No. 9. 

 

Pirate Deadpool [Deadpool & X-Force 065]

Pirate, ninja, cowboy! Just like rock, paper, scissors. In this iteration, pirates rule. This piece is so much fun. Everyone gets to be a pirate! The real difficulty is actually getting him…he’s a chase figure.

Fellowship

Out of the many Deadpool figs to come out this year, this one takes the cake for me.

It epitomizes who Deadpool really is: a swashbuckling adventurer with a heart of gold. He’s not even ridiculously strong! Just kind of strong. I’ll say this — your opponent won’t hate to play against him. His high defense value is a turn-off, sure, but average 10 attack and 3 damage at his point value is not scary. Just think: For five more points, you can have Jakeem Thunder. Way more powerful! LEVEL: MOD-ARRR-ATE

I swe-arrrr, that’s the last pirate-pun. Probably.

Utility

More useful than you’d think, with a plethora of powers through his dial, Pirate Deadpool is comfortable in land or at sea. Thematic as well, with half Running Shot and special Penetrating/Psy Blast and Charge/Blades on separate halves of his dial, he simulates fighting from ship-to-ship and then the infamous board-and-burn! You’ll never be caught unawares with this piece! LEVEL: HIGHER THAN THE FIGHTIN’ TOPS

Nerdcore

We got just about every variation of Deadpool this year, if not all of them. Round of applause to Wizkids/NECA for that. This one is the coolest, by far. I said cool, not “riding a unicorn EPIC”. Pirates are still cool. Yarr. LEVEL: MOD-ARR-ATE I’m not a big fan of Deadpool. This one though? SHIVER ME TIMBERS!

Next: He’s somebody! Absolutely eight!