Character Spotlight: Lady Deathstrike

Today we welcome the long-taloned lady of death who strikes fear into the X-Men and all who oppose her — Lady Deathstrike is now in MARVEL SNAP!!

Yuriko Oyama began her story in Osaka as the daughter of the ruthless Japanese kingpin, Lord Dark Wind. Dark Wind invented the process of coating bones with indestructable Adamantium to create his own army of steadfast, metallic samurai.

Seeing his corruption, young Yuriko decided to put an end to her father’s reign. After killing Lord Dark Wind, she became devoted to carrying on his legacy and thus obsessed with the mutant Wolverine. Yuriko viewed Wolverine as a disgrace to her familial honor, due to his unrightful Adamantium enhancements.

In order to match Wolverine’s lethality, Yuriko Oyama sacrificed her humanity by making a deal with the six-armed sorceress Spiral, who transformed her into the cyborg samurai known as Lady Deathstrike. Yuriko became a metal deathtrap — wielding her piercing claws and a penchant for violent vengeance — she has since sought to destroy Wolverine.

Lady Deathstrike possesses an array of superhuman attributes as a result of her cyborg transformation. Her primary means of offense are her ten extendable razor-sharp fingernails, each of which is capable of elongating to 300 millimeters to pierce through victims. Much like her cybernetic skeleton, her claws are laced with Adamantium, enabling them to cut through any substance.

In addition to her terrifying talons, Deathstrike also exhibits superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes. She is a Kenjutsu master — Her martial arts skills make her a formidable fighter to any opposition.

Her Cybernetic Healing Factor enables Lady Deathstrike to rapidly repair damage done to her cybernetic and organic parts. This upgrade was installed by her ally, Donald Pierce, another master of cybernetic machinery.

Due to her part-computer nature, Deathstrike’s consciousness is highly resistant to telepathy and brainwashing efforts, which can only target her human side. She is also able to cybernetically interface her consciousness to external computer systems, allowing direct data access to her brain’s memory centers and the ability to remotely operate digital and computerized systems.

Lady Deathstrike’s fear-inducing talons are represented through her MARVEL SNAP effect:

On Reveal: Destroy each card here with less Power than this.

Play Deathstrike in a location where you anticipate your opponent will play many lower-Powered cards, and watch them get eviscerated by her claws!

Lady Deathstrike’s On Reveal effect also works well in tandem with your own Destroy-loving cards such as Wolverine himself! As Wolverine’s nemesis, Deathstrike has earned her right to consistently destroy the 2-Powered Adamantium-infused mutant.

Try using buffing cards such as Forge or Shuri to increase Lady Deathstrike’s Power to higher levels — She’ll destroy your Bucky Barnes, Deadpool, Sabretooth, and Nova, while also threatening to destroy several of your opponent’s cards!

Lady Deathstrike’s multi-affecting Destroy effect also works well in synergy with Knull and Death.