I've had surprisingly consistent success with locking down one zone using storm and then taking another with Infinaut.
I included lots of area control options using uatu to scout, and then storm, scarlet, and magik to get rid of the undesirable ones. You can also really mess people up by using Magic turn 5, and then scarlet to change Limbo into another zone turn 6.
Task master is an interesting tech that can copycrossbones, lizard, or infinaut if you manage to get him on field early.