I have also never gotten to try out my deck! Me and some of my friends meet weekly at a coffee shop to play board games, and I am the only one ( so far ) who has a set. Usually, we draft for Characters and Story Cards to determine our decks.
So, the reasons why I chose the characters that I did,
Mister McMimic : If you couldn’t tell by my profile pic, He is my favorite character. His versatility makes him an invaluable asset to the team. I also have 2 valid characters on my team that have powers that MMM can mimic.
Zebro : He is mostly a combo piece with Doctor Deciduous but, on his own his evasiveness makes him a pretty powerful character.
Doctor Deciduous : Speaking of combo pieces, Doctor Deciduous paired with Zebro turns Zebro into another Power Walker. Also since I only have 2 Nature heroes on my team, that means that there are 4 other nature heroes running around to worry about ( if we are are only using the core set ). It also makes Crimson Crustacean easier to deal with.
Power Walker : Since smash attacks are the main way to KO your opponents heroes, thus making it the main way to win, having a character that can’t be attacked is very helpful for your game plan.
Ghost Pirate : Since a lot of my characters so far have been defense based, I figured hey, I need an offense based hero, hey, Ghost Pirate is cool, hey, Ghost Pirate is an offense based hero. Might as well add him to the team. Also he gets a free attack against about 50% of the heroes so he’s pretty good!
The Help Centaur: Finally, I needed a healer on my team so, I chose The Help Centaur! I usually start the game with THC on the far right and my I think that my opponents would probably want to attack other characters like Zebro or MMM before they get too problematic. Meaning that I will get to revive mutiple characters with his ability.