[{"text":"Hi everyone, Coiser here again.&nbsp; Today I am here to discuss the Main Character Dr. Fate.&nbsp; Dr. Fate is easily the Main Character we get the most questions about, so hopefully this article will help clear up any misunderstandings for him, and get people playing him more, rather than sitting around wondering what he does, or how he works."},{"image":[{"src":"2b01958612b0gln.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"text":"Dr. Fate has two abilities, and to fully understand him we will analyze each of them individually, and then look at how they function when they are combined."},{"image":[{"src":"doc778161doctor-f.jpg"},{"caption":""}]},{"header":"consecutive costs"},{"text":"This phrase 'consecutive costs' appears in both of Dr. Fate's abilities, so let's begin by getting a firm understanding of what this phrase means.&nbsp; From Wikipedia (https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consecutive_integer): Consecutive numbers are numbers that follow each other in order. They have a difference of 1 between every two numbers. In a set of consecutive numbers, the mean and the median are Equal. If n is a number, then n, n+1, and n+2 would be consecutive numbers Some examples are: The following 2-number sequences are consecutive: 1, 2 3, 2 0, 1 5, 4 The following 2-number sequences are not consecutive: (All of these fail the 'follow each other in order' check) 1, 3 4, 4 0, 5 4, 2 The following 3-number sequences are consecutive: 1, 2, 3 4, 3, 2 0, 1, 2 6, 5, 4 The following 3-number sequences are not consecutive: 1, 3, 5 (Fails the 'follow each other in order' check) 4, 4, 4 (Does not 'follow each other in order') 0, 5, 6 (Mean = 3.67, Median = 5, Mean does not equal Median) 2, 3, 2 (Mean = 2.33, Median = 3, Mean does not equal Median) Now that we have a basis of understanding for what consecutive cost cards are, we can begin to understand how Dr. Fate's abilities work."},{"text":"To begin, let's take a sheet of paper, and draw a line down the middle of it, creating two columns.&nbsp; We'll title the left hand side &#34;+ Power&#34; and the right hand side &#34;+Card&#34;.&nbsp; These two columns correspond to Dr. Fate's first and second abilities, respectively.&nbsp; We'll use this page more in a minute, but for now your page should look something like this:"},{"image":[{"src":"cap419594capture.png"},{"caption":""}]},{"header":"when you play two cards with consecutive costs during your turn, +1 Power."},{"text":"His first ability is more straightforward than his second, so we'll begin with it.&nbsp; Each time we play two cards with consecutive costs, we gain +1 Power.&nbsp; This is going to be fun.&nbsp; Let's go step by step, and only concentrate on the left hand column of our page at this time, as it corresponds to his first ability.&nbsp; We'll begin by playing a Kick, and recording its cost on our sheet."},{"double":[{"src":"kic745859kick.jpg"},{"src":"cap83778capture.png"}]},{"text":"Next we play Power Girl, and record her cost on our sheet."},{"double":[{"src":"pow115921power-gi.jpg"},{"src":"cap896200capture.png"}]},{"text":"We haven't triggered Dr. Fate yet, so we keep trying!&nbsp;&nbsp;Next, we play The Penguin, and record his cost on our sheet."},{"double":[{"src":"the625368the-peng.jpg"},{"src":"cap938187capture.png"}]},{"text":"By playing a 2-cost card, we have fulfilled the consecutive cost condition of playing a 3-cost card followed by a 2-cost card.&nbsp; We get +1 Power from Dr. Fate (Thank You!) and we cross off both 'used up' numbers from our sheet.&nbsp; Now it looks like this:"},{"double":[{"src":"car639667card-bac.jpg"},{"src":"cap37362capture.png"}]},{"text":"You can repeat the above process, continually adding and crossing off cards from the +Power section of your sheet, until your turn ends, at which point you should get a new sheet, to prepare for next turn."},{"header":"wHEN YOU PLAY 3 CARDS WITH CONSECUTIVE COSTS DURING YOUR TURN, DRAW A CArd."},{"text":"His second ability is a bit more difficult, but we can understand it by applying the same logical approach to it as we did his first ability. Each time we play three cards with consecutive costs, we get to draw a card! Let's go step by step, and only concentrate on the right hand column of our page at this time, as it corresponds to his second ability. We'll begin by playing a Kick, and recording its cost on our sheet. We'll play the same three cards we did in the previous scenario: Kick, followed by Power Girl, followed by The Penguin.&nbsp; Our sheet looks like the following:"},{"double":[{"src":"car310699card-bac.jpg"},{"src":"cap99097capture.png"}]},{"text":"We haven't yet triggered his second ability, so we will continue playing cards.&nbsp; Next let's play an Acrobatic Agility."},{"double":[{"src":"acr46611acrobati.jpg"},{"src":"cap91438capture.png"}]},{"text":"By playing a 1-cost card, we have fulfilled the consecutive cost condition of playing a 3-cost card followed by a 2-cost card followed by a 1-cost card. We get to draw a card from Dr. Fate (Thank You!) and we cross off each of the 'used up' numbers from our sheet. Now it looks like this:"},{"double":[{"src":"car275291card-bac.jpg"},{"src":"cap775806capture.png"}]},{"text":"You can repeat the above process, continually adding and crossing off cards from the +Draw section of your sheet, until your turn ends, same as we're doing for the +Power section."},{"header":"all together now"},{"text":"Now let's consider both sides of the page being filled out concurrently.&nbsp; Up to this point, we've played (in this order): Kick, Power Girl, The Penguin, Acrobatic Agility.&nbsp; Our sheet looks like this:"},{"double":[{"src":"cap68609capture.png"},{"src":"cap808616capture.png"}]},{"text":"Let's play some more cards, and watch closely to what happens and when we trigger one (or both) of his abilities.&nbsp; Let's play a Kick."},{"double":[{"src":"kic353583kick.jpg"},{"src":"car311478card-bac.jpg"}]},{"double":[{"src":"cap32579capture.png"},{"src":"cap414921capture.png"}]},{"text":"Playing the Kick didn't cause either of his conditions to be true yet.&nbsp; Let's play the last card in our hand, which happens to be Black Orchid."},{"double":[{"src":"bla760575black-or.jpg"},{"src":"car980749card-bac.jpg"}]},{"text":"After recording her on our sheet, it looks like the following:"},{"double":[{"src":"cap66325capture.png"},{"src":"cap944687capture.png"}]},{"text":"We have simultaneously triggered both of Dr. Fate's abilities by playing a single card.&nbsp; To further complicate the matter, there are two different options available to us for triggering his +Power ability.&nbsp; For his +Power ability, we have the following two options: 1.) Cross off the consecutive costs of 3, 4 2.) Cross off the consecutive costs of 4, 5 Which of the two we choose to cross off will largely depend on our hand, and which cost cards we expect to play during the rest of the turn.&nbsp; Since we want to maximize our options of generating the maximum power we can, let's choose to resolve his +Card ability first. After crossing off 3, 4 and 5 under +Card, our sheet now looks like this: "},{"double":[{"src":"cap491228capture.png"},{"src":"cap359432capture.png"}]},{"text":"The card we drew turned out to be a Red Robin, which has a cost of 6."},{"double":[{"src":"red389115red-robi.jpg"},{"src":"car294467card-bac.jpg"}]},{"text":"Now we have to resolve our +Power ability from Dr. Fate.&nbsp; Knowing that we have a 6-cost card in hand, we can elect to have our 4-cost Black Orchid pair with our 3-cost Kick we played earlier in the turn.&nbsp; Our sheet now looks like this:"},{"double":[{"src":"cap17421capture.png"},{"src":"cap737265capture.png"}]},{"text":"Let's finish the turn out by playing Red Robin.&nbsp; Our sheet now looks like:"},{"double":[{"src":"cap705986capture.png"},{"src":"cap927957capture.png"}]},{"text":"So we triggered his +Power again, netting us another 1 Power, and after crossing off the 5 &amp; 6 from the +Power column, our sheet looks like this:"},{"double":[{"src":"cap259884capture.png"},{"src":"cap788971capture.png"}]},{"text":"With no more cards in hand and no other options available, we can recap what happened, and see how the whole turn progressed, and what we ended up with:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"Play Kick, +2 Power = 2 Power"},{"caption":"Play Power Girl, +3 Power = 5 Power"},{"caption":"Play The Penguin, +2 Power = 7 Power"},{"caption":"Trigger Dr. Fate, Ability #1, +1 Power = 8 Power"},{"caption":"Play Acrobatic Agility, +1 Power = 9 Power"},{"caption":"Trigger Dr. Fate, Ability #2, Draw a Card"},{"caption":"Play Kick, +2 Power = 11 Power"},{"caption":"Play Black Orchid, +2 Power = 13 Power"},{"caption":"Trigger Dr. Fate, Ability #1 & Ability #2"},{"caption":"Resolve Dr. Fate, Ability #2, Draw a Card"},{"caption":"Resolve Dr. Fate, Ability #1, +1 Power = 14 Power"},{"caption":"Play Red Robin, +4 Power = 18 Power"},{"caption":"Trigger Dr. Fate, Ability #1, +1 Power = 19 Power"}]},{"text":"At this point you are free to defeat any Super Villain, or you can probably buy-out the Line-Up.&nbsp; No matter what you choose to do, hopefully this article has given you a better feel for how Dr. Fate works, and how you can maximize his abilities.&nbsp; I'll leave you with some parting notes:"},{"list":[{"listType":"bullet"},{"caption":"When either of his conditions is true, you must acknowledge it, and clarify which cards you are using to make the condition true. This means you cannot play out five cards all at once and go back and start picking out consecutive pairs. If you do it this way, you will have missed the triggers and the game will not be backed up."},{"caption":"The 'consecutive cost' cards do not have to be played in consecutive order in able to count towards 'consecutive cost' pairs. Just make a note of each cost you've played, and announce when either of his abilities is true, and signify which cards caused the ability to trigger, as done in the example above."}]}]