Marvel Super Hero Squad TCG - Wolverine Deck Analysis

The Wolverine Intro Deck

The Marvel Super Hero Squad Trading Card Game has a series of one-player introductory decks that are themed around a single character. The third deck I'll analyze is Wolverine's.

First the package comes with the rules, a cardboard Marvel coin, a standard booster pack, and the 30 card Wolverine deck.

I feel like this deck is a great value - 40 total cards for $10 means each card is only 25 cents. 

The Wolverine deck has the following 30 cards (I place an * next to the cards that are not actually Wolverine cards):

RARE

1x The Best at What I Do

UNCOMMON

2x Quickslash

1x Look What I Found!*

1x Psionic Avalanche*

2x Mutant Healing Ability

2x A Cut Above

2x Personal Theme Song*

COMMON

2x Pour it On*

2x Savage Leap

3x Fast Healing

3x Shikkity Snikt

2x I'll Take That*

3x 52-Card Pickup*

2x Tornado Blitz*

1x Phase and Rescue* 

1x Sudden Amnesia*

Card Levels (the power cost to play the card):

level 1 - 7 cards

level 2 - 0 cards

level 3 - 8 cards

level 4 - 8 cards

level 5 - 2 cards

level 6 - 1 cards

level 7 - 3 cards

level 8 - 1 card

I can't say I love the card level distribution in this deck. Sure, it has seven level one cards but it doesn't have any level two cards and three of the eight level three cards allow you to play a red card as a bonus... but the only level one cards of three or less value are level one so you probably already played them if you had them. 

Card Factors

Red (Animal) - 10 cards

Green (Strength) - 2 cards

Blue (Elemental) - 3 cards

Purple (Energy) - 9 cards

Gray (Tech) - 1 cards

Orange (Speed) - 5 cards

This deck is kind of a mess. Twelve cards have activated abilities based on the color of other cards in the deck. All of the card abilities are for red or orange except "Pour It On" which is for purple or gray. So why aren't there more orange cards in this deck? 

Blocks

Red (Animal) - 4 cards

Green (Strength) - 8 cards

Blue (Elemental) - 4 cards

Purple (Energy) - 2 cards

Gray (Tech) - 7 cards

Orange (Speed) - 5 cards

Vulnerable to purple, this deck is doubly weak because the ability to play multiple attacks per turn weakens the number of cards you have in your hand for defense.

OVERALL

This deck isn't well constructed in my opinion. It's a Wolverine deck with only 13 Wolverine cards in it. The card selection to appears to have been almost at random - I can't say the cards synergize in a meaningful way. The deck lacks a potent offense and the card's abilities are reduce your hand size which erodes your defenses. Although it has some good cards in it, this is probably the worst of the starter decks.