Loki

*"Fire and chaos are coming, and I am the Lord of Chaos!"*

**Loki** is one of three playable Villains in the first Marvel Villainous expansion, Mischief and Malice. He is from American comic books published by Marvel comics. The character was created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, and made his first appearance in Venus # 6 (cover dated August 1949)

## Objective

Loki must gain and spend a total of 10 Mischief. Effect and Multiverse cards in his Villain deck allow him to both gain and spend these unique Mischief tokens.

When he spends Mischief, it is placed in a pile above the Specialty area. Once he has spent 10 Mischief, he wins the game.

## Domain

Loki's Domain consists of the following locations, from left to right:

* Odin's Throne
	+ Play a Card | Gain 3 Power
	+ Activate | Relocate
* Bifrost
	+ Discard Cards | Play a Card
	+ Gain 2 Power | Fate
* Jotunheim
	+ Play a Card | Fate
	+ Play a Card | Vanquish
* Sanctum Sanctorum
	+ Vanquish | Discard Cards
	+ Play a Card | Gain 2 Power

## Villain Deck

The following cards are in Loki's Villain Deck:

* Frost Giants (x4)
* Just Trust Me (x4)
* Games Within Games (x4)
* Power of a God (x4)
* Leah Loki's BFF
* Verity Willis
* Thor Brother of Loki
* Lorelei
* Lady Loki
* Kid Loki
* King Loki
* Viking Loki
* Sorcerer Supreme Loki
* Scepter of Asgard
* Destroyer
* The Most Brilliant Jest
* Who's the Tricky One?
* The Ten Realms

These include 8 total Allies (Leah Loki's BFF, Verity Willis, Thor Brother of Loki, Frost Giants, Lorelei), 5 total Multiverse (Lady Loki, Kid Loki, Viking Loki, King Loki, Sorcerer Supreme Loki) 2 total Items (Scepter of Asgard, Destroyer), 12 total Effects (Just Trust Me, Games Within Games, Power of a God) and 3 total Specialties (The Most Brilliant Jest, Who's The Tricky One, The Ten Realms)

## Unique Fate Cards

The following cards contain Loki's Targeted Villain symbol, and are generally the most effective against Loki:

* Banished (x2)
* Odin All-Father
* Thor Odinson
* Jane Foster The Mighty Thor
* Heimdall
* Sif
* I Did What? When?
* Payment Due
* Not Dead, Just Resting
* Ragnarok

## Strategy

If played correctly, Loki can easily win quickly. His Domain is his only weakness as it is flawed by design, so try to maximize each of your turns. Utilize your Discard actions frequently as they can be blocked by most opposing characters, which can clog up your hand with unplayable Effects. Discard any card that cannot help you at the moment to skim your deck for the cards you need. Your first priority is to gain a ton of Power, so look for Leah to help you net tons of Power. Playing her in either Odin's Throne or Bifrost if you're looking to gain a lot of Power. Next is to search and play important cards like Multiverses and Who's The Tricky One? to accumulate and spend Mischief as quickly as possible. Also play Verity Willis if you want more options and are not threatened by showing your cards to others.

When playing Multiverses, play them with utility in mind. Multiverses with location-based abilities like Kid and Viking Loki are best played to locations that Villains frequently go to, especially the ones with either Gain 3 Power or Fate actions at the bottom. This will give them a dilemma whether to sacrifice action economy to not give you any Mischief, or take benefit of their effect all the while giving you Mischief. For Multiverses that give passive benefits to Villains, position them to a location where, assumingly, you can take advantage of its actions when using The Ten Realms, notably with a Fate and/or Discard Cards action. As the God of Mischief, table talk is encouraged when playing as Loki. If other players are actively avoiding using your Multiverse cards, try to entice and negotiate with them to give both yourselves a benefit. Find ways to find a compromise with other players to use your Multiverses. In other words, choose wisely when playing your Multiverse cards and play them to Villains who needs it the most.

Play defensively as Loki, as you are easily affected by Fate abilities and Heroes. Play a few strong Allies like Frost Giants on the center locations of your Domain and Lorelei to secure key locations like Odin's Throne. Spend your unused Mischief as soon as possible to avoid situations where Ragnarok's reward will be near worthless when you resolve it. Keeping your Domain clear of opposing characters will help you win quickly.

**It is possible for Loki to be locked out of being able to win.** This may occur when Ragnarok is in play, and/or Odin All-Father and one other Hero are at Bifrost and Sanctum Sanctorum. Loki must also have only cards in his hand that require Mischief to be spent, meaning that Loki cannot play or discard any cards. Potentially, Loki may be able to play a Fate card that will allow him to remove a Hero from his own Domain, such as Found by the Avengers. **In any case, consider being willing to let Loki play or discard an Effect without requiring or following any actual card text.**

 **Villain deck**
*4 Copies:* Frost Giants • Games Within Games • Just Trust Me • Power of a God
 **Fate deck**
*2 Copies:* Banished
 **Unique mechanics**
Multiverse

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