
Fourcade had to move her headquarters every week, constantly changing her hair color, clothing, and identity, yet was still imprisoned twice by the Nazis. No other French spy network lasted as long or supplied as much crucial intelligence as Alliance-and as a result, the Gestapo pursued them relentlessly, capturing, torturing, and executing hundreds of its three thousand agents, including her own lover and many of her key spies. Her group's name was Alliance, but the Gestapo dubbed it Noah's Ark because its agents used the names of animals as their aliases. Brave, independent, and a lifelong rebel against her country's conservative, patriarchal society, Marie-Madeleine Fourcade was temperamentally made for the job. In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour became the leader of a vast Resistance organization-the only woman to hold such a role. In 1941, a thirty-one-year-old Frenchwoman born to privilege and known for her beauty and glamour became the leader of a vast Resist The dramatic true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade-codename Hedgehog-the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days. Thopter Spy Network is a very powerful card, so I look forward to hearing what you think about its place in the upcoming standard meta.The dramatic true story of Marie-Madeleine Fourcade-codename Hedgehog-the woman who headed the largest spy network in occupied France during World War II, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days. Hoogland also set precedent for Thopter Spy Network in a control shell alongside Artificer's Epiphany, which may be another option. I tested some games on Cockatrice last night with a tokens list that I threw together, taking advantage of Gideon and the Secure the Wastes+Westvale Abbey combo, and it felt like it had potential. Surrounding that, I'm not sure of the best shell. That said, Stoneforge Masterwork is another cheap artifact that could be better as a way to simply end the game faster. I was testing 2x Captain's Claws to round out the artifact package to ten, and I really liked equipping them to thopter tokens for an extra point of damage and another token on the board every turn. LSV called Thraben Inspector the white Elvish Visionary, and Hangarback has seen some play since it was released, so I'm confident that those cards are worth it in any Thopter Spy Network list.

I've done some testing myself, and the best base that I can put together is 4x Thraben Inspector and 4x Hangarback Walker with anywhere from 0-4 other artifacts. With this post, I want to discuss ways to make Thopter Spy Network playable. Playable artifacts are still pretty low, but artifacts being stapled onto other spells could open the door for an artifact strategy. When I saw Investigate spoiled as a mechanic in SOI, I hoped that Thopter Spy Network would be able to see a resurgence. It's a blue Bitterblossom that occasionally draws you cards instead of always costing you life what's not to like? The card had its day in the sun with Hoogland's UW Steel Control deck from SCG Chicago, and it saw play as a top end of some of the artifact lists that ran rampant at the end of THS-KTK Standard, but BFZ sent it packing. Since Thopter Spy Network was spoiled, I've wanted to play it.
