Power Level in the Meta

Patriot is the first of many decks with the ability to develop points on all lanes, but it just can’t do much against the perfect Hela draw. The performance is solid with a 55% Win Rate and close to a 0.4 Cube Average. However, there is a glass ceiling that the deck cannot break through due to choosing flexibility over potential. Maybe the Iron Patriot list with Alioth would be more fitting if you see a lot of Hela and The Living Tribunal.

Archetype Evolution Over Time

April 19th Update

• Patriot is slowly looking like a solid, flexible deck in the meta that is able to attack all three lanes while packing a disruptive card (if needed). It is hard to know which list is currently the best since you can’t beat certain opponents without Alioth (which makes Iron Patriot a better pick for those), but you want more flexibility against decks such as Move or Discard Dracula (which makes the deck in the Tier List a better pick).

March 28th Update

• Patriot is a solid Tier 2 archetype when you have the right deck, and a Tier 3 contender otherwise. Right now, the points potential still isn’t enough compared to Discard and Destroy, but, with some disruption added to the mix, you have a shot at beating anyone.