Alright, so first things first, I’m fairly compulsive when it comes to popping tokens and spending that 20cp. I’ve got about 5 champed 4 stars right now, and I’m working on like… all the rest, so usually when I crack a token it will be useful to some degree. However, after my last 3 4 stars to pop up were all Sandman’s purple, I hit the brakes and I’m like “wait, just wait. Gotta use the ol’ noggin’ here.”
While I understand that out of all the possible covers to get, it’s more likely I’ll get something different, I have had weird streaks before. (Carnage, I’m lookin’ at you and your 5/5/0, bud…) I don’t have any 4s on the vine right now, and I want to keep it that way. Aside from cracking tokens, I tend to level up my 4s as I cover them, so I don’t really have an ISO stockpile right now. I usually build those up when I’m in a dryspell, or (obviously) hoarding.
So right now, I’ve got a meager 37CP and my covers (currently in LTs) are as such:
Coulson 3/3/1
Blade 3/3/5
Carol (Champed)
C & D 2/2/0
Gamora 4/1/1
IF 2/1/3
Medusa (Champed)
Mordo 2/2/5
Riri 4/3/4
R & G 3/3/1
Sandman 3/5/2
AVenom 1/2/4
I also have one(!) whole Latest Legend token, and I’m certain I’ll pick up another tonight when my alliance finishes up in Sinister 6.
So, of the 12 available 4 stars, 3 of them have the possibility of getting a cover that could potentially die on the vine. I know Blade gets replaced by Vulture right away, and he only needs 2 more covers to get champed, while Mordo still needs 4 and Sandman needs 3. I have Riri, Coulson and R&G as BH right now (too many?) because I want to try getting them up and seeing how they work with C4rol & Medusa. Last season I was running those 2 plus she-hulk as my main Simulator team, mostly for the colour coverage. For that reason, I’m hoping to Champ Riri first. (I already got the covers from Sinister 6… my alliance is KILLING it!)
So yeah, the obvious answer is to start hoarding, right? I think that’s what I’m gonna do, but I’m curious what others would do in this situation. I’d like to champ Blade before he leaves LTs, but I won’t be bummed that much if I don’t.