Nova

Hero Action: Exhaust Champions Mobile Bunker → choose an identity with the champion trait. The player who controls that identity may draw 2 cards, then discard 2 cards from their hand.

Play only if your identity has the champion or genius trait. Response: After you play Moon Girl from your hand, draw 1 card for each [mental] resource used to pay for her.

Response: After you play Ironheart from your hand, draw 1 card.

Max 1 per deck. Your identity gets +1 to each of its basic powers, +1 hand size, and +10 hit points.

Attach to an identity-specific ally you control. Max 1 per deck. Attached ally gets +2 hit points and is your "sidekick." Response: After you make a basic recovery, heal 2 damage from attached ally.

Max 1 per player. Action: Exhaust Helicarrier → choose a player. Reduce the resource cost of the next card that player plays this phase by 1.

Max 1 per deck. Play only if your identity has the Champion trait. Hero Action: Remove "Go for Champions!" from the game → Each champion character in play cannot take damage until the end of the round.

Hero Action: Ready your sidekick → ready your hero and choose one: • Heal 1 damage from both characters. • Both characters get +1 THW and +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Max 1 per player. Action: Exhaust Avengers Mansion → choose a player. That player draws 1 card.

Forced Response: After Nick Fury enters play, choose one: remove 2 threat from a scheme, draw 3 cards, or deal 4 damage to an enemy. At the end of the round, if Nick Fury is still in play, discard him.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Your alter-ego gets +2 REC.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Response: After you spend this card, heal 1 damage from an ally you control.

Max 2 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates while paying for a Leadership (blue) card.

Max 2 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates while paying for a Aggression (red) card.

Increase your ally limit by 1. (This allows you to control more than 3 allies.)

Requirement ([mental][mental]). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When you play an Aggression Attack event, if you paid for that event using a [mental] resource, increase the amount of damage that event deals by its printed cost.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. You get +3 hit points.

Play only if your identity has the aerial trait. Hero Action (attack): Deal 7 damage to an enemy. Deal 1 damage to each other enemy.

Hero Response: After Vivian enters play, choose an attachment, non-Elite minion, or non-permanent side scheme. Until the end of the round, treat that card's printed text box as if it were blank (except for Traits).

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for an ally and put it into play. (Shuffle.)

Attach to an ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +2 hit points.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Hero Interrupt: When an AERIAL character you control uses a basic power, exhaust Soaring Acrobatics → that character gets +1 to that power for this use.

Reduce the cost to play Mission Leader by 1 if your identity has the SOLDIER trait. Hero Response: After a side scheme is defeated, exhaust Mission Leader → each player draws 1 card.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Each ally you control gets +1 hit point.

Requirement ([mental][mental]). Uses (3 research counters). Hero Action: Exhaust R&D Facility and remove 1 research counter from it → choose a friendly character in play. That character gets +1 THW and +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Resource: Discard Resourceful → generate a [wild] resource.

Play only if your identity has the Aerial trait. Hero Response (attack): After your hero attacks, deal 4 damage to an enemy.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Your hero gets +1 ATK.

Attach to a friendly character. Max 1 per character. Hero Resource: Exhaust this card and deal 1 damage to attached character → generate a [wild] resource.

Hero Action: Exhaust Cloud 9 → choose a player. Until the end of the phase, each Aerial character that player controls gets +1 THW.

Alter-Ego Action: Search your deck and discard pile for an ally and an upgrade that can be attached to that ally. Add them to your hand. (Shuffle.)

Play only if your identity has the champion trait. Hero Response: After The Locust enters play, add 1 Aggression (red) event from your discard pile to your hand.

Response: After you play Spider-Man from your hand, choose THW or ATK. Spider-Man gets +2 to the chosen power until the end of the phase.

Max 1 per player. Hero Action: Exhaust Deft Focus → reduce the resource cost of the next superpower card you play this turn by 1.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Hero Response: After a side scheme is defeated, exhaust Skilled Investigator → draw 1 card.

Hero Action: Exhaust Team-Building Exercise → play a card from your hand that shares a trait with your hero, reducing its resource cost by 1.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When your hero defends against an attack, it gets +2 DEF for that attack. If you take no damage from that attack, ready your hero.

Response: After Falcon enters play, look at the top 3 cards of the encounter deck. For each treachery looked at this way, remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Your hero gets +1 THW.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player who does not control a SPECIALIZATION upgrade chooses 1 set-aside SPECIALIZATION upgrade and puts it into play under their control.

Hero Action (thwart): Discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until you discard a minion. Put that minion into play engaged with you → remove 3 threat from the main scheme.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Your hero gets +1 DEF.

Restricted. Response: After your hero attacks an enemy, spend a [physical] resource → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Response: After you defend against an attack and take no damage, exhaust Unflappable → draw 1 card.

Max 1 per player. Hero Response: After an ally you control is defeated, discard Rapid Response → put that ally into play from your discard pile and deal 1 damage to it.

Hero Action: Exhaust Aero → choose a player. Until the end of the phase, each Aerial character that player controls gets +1 ATK.

Response (thwart): After your hero attacks and defeats an enemy, remove 2 threat from a scheme.

Hero Action (thwart): Remove 2 threat from a scheme. If this removes the last threat on that scheme, draw 1 card.

Uses (3 command counters). Action: Exhaust Command Team and remove 1 command counter from it → ready an ally.

Requirement ([physical]). Hero Action (attack): Deal 4 damage to an enemy. For each point of excess damage dealt to that enemy by this attack, discard the top card of your deck and add each Aggression (red) card discarded this way to your hand.

Response: After Kaluu enters play, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an event → add that event to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Forced Response: After Professor X enters play, choose one: confuse the villain, stun a minion, or ready an X-MEN character. At the end of the round, if Professor X is still in play, discard him.

Max 2 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates while paying for a Justice (yellow) card.

Interrupt: When an ally is defeated by an enemy attack, return it to its owner's hand instead of discarding it. Forced Interrupt: When the round ends, discard this card.

Hero Response: After you play an Attack event, exhaust this card → your hero gets +1 ATK until the end of the phase. (Max 1 per Attack event.)

Response: After Brawn attacks, remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Response (attack): After your hero thwarts and removes all threat from a scheme, deal 3 damage to an enemy.

Play only if your identity has the Aerial trait. Hero Response (thwart): After your hero thwarts, remove 3 threat from a scheme.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. You get +3 hit points and your hero gets +1 ATK.

Play only if your identity has the Champion trait. Wasp ignores the guard keyword, patrol keyword, and crisis icon ([crisis]).

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for a support with a cost of 3 or less and put it into play. (Shuffle.)

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. You get +3 hit points and your hero gets +1 DEF.

Play only if your identity has the aerial trait. Hero Action: Ready your hero and remove 2 threat from the main scheme.

Play only if your identity has the Champion trait. Hero Interrupt: When a player card would be placed into a discard pile from play, exhaust Pinpoint → shuffle that card into its owner's deck instead.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 6 damage to a minion. For each point of excess damage dealt by this attack, remove 1 threat from the main scheme.

Max 2 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates while paying for a Protection (green) card.

Hero Response: After you attack and defeat an enemy, heal 1 damage from your hero for each point of excess damage dealt to that enemy by that attack.

Response: After Snowguard enters play, place up to 3 shift counters here. While the shift counters here are equal to (X), she gets: (1) +3 ATK and her attacks gain overkill. (2) +3 THW and gains the Aerial trait. (3) +5 hit points and gains retaliate 1.

Max 2 per deck. Interrupt: When you spend this card to play a THWART event, that event removes 1 additional threat.

Hero Response: After Patriot enters play, choose a champion character → that character gets +1 to each of its basic powers until the end of the round.

Hero Response: After you change form, your hero gets +1 THW, +1 ATK, +1 DEF until the end of the round.

Forced Response: After Angela enters play under your control, search the top 10 cards of the encounter deck for a minion and put it into play engaged with you. Shuffle the encounter deck. If a minion was not put into play this way, discard Angela.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to an enemy. If this attack defeats that enemy, deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Play only if your identity has the aerial trait. Hero Action (thwart): Remove a total of up to 5 threat from among schemes (as you choose).

Max 1 per round. Hero Action: Search the encounter deck for a side scheme. Reveal that side scheme → draw 3 cards (shuffle the encounter deck).

Hero Action (attack): Deal 5 damage to a minion. If you paid for this card using a [physical] resource, this attack gains overkill. (Excess damage from this attack is dealt to the villain.)

Player under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Response: After you defend against an attack, deal 1 damage to the attacking character.

Hero Action: Discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until you discard a minion. Put that minion into play engaged with you → ready your hero.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 3 damage to an enemy. If this is the first card you have played this round, return this card to your hand.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Response: After you spend this card, remove 1 threat from the main scheme.

Play only if your identity has the Avenger trait. Resource: Exhaust Quincarrier → generate a [wild] resource.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Resource: Exhaust Sense of Justice → generate a [mental] resource for a Thwart event.

Hero Action: Choose a hero. Until the end of the round, that hero gets +1 THW, +1 ATK, and +1 DEF

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Response: After you defeat an enemy during the villain phase, exhaust this card → draw 2 cards.

This card generates [wild] for each ally you control (to a maximum of 3)

Wasp gets +1 hit point for each pym counter on her. Interrupt: When Wasp enters play, place 1 pym counter on her (to a maximum of 3) for each [energy] resource you overpaid for Wasp's cost.

Response: After you defeat a minion, place 1 glory counter here. Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust Hall of Heroes and remove 3 glory counters from it → draw 3 cards.

Hero Response: After your hero defends against an attack and takes no damage, exhaust Hard to Ignore → remove 1 threat from the main scheme.

Response: After Brother Voodoo enters play, search the top 5 cards of your deck for an event card and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Response: After Hugin & Munin enter play, search the top 10 cards of the encounter deck for a minion and put it into play engaged with you → ready 1 character you control for each icon ([star] and [boost]) in that minion's boost area.

Max 2 per deck. Hero Interrupt: When you spend this card to play a Defense event, draw 1 card.

Max 1 per player. Response: After you defeat an enemy with a basic attack, exhaust Blood Rage and take 1 damage → draw 1 card.

Setup. Max 1 per deck. Setup: Search your collection for an identity-specific ally for an identity not in this game. Shuffle that ally into your deck. Discard 2 cards from your hand and remove this card from the game.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When your hero defends against an attack, it gets +2 DEF for that attack. If you take no damage from that attack, deal 3 damage to the attacking enemy.

You may play the event attached to Jocasta as if it were in your hand. Response: After Jocasta enters play, choose a Defense event in your discard pile and attach it to her facedown.

[star] Response: After you use one of Domino's basic powers, swap a card in your hand with the top card of your deck.

Max 2 per deck. Hero Interrupt: When you spend this card to play a Attack event, that event deals 1 additional damage.

Response: After you play Thor from your hand, deal 2 damage to the villain (3 damage instead if you paid for this card using a [physical] resource).

Hero Interrupt (attack/defense): When an enemy initiates an attack, deal 4 damage to that enemy.

Max 2 per deck. Interrupt: When you spend this card to play an ally, that ally gets +1 THW and +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Resource: Exhaust Martial Prowess → generate a [physical] resource for an Attack event.

Action: Pay the printed cost of an ally in any player's discard pile → put that ally into play under your control.

You may play Lockjaw from your discard pile during your turn (paying his resource cost).

Interrupt: When your hero makes a basic attack, it gets +2 ATK for that attack.

Max 1 per phase. Hero Action: Draw 1 card for each minion engaged with you.

Attach to the main scheme. Max 1 per scheme. Increase the target threat value of attached scheme by 4.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to an enemy. If this attack defeats that enemy, heal 2 damage from your hero.

Response: After you play Spectrum, tuck 1 card used to pay for her under her. If that card's printed resource has: [mental] – Spectrum gets +2 THW. [physical] – Spectrum gets +2 ATK. [energy] – Spectrum gets +2 hit points. [wild] – All of the above.

Max 1 per player. Any player may spend the resource card tucked here as if it were in their hand. Action: Exhaust Resource Reserve → tuck 1 resource card from your hand under here (to a maximum of 1).

Alliance. Hero Action: For each different Trait on friendly characters in play, choose: • Remove 1 threat from a scheme. • Deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. While your hero's remaining hit points are equal to or greater than your hero's starting hit points, your hero gains retaliate 1.

Response: After Valkyrie enters play, deal 2 damage to a minion (3 damage instead if you paid for this card using a [energy] resource).

You may play the event attached to Black Panther as if it were in your hand. Response: After Black Panther enters play, choose a leadership (blue) event in your discard pile and attach it to him facedown.

Action: Exhaust any number of allies you control → draw 1 card for each ally exhausted this way.

Hero Action (thwart): Choose a number from 1 to 5. Discard that many cards from the top of the encounter deck → remote 1 threat from a scheme for each card discarded this way. Put 1 minion discarded this way into play engaged with you.

Hero Action: Discard cards from the encounter deck until you discard a minion. Put that minion into play engaged with you → play an ally from your hand, reducing its cost by 3.

Response: After a minion leaves play, tuck it under here from the encounter discard pile → remove threat from a scheme equal to the tucked minion's printed SCH. If there are at least 4 minions here, deal 1 random minion here to any player as a facedown encounter card.

Action: Ready an ally.

Response: After Daredevil thwarts, deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Attach to a scheme. Max 1 per scheme. Hero Interrupt: When any amount of threat is removed from attached scheme by a thwart, discard this card → remove an equal amount of threat from a different scheme.

Play only if your identity has the Aerial trait. Max 1 TEAM card per player. If each of your allies has the Aerial trait, increase your ally limit by 1 and this card gains: "Response: After you play an Aerial card, exhaust this card → ready an ally you control."

Max 1 per deck. Hero Action: Search the encounter deck, discard pile, and set-aside area for your nemesis minion and reveal it → ready your hero and draw 3 cards. You cannot attack the villain this phase. Remove this card from the game.

Action: You get +1 hand size until the end of the phase.

Hero Action: Choose a player. Each character that player controls gets +1 THW and +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Response: After Maria Hill enters play, each player draws 1 card.

Requirement ([physical]). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When an enemy would scheme, discard Ready for a Fight → change to hero form. That enemy attacks you instead.

Response: After Mockingbird enters play, stun an enemy.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When you would take any amount of damage, prevent 3 of that damage. If you paid for this card using [energy] resource, deal 1 damage to that enemy.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Response: After you spend this card, deal 1 damage to the villain.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 4 damage to an enemy. If you paid for this card using only [physical] resources, stun that enemy and draw 1 card.

Action: Heal 2 damage from any character.

Hero Action (thwart): Remove 3 threat from a scheme (4 threat instead if you paid for this card using a [mental] resource).

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Response: After your hero attacks and defeats a minion, deal 1 damage to your hero and discard Battle Fury → ready your hero.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When you defend against an attack, you get +2 DEF for this attack. If you take no damage from this attack, stun the attacking enemy.

Hero Interrupt: When an enemy initiates an attack, that enemy gets -3 ATK for that attack.

Forced Response: After Hulk attacks, discard the top card of your deck. If that card's printed resource has: [physical] - Deal 2 damage to an enemy. [energy] - Deal 1 damage to each character. [mental] - Discard Hulk. [wild] - All of the above.

Response: After you defend against an attack, place 1 fatigue counter here. Alter-Ego Action: Remove each fatigue counter from here → heal 1 damage from your identity for each fatigue counter removed this way.

Response: After your hero defends, discard indomitable → ready your hero.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for an Attack event and add it to their hand. (Shuffle.) Until the end of the phase, each Attack event deals 1 additional damage.

Max 1 per player. Response: After you defeat a minion, exhaust Interrogation Room → remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Play only if your identity has the Avenger trait. Attach to an ally. Max 1 per ally. Interrupt: When attached ally is defeated, draw 2 cards.

[star] Forced Response: After Thor makes a basic thwart, discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until you discard a minion. Put that minion into play engaged with you.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Hero Response: After you thwart and remove the last threat from a scheme, discard Justice Served → ready your hero.

Response: After Adam Warlock attacks or thwarts, discard 1 card at random from your hand. If that card's printed resource has: [physical] – Remove 3 threat from a scheme. [energy] – Heal 3 damage from an identity. [mental] – Deal 3 damage to an enemy. [wild] – Choose one of the above.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Heal 2 damage from each ally.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Hero Response: After you change form, discard this card → ready your hero.

Uses (3 warrior counters). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When your hero attacks, remove 1 counter from here → that attack deals 1 additional damage.

Restricted. (Max 2 restricted cards per player.) Response: After your hero defends against an enemy attack, spend a [energy] resource → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

[star] Forced Response: After White Wolf attacks, place 1 threat on the main scheme.

Response: After Speed thwarts, ready him. (Limit once per round.)

Attach to an ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +1 THW and +1 ATK.

Interrupt: When Cannonball would take any amount of consequential damage, reduce that amount by X, where X is the number of AERIAL cards in your hand.

Response: After Captain Marvel enters play, discard the top 4 cards of your deck. If you discard a printed [energy] resource, deal 3 damage to an enemy. If you discard more than one printed [energy] resource, also stun that enemy.

Hero Action: Discard Adrenaline Rush → your hero gets +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Response: After you play Sunspot from your hand, choose a player → deal 1 damage to the villain and each minion engaged with the chosen player for each [energy] resource used to pay for Sunspot.

Attach to an Aerial ally. Max 1 per ally. Interrupt: When another Aerial ally would take any amount of consequential damage, exhaust attached ally → prevent 1 of that damage.

Victory 0. When Defeated: The player who defeated this scheme deals 5[per_hero] damage to the villain.

Hero Response: After you exhaust your hero to make a basic thwart or attack, discard an ally you control → add that ally's matching power to your hero's power for this use. Ready your hero.

Forced Interrupt: When Deadpool would be defeated by consequential damage, heal 3 damage from him instead. Add an acceleration token to the main scheme.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Resource: Exhaust Nerves of Steel → generate a [energy] resource for a Defense event.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust Crew Quarters → heal 1 damage from an alter-ego.

Response: After Kid Omega enters play, choose: • Spend a [energy] resource → deal 1 damage to each enemy. • Spend a [mental] resource → remove 1 threat from each scheme.

Hero Action: Give an ally you control a tough status card.

Play only if your identity has the Champion trait. [star] Divide damage from Bombshell's attack among each enemy as evenly as possible.

If you overpaid for Firebird, put 1 rebirth counter on her. Interrupt: When Firebird would be defeated by consequential damage, remove 1 rebirth counter from her → heal all damage from her instead.

Hero Interrupt: When your hero's attack deals any amount of excess damage, increase that amount by 1.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Response: After you spend this card, heal 1 damage from your hero.

Uses (3 reflection counters). Interrupt: When you would take any amount of damage, remove 1 reflection counter from here → prevent 1 of that damage and deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Response: After Manifold enters play, choose a player. That player searches their deck and discard pile for a player side scheme and adds it to their hand.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for an identity-specific upgrade and put it into play. (Shuffle.)

Attach to a minion. Max 1 per minion. Attacks against attached minion gain overkill.

Attach to a minion. Max 1 per minion. Hero Interrupt: When you attack and defeat attached minion, heal 2 damage from your hero.

Response: After you play Spider-Man from your hand, remove 3 [per_hero] threat from a side scheme.

Attach to an ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +1 ATK and its attacks gain ranged.

Hero Action (attack): Exhaust 3 allies you control that share a Trait with your hero → deal X damage to an enemy, where X is the total ATK of those allies and your hero.

Max 1 per player. Response: After an ally is defeated by consequential damage, exhaust Med Lab → place it here. (Limit 1 ally at a time.) Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust Med Lab → play the ally here as if it was in your hand. It enters play exhausted.

Response: After Wiccan thwarts, discard the top card of the encounter deck. For each boost icon discarded this way, deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Response: After you play Eros from your hand, confuse a minion for each [mental] resource you used to pay for him.

Hero Action: Discard cards from the encounter deck until you discard a minion. Put that minion into play engaged with you → heal 3 damage from your identity and give your identity a tough status card.

Hero Action: Spend a [physical] resource and discard this card → ready your hero.

Max 1 per player. Response: After an ally thwarts and defeats a side scheme, exhaust Command Center → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Requirement ([energy]). (While paying for this card, spend the listed resources.) Hero Action (attack): Exhaust your hero → deal damage to an enemy equal to the total of your hero's THW, ATK, and DEF values.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Each ally you control gets +1 ATK.

Interrupt: When Clea is defeated, shuffle her into her owner's deck.

Play only if there is a side scheme in the victory display. Hero Action: Until the end of the phase, allies you control do not take consequential damage.

Restricted. Uses (2 charge counters). Hero Action: Exhaust Sonic Rifle and remove 1 charge counter from it → confuse an enemy (deal 3 damage to that enemy instead if it is already confused).

Hero Interrupt: When an identity would take any amount of damage from an attack, prevent up to 5 of that damage. Discard cards from the top of your deck equal to the amount prevented this way.

Uses (3 mental counters). Hero Resource: Exhaust Enhanced Awareness and remove 1 mental counter from it → generate a [mental] resource.

Uses (3 alert counters). Interrupt: When a friendly character would take any amount of damage while defending, remove 1 alert counter from here → prevent 1 of that damage and remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Response: After you play a Defense card, deal 1 damage to the attacking enemy.

Hero Action (attack): Heal 2 damage from your hero → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Attach to a non-permanent side scheme. Max 1 per side scheme. Response: After a hero defends against an attack, remove 1 threat from attached scheme (2 threat instead if that hero took no damage from that attack).

Hero Action (attack): Deal 4 damage to an enemy. If that enemy is defeated by this attack, give your hero a tough status card.

Action: Exhaust and discard Moondragon → choose a minion. That minion attacks another enemy of your choice.

Reduce the amount of damage Victor Mancha takes from each attack by 1.

Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust Dr. Sinclair and spend a [mental] resource → heal damage from your alter-ego equal to your REC. You may discard 1 status card from your identity. Any player may trigger this ability.

Response: After you play Spider-Girl from your hand, stun and confuse a minion.

Max 1 per player. Response: After you play an ATTACK event, place 1 test counter here. If there are 5 test counters here, discard this card to deal 5 damage to an enemy.

[star] Forced Response: After Blade thwarts or attacks, choose to either spend a [physical] resource from your hand or discard Blade.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 4 damage to an enemy. If that enemy is defeated by this attack, remove 2 threat from a scheme.

[star] Response: After Aneka uses a basic power, resolve the "Special" ability on another Dora Milaje ally. Special: Remove 1 threat from a scheme.

[star] Response: After Ayo uses a basic power, resolve the "Special" ability on another Dora Milaje ally. Special: Deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Ignore this card's resource cost if your identity has the Wakanda trait. Action: Exhaust Dora Milaje → resolve the "Special" ability on 1 Dora Milaje ally and heal 1 damage from that ally.

[star] Response: After Okoye uses a basic power, resolve the "Special" ability on another Dora Milaje ally. Special: Choose a Wakanda hero or ally. They get +1 THW and +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 3 damage to an enemy. This attack gains piercing.

Hero Action (thwart): Remove 6 threat from the main scheme. If you paid for this card using a [mental] resource, this thwart ignores the crisis icon ([crisis]).

Psylocke enters play with 2 psionic counters on her. [star] Interrupt: When Psylocke attacks an enemy, remove 1 psionic counter from her → confuse that enemy and deal 1 damage to it.

Hero Response: After your hero makes a basic attack and damages an enemy, confuse that enemy. If that enemy is already confused, stun it instead.

Response: After Beast enters play, search your deck and discard pile for a resource card and add it to your hand. (Shuffle.)

Alliance. (The players can pay this card's costs as a group.) Hero Action: Ready up to 3 AERIAL characters.

Jessica Jones gets +1 THW for each side scheme in play.

[star] Response: After Agent 13 attacks or thwarts, choose a S.H.I.E.L.D. support → ready that support.

Attach to an Avenger ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gains Aerial. Action: Exhaust Sky Cycle → ready attached ally.

Max 2 per deck. Uses (2 training counters). Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust this card and remove 1 training counter from this → choose a Protection (green) event in your discard pile and shuffle it into your deck.

Max 1 per deck. Action: Ready an ally. That ally gets +1 ATK until the end of the phase.

Hero Action: If the following icons are on 1 or more cards in play: [crisis] — Deal 3 damage to an enemy. [acceleration] — Remove 2 threat from a scheme. [amplify] — Ready an ally you control. [hazard] — Draw 1 card.

[star] Response: After Headpool attacks and damages a minion, that minion attacks another enemy of your choice.

Requirement ([physical]) (While paying for this card, spend the listed resources.) Hero Action: Heal 2 damage from your hero → ready your hero.

[star] Wolverine's attacks gain piercing. Response: After your turn begins, heal 1 damage from Wolverine.

Action: Exhaust Plot Convenience → choose: • Attach 1 aspect card from your hand facedown here (to a maximum of 3). • Add 1 card attached facedown here to your hand. Any player may trigger this ability.

When Defeated: Defeat a non-ELITE minion.

Victory 0. Each identity gets +2 hand size.

Hero Action (thwart): For each different resource type ([energy], [mental], [physical], and [wild]) you used to pay for this card, choose a scheme and remove 2 threat from it.

Action: Exhaust Beat Cop → move 1 threat from a scheme to here. Action: Exhaust and discard Beat Cop → deal 1 damage to a minion for each threat here.

Response: After Throg enters play, give him a tough status card if you are engaged with a minion.

Interrupt (thwart): When the villain schemes, reduce the amount of threat placed on the scheme by 1.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 5 damage to an enemy.

Hero Action: Choose up to X enemies, where X is equal to the number of aerial characters you control → deal 3 damage to each chosen enemy.

Uses (3 attack counters). (Enters play with 3 counters. When those are gone, discard this card) Action: Exhaust Tac Team and remove 1 attack counter from it → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Response: After Blindfold enters play, look at the top 5 cards of the encounter deck. Discard 1 of those cards and put the rest back in the same order.

Restricted. Uses (3 charge counters). Hero Interrupt: When your hero makes a basic attack, exhaust Hand Cannon and remove 1 charge counter from it → your hero gets +2 ATK for that attack. That attack gains overkill.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Each X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men character you control gains the X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men traits.

Response: After Winter Soldier attacks and defeats an enemy, remove 2 threat from a scheme.

Reduce the cost to play Git Gud by 2 if you did not win your previous game of Marvel Champions. Forced Interrupt: When a player would be defeated, they set their hit point dial to 1 and change to alter-ego form instead. Remove this card from the game.

Play only if your identity has the Avenger trait. Hero Action: Heal 1 damage from an ally and ready it.

Hero Action (attack/thwart): If you paid for this event using at least 1: [physical] — Deal 2 damage to an enemy. [mental] — Remove 2 threat from a scheme. [energy] — Heal 2 damage from your identity.

Toughness.

Response: After you play White Tiger from your hand, draw X cards (to a maximum of three), where X is equal to the villain's stage number. If the villain has no stage number, draw 1 card.

Requirement ([mental]). (While paying for this card, spend the listed resources.) Hero Action (thwart): Exhaust your hero → remove threat from a scheme equal to the total of your hero's THW, ATK, and DEF values.

Interrupt: When an X-MEN character would take any amount of damage from an enemy attack, spend a [energy] resource and return Nightcrawler to your hand → prevent all of that damage.

Victory 0. Each X-Men character gets +1 THW while making a basic thwart against this scheme. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for an identity-specific event and add it to their hand. (Shuffle.)

Hero Action (attack): Deal 3 damage to an enemy. Deal 3 damage to another enemy.

Hero Action (thwart): Remove 2 threat from a scheme. If you paid for this card using a [mental] resource, remove 2 threat from a different scheme.

Hero Action: The villain attacks you. Other characters cannot defend against this attack. Draw 3 cards.

Hero Response: After your hero makes a basic attack, heal 1 damage from Bug.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When a boost card on an enemy attacking you would be turned faceup, discard it instead.

Ant-Man gets +1 hit point for each pym counter on him. Interrupt: When Ant-Man enters play, place 1 pym counter on him (to a maximum of 4) for each resource you overpaid for Ant-Man's cost.

Play only if your identity has the Aerial trait. Hero Action (thwart): Choose X schemes. Remove 2 threat from each chosen scheme (3 threat instead if you overpaid for this card).

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. You get +3 hit points and your hero gets +1 THW.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to the villain (5 damage instead if there is no threat on the main scheme).

Hero Interrupt (defense): When your hero defends against an attack, it gets +2 DEF for that attack. If you take no damage from that attack, remove 2 threat from a scheme.

Response: After Daredevil defends against an attack, move 1 damage from him to the attacking enemy.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When your hero defends against an attack, it gets +3 DEF for that attack.

Victory 0. When Defeated: The defeating player looks at the top 5 cards of the encounter deck. They may add 1 non-scenario-specific card from among those to the victory display, then place the rest on the top and/or bottom of the encounter deck in any order.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When you would take any amount of damage, prevent 2 of that damage. If you paid for this card using a [energy] resource, remove 2 threat from the main scheme.

Response: After Quasar enters play, remove 1 threat from each scheme in play.

While there is no threat on the main scheme, reduce all consequential damage Venom takes by 1.

Hope Summers gains each TRAIT on your identity. Response: After you play Hope Summers from your hand, search your deck for a SUPERPOWER card and add it to your hand. (Shuffle.)

Attach to a side scheme. Max 1 per scheme. Interrupt: When attached side scheme is defeated, search your deck and discard pile for an ally and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Hawkeye enters play with 4 arrow counters on him. Response: After a minion enters play, remove 1 arrow counter from Hawkeye → deal 2 damage to that minion.

[star] Interrupt: When Two-Gun Kid makes a basic attack, choose 2 enemies instead of 1 and resolve this attack against each of them.

Hero Response (attack): After you defend against an enemy attack and take no damage, deal damage to that enemy equal to your DEF for that attack.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When a boost card is turned face up while the villain attacks, cancel all boost icons ([boost]) on that card. Then deal 1 damage to the villain for each boost icon cancelled this way.

Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When any amount of threat would be placed on the main scheme, discard Counterintelligence → prevent 3 of that threat.

Max 2 per deck. Uses (2 training counters). Alter-ego Action: Exhaust this card and remove 1 training counter from it → choose a leadership (blue) event in you discard pile and shuffle it into your deck.

Response: After Dazzler enters play, confuse an enemy.

Hero Response (attack): After your hero thwarts, deal 4 damage to an enemy (7 damage instead if that thwart removed the last threat from a scheme).

Action: Spend a [energy] resource → put Slingshot into play from your hand under any player's control. At the end of the phase, if Slingshot is still in play, return her to your hand.

Uses (3 medical counters). (Enters play with 3 counters. When those are gone, discard this card.) Action: Exhaust Med Team and remove 1 medical counter from it → heal 2 damage from a friendly character.

Uses (3 operative counters). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When you thwart, remove 1 operative counter from here → that thwart removes 1 additional threat.

[star] Captain Britain takes -1 consequential damage after he thwarts a side scheme or attacks a minion.

If Fantomex is not in play, discard E.V.A. Action: Exhaust E.V.A. → choose: • Remove 1 threat from a scheme. • Deal 1 damage to an enemy. • Heal 1 damage from Fantomex.

Response: After Fantomex enters play, search your deck and discard pile for E.V.A. and put it into play. (Shuffle.)

Giant-Man gets +2 ATK while he has 3 or more remaining hit points.

Hero Action: Heal 2 damage from an enemy → confuse that enemy.

Victory 0. Forced Interrupt: When threat is removed from this scheme, place that threat on a non-Elite minion. If that minion has threat on it equal to or greater than its remaining hit points, add Show of Empathy to the victory display and attach 1 set-aside copy of Redemption to that minion.

Hero Interrupt When you use your basic thwart power (THW) or basic attack power (ATK), exhaust an ally you control → add that ally's matching power to your hero's power for this use.

Response: After Agent Coulson enters play, search your deck and discard pile for a Preparation card and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Action: Exhaust Atlas Bear → look at the top card of a player deck. If that card is an event, you may deal 1 damage to Atlas Bear to add that card to its owner's hand.

Hero Action: Exhaust an AERIAL character you control and choose a player → deal 3 damage to the villain and each minion engaged with that player.

Grant Ward cannot defend. Forced Response: After you reveal a treachery, you may spend a [mental] resource. If you do not, take damage equal to Grant Ward's ATK and remove Grant Ward from the game.

[star] Interrupt: When Marvel Girl attacks a minion, remove X threat from the main scheme, where X is that minion's printed SCH.

Victory 0. Play only if your identity has the X-Men trait. When Defeated: Each player chooses 1 set-aside New ally and adds it to their hand.

Uses (3 snoop counters). (Enters play with 3 counters. When those are gone, discard this card) Action: Exhaust Surveillance Team and remove 1 snoop counter from it → remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Action: Search the top 4 cards of your deck (top 7 cards instead if you are in alter-ego form) for an attack event and add that card to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

Hero Action: Discard Civic Duty → your hero gets +1 THW until the end of the phase.

Uses (3 physical counters). Hero Resource: Exhaust Enhanced Physique and remove 1 physical counter from it → generate a [physical] resource.

Uses (3 energy counters). Hero Resource: Exhaust Enhanced Reflexes and remove 1 energy counter from it → generate a [energy] resource.

Requirement ([energy]). Hero Action (thwart): Remove 1[per_hero] threat from each side scheme. Deal 1 damage to the villain for each side scheme defeated this way.

Uses (3 charge counters). Action: Exhaust Cell Phone, remove 1 charge counter from here, and choose a player → that player makes a basic attack or thwart with a character they control. That character gets +1 THW and +1 ATK for this use.

Response: After M enters play, defeat a minion with fewer remaining hit points than M.

Interrupt: When Marvel Boy attacks, spend a [physics] resource → this attack gains piercing and ranged

Max 1 per player. Response: After the player phase begins, exhaust Healing Factor → heal 2 damage from your identity.

Max 1 per player. Hero Interrupt: When you engage a minion, discard this card → ready your hero.

Attach to a minion. Max 1 per minion. Response: After a hero defends against attached minion's attack and takes no damage, deal 4 damage to attached minion.

Response: After Cable thwarts and defeats a side scheme, draw 1 card.

Attach to a minion. Max 1 per minion. Attached minion gets -2 ATK.

Power Man enters play with 2 chi counters on him. Action: Discard any number of chi counters from Power Man → he gets +2 ATK for each chi counter discarded this way until the end of the phase.

[star] As an additional cost for Wonder Man to attack, you must discard 1 card from your hand.

Alliance. Hero Action: Choose an X-Force ally and an X-Men ally and return them to their owners' hands → those players play those allies, ignoring their resource costs.

Hero Action: Discard a Tech upgrade you control → ready your hero and choose THW, ATK, or DEF. Until the end of the round, your hero gets +X to the chosen power, where X is equal to that upgrade's printed cost.

Hero Response (thwart): After the villain attacks you, remove 1 threat from a scheme for each damage you took from the attack (to a maximum of 5).

You cannot play this card if you have played another card this phase. Action: Discard your hand. Draw a new hand. (Draw up to your hand size.)

Hero Action: Discard an ally you control → heal damage from your hero equal to that ally's printed hit points and give your hero a tough status card.

Attach to a side scheme. Max 1 per scheme. Interrupt: When attached scheme is defeated, deal 4 damage to an enemy.

Uses (6 energy counters). Max 1 per player. Forced Interrupt: When you would take any amount of damage, remove that many energy counters from here. For each energy counter removed this way, prevent 1 of that damage.

Response: After a minion schemes, exhaust Quake → deal 2 damage to that minion.

Response: After you reveal an encounter card, deal 1 damage to Venom → deal damage to an enemy equal to the number of icons ([star] and [boost]) in that card's boost area.

Hero Action: Discard cards from the top of your deck until you discard an Avenger ally, then add that ally to your hand.

Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When a minion schemes, discard Informant → this activation removes threat instead of placing it.

Hero Interrupt: When your hero makes a basic thwart, it gets +2 THW for that thwart. After that thwart ends, if your hero removed all threat from a scheme that way, heal 2 damage from your hero.

Uses (3 operation counters). Action: Exhaust The Douglass and remove 1 operational counter from it → remove 2 threat from each scheme, ignoring any crisis icons ([crisis]) in play.

Action: Spend a [energy] resource → choose THW or ATK. Until the end of the phase, Vision gets +2 to the chosen power. (Limit once per round.)

Play only if your identity has the guardian trait. Hero Response: After Gamora attacks or thwarts, discard cards from the top of your deck until you discard an event, then add that card to your hand.

Interrupt: When Machine Man attacks or thwarts, spend up to 3 resources of any type → Machine Man gets +1 THW and +1 ATK for this use for each resource spent this way.

Response: After Heimdall enters play, look at the top 3 cards of the encounter deck. Discard 1 of them and put the others back in any order.

Alter-Ego Action: Heal damage from your alter-ego equal to your REC.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 8 damage to an enemy. If your hero's remaining hit points are less than half your hero's starting hit points, this attack gains overkill.

Hero Interrupt: When a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, cancel its "When Revealed" effects. The villain attacks you instead.

Action: Goliath gets +4 ATK until the end of the phase. At the end of the phase, discard Goliath. (Max once per phase.)

Iron Fist enters play with 2 mystic counters on him. Interrupt: When Iron Fist attacks an enemy, remove 1 mystic counter from him → stun that enemy and deal 1 damage to it.

Response: After you play Sunfire from your hand, spend a [energy] resource → choose an attachment with the text "Hero Action" or "Hero Response" and discard it.

Play only if your identity has the Genius trait. Max 1 per player. Resource: Exhaust Ingenuity → generate a [mental] resource.

Uses (3 medical counters). Action: Exhaust The Night Nurse and remove 1 medical counter from her → heal 1 damage from a hero and discard 1 status card from it.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Action (attack): Deal 5 damage to an enemy. Stun that enemy.

Toughness. (This character enters play with a tough status card.)

Max 1 per deck. Hero Action: Spend a [physical] resource and exhaust this card → ready your hero.

Action: Spend a [mental] resource → heal up to 2 damage from Warlock.

Hero Response: After Deathlok enters play, choose an upgrade in any player's discard pile with a cost of 1 or less that can be attached to Deathlok. Attach that upgrade to Deathlok.

Max 1 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates if your identity has sustained less than 5 damage (triple the resources instead if you have sustained no damage).

Max 1 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates if your identity has sustained less than 5 damage (triple the resources instead if you have sustained no damage).

Max 1 per deck. Double the number of resources this card generates if your identity has sustained less than 5 damage (triple the resources instead if you have sustained no damage).

Hero Action: Spend 1 resource of any type → move 1 damage from a character to an empty space above matching the spent resource. If there are 3 damage tokens in a line, deal all damage on this card to an enemy and discard this card.

Toughness. Hero Response: After Warpath defends against an attack, play an event with a "Hero Action" ability from your hand (paying its cost).

Uses (3 leadership counters). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When an ally makes a basic thwart or basic attack action, remove 1 leadership counter from here → that ally gets +1 THW and +1 ATK for that action.

Response: After Multiple Man enters play, search your deck and hand for a copy of Multiple Man and put it into play. Shuffle your deck if it was searched this way.

Response: After Cyclops enters play, choose an enemy. Until the end of the phase, increase the amount of damage that enemy takes from each attack by 1.

Max 1 per player. Response: After an ally defends against an attack and is not defeated, exhaust this card → ready that ally.

Hero Response (thwart): After you change form, remove 3 threat from a scheme (4 threat instead if you paid for this card using a [mental] resource).

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player may search their deck and discard pile for a WEAPON upgrade with a cost of 3 or less and put it into play. (Shuffle.)

Max 1 per deck. Interrupt: When any amount of threat would be placed on a scheme, you or your ally takes it as damage instead.

Response: After Phoenix enters play, choose an X-Men ally → ready that ally and heal 1 damage from it.

Play only if there is a side scheme in the victory display. Hero Interrupt: When a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, cancel its "When Revealed" effects.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Each player heals a total of 5 damage from among characters they control.

Hero Action: Exhaust this card, choose 1 card in your hand, and discard the top card of your deck → using the diagram above, if a printed resource on the chosen card beats (points to) a printed resource on the discarded card, add the discarded card to your hand.

Hero Action (attack): The villain schemes. Deal 4 damage to the villain.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 7 damage to an enemy with an upgrade attached.

Hero Action: Spend 1 resource of any type → move 1 threat from a scheme to an empty space above that matches the spent resource. If all spaces above are filled, discard this card and confuse the villain.

Action: Shuffle this card into the encounter deck (without looking) When Revealed: Draw 1 card and remove this card from the game. This effect cannot be canceled.

Restricted. Hero Interrupt: When your hero makes a basic attack against a unique enemy ([unique]), exhaust Godslayer → your hero gets +2 ATK for that attack.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 3 damage to an enemy.

Interrupt: When Starhawk takes damage exactly equal to his remaining hit points, return him to your hand.

Play only if your identity has the Avenger trait. Stinger does not count against your ally limit.

Interrupt: When a character would take any amount of damage from an attack, exhaust an AERIAL character you control → prevent up to 3 of that damage.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When you would take any amount of damage from an attack, prevent 1 of that damage for each [crisis], [acceleration], [amplify], and [hazard] in play.

Attach to a non-ELITE minion. Max 1 per minion. Attached minion cannot activate.

X is the number of boost icons ([boost]) on the card under Gambit. Response: After Gambit enters play, look at the top 3 cards of the encounter deck and tuck one under him so that only the boost field is visible.

[star] Kidpool's attacks gain piercing.

Play only if your identity has the guardian trait. Increase your ally limit by 1. Response: After a player plays a guardian ally, exhaust Knowhere → that player draws 1 card.

Counts as 2 restricted cards. Max 1 per deck. Your hero gets +1 ATK for each [crisis], [acceleration], [amplify], and [hazard] in play (to a maximum of +4 ATK).

Reduce the cost to play Angel by 1 if your identity has the MUTANT or X-MEN trait.

Interrupt: When a card is revealed from the encounter deck, exhaust Black Widow and spend a [mental] resource → cancel the effects of that card and discard it. Then, reveal another card from the encounter deck.

Max 1 per player. Hero Response (attack): After you take damage from an enemy attack, discard Counterattack → deal an equal amount of damage to that enemy.

Victory 0. When Defeated: Give each identity a tough status card.

Hero Interrupt: When you reveal a non-ELITE minion, exhaust an AERIAL character you control and discard this card → cancel the effects of that card and discard it. Then, reveal another card from the encounter deck.

Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust your alter-ego → play a card from your hand, reducing its resource cost by 3.

Response: After White Fox is discarded from the top of your deck, put her into play under your control.

Max 2 per deck. Uses (2 training counters) Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust this card and remove 1 training counter from it → choose an Aggression (red) event in your discard pile and shuffle it into your deck.

Interrupt: When Cosmo attacks or thwarts, name a card type, then discard the top card of a player deck or the encounter deck. If that card is of the named type, Cosmo does not take consequential damage for this use.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Interrupt: When a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, cancel its "When Revealed" effects. The villain attacks you instead. If an ally or another hero defends this attack, draw 1 card.

Hero Action: Discard an ally your control → deal damage to an enemy equal to that ally's printed cost.

While your identity has the Aerial trait, reduce the amount of damage you take from each enemy attack by 1. Forced Interrupt: When your turn begins, discard this card.

Action: Shuffle this card into the encounter deck (without looking) When Revealed: Deal 2 damage to the villain and remove this card from the game. This effect cannot be canceled.

Reduce the cost to play each upgrade on Iron Man by 1.

Response: After Jack Flag thwarts, place 1 ammo counter on him. Hero Action: Exhaust Jack Flag and remove 1 ammo counter from him → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Uses (3 judo counters). Max 1 per player. Interrupt: When you defend against an enemy attack, remove 1 judo counter from here → that enemy gets -2 ATK for that attack.

Hero Interrupt: When an ally you control attacks, it gets +3 ATK for that attack. After that attack resolves, discard that ally.

Reduce the cost to play Martinex by 1 if your identity has the Guardian trait.

Restricted. Uses (3 charge counters). Hero Action: Exhaust Plasma Pistol and remove 1 charge counter from it → deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Play only if your identity has the guardian trait. Interrupt: When Rocket Raccoon attacks a minion, he gets +3 ATK for that attack. That attack gains overkill.

[star] Response: After Siryn attacks, stun a minion.

Response: After Tigra attacks and defeats a minion, heal 1 damage from her.

Max 2 per deck. Uses (2 training counters). Alter-Ego Action: Exhaust this card and remove 1 training counter from it → choose a justice (yellow) event in your discard pile and shuffle it into your deck.

Hero Interrupt: When a boost card is turned faceup, exhaust Wraith and deal 1 damage to him → cancel that card's "Boost" effect.

Max 1 per deck. Hero Action: Exhaust a Web-Warrior card you control → search your discard pile for a Web-Warrior ally and put it into play, then choose a player. That player may spend 3 resources of any type to repeat this ability.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 3 damage to an enemy and exhaust any number of Avenger characters you control. Deal 1 additional damage to that enemy for each character exhausted this way.

Hero Action: Discard 1 stun or confuse status card from your hero.

Hero Action (thwart): The villain attacks you. Remove 4 threat from the main scheme.

Response: After an enemy attacks you, place 1 energy counter here. [star] Interrupt: When Bishop attacks, remove each energy counter from him → for each counter discarded this way, he gets +2 ATK for this attack (to a maximum of +6 ATK).

[star] Black Knight's basic attack gains piercing.

Response: After Bob, Agent of Hydra enters play, deal 2 damage to an enemy or remove 1 threat from a scheme.

Your hero gets +1 ATK. Your basic attacks gain piercing. (Discard any tough status cards from the target before dealing damage.) Forced Response: After you make a basic attack, discard Brute Force.

Toughness. Reduce the cost to play Captain America by 1 for each avenger character you control.

Retaliate 1. Toughness.

Linked (Specialized Training). Your hero gets +1 ATK. Hero Response: After your hero performs a basic attack, exhaust this card → draw 1 card.

Attach to a guardian ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +1 THW and +1 hit point.

Hero Action (attack): Confuse an enemy. If you paid for this card using a [physical] resource, deal 3 damage to that enemy.

Max 1 per player. Hero Interrupt: When you would take any amount of damage, discard Defensive Stance → prevent 3 of that damage.

Retaliate 1. Toughness. When Defeated: Deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Attach to a guardian ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +2 ATK and gains piercing.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to the villain (5 damage instead if your hero's remaining hit points are equal to or greater than your hero's starting hit points).

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to the villain. Hero Interrupt (attack): When a minion initiates an attack, deal 2 damage to that minion.

Interrupt: When a boost card is turned faceup during a scheme activation, cancel its boost icons.

Hero Action (attack): Exhaust a weapon upgrade you control → deal 5 damage to an enemy.

Attach to a minion. Attached minion gets +2 hit points and gains patrol. Interrupt: When attached minion is defeated, remove 4 threat from the main scheme.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 1 damage to a minion. If you have the Aerial trait, engage that enemy.

Play only if you control a Web-Warrior card. Interrupt: When Ghost-Spider leaves play, search your deck for an identity-specific event and add it to your hand. (Shuffle.)

Hero Action: Exhaust Government Liaison → play a S.H.I.E.L.D. card from your hand, reducing its resource cost by 1.

Play only if your identity has the guardian trait. Response: After Groot defends against an attack, heal 2 damage from him.

Reduce the cost to play Hercules by 1 for each minion engaged with you.

Hero Action (attack/thwart): Deal 2 damage to an enemy. Remove 2 threat from a scheme.

Hero Action (thwart): Remove 3 threat from the main scheme. If this is the first card you have played this round, return this card to your hand.

Hero Action: Give your hero a tough status card.

[star] Response: After Lady Spider thwarts and removes threat from a scheme, if you control another Web-Warrior card, remove an equal amount of threat from a different scheme.

Attach to a guardian ally. Max 1 per ally. Attached ally gets +1 ATK and its attacks gain overkill.

Max 1 per player. Hero Response (attack): After a minion engages you, discard Lie in Wait → deal 3 damage to that minion.

Action: Shuffle this card into the encounter deck (without looking) When Revealed: Remove 2 threat from the main scheme and remove this card from the game. This effect cannot be canceled.

Interrupt: When Major Victory is defeated, choose a friendly Guardian character → ready that character.

Hero Interrupt: When your hero makes a basic attack, exhaust a Weapon upgrade on your hero → your hero gets +3 ATK for this attack.

Response: After Monica Chang enters play, search your deck, hand and discard pile for a copy of Surveillance Team support and put it into play. Place 1 snoop counter on each Surveillance Team you control.

Hero Response: After you change form, give your hero a tough status card.

Response: After you play Pixie from your hand, add an X-MEN ally from your discard pile to your hand.

Play under any player's control. Max 1 per player. Hero Action: Exhaust Plan B and discard 1 random card from your hand → deal 2 damage to an enemy.

Attach to an Avenger ally. Max 1 per ally. Response: After attached ally attacks or thwarts, deal 1 damage to an enemy.

Hero Action (attack): Deal 2 damage to an enemy. If that enemy is stunned or confused, draw 1 card.

Hero Action (attack): Deal damage to an enemy equal to your ATK.

Action: Ready a friendly Android character and heal 1 damage from it.

Ronin gets +1 THW and +1 ATK while an upgrade is attached to them.

Hero Action: Discard an ally your control → remove threat from a scheme equal to that ally's printed cost.

Forced Response: After Sentry enters play under your control, deal yourself 1 encounter card.

[star] She-Hulk gets +1 ATK for each damage token here.

Hero Action (thwart): Exhaust your hero → remove threat from a scheme equal to your hero's ATK.

Action: Choose an ally in your hand that shares a trait with your identity → put that ally into play. If that ally is still in play at the end of the phase, discard it.

Play only if you control a Web-Warrior card. When Defeated: Add SP//dr to your hand if she was defeated by taking excess consequential damage.

Play only if you control a Web-Warrior card. [star] Forced Response: After Spider-Ham attacks or thwarts, discard the top card of the encounter deck. For each boost icon ([boost]) discarded this way, deal 1 damage to Spider-Ham.

Interrupt: When Spider-UK defends against an attack, deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to the number of Web-Warrior cards you control.

Play only if you control a Spy character. Interrupt: When you reveal an encounter card, discard Spycraft → cancel the effects of that card and discard it. Then, reveal another card from the encounter deck.

Response: After Squirrel Girl enters play, deal 1 damage to each enemy.

Reduce the cost to play Storm by 1 if your identity has the MUTANT or X-MEN trait. [star] Interrupt: When Storm thwarts a scheme, move 2 threat from that scheme to another scheme.

Hero Response (attack): After you change form, deal 3 damage to an enemy (4 damage instead if you paid for this card using [physical] resource).

Hero Action (attack): Stun an enemy. If you paid for this card using a [physical] resource, deal 3 damage to that enemy.

Max 1 per player. Hero Response: After a boost card is turned faceup, discard Target Acquired → cancel that card's boost ability.

Hero Interrupt (defense): When your hero defends against an attack, use its ATK instead of its DEF for this attack.

Action: Shuffle this card into the encounter deck (without looking) When Revealed: Heal 2 damage from your identity and remove this card from the game. This effect cannot be canceled.

Hero Action (attack): Choose an enemy. That enemy attacks you. Deal 5 damage to that enemy.

Toughness. (This character enters play with a tough status card.) [star] War Machine's basic attack gains ranged. (Ranged attacks ignore retaliate.)

Interrupt: When a hero would take any amount of damage, reduce that amount by 1.

Ignore this card's resource cost if your identity has the Web-Warrior trait. Response: After a Web-Warrior ally leaves play, choose a player → that player draws 1 card.