Not sure if anyone's seen the new Zangief, so here's his stuff:

::Zangief:: 5HS 33Vit

6/6 Character +0M

Earth/Death/Void (in that order)

E Commit 1 foundation: This attack gets +X damage. X equals double the number of attacks in your card pool. If this attack deals damage, your opponent commits 1 foundation.

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It was paraphrased (I THINK he's four-dot), but emphasis on the fact that it says THIS attack in both sides of the E, including the IF conditional.

Characters:

1 6/6 ::Zangief:: +0M

Actions:

None

Assets:

4 0/6 Olcadan's Mentoring +0L

Attacks:

4 5/3 3M4 Power Drive - Punch - Reversal

3 4/3 3H3 High Plasma Beam +1H - Ranged

4 5/3 4M5 Monster Lariat +2M - Punch

Foundations:

4 1/4 Battle Prowess

4 1/4 Huge Wrestling Army

4 1/5 American Made +3M

3 1/6 The Glare From The Abyss +1M

4 1/6 Blinding Rage +1M

3 2/5 Will for the Fight +3M (I should probably find a space for Weapons Are Unnecessary)

4 2/5 The King of Fighters 2006 +3M

3 2/5 The Ways of Punishment +0H

4 2/5 The Red Cyclone of Mother Russia +1H - Breaker:1

4 2/5 In Service to Country +2M

4 3/4 Hulking Brute +2H

4 3/5 Criminal Past

Total: 61 cards

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Stall like an idiot, using damage reduction, Criminal Past and Battle Prowess. Use your E on your opponent's attack if you have no attacks in the card pool. Also use it if you block and reverse with Power Drive. Keep in mind, you can block with American Made (draw 2 cards with Hulking Brute if you wish) then add it to your staging area committed to clear it as you play a reversal (or have it in your staging area for a free +1 damage to it). If you reverse, use your E. If you block with Monster Lariat or High Plasma Beam then reverse, keep in mind the +4 damage from Zangief.

Win is strip opponent's hand and High Plasma Beam. Commit for all damage pump and E's you can find, including Zangief's, then commit something for High Plasma Beam.

edit: The reason for only having 3 is I can't find my 4th... otherwise it would go in head first.

Have you considered splashing Your Mind is Known to Me as an added stall card? It could help supplement his low handsize. I'd take out Criminal Past.

If I had more than 1 YMIKTM (...........I don't think I'll ever use that acronym ever again), I'd replace Criminal Past for it.

However, Criminal Past + Battle Prowess = I full block with little to no consequences, without using a card from hand. Which opens up the window for a Reversal with no cards in the card pool to bother it.

when i played him it was in block 2 so i used criminal upercut and it resulted in a lot of damage but in block three any multiple 3 or greater will do if you can find one.

have you tried gief as an agro deck? blind prophet built a pretty fast discard oriented earth agro deck off zangief4.