Required Characters: Iron Man, Dr. Strange, Mr. Fantastic
The obvious weak link here is Mr. Fantastic. He's not a horrible card though, with just under 10k attack he may be the weakest on the team possibly, but that's still respectable to me, and lets face it, it's just a matter of time before he gets a better version anyway. :P
| Card | ATK | +7% Adapter | +20% | +16% | +16% | +7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X-Treme Psylocke (90) | 13,494 | 14,439 | 17,327 | 20,099 | 23,315 | 24,947 |
| Spangled Avenger Cap | 12,204 | 13,058 | 15,670 | 18,177 | 21,085 | 22,561 |
| Arc Iron Man | 11,995 | 12,835 | 15,402 | 17,866 | 20,725 | 22,176 |
| Abracadabra Dr. Strange | 10,610 | 11,353 | 13,624 | 15,804 | 18,333 | 19,616 |
| Scientific Mr. Fantastic | 9982 | 10,681 | 12,817 | 14,868 | 17,247 | 18,454 |
| 58,285 | 62,366 | 74,840 | 86,814 | 100,705 | 107,754 |
Now, that's just a slightly weaker representation of my deck (due to skill levels) but it's pretty close. I don't mind not having another tac booster in Fantastic's place because I already have four cards that can do a 16% or better boost as is, and I tend to get them proccing anyway, so even though he doesn't have a direct boost, he does essentially kick in that extra 7k or so at the very end. Obviously, this may not be representative of Great Brains itself, and some might argue this deck is a bit on the costly side with three legendary cards...so I'll go ahead and try a few other comparisons. I think a decently competitive tac wall that focuses purely on attack power is five winter soldiers (plus it was mentioned) so I'll use that as a benchmark for comparison.
| Card | ATK | +7% | +16% | +16% | +16% | +3% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking | 10,869 | 11,630 | 13,491 | 15,650 | 18,142 | 18,686 |
| Gun | ||||||
| Winter | ||||||
| Soldier | ||||||
| Wall | ||||||
| 54,345 | 58,150 | 67,455 | 78,250 | 90,710 | 93,430 |
Now, I don't think one Arc is unreasonable, it's not like it's a freaking [Believe] Iron Man (which I want so badly...) so I'll keep my basic three cards for the next comparison, but I'll change the accompanying cards to [Redeye] Gambit and [Mind Over Matter] Professor X just for fun since they're cheaper alternatives to WS to offset having a Legendary card.
| Card | ATK | +7% | +16% | +16% | +16% | +7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Iron Man | 11,995 | 12,835 | 14,889 | 17,271 | 20,034 | 21,436 |
| Abracadabra Dr. Strange | 10,610 | 11,353 | 13,169 | 15,276 | 17,720 | 18,960 |
| Redeye Gambit | 10,304 | 11,025 | 12,789 | 14,835 | 17,209 | 18,414 |
| Professor X | 10,338 | 11,062 | 12,832 | 14,885 | 17,267 | 18,476 |
| Scientific Mr. Fantastic | 9982 | 10,681 | 12,390 | 14,372 | 16,672 | 17,839 |
| 53,229 | 56,956 | 66,069 | 76,639 | 88,902 | 95,125 |
Now, lets say you can't actually afford any Legends and we'll just compare all UR+ versus the WS wall. So, instead we'll use [Ferrous Hero] Iron Man, but since we're not paying for that Legendary card, we could probably afford two Winter Soldiers as the extra cards now.
| Card | ATK | +7% | +16% | +16% | +16% | +7% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking Gun Winter | 10,869 | 11,630 | 13,491 | 15,650 | 18,142 | 19,412 |
| Smoking Gun Winter | 10,869 | 11,630 | 13,491 | 15,650 | 18,142 | 19,412 |
| Ferrous Iron Man | 10,788 | 11,543 | 13,390 | 15,532 | 18,017 | 19,278 |
| Abracadabra Dr. Strange | 10,610 | 11,353 | 13,169 | 15,276 | 17,720 | 18,960 |
| Scientific Mr. Fantastic | 9982 | 10,681 | 12,390 | 14,372 | 16,672 | 17,839 |
| 53,118 | 56,837 | 65,931 | 76,480 | 88,693 | 94,901 |
So, in both instances, the Great Brains combo gave enough to edge out a lead over the WS wall. Obviously there are a lot of ways this can go and it still boils down to whether or not you prefer to have a deck with a stronger base and more chances to maximize for itself having 5 of the best boosts...or if you look to create decks that simply ha the greatest POTENTIAL high end, and don't mind sacrificing a bit of the base stats for that end.