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.

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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.