Step claims another victim. :( There's a lot of non-movement cards in this deck (Get Over Here, Throw, Tackle, Front Kick, etc.) that all would have helped a lot more than Step, so it might have been worth removing that at some point, even with the risk of only having three movement cards. EDIT: Actually I'm wrong, this is Special Agent mode (note the Trash icon on the Step, that's a temporary card). It might be Quick Strike that needs to go instead.
I just got the worst possible first hand for that situation. Upgraded quick strike, taunt, grapple, throat punch, tackle, throw, pocket sand, intimidate, uncontrolled power, punch kick combo. If I had gotten any one of those, I would have been able to escape. Maybe I should have upgraded/removed the other quick strike to ensure I would have enough damage in the first hand if I didnt get stuns, but how could I have known that I would get the worst possible spawn position? Thinking about it now, even if I was able to escape, I would have been fighting on 2 health, which isnt good anyway, although I would have intimidate for emergencies. I didn't have any push cards, so I literally wouldn't be able to attack the boss without dying. The only way I could see being able to win there is spamming rush of blood until I get enough damage to 1-shot, but thats a lot of time and chances are I would eventually get uncontrolled power and not be able to play it, resulting in me dying anyway. But still, that was the worst possible spawn position and the worst possible hand. Edit: I usually don't bother with movement cards except for basic essentials(slip and shift) on special agent because chanes are I won't even get them when I need them, so I use step and then spam all the attacks to kill whatever is attacking me. I also have shimmy so I can stack up and store dodge in case I can't escape. And I never take step, ever. It's too dangerous, every other movement card is better(except dynamic move in some situations).