I started writing this Top Ten before Dragon*Con (through Labor Day weekend) with no idea of what it’d be on.

I flirted with the idea of griping about the Top Ten un-F.U.N. pieces in the game, which seem to be cropping up with a bit too much regularity in the past few rotations. But that was a bit more negative than I wanted to be on the verge of the nerd prom. I’m definitely not ready for another couple of articles I’m planning to do on the top tie-up or taxi characters.

Most of all, I wanted a topic that wouldn’t take a lot of work…one that I could either write ahead of the convention or easily write afterward.

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#10

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#9

All-Star Superman (Superman 001) 150 + full Gauntlet 40
AIM Agent (Incredible Hulk) 38
AIM Renegade (Incredible Hulk) 34 x 2
=296 points. This one was memorable first for being the eventual championship team; second, for being, surprisingly, an almost-comic-accurate one, in a roundabout way (Superman standing in for AIM creation Doomsday Man). But mostly, I was impressed that even the repeat champ Cramcompany could take such a fragile team to a 5-0 victory.

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#8

Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man 225 + full Gauntlet 40
Scarlet Witch (Fast Forces) 50
Sharon Carter (Chaos War) 45
Victoria Hand 40
=400 points. I was gratified to see one of Heroclixin’s Top Ten Duos on the field. I was even more pleasantly surprised to see it in the finals against the Sentroid team mentioned earlier.

At first, I thought Sentroid’s far superior mobility and power would overwhelm the Witch-Wonder duo and support. But on second glance, I realized that the teams were a lot more evenly matched than it first appeared. And in the final result, this team proved it with a victory.

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#7

Commander El 135
Kryptonian Soldier 87 x 3
=396 points. Of all the teams played at its event — 400 point named keyword — it appeared to be the only fully comic-accurate one. It didn’t do too well, ending up near the bottom.

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#5

Black Bolt (Incredible Hulk 10) 133 + full Gauntlet 40
Super-Skrull (Galactic Guardians 20) 100
Xavin 75
Replica 47
= 395 points. I also appreciated any team in this event that wasn’t Avengers-themed (said keyword has become the dominant one in the game at the moment).

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#5

Captain Marvel (Galactic Guardians) 141
Captain America (Captain America 001) 89
Black Widow (Captain America 006) 85
Falcon (Captain America) 79
=394 points. This one got props from me for running Falcon, a piece that I like (good powers, AV) and hate (low DV, 15-20 points too much) at the same time.

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#4

Mr. Sinister (Chaos War) 225
Wolverine (Incredible Hulk) 70
Tarot 47
Roulette 35
=377 points? I can’t recall if there was a Gauntlet on this team. Anyway, I loved that the fun Mr. Sinister was the anchor of the force. That it was played by a young man who used to frequent my venue in years past as a boy was just icing.

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#3

Master Mold 200 + full Gauntlet 40
Scarlet Witch (Fast Forces) 50
=290 points. The colossal robot’s only weakness is his vulnerability to Outwit. Handled, with the Gauntlet. I watched this pair sweep a Sentroid one-man-army twice. As my favorite of the GG colossals, that was pretty gratifying.

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#2

Stranger 213 + Gauntlet w/Time Gem 15
AIM Agent (Incredible Hulk) 38
AIM Renegade (Incredible Hulk) 34
=300 points. Despite lacking a full Gauntlet and being set on its heels by a Morgan Le Fay/Loki duo for the entire game, this team still battled long and was only a couple of clutch hits from getting an unlikely win.

Clark Kent (The Brave and the Bold 102) 23
Clark Kent (The Brave and the Bold 002) 48
Young Superman 100
Superman Beyond 145
Superman (Superman 057) 160
Superman (Justice League 001)
Kal-L  (The Brave and the Bold ) 254
= nothing, as this event had no build total. Instead, only one piece from seven point brackets occupied the battlefield and swapped in upon taking damage or healing. This team was my favorite of the whole weekend because it was very well-themed.