Heroclixin' ...it's all about F.U.N.

Massive changes for Silver Age just happened. Let’s get into it.

Team-building changed

The 200-point cap on Modern Age legal game elements on the main force remains in force UNLESS you have no more than one Modern game element on the starting force. If that’s the case, you can field that 300-point Darkseid that would have been barred just a few days ago.

HOW F.U.N. IS THIS? We’re not sure (because yours truly was eyeing a Multiple Man squad that now is far too risky to try), but it seems balanced enough.

 

Sidelines changed

No more than 4 Sideline elements can be Modern Age.

HOW F.U.N. IS THIS? We like it. With more and more Modern Sideline Active stuff, it’s a good idea to keep it from overwhelming this eternal format.

 

Mission Points changed

In Silver Age, Mission Points immediately convert to 10 Victory Points each instead.

HOW F.U.N. IS THIS? We love it. MPs were so hard to get right; either they were so difficult to score that you almost never could even pressure with them, much less win, or they were in absolutely degenerate builds that ended in 2-3 turns without ever engaging the opponent. This way, though, I can get my beloved shady AI Miss Minutes — who’s been in the shadow realm of the ban list — back in play.

Speaking of ban lists:

 

Ban List(s) changed!

They added a Restricted List to the Temporary Ban List (aka The Bench) and the “Permanent” Ban List. Restricted figs effectively are like Primes: You can only use ONE fig from the whole list.

 

Restricted List

• DCN 044 Nekron: Currently still banned in Pulp format, it’s not surprising to see him land here. The Black Lantern Corps do powerful things with enough Grave markers, and ol’ Nek is the most dependable source.
• SMBA 062 Carnage Silver Surfer: Speaking of graves, I will go to mine solidly convinced that this fig was supposed to either A. have a 4-click life at his 50-point-cost line like every other Carnage chase in that set, or B. cost 75 points for his 6-click lower line, which would also have been appropriate. But likely a copy-paste mistake was made and the edit was never caught.
  Anyway, this is a good compromise, keeping him from being run in the degenerate multiples like he was in Modern Age during his reign.
• HoX 051 Maggott: This piece always should have been Unique. This solves that oversight (not a mistake like CSS above).
• WK23-001 Scott Porter and WK23-002 Scott Porter: I expected this OP duo to be completely benched for the next year. But this seems a great compromise to keep them from being the best 50 points you can spend in Heroclix. Best of all, I don’t have to stop shouting “POWERBOMB” when he Pulse Waves!

 

Temporary Ban List (benched)

• SMBA 043b Spider-Man: Man, this comic-inaccurate piece (should not have Avengers keyword at this 1984 stage of his career, a full 7 years before he even got reservist status; nor should he have Impervious on defense because the symbiote never bonded to him like it did with the Venoms later on) definitely needs a rest.
• All the MOE chases: I really really hope this is the last time we see this sort of “shifting focus” mechanic for a chase set.
• WoV 042 Chthon: There’s SO many Mystical figs he can key off of in Silver and so much healing available, he’d just be on every team. Benched.
• Every Stop Sign construct: If we’re gonna keep Scotts in Silver, we gotta lose this.
• wkDP20-s005a Nifty Traffic Barrel: This is in the penalty box for the same reason as the Stop Signs. Nixing Improved Movement for so few points, just for existing, really shouldn’t be a thing.

 

Ban List

These have been on the list and remain:

• All Special Terrain Dials
• All ID Cards
• WK MP-18 001 Blackbird resource dial
• FFJW 004 The Penguin
• ADW 067 Hawkeye
• EAX 019b Vulture
• XTAS 048 Jason Wyngarde
• WW80 064 Scarab
• XDPS 036b Legion
• FFFF 044 Molecule Man
• JLU 005b Batman
• XMRF 024 Dr. Moira MacTaggart
• WK WKN-M001 Search for Ammut’s Tomb (not legal in any official WizKids event)

But these are new, and a few are head-scratchers:

• DCF4 001 Mr. Fantastic: Really? Like most Mr. F dials, this one seems weak and overcosted and certainly not worth banning. But then I remembered that his extra knock back trait can rack up Mission Points in certain interactions.
• MSDP 049 Agatha Harkness: With no MSDP 050 The Scarlet Witch to steal her thunder, she made a splash in Silver this past season — enough of one that, rather than just see her Rune-nerfing any team that can’t field WoV 048 Ghost Rider, they’ve sent both to the shadow zone for the sins of using the Darkhold.
• SVAC s005 All-Black the Necrosword: This equipment was bad enough in its time in Modern when it required a whole set of extra actions to equip it on Turn 1 (if the enemy couldn’t steal it somehow). Under current rules, it was gonna be too much. So BYE
• XoS 053b Mad Jim Jaspers: Speaking of equipment, no more easy mode kitting up your giants and others you couldn’t assign stuff. There’s just wayyyy too much available in Silver Age for his level of chaos.
• SFSM 005 Thug: He was on the temporary ban list for his ability to make most any theme a theme and trigger a lot of keyword-based shenanigans; now that ban is permanent.
• ORVL 003 Dr. Claire Finn: Her benching is now indefinite. And I am sad about it even though I understand her FREE Support would be broken beyond all belief even WITHOUT her Lt. Yaphit’s Sidesteppery.
• AI G023 Eternity: Another benching made permanent. In January, WK said they were concerned about him getting healed way past his start lines. I guess that concern remains.
• FFAI Giant Girl: Being able to Colossal Retaliate in multiples and shrink the map with her size and low cost, she was a giant problem they’re solving by banning her.

 

Finally, they just up and banned a whole suite of characters who, when the are/would be KO’d, switch forces:

• BTAS 013 Catwoman
• A4E L017 Mockingbird
• STRF 025 Ensign Ro Laren
• WWE 006 Sasha Banks
• WWE 018 Big Show
• XDP 018 Senator Robert Kelly
• XDP 037 Colossus
• ABPI 011 Ant-Man
• ABPI 016 Winter Soldier
• ABPI 021 Ayo
• RE 020 Terra
• SWB 031 Alex Wilder

This opened up a bunch of degenerate Mission Points builds that could win in 1 or 2 turns with no recourse. So these traitors are outta here.

But while these bans may feel grievous, there’s a chance they’re not forever. Case in point:

Back in the light!

• XOSSLOP209 Apocalypse and XOSSLOP210 Genesis: Now retired from Modern, the Grand Prize couple can be strong together again in Silver.
• XDPS G020 Dark Phoenix – Her time on the bench is over. RISE, PHOENIX!
• MSDP 029 Miss Minutes – As noted earlier, back in January she was banned, but with the shift in Mission Points, she’s no longer that sort of problem.
• MSDP054 Sakaarian Iron Man – Bleh, I wish he’d have stayed gone. The break was nice.    
• WW80 065 Sky Tyrant – Same here! But he’s not quite the same problem now that Quake and Exploit don’t combo.  
• AFFE 069 Venom Magneto – The best of the “FREE-K” figs returns.   

They also finally have a long list of Silver-legal maps, where old-style long ones are the norm more than the smaller Modern variety. (Which means I have some actual use for some of those old maps!)

Gonna be a wild time.

UPDATE: And wild it is! Not 12 hours after I published this, additions to the ban list happened!

• XoS L042 Unus the Untouchable: They said his ability to deny moving or placing anywhere within 4 squares of him might be too much (even though it never made even a ripple in Modern) so he’s banned.
• And they added DWX Major Logan to the Watch List (which I didn’t bother mentioning here because the article was long enough already).

In principle, legacy cards have been a F.U.N. way to bring some old fan-favorites back into Modern/Silver play and rework some old figs that never really worked right before (or don’t anymore due to rule changes).

This has become a kitchen table tradition of mine: pitting one year of my top 10-20 favorites against the previous calendar year’s. And in the waning weeks of December 2023, I got serious and did it.

2022 force

150 AV4E031 Blue Marvel
125 MSDP056 Captain America
95 MSDP041A Captain Carter + shield 5
50 AV4E006 Falcon
200 AV4E045 Hulk
45 XMXS031B Isca the Unbeaten + sword 5
60 WOTR035 Kurse
40 AV4E030 Mindful One
50 AV4E050 Miss America
35 MSDP029 Miss Minutes
45 XMXS001 Storm + sword 5
40 MSDP101B The Watcher
70 WOTR042 Valkyrie

plus late-blooming picks

Shang-Chi 50
Pogg Ur-Pogg 170

= 1235 points.

I put a slight handicap on this force by giving Storm and Pogg ONLY their canon swords Skybreaker and Pogg Ur-Pogg, respectively. I also initially opted to possibly cap the number of Mission Points that Miss Minutes could score per round — didn’t want the game to end TOO quickly.

2021’s all-stars:

HoX053 Captain Britain @ 80
WW80067 The Commissioner @ 50
WW80045 Dr. Poison 40
WW80024 Harley Quinn @ 50
WW80054 Lex Luthor 50
A4E026 Loki 60
HoX051 Maggott 40
MP20-001 Master Mold @ 200
A4E041 Monica Rambeau @ 150
XRF007 Multiple Man @ 40 x2
Omega 200
A4E015 Onome 40
A4E072 Rikki Barnes 75
A4E047b T’Chaka II 45
XRF008 Sentinel 25
XRF008 Sentinel 25
XRF008 Sentinel 25
= 1235 points. EQUAL TIME AGAIN!

(Or so I thought. More on that later.)

I handicapped this force a tad by not allowing Master Mold to call in named Modern Age Sentinels with his Factory Dial like the Nimrods or other versions of Omega Sentinel, instead restricting myself to these:

• Sentinel Mark II
• Sentinel Mark V
• Orchis Soldier

and of course the XRF Sentinels that made the list in 2021 proper.

The map was the two half-sized starter maps from the Marvel and DC starters put together.

But there was a BIG misplay, actually. From before the start.

As I ran the game, I was chagrined by the 2021 squad’s shockingly low Leadership rate. On a team with EIGHT characters starting with the power, I succeeded in the d6 roll only about … TWICE? in the first several turns. That contributed a bit to the very slow start for the older team.

Things turned around, though, when Master Mold used the Factory Dial to generate the legacy card Sentinels at 100 and 125 points, who used their extreme 8-10 range to go after Miss Minutes and eliminate the Mission Points threat. And then, with a few shocking fails of the dice, the once-mighty 2022s were reduced to just Isca The Unbeaten, who finally did not live up to the name.

Aside from that disappointment, I felt like something was wrong. Back in the 2020 vs. 2021 version of this annual kitchen table game, I had played the 2021 team with ONLY the 2021 Sentinels and Master Mold’s own bystander versions. But it was definitely the two Sentinels from 2022 that completely turned the tide — ruining the purity of the win.

So I decided to do a replay, this time restricting further the 2021 team to only elements from 2021 (aside from a few nonstandard terrain markers but NOT the Special Terrain used in Game 1).

This meant Teen Lantern wouldn’t have the Green Lantern Ring or the Green Constructs from Batman Team-Up, a 2022 release, either.

(Teen Lantern. Hmm.)

So I started Game 2 and it got to a rocky start. Bad play everywhere.

Was I tired? No, that wasn’t it.

I looked again at the written team list for 2021.

HoX053 Captain Britain 80
WW80067 The Commissioner 50
WW80045 Dr. Poison 40
WW80024 Harley Quinn 50
WW80054 Lex Luthor 50
A4E026 Loki 60
HoX051 Maggott 40
MP20-001a-200 Master Mold 200
A4E041 Monica Rambeau 150
XRF007 Multiple Man 40 x2
Omega 200
A4E015 Onome 40
A4E072 Rikki Barnes 75
A4E047b T’Chaka II 45
XRF008 Sentinel 25
XRF008 Sentinel 25
XRF008 Sentinel 25

WAIT…where the hell was Teen Lantern??

And that’s when I realized the 2021 squad was 75 points overbuilt! And those three Sentinels really gave the team a mobility advantage from the start.

So I quickly scooped and rebuilt 2021 without the Sentinels to get the starting forces re-evened-out for a REAL Game 2.

BY PIECE (alphabetically):

Blue Marvel: In Game 1, he got a couple of shots off but failed a key Pulse Wave attempt and didn’t last much longer. Game 2, though? He survived long enough to practically clear the board with a similar Pulse Wave.

Captain America: Impressive at first, he fell in the late game. In Game 2, he was also an early casualty, but not before he set up the massive KO of Master Mold to get that ball rolling 2022’s way. He also left behind the Redwing equipment for an ally to revive in the latter stage of the game.

Captain Britain: In Game 1 she made a key KO of Mindful One to stop the Mystic medic. Next time around, though, she’d not so much as roll a successful Leadership.

Captain Carter: Her Defend-plus ability was downright oppressive in Game 1! I’m still wondering how that game even turned on her and the rest. Game 2 saw her hit early but she got healed and led to victory.

The Commissioner: Lost Rookie too early and was not really a huge factor in Game 1. Next time, though, I played much more carefully with Rookie to ensure the duo’s impact deep into the game.

Dr. Poison: Spawned just 2 German Soldiers all Game 1. In Game 2, she and the Germans were among the last standing, though of little consequence other than drawing fire, mostly.

Falcon: Being paired with Cap (via his Team-Up card) didn’t pan out as brokenly as expected. Still great in Games 1 and 2 with auto-breakaway. Game 2 bonus: He recovered Cap’s dropped Redwing equipment and brought Redwing into play!

Harley Quinn: Her Prob Control didn’t play out at all in Game 1. But at least she got her Whoopsies out and froze Shang-Chi for a turn. Her Prob was more useful in Game 2, though she didn’t last there, either.

Hulk: Last man standing for 2022 in Game 1, though the other side was diligent to avoid shooting him. In Game 2, he came perilously close to death thanks to worst-time-possible critical miss. But he survived to smash again, even getting a mega-clutch Gamma Clap.

Isca the Unbeaten: She was the last fig standing for 2022 in Game 1 — having to weather 4-5 attacks nearly every round proved overwhelming. But with better odds, she might’ve still triumphed. And, as noted above, it was a game in which the very build total was weighted against her team. In Game 2, she fared far better to maintain an official “never lost” record.

Kurse: She was the first KO! She got focused on and took the dive. In Game 2, she was better protected. That Outwit was useful down the stretch.

Lex Luthor: Without pushing damage, it took forever to activate him. But once he did, his Outwit and his pogs took a near-full-health Hulk to easy pickings for the Sentinels. A last fig standing there. Game 2 saw him activated far earlier and separated from his MM fodder, leading to a shorter tenure when his Green Light went out.

Loki: Mr. Low Key shockingly got one-shot by Isca before making a single dupe with his single Rally die. In Game 2, he was much better shielded. But the threat of Miss Minutes kept him from fully flooding the field with Low Key.

Maggott: In Game 1, I made the error of attacking a part-time Mystic and losing Meany early. Never got Food tokens in that game, either. He had a little more success in Game 2 but got one-shot when 2022 finally focused on him.

Master Mold: The absolute key to Game 1. Giving him access to 2022 Sentinels was too much — they swung the game crucially. In Game 2, I advanced just a tad too aggressively with him, leading to his very early KO.

Mindful One: A superb medic and defender (his SP giving Mystics was crucial vs. Maggott) in Game 1. In Game 2, he continued his medical ways to be a real MVP contender.

Miss America: She was hurt bad early on in Game 1 but got healed for a key strike+transport later. In Game 2, she also played a sacrificial role to set up for bigger hitters.

Miss Minutes: her Mission Points were the biggest threat in both games. She kept the 2021 team from flooding the field with Sentinels or Lokis or Multiple Men, lest she rack up MPs in just a few turns. She got taken out with relative ease by one of the 2022 Sentinels, though, in Game 1. Game 2 saw her come very close to the 20 MPs until the 2021 remnants went all out on her to take her down.

Monica Rambeau: Took the first points in Game 1 with her KO of Kurse but she was mostly neutralized the rest of the game. Game 2 saw her exist as a solid threat but not score any points.

Multiple Man: Did not spawn quite as many dupes as hoped. All that Empower and Leadership wasted on bad rolls. Worse, he was a liability against Miss Minutes in both games. But X-Men TA gave Captain Britain a little second wind in the late game, at least.

Omega: She held together for her 2021 squad long enough in Game 1. But Game 2 wasn’t her day, even though she lasted deep into the contest.

Onome: Sadly was basically one-shot by Pogg Ur-Pogg in Game 1. She got too close! I was much more cautious with her in Game 2.

Pogg Ur-Pogg: Possibly the MVP for 2022, immediately neutralizing Teen Lantern and others. His sword counters well the 4-square vulnerability of swimmers. Only a ridiculous late game flail kept him from sparking a Game 1 comeback. In Game 2, he was less the focus so he survived to the end.

Rikki Barnes: Lasted into the late Game 1 despite a lot of early lack of success. In Game 2 I probably held her back way too long.

Sentinel: These generics kept coming, eventually overwhelming the 2022s. Makes me think the newer Sentinels were completely unneeded. And in Game 2, they came in as well. But again, Miss Minutes made me hold off from flooding the field with them.

Shang-Chi: Took on Harley and others with aplomb in Game 1. Game 2 saw him become an early KO on an ill-advised attempt to tie up too many foes.

Storm: Shoving targets with FREE FB was surprisingly clutch in both matches. But giant Sentinels were her weakness in Game 1.

T’Chaka II: His dice roll nerf helped at first, but he didn’t last in either game.

Teen Lantern: I advanced too close with her in Game 1 and Pogg stole her GL Ring — 2022-era equipment I stripped from her in Game 2, where she lasted a good while longer.

Valkyrie: Worked with Shang to clear out a crowd in Game 1 but got KO’d early on in Game 2.

The Watcher: All-seeing was a strength in both games and his 20 Defend helped down the stretch in Game 1 — though was ultimately overcome in Game 1.

———

This was something of a last hurrah for several figs, not only due to retirement from Modern but a few (Miss Minutes, Maggott) being banned/benched even from Silver Age, I learned just as I completed the final clean up of the carnage of Game 2, which ended in the overwhelming victory of the 2022 squad. I think the older team would have mounted a better fight if not for losing Master Mold so soon. Who knew that little Turn 1 Sidestep would cost so much???

I can’t believe I didn’t write about this year’s retirement sooner.

5-Figure Booster Sets

• Marvel HeroClix: X of Swords

With a full three Worlds appearances, it was definitely time for this set to fade into Silver, especially …

GOOD RIDDANCE TO: Tarot cards. Though they weren’t the foulness we expected, we’re all for them going away — and for the new restrictions to them going forward.

• Marvel HeroClix: X of Swords Storyline Organized Play

Because this sub-set was only beginning to released by Worlds ’22, it pretty much got the main set’s life extended. And this is where most of the tarots appeared. Again, good riddance.

• Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Forever

The last of the Marvel old-school cards.

• DC Comics HeroClix: Batman Team-Up

GOOD RIDDANCE TO: Lantern ring corps stuff. Collecting all those things to be able to truly use so many of the characters was a pain.

• Marvel HeroClix: Spider-Man Beyond Amazing

GOOD RIDDANCE TO: Carnage Silver Surfer. This overpowered piece was an error. Either its 50-point start line was in the wrong spot or it was intended to be 75 points. But any errata would be too hard to justify/write in, since the piece wasn’t unplayable. So we’ve had to endure it.

• Marvel HeroClix: Avengers 60th Anniversary

GOOD RIDDANCE TO: Masters of Evil swap. It’s bad enough WizKids makes full teams in the chase rarity slot like this. But to make them all work together, too? And virtually require owning them all for best results? I hope this is the last time we see this level of player abuse.

Standalone Product

• Marvel HeroClix Hellfire Gala

This one feels like it never got its time in the sun. Sure, it’s got a Modern replacement coming, but …

Convention Exclusives

Con Ex stuff almost always has an extended life in Modern. But it’s time to say goodbye to some, in what’s a really very slim selection of retirees:

• WKM G001 Galactus

The big guy will make no new Modern heralds.

• WKM MP20-001 Master Mold (and WKM MP20-B001 Sentinel and WKMMP20-B002 Sentinel)

One of Heroclixin’s faves, this anti-mutant robot and his minions won’t terrorize mutants in the Modern game.

• WKM MP20-002 Ghost Rider and WKM MP20-003 Thanos

They’re a two-fer and one I barely played.

• WK21-B001 Scott Porter and WK23-001 Scott Porter and WK23-002 Scott Porter

Um, OK now usually con exclusives have a Modern life of 3 to maybe even into 5 years. And the former’s the case with the Scott Porter bystander token, which debuted at the pandemic-curtailed ROC Cup in 2021. But the Porter FIGURES didn’t even get a full 12 months of both being available before mercifully being retired super early.

Scott Porter the man and clix player is a top-flight guy.

Scott Porter the clix figures are overtuned to the nth degree.

The only thing I’ll really miss is yelling “POWERBOMB!” when WK23-001 Scott Porter used his SP of the same name. I wish doing so had caught on.

———

In a few weeks, we’ll see what the new Silver landscape will be. Most of these new retirees will continue to be available and viable in the eternal format, while some will get benched for a time because they were utterly ubiquitous in Modern Age.

We’ll discuss then.

 

This checklist post is coming later than usual because we kept learning the existence of secret team-up cards that only come in the super boosters. But I think I finally have a complete list.

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That handy reference for my favorite 140-something figs of the 2010s had me wondering: How much better — or worse — would these get with the changes to HeroClix in 2021? Well, I examined that, figuring the modification of these old favorites’ playability.

Now I’m looking again after the 2023 rules have changed the game. A number of basic shifts:

• Super Strength got MUCH better.
• Quake changed.
• Every non-flier got a tad more playable with the tweak to elevation change.
• Telekinesis is much less good.
• Outwit is much riskier with the 4-square minimum instead of 6. (Also true of Prob Control and Perplex, but it hurts Outwit the most.)
• Themed teams aren’t as strong, so figs aren’t as limited by them.
• Two longtime team abilities, Avengers and Justice League, got much-needed updates.
• The return of knockback damage!

OK, here we go again:

 

• 121. Animal Man [DC 75th Anniversary 036] 2010:  Barely better in 2021, he gets a mild boost by not needing to fit a keyword team, meaning you can much more easily fit a fellow Animal for him to draw powers and abilities from. TINY BIT BETTER

• 120. Swamp Thing [War of Light 053] 2014: Both his Telekinesis and hindering terrain creation skills are worse due to A) TK’s range nerf and B) because Super Strength and enemy TK can rip up his hindering markers. COMPOST AGAIN
• 119. Martian Manhunter [The Brave and The Bold 036] 2010: At his 202-point cost, he’s not improved at all except for the JLA TA. NEEDS A COOKIE
• 118. Gimli [Lord of the Rings 005] 2011: His 6 Speed is slightly less a liability on smaller maps, and starting with Quake could affect terrain as a result. STILL SHORT
• 117. Amadeus Cho [Incredible Hulk 027] 2011: His Outwit is now reined back to his natural 5 range.  NOT SO SMART

• 116. Titano [Superman/Wonder Woman G005] 2015: No real change despite Quake’s newfound strength. UNEVOLVED

• (tie) 115. Green Goblin [Web of Spider-Man 058] / Doctor Octopus [Web of Spider-Man 054] 2010: Gobin got no worse in 2023. But Doc Ock’s even worse because Outwit is worse. NOT SUPERIOR
• 114. Giant-Man [Chaos War 200] 2012: The return of knock back damage makes his Building Shove SP a bit better. And every Great Size fig benefits from the shorter reach of Outwit, since they’re so frequently easy targets for the power. THE BIGGER MAN
• 113. Stranger [Galactic Guardians 043] 2012: Got no better or worse in 2023, so that’s something, I guess. STILL STRANGELY BAD NOW

• 112. Aquaman [War of Light 029] 2014: No change here, either. STILL UNDEAD
• 111. Lex Luthor [Superman Fast Forces 004] 2011: No change.
• 110. Crystal [Chaos War 044] 2012: The upgrade to Quake means she can wreak absolute havoc on blocking terrain and walls with her trait, and knock back damage is a massive boost to both that trait and her later Force Blast. A REAL GEM
• 109. Every Last HeroClix Figure with the “Morph: Many Identities” Trait in Age of Ultron: Hank Pym [Age of Ultron 001], Ant-Man [003], Yellowjacket [022], Goliath [043], Giant-Man [044], Hank Pym [201], Ant-Man [202], Goliath [203],  Ant-Man [205], Wasp [206] and Giant-Man [G200].  2015:

GREW BETTER: 043 Goliath (Super Strength, late Quake), 204 Yellowjacket (Force Blast), 205 Ant-Man (6 range Prob/Outwit)

SHRUNK: 001 Hank Pym (Outwit range), 201 Hank Pym (Outwit range AND TK), G200 Giant-Man (Outwit)

SAME “SIZE”: 003 and 202 Ant-Man, 022 Yellowjacket, 206 Wasp, 044 Giant-Man (Quake+SStrength up, Outwit down), 203 Goliath (better Strength, shorter Probability Control)

• 108. Static [Teen Titans 045] 2013: Now that themed teams are no longer so dominant, his complete lack of keywords won’t hold him back as much. MILDLY SHOCKING IMPROVEMENT
• 107. All the reporters in Superman/Wonder Woman with their “The World Needs To Know” special powers and traits: Newsboy Legion [007], Investigative Reporter [006], Lana Lang [029], Jimmy Olsen [027], Lois Lane [047], Clark Kent [026] and Superman [100]. 2015: It’s vital for each to get within 4 squares for their “TWNTK” skills, and smaller maps will help them in that. GETTING THE STORY
• 106. Blue Beetle and Booster Gold [The Brave and The Bold 052] 2010: The change to JLA TA isn’t enough to make them playable again. NOT SO SUPER BUDDIES
• 105. Uhura [Star Trek: The Original Series 038] 2017: No buffs other than being able to climb elevation to reach a potential target. RIP NICHELLE; LONG LIVE UHURA

• 104. Peace Machine [What If 0043] 2017: He lost both TK attacks and knockback damage in 2021, but in 2023 all that offense returned. And while his ranged Force Blast trait is no longer so special — indeed, it’s upgraded to his 7 range now — that range serves him well using his Outwit, too. Last and definitely not least, his back-half Support is far more reliable. Only the nerfed range on TK hurts him. PEACE RESTORED
• 103. Superior Spider-Man [Deadpool 060] 2014: His Outwit is now just his natural 4 range. His Super Strength balances that out maybe. NOT QUITE INFERIOR IN 2023
• 102. Luke Cage [Captain America 014] 2011: The general buff of Super Strength serves him well, as does Avengers TA. IMPROVED.
• 101. Question [WizKids D-008] 2013: He has more reason to pick Quake on his card now. A BETTER QUESTION
• 100. Black Widow [Captain America 006] 2011: She gains a bit with the new Avengers TA. SPYCRAFTIER
• 99. Cyborg [New 52 Justice League 006] 2012: New JLA TA to give him a possible 11 AV for his opening Pulse Wave is a subtle but huge UPGRADE.

• 98. Aquaman [Superman 048] 2011: He improved a lot in 2021. This time, the knock back his attack SP deals is better still. And the ability to add water terrain to your starting force only helps him. SWIMMINGLY BETTER
• 97. Madrox [Giant-Size X-Men 001] 2011: Weakened by the shorter ranges for Perplex and Outwit. SUBTRACTION, NOT MULTIPLICATION
• 96. Chameleon Girl [Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes 031] 2014: Her Perplex is worse still. NOT CHANGING FOR THE BETTER
• 95. Cloak [Amazing Spider-Man 202] 2013: No longer a wildcard is slightly balanced by the new Spider-Man TA giving Super-duper Senses. STILL CLOAKED IN MEDIOCRITY
• 94. Mirage [Wolverine and the X-Men 004] 2013: No change. STUCK IN THE OLD WAYS (of 2021)
• 93. Triplicate Girl [Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes 206] 2014: No change, other than her pog sisters getting to use powers the main Trip might get from, say, assigned equipment. 3 TIMES 0 UPGRADES IS ZERO UPGRADES
• 92. Superman II [Superman/Wonder Woman 019a] 2015: Because Super Strength is better, he gets a little bit better down the line. Having 6-range Outwit and Perplex is now above average, too. BUT STILL BELOW AVERAGE

• 91. Frog-Man [Superior Foes of Spider-Man 048] 2016: 2021 gave him the ability to finally affect Charge and Reflexes, and now knockback damage has returned!. BOUNCING BACK
• 90. The Spot [Web of Spider-Man 051] 2010: No change. OUT, DAMN’D SPOT
• 89. Luke Cage [Civil War Storyline 011] 2016: He benefits from Super Strength. YES HE EVEN LIFTS BRO
• 88. Batman [Superman/Wonder Woman 061] 2015: His late Outwit takes a blow from shorter range even as his terrain triggers maybe increases some. MERELY A MAN
• 87. Fitz [Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD 021] 2015: NO UPGRADES HERE

• 86. Element Man [World’s Finest 040] 2016: Super Strength and Quake are both better and he has both to choose via his SP. The former could work interestingly because he has to drop the object at the beginning of his next turn. AN ELEMENT OF CHANGE
• 85. Baby Doll [Batman The Animated Series 049] 2018: Her Outwit and Perplex both got cut short as she is. SHE DIDN’T MEAN TO GET WORSE
• 84. Veil [Avengers Asemble 023] 2015: No change for her. STILL A VAPOR
• 83. Goliath [Civil War Storyline 029] 2016: Super Strength upgrades will help him a little, but he already has the Giant Reach some terrain weapons would offer. A BIT LARGER

• 82. She-Hulk [Avengers Infinity 024] 2018: No change. HUNG JURY
• 81. Molly Hayes [Hammer of Thor 041] 2010: Super Strength is no longer nerfed.  MORE POWERFUL PRINCESS THAN EVER
• 80. Aquaman [Trinity War 201] 2015: Now he doesn’t have to entirely depend on theme or winning map choice to get water terrain. Plus, Super Strength. A KINGLY SEA CHANGE
• 79. Hulk [Avengers Movie 202] 2012: It’s too bad his SP full-speed Charge doesn’t work with his copious Super Strength. Late-dial Quake =  HULK LITERALLY SMASH
• 78. Superman II [Superman/Wonder Woman 6-001] 2015: Opening Quake could help clear out some terrain early on. Later S.Strength could yield damage, too.  SUPER ENOUGH?
• 77. Mysterio [Web of Spider-Man 056] 2010: 6-range Prob and Perplex and SP Smoke Cloud add up to a better Mysterio in 2023. OR IS IT ILLUSION???

• 76. Groot [Web of Spider-Man 049] 2010: Opening S.Strength means a bigger I AM GROOT
• 75. 3-D Man [Avengers Assemble 013b] 2015: The 6-square LOF zone barring enemy Stealth and Shape Change is now above average. NOT 3 TIMES BETTER BUT BETTER

• 74. Magik [Wolverine and the X-Men 034] 2013: After getting GREAT upgrades in 2021, Magik is unchanged this time. STUCK IN LIMBO
• 73. Miranda Tate [Dark Knight Rises 012] 2012: Her Perplex, Mind Control and later Outwit all get dinged down to her natural 5 range. SECRET AGENDA NOT SO SECRET ANYMORE
• (tie) 72. Crystal [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 012] 2019: FREE Quake is quite a bit more interesting now. But her Smoke Cloud is bound to her actual range instead of cheating it out the old minimum 6. A…LESS VALUABLE GEM
  Silver Sable [Earth X 002] 2019: She’s not a wildcard anymore and themed teams are less important, but she can still fit a lot of keyword-triggered conditions. THIS SILVER HAS NOT TARNISHED MUCH
• 71. Nova Prime [Galactic Guardians 001] 2012: No change for better or worse on balance. STILL A RIDER

• 70. Clark Kent [Man of Steel 009] 2013: He got a lot of upgrades in 2021. In 2023, his intermittent Super Strength could come into better play. A MORE SUPER MAN

• 69. Sand [Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls 060] 2017: His FREE Force Blast is MUCH stronger with knock back damage’s return. KICKING SAND IN UR FACE
• 68. Deathlok [Wolverine and the X-Men 11b] 2013: At least we kinda found out his RCE SP is basically just RCE now. SLIGHTLY OBSOLETE TECH
• 67. Red Hood [Rebirth 046] 2019: Nothing changes for him in 2023. NOTHING AT ALL

• 66. Spider-Punk [Superior Foes of Spider-Man 062] 2016: No longer a wildcard but better with the Super Senses up top thanks to Spider-Man TA. ROCKING
• 65. Rocket Racer [Web of Spider-Man 044] 2010: Losing wildcard status hurts his AV. OTOH, he gets Senses on a 6 now so maybe it balances? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  RACING FOR THE BOTTOM MAYBE
• 64. Timber Wolf [Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes 013] 2014: Same as in 2021. UNEVOLVED
• 63. Aquaman [New 52 Justice League 005] 2012: New JLA TA, starting S.Strength and being able to field his own water are an upgrade WORTHY OF A KING
• 62. Black Adam [Rebirth 037b] 2019: A little bit of Super Strength to make him a LITTLE BIT BETTER
• 61. Black Panther [Secret Wars Battleworld 061] 2018: His Quake click could see use, maybe. STILL RULES
• 60. The Captain [Giant-Size X-Men 054] 2011: Super Strength and Quake are welcome. A LITTLE LESS ****.
• (tie) 59. Batman [DC 75th Anniversary 031] 2010: His Perplex is nerfed down to his natural 4 range. A LESSER BATMAN. His partner Robin [The Brave and The Bold 042] 2010: got no change. SAME AS EVER
• 58. Muhammad Ali [WizKids DP17-004] 2017: No change in 2023. STILL THE GREATEST BOXER

• 57. Giant-Girl [Avengers Infinity G001] 2018: Her Quake isn’t as good as it looks because her (and other giants’) terrain smash doesn’t work with Giant Reach. SAME SIZE
• 56. Vixen [Streets of Gotham 028] 2012: Like Animal Man, not being tied to theme will help her more easily be teamed with other Animals. Oh and look: the new and improved JLA TA! HEAR HER ROAR
• 55. Dust [X-Men Xavier’s School 056] 2018: Her Smoke Cloud is constrained to her 4 range now. BLATANT ISLAMOPHOBIA
• 54. Black Widow [Captain America: The Winter Soldier 003] 2014: OOOF …themed team Probability Control is GONE, so her entire trait is just so much deadweight. Her Outwit is also nerfed, range-wise. HER COVER’S BLOWN TO HELL

• 53. Jakeem Thunder [Joker’s Wild 053b] 2016: Just pick one of the better powers in 2023. SO COOL
• 52. Captain America and Black Widow [Captain America: Winter Soldier 017] 2014: Nothing got worse or better for this piece since 2021. STATUS QUO
• 51. Captain America [Fear Itself 201] 2013: His Support SP is no longer special. At least he has Super Strength to start. NOT ANYONE’S CAP ANYMORE
• 50. Black Rider/Ringwraith/Nazgul/One Of The Nine/Servant Of Sauron [Lord of the Rings 016/006/101/102/020] 2011: So they all have Quake except the Servant of Sauron. That’s a little better, though they’re still not good. THEY’RE EEEEVIL
• 49. Wildfire [Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes 021] 2014: Still hard to figure how his SP Regen works now since the roll is halved instead of subtracted. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• 48. Alloy [World’s Finest 058] 2016: OOOF! 2023  rules limit sideline size to just 2 elements per 100 points, so the usual 7 Metal Men you could split him into is capped at 6 in builds of 300. And his Perplex is cut to 4 range. At least he’s got a full dial of Super Strength to maybe help (as does Iron, one of his split candidates). Tin’s Force Blast is newly useful, while Mercury’s TK and Platinum’s Outwit are reigned in. GIANT MESS?

• 47. Ms. Marvel [Avengers Assemble 055] 2015: 2023’s rules improve her Giant Size by giving Super Strength. A BIT MORE MARVELOUS

• 46. Wasp [Avengers Infinity 044] 2018: Her Outwit is really constrained now, to her natural 4 range. SHRINKING
• 45. Captain America [Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD 049] 2015: He has Avengers TA for an AV bonus and outranges most Outwit by a lot.  SLIGHTLY BETTER
• 44. Cyclops [Uncanny X-Men 033] 2016: We didn’t notice in 2021, but ever since the 2017 change to Leadership, he’s been able to remove his own token under those revised rules. CYCLOPS WAS RIGHT

• 43. The Atom [Superman/Wonder Woman G001] 2015: At 300 and 200 points he brings the improved Super Strength while his late dial sport Quake. A SMIDGE BIGGER AND BETTER
• 42. Hawkman & Hawkgirl [Batman The Animated Series 060] 2018: Absolutely none of the 2021 changes improved this pair, but 2023’s new JLA TA and Quake rules shake things up for the Carter Hall half. Shayera Hol’s Outwit takes a nerfing, though. SOARING HIGHER
• 41. Dee Dee [Batman The Animated Series 015] 2018: No change. DEE DEE DISSED

• 40. Colleen Wing and Misty Knight [Amazing Spider-Man 044] 2013: Shorter range for their Outwit and Perplex is not cool for them.  DRAGON DAUGHTERS TAKE A DIVE
• 39. Batman [Batman and His Greatest Foes Fast Forces 001] 2016: No better in 2023.

• 38. Black Lightning [Batman 045] 2012: No changes. STATIC ELECTRICITY

• 37. Robin [Harley Quinn and the Gotham Girls 030] 2017: No change. NO NEW THRILL
• 36. Asuka [WWE 012] 2019: No changes. SO YOU MIGHT BE READY FOR ASUKA

• 35. Apache Chief [Batman The Animated Series 070] 2018: Despite his ever-expanding size and reach, new Quake still only breaks adjacent terrain.  NOT SO BIG AN IMPROVEMENT
• 34. Clayface [Batman The Animated Series 001b] 2018: Both his Outwit and Perplex got worse, so he gets worse. CLAY IS CRACKING
• 33. Angel [Days of Future Past 005] 2014: His Perplex on later clicks is shorter-ranged than ever. LOW-FLYING ANGEL
• 32. Shade, The Changing Girl [Rebirth 044] 2019: Perplex lost squares of range, and objects are rarer in these new terrain-heavy days. CHANGING FOR THE WORSE
• 31. Batman [Batman The Animated Series 040] 2018: Shorter ranges of Outwit and then Perplex are partially offset by his runs of Quake. RIP KEVIN CONROY
• 30. Daredevil [WizKids MP18-007] 2018: His SP Prob is shorter, which could be a problem if he’s outranged by an attacker. IT’S LIKE HE CAN’T SEE OR SOMETHING

• 29. Cyclops [Giant-Size X-Men 008] 2011: So on the one hand, his mid-dial Force Blast gets a boost with the return of knock back damage. But on the other: The free damage rider it gave him no longer works because there’s no d6 roll for it to key off of. CYCLOPS WAS WRONG
• 28. Magma [Wolverine and the X-Men 073] 2013: Quake is improved, and she has it. HOT TIME ON THE MAP TODAY
• 27. War Machine [Invincible Iron Man 029b] 2013: No better, no worse. BASIC
• 26. Nova [Avengers Infinity 032] 2018: There’s a corner case in which his mid-dial SP allowing FREE Quake after a Charge is useful. But not very, since the same power already gave him Improved Movement: Destroy Blocking.  NOT QUITE NOVA IN HIS PRIME
• 25. Falcon [Captain America: The Winter Soldier 006] 2014: His Perplex is unaffected because of his natural 6 range, and ending with Charge+Quake is a little better. DIVEBOMBING RUN
• 24. Grace [Joker’s Wild 046] 2016: The new relevance of Super Strength still doesn’t allow her to use it in her full-move-then-attack a higher foe, but it is a welcome bonus. Late-dial, she can Quake through some walls maybe. GRACED WITH POWER
• 23. Elijah Snow [Elseworlds 046] 2017: His Outwit or Perplex SP is better now with his natural 8 range. SLIGHTLY COOLER

• 22. Armor [Giant-Size X-Men 050] 2011: IF you can get her off her activation click, her Super Strength is relevant again and late Force Blast could work out. ARMOR UP…?
• 21. Mysterio [Amazing Spider-Man 026 and 206] 2013: Fortunately for 026 Mysterio, natural 6 range means both Outwit and Smoke Cloud maintain usefulness. But 206 Mysterio is limited to the minimum 4 for his Smoke and SP Perplex. ONLY ONE IS THE *R E A L* MYSTERIO!!
• 20. Valkyrie [Fear Itself 005] 2013: Avengers TA gives her a needed AV boost to CHOOSE THE SLAIN
• 19. Donatello [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Heroes In A Half-Shell 025] 2016: his Support is much stronger while his Outwit and Perplex are both lessened. Plus there’s ending Quake. UPGRADED LIKE A MACHINE
• (tie) 18. Okoye [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 038] 2019: Sometimes she’ll use Quake on clicks 2 or 3. More often she’ll generate War Rhino pogs that Quake and carry her. Either way, she’s still better than
  Okoye [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati FF006] 2019, who gets zero upgrades. ONE IS GENERAL, THE OTHER DEMOTED
• 17. Hulk [Avengers Defenders War 052] 2017: Cho Hulk’s Perplex and Outwit both took a hit in 2023. But look at his opening Quake and traited Super Strength now! That’s OK. THE MOST OK HULK EVER
• 16. Multiple Man [Wolverine and the X-Men 013] 2013: His Perplex is poorer still now.  WEAKNESS MULTIPLIED. Multiple Man [Wolverine and the X-Men 205] gets no boosts from the 2023 rules. WHOMP WHOMP
• 15. Oya [X-Men Xavier’s School 031] 2018: No change. NO-YA
• 14. Nova Corps Officer [Guardians of the Galaxy Movie 004] 2014: Nothing different. NO PROMOTION FOR YOU
• 13. Wonder Woman [WizKids D-001] 2011: Both her SP Perplex and late Outwit got worse. But her opening Super Strength is relevant again. GETTING OUT FROM UNDER
• 12. Captain Marvel [Captain Marvel 021] 2019: She has some mid-dial Strength that might do some good . POWER WAS IN HER ALL ALONG

• 11. Bat-Knight [WizKids DP17-006] 2017: No change. DESIGN WAS PERFECT ALREADY
• 10. Troll [The Mighty Thor 039] 2017: Changes to Leap/Climb made her Speed SP redundant in 2021; we’re just now noticing. TROLLOLOL

• 9. Ant-Man and Wasp [Chaos War 053] 2012: Mid-dial Outwit loses a square of range but their 5 range is over the minimum. BARELY SMALLER
• 8. Black Panther [Age of Ultron 045] 2015: His Perplex at dial’s end and Outwit on top dial are both worse. At least he gets Avengers TA to help his AV maybe. UNEASY HEAD UNDER CROWN

• 7. Aquaman [Brightest Day 006] 2010: Super Strength is back! And he has plenty. A KINGLY SHARE

• 6. The Authority [017 Swift, 032 Jenny Quantum, 033 Jack Hawksmoor, 048 Apollo, 049 Midnighter, 060 Engineer and 061 Jenny Sparks] 2014: 
  • Doctor (016) gets more from late-dial Force Blast but loses a square of Prob range. RIGHT PRESCRIPTION?
  • Jenny Quantum (032) loses on Perplex AND Outwit. STAY HOME, CHILD
  • Jack Hawksmoor (033) loses range on Telekinesis and Prob Control. Later Quake can help him destroy his buildings, I guess; STRAIGHT SLUM
  • Apollo (048) can really shut down use of TK on smaller maps with his 8 range; HEAT RAYS HEATING UP.
  • But Midnighter (049) can’t really safely use Outwit anymore. GET HANDS DIRTY OR STAY HOME
  • Engineer (060) will probably get the most from Support now; HUH … UPGRADES
  • Jenny Sparks (061) has worse late Perplex. BOLLOCKS
  • Swift (017) gets nothing! GOOD *DAY* MA’AM!
• 5. Moon Knight [Avengers Defenders War 062] 2017: Perplex is nerfed again and he loses wildcard for mini-Super Senses. MR. KNIGHT IS THE WEAKLING

• 4. Drax The Destroyer [Guardians of the Galaxy Movie 013] 2014: No improvements. SIMPLE CLIX, SIMPLE PURPOSE
• 3. Ambrose Chase [005] 2019: Perplex AND Outwit got nerfed to his 5 range. CHASED DOWN

• 2. Miss America [WizKids M17-009] 2017: Opening S.Strength is good again. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
• 1. Power Girl [Rebirth 022] 2019: Her Perplex AND Outwit options are way worse. But Super Strength has its uses. LACK OF GROWTH

Alternates/HMs (chronologically):

• Impulse [DC75 Anniversary 104] 2010: No better or worse than in 2021. STANDING STILL
• Nightshade [Captain America 027] 2011: She gets the mildest of improvements since the Battle Fury she gifts an adjacent character allows them to throw held terrain. But… NOT SO DEADLY

• Dee Jay [Street Fighter 010] 2011: No better or worse. STILL KICKIN’
• Superman [Superman 055] 2011: He loses a bit of power because heavy objects (aside from the Tank Turret special object) no longer exist in the game. But Super Strength’s regained versatility and his opening Quake come in as pluses to balance the minus. A BITTY BIT MORE SUPER
• Bard the Bowman [The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug 009] 2013: Not any better. BARD STAYS HIS ARROW
• Silver Samurai [Wolverine and the X-Men 044] 2013: No change. STICKING WITH TRADITION
• Batman [Gotham City 001] 2013: Being able to pick the most improved attack or damage powers is pretty cool. ONE OF THE WORLD’S FINEST
• Giganta [Legion of Doom 006] 2014: Though Quake is better, she can’t reliably get to the SP that grants it. LARGE BUT PROBLEMATIC
• Shang-Chi [Deadpool 047] 2014: No change.. HOLDING TO THE PATH
• Hulk [Avengers Age of Ultron 104] 2015: He hulks up with Super Strength’s buff and Battle Fury’s ability to throw terrain — useful if his full Charge gets Outwitted, AND makes his Avengers Initiative TA finally have a point.  RAGING HARDER
• Faust [Superman/Wonder Woman 056] 2015: His late Prob Control is better than ever with his 7 range. NOT FELIX
• Mysterio [WizKids M16-003] 2016: Smoke Cloud got worse range, down to his natural 4 — though he could Perplex it to 5. THIS BUFF IS AN ILLUSION
• Crazy Jane [World’s Finest 019] 2016: Clicks 1, 4 and 5 still have no real change. Click 2’s Perplex and especially TK are nerfed down to her natural 4 range, as is click 3’s Smoke Cloud. Her last click, No. 6, is also hurt with Prob Control. But Pulse Wave is now her full range, so that’s double-edged sword. TOO CRAZY FOR HER OWN GOOD?
• Patriot [Civil War Storyline 021] 2016: He’s still paying points for a trait and abilities that are no longer special. But the Avengers TA, tho. Plus he can throw an object on his last click with Battle Fury . PATRIOTISM!
• Batroc [Avengers Defenders War 050] 2017: No change from 2021. *STILL LAUGHING EN FRANCAIS*
• Thor [The Mighty Thor 061] 2017: Unsure his old trait for holding multiple objects doesn’t seamlessly work with new terrain markers, so while he’s a bit better than in 2021, he’s not as better as he could be. WE SAY THEE … MAYBE
• Photon [Avengers Infinity 036] 2018: She benefits from the new Avengers TA. LIGHTSPEEDY
• Doctor Octopus [Earth X 034] 2019: A MUCH shorter Outwit range forces him to get too much closer to the action. NOT-AS-GOOD DOCTOR
• Falcon [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 041b] 2019: Quake is a bit better now, and still combos with his CCE. ON MY LEFT
• Frenzy [X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga 027] 2019: Her Battle Fury gives her another way to attack, esp. with Super Strength on the back end. A BEATING FRENZY
• Storm [X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga G023b] 2019: Knock back damage returns. A WEATHER EVENT
• Dr. Claire Finn [The Orville ] 2019: She’s a better medic than ever with Support no longer having a chance at failure or even a penalty in her FREE version’s case. It’s why see’s currently banned from Silver Age.  BEST DOCTOR

2021’s FAVES

So because of the two-week-late errata on legacy Krakóa’s point cost, I couldn’t properly publish this ahead of time like I usually do. But late isn’t never, so here we go:

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In principle, legacy cards have been a F.U.N. way to bring some old fan-favorites back into Modern/Silver play and rework some old figs that never really worked right before (or don’t anymore due to rule changes).

In practice? These reviews get harder and harder. And my hopes that WizKids fixes their QA problems remain unanswered. But I’m going to try a much easier short version look at these cards this go-’round.

By set number:

———

L018 MYSTIQUE
(X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2013???)

 

L020 HIT-MONKEY
(Deadpool+X-Force, 2017)

Looks like we got the whole set list a bit early.* So here’s our customary pocket checklist:

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Four to a sheet!

*UPDATE 1: Oh wait, it appears there’s still the Release Day OP LE to see. (It’s Madisynn. I haven’t see her stats or point cost(s) yet, so can’t add her to the checklist. And she’s set no. 100, which suggests a number 099 piece we haven’t seen yet, either. So I maybe jumped the gun here. WATCH THIS SPACE!)

**UPDATE 2: OK, this SHOULD be the final one. But it’s Next Phase, so whatever

 

 

It’s Black History Month and I decided to do this.

A definitive list. Most are obvious. Some are surprising.

In alphabetical order. [Specific set numbers] are given where necessary to distinguish from other, same-named characters.

Aaron Cash
Aaron Davis
Alexis
Alex Wilder
Algrim
Amanda Waller
Ambrose Chase
Anarchist
Aneka
Angstrom Levy
Annihilation
Aqualad [Rebirth 012]
Ashley Barton
Atlas Bear
Augustus Cole
Ayo
Azrael [Batman 104]
Azzuri
Balrog
Batman [Streets of Gotham 052]
Battlestar
Batwing [Batman 042]
Baxter Stockman [TMNT 013]
Bedlam
Beetle [Superior Foes of Spider-Man 033]
Bishop
Bishop of XSE
Black Death
Black Leopard
Black Lightning
Black Manta
Black Manta Goon
Black Panther
Black Panther 2099
Black Talon
Black Vulcan
Blade
Blink
Blue Marvel
Bronze Tiger
Brother Voodoo
Bumblebee
Bushmaster
Calypso
Calypso Ezili
Captain America [Secret Invasion 019, Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 049, Marvel Studios Disney Plus 005, Avengers Defenders War 069, Captain America & The Avengers 039, Avengers Infinity 033, and Marvel Studios Disney Plus 056]
Captain Kirk and Lt. Uhura
Captain Marvel [Sinister 058]
Captain Universe [Avengers Assemble 036]
Cardiac
Catwoman [Batman Classic TV 009 and Unleashed 222]
Centurius
Clarice Ferguson
Cloak
Cloak and Dagger
Coldcast
Colleen Wing and Misty Knight
Cottonmouth
Coyote Tango*
Crimson Avenger [Collateral Damage 087]
Crispus Allen
Cyborg
Daisy Fitzroy
Darwin
Deathlok [Wolverine and the X-Men 011a, Wolverine and the X-Men 011b, Spider-Man Venom: Absolute Carnage 008, Sinister 053, Sinister 054]
Deathurge
Dee Jay
Devil Dinosaur & Moon Girl
Diggle
Doctor Spectrum [Guardians of the Galaxy 059a]
Doctor Voodoo
Doorman
Dora Milaje
Dora Milaje Midnight Angel
Dr. Cecilia Reyes
Dr. Claire Finn
Dr. Gravity
Dr. Voodoo
Duane Freeman (bystander)
Duke Thomas
Easy Company Soldier (but not the LE version, Little Sure Shot)
Eliot Franklin
Empress
Erik Killmonger
Falcon [except Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 041a]
Fatality
Firestorm [Justice League 018, Justice League New 52 010]
Frenzy
Gabe Jones
Gabriel Jones
Gateway
GCPD [Batman Alpha 015]
GCPD Detective [Streets of Gotham 004]
Genesis [except Deadpool 045]
Ghost Panther
Goliath [Civil War 029, Secret Invasion 022]
Goodness and Mercy
Gotham City Detective
Gotham Policeman
Green Lantern [Justice League Unlimited 002, Justice League Unlimited 036, Justice League Unlimited 104, Batman The Animated Series 039, Cosmic Justice 082-084, Cosmic Justice 221]
Green Priestess
Guardian [Collateral Damage 086]
The Guardian [Assassins Creed 004]
G.W. Bridge
Hammer [X-Force+Deadpool 059a]
Hatut Zeraze
Heimdall [Avengers Movie 210, Thor The Dark World 010, Thor: Ragnarok 004, Thor: Ragnarok 009]
Hooded Justice
Hope
Hope Taya
Hunter B-15
The Hydra (Falcon)
Intergang Medic
Invisible Kid
Iron Heart
Ironheart
Iron Man [Invincible Iron Man 038]
Iron Man and Iron Patriot
Iron Man / War Machine
Iron Man and War Machine
Iron Patriot [TabApp M-002, Iron Man 3 003, Iron Man 3 102]
Iron Spider [Spider-Man Venom: Absolute Carnage 044, Spider-Man Beyond Amazing 043b)
Isaiah Bradley
Isca The Unbeaten
Jakeem Thunder
James Rhodes
Jefferson Pierce
John Stewart
Jo Mullein
Josiah X
Kid Flash [Rebirth 005, Rebirth 021]
Kid Quantum
Killer Croc* [except Batman The Animated Series 047a]
Killmonger
King Jefferson
King Killmonger
Korath [Captain Marvel Movie 019]
Korath The Pursuer [Guardians of the Galaxy Movie 015]
Knuckles
Kurse [Thor The Dark World 008, Thor The Dark World 106]
Lex Corp Security
Living Mummy
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge
Lt. Commander John Lamaar
Lt. Geordi La Forge
Lt. Marcus Stone
Lt. Nyota Uhura
Lt. Uhura
Lucius Fox
Luke Cage
M
Maggott
Makkari [Eternals Movie 005, Eternals Movie 016]
Malice [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 025]
Man-Ape
The Man Without Fear [Avengers Defenders War 101]
Manifold
Maxam
M’Baku
Menace
Mettle
Michael Roth
Micron
Miles and Gwen
Miles Miles West
Miles Morales
Mirror Geordi La Forge
Miss America [WizKids M17-009, Avengers Forever 050]
Misty Knight
Monica Rambeau
Mr. Bones
Mr. Terrific [except DC75th Anniversary 011]
Muhammad Ali
Nakia
Nick Fury [Captain Marvel Movie 004, Captain Marvel Movie 013, Avengers Infinity 017, Avengers Forever 026, Avengers: Age of Ultron 015, Chaos War 040, Avengers Movie 035, Avengers Movie 203, Classics 2-11, Sinister 091]
Nick Fury, Jr.
Nightmask
Nightshade
Night Thrasher
Nightwatch
N’Kantu
Nubia
Okoye
Onome
Oya
Patriot
Pawn 502
Peace Machine
Penance
Perry White [Batman V Superman 015]
Phastos
Phillipus
Photon [all except Supernova 081]
Power Girl [Rebirth 006, Rebirth 022]
Power Man [except Captain America & The Avengers 014]
Power Man and Iron Fist
Prodigy [Avengers Forever 033, X-Men Xavier’s School 047]
Professor [Infinity Challenge B009]
Prowler
Puff Adder
Pulsar
Queen Shuri
Rage
Ravonna Renslayer
Researcher
Robbie Robertson
Rocket Racer
Ronin [Avengers Assemble 052]
Sam Wilson
Saracen
Sgt. Johnson
Shard
S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent [Infinity Challenge 001-003]
S.H.I.E.L.D. Section Chief
Shuri
The Signal
Silhouette
Skitter
Snap Wilson
Soldier [Superman/Wonder Woman 008]
Spectre [War of Light 050a, War of Light 050b]
Spectrum
Spider-Carnage
Spider-Man [War of the Realms 008, WizKids M20-104, Superior Foes of Spider-Man 031, Earth X 037b]
Spider-Punk
Spiders Man
Static
Steel [except Rebirth 023a]
Storm
Sunspot
Superman II
Synch
Tattooed Man
T’Chaka II
T’Challa Star-Lord
Technocrat
Teen Lantern
Tempo
3-D Man
Throg
Thug [Infinity Challenge 013-015]
Thunder [Batman 021]
Thunderball
Titan
Tombstone
Triathlon
Turk Barrett
Tyroc
Tyrone Johnson
Uhura
Valkyrie [Thor: Ragnarok 012, Thor: Ragnarok 005, War of the Realms 049]
Venom Black Panther
Vermin
Vixen
Voodoo
Wakanda Hulkbuster
Wakandan Scientist
Wakandan Warrior
Warhawk
War Machine
The Watcher
White Tiger [Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 026, Avengers Black Panther Illuminati 004]
Witch [Worlds Finest 015]
W’Kabi
Wonder Woman [WizKids D23-005]
Xandressan Windsman
XS
Yrra Cynril

 

List will certainly grow.