A combination of Gotham Knights and Doom characters forming a cohesive unit is something recently quested for by some groups of Vs. System players. It’s a tall order, as both factions are relatively fragile. But both offer large amounts of disruption and control, and if they could be successfully combined the resultant deck would be incredibly powerful control-wise. Luis Eduardo, who was 4-0 at the end of round four, could have puzzled out that successful combination. Here’s the deck he played at the Mexico City TNT 8 $10K.

Characters
2 Alfred
1 Boris
1 GCPD Officer
1 Barbara Gordon ◊ Oracle
2 Tim Drake ◊ Robin, The Boy Wonder
3 Darkoth
2 Batman, World’s Greatest Detective
1 Purple Man
3 Dr. Doom, Diabolic Genius
3 Dick Grayson ◊ Nightwing, High-Flying Acrobat
1 Robot Destroyer
2 Batman, Caped Crusader
2 Dr. Doom, Victor Von Doom
1 Dick Grayson ◊ Nightwing, Defender of Blüdhaven
2 Sub-Mariner
1 Terrax
1 Dr. Doom, Lord of Latveria

Plot Twists
4 Bat-Signal
3 Acrobatic Dodge
4 Marvel Team-Up
1 Unmasked
3 Mystical Paralysis
2 Dynamic Duo
2 Not So Fast
1 Fizzle
1 Faces of Doom

Locations
4 Doomstadt
1 GCPD Headquarters
1 Latverian Embassy

Equipment
4 Utility Belt

The deck’s star player? Oddly enough, it’s Utility Belt. So many successful decks in the current environment are dependent on key activated effects that Utility Belt can be disabling. Arsenal Abuse? You can exhaust all the characters you want to pump up Roy Harper, sure, but the old man or the chick in the wheelchair will negate his sniper effect. Opposing Alfreds? Boris? Puppet Master? Blackfire? Red Star? Robot Destroyer? The list goes on ad infinitum. Luis’ deck uses a bunch of smaller characters in the early game so as to have access to lots of Utility Belts as well as a plethora of awesome effects when the Belts aren’t needed, so the threat of a good Belting is always on the opponent’s mind.

The deck uses a balance of effect-based characters, especially in the early game, then gravitates towards heavy hitters in the late game. The deck looks a bit haphazard when you’re just reading the list. Not a lot of cards are being run in quadruplicate. But the deck is actually highly consistent, able to reinforce itself and search out what it needs when it doesn’t draw into the Utility Belts and proper plot twists naturally.

There are a plethora of disruption-based effects other than Utility Belt to keep the opponent off balance. The different versions of Dr. Doom make life difficult for your opponent. Batman, World’s Greatest Detective blows up the ongoing plot twists and locations they were relying on. Dick Grayson ◊ Nightwing, Defender of Blüdhaven wrecks their hand, and Purple Man just makes off with stuff your opponent was intending on using, as well as jamming characters in their resource row. Unmasked, Fizzle, Not So Fast, and Latverian Embassy add even more pressure. The deck also manages to maintain a semblance of keeping up with the curve, so when all that disruption isn’t enough to keep an opponent down, they’ll still have a good fight ahead of them.

Luis’ GK/Doom deck really must be seen to be believed. It was easily one of the most exciting decks at the Mexico City $10K, and despite his doubts about other people picking up the deck, it might be worth trying out. This deck is definitely on my list of potential wildcards for Gen Con So Cal and beyond.