List of suggested staples, by ccm00007 (April 2023)

Please note that the following is my opinion, and that it's also very much in flux; for example, a
month before I created this document, no one would've run OP Lois Lane. Then she became part
of a popular Jimmy Olsen/Superman team. So just keep in mind that down the line, it may be
necessary to update the list as the meta evolves.

Also, when I say that, say, 3 dice are needed for two different versions of the same character
from the same set, I'm not telling you to buy 3 copies of each version. I'm just saying, "if you
want to use this version, I suggest you get 3 dice, total". You can just buy 1 copy of the common,
uncommon and rare version and you'll be set (assuming your seller sells the card and die together
– in doubt, don't forget to ask!).

Finally, this is not meant as a list of every single card that’s playable. This is meant as a starting
point, a list to build from. As you learn and experiment, you’ll surely find many cards outside of
this list that are great to use too.

Sets are listed in reverse chronological order; this will make it easier when adding a cutoff to say
which sets are legal for a given format.

Secret Wars

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Casket of Ancient --- #removal #globalhate

Winters: Epic Basic
Action
Cosmic Cube: Epic --- #judo
Basic Action
Distraction: Basic --- #antiattack #globals Reprinted from AVX
Action
Instant War: Basic --- #sidekicks #churn Reprinted from BFU
Action
Invulnerability: Basic --- #buff #globals Reprinted from AVX and
Action XMF

Locked in Combat: --- #removal #protection

Basic Action
Pirate Broadcast: Basic -- #globalhate #globals
Action #ramp
Shocking Grasp: Basic --- #ramp #removal Reprinted from FUS and
Action TIW

The Siege Perilous: --- #setup

Epic Basic Action
Wallop: Basic Action --- #globals #antiattack Reprinted from an OP
#removal kit
Agent Brand: Hel- 3 #buff
Rangers
Apocalypse: Wicked 2 #buff #removal #globals
Supremacist #selfKO #discount
#overcrush #bruiser

Beast: Genius Intellect 2 to 3 #buff #removal

Black Panther: 1 #affiliation #bruiser

Resisting Doom

Black Panther: 2 #removal #buff

Toppling Doomstadt #affiliation #bruiser

Colossus: Fighting 2 #buff #affiliation

Limbo #bruiser

Dazzler: Alison Blaire 4 #affiliation #removal

#cheapaggro

Falcon: Take Flight 1 to 2 #sidekicks #globals

#ramp #affiliation

God Emperor Doom: 2 #reduction #antiattack

Rabum Alal

Invisible Woman: Also 4 #affiliation #globals

Dr. Richards #antiblockers

Invisible Woman: 2 #buff #removal

Interdimensional
Adventurer

Jane Foster: League of 2 #protection #reduction

Realms #buff #setup #globals
Jane Foster: Mystical 2 #setup #buff #globals
Teleportation

Jimmy Woo: 2 to 3 #actionlove #removal

Department Zero #lifegain

Jimmy Woo: Skilled 2 to 3 #actionlove #removal

Interrogator #spin
Madelyne Pryor: 2 to 3 #sidekicks #buff
Baroness of Limbo #globals

Magik: Darkchild 3 #removal #sidekicks

#globals

Magik: Inferno 3 #actionlove #sidekicks

#globals
Mister Sinister: 2 to 3 #removal #globals
Battleworld #selfKO

Molecule Man: 2 #affiliation #discount

Cheeseburger Eater #buff

Molecule Man: 2 to 3 #affiliation

Dinosaur, Colorado #antiblockers

Molecule Man: 3 #globals #discount

Megalomaniac #removal

Mr. Fantastic: Brain- 2 #removal

Box

Mr. Fantastic: Brilliant 1 to 2 #removal #globals

Scientist

Mr. Fantastic: 2 #ramp #affiliation

Rebuilding Everything

Namor: King of the 1 to 2 #globals #buff

Deep
Namor: Leading the 2 to 3 #antiblockers
Cabal

Namor: Warring with 2 to 3 #sidekicks #churn

the Surface

Phoenix Force 2 #antiattack #reduction

Cyclops: Bonded to
the Force

Phoenix Force 2 #stop Yes, Drax: The Pacifist

Cyclops: Fighting is better. But you can
Against Doom use both together.

Phoenix Force 2 #antiattack #shutdown

Cyclops: Surviving the
Multiverse

Scarlet Witch: Wanda 2 #blanking #shutdown

Sheriff Strange: Isle of 2 to 3 #actionlove #removal

Agamotto
Spider-Gwen: The 3 to 4 #removal #globals
Spectacular #setup

Spider-Man: Black 2 to 3 #removal #stop

Suit #globals

Star-Lord: Black 2 to 3 #affiliation #ramp

Vortex #churn #removal

Stormbreaker Ray: 1 #globals #setup

Korbinite #removal

Terrax: Namor's Cabal 2 #removal #bruiser

The Maker: Betrayer 2 to 3 #removal

Thing: Brawn of the 1 to 2 #globals #ramp #churn

Team #buff #affiliation
#bruiser
Thing: The Shield 2 #protection

Wolverine: Your Play, 1 to 2 #globals #ramp #churn

Hero #removal

Superman Kryptonite Crisis

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Arctic Breath: Basic -- #globals #buff

Action Card #antiblockers
#removal
Bold Last Stand: Basic -- #globals #buff Primarily included for
Action Card the global. Usable
alongside U Deathbird
from DPS, or simply as
a good defense against
Overcrush or Range.

Huge Smash: Basic -- #globals #churn Global is a reprint of a

Action Card #removal global ability found on
Create Food & Water
(from ToA)

Investigative -- #ramp #churn

Journalism: Basic
Action Card

Thrown Car: Basic -- #buff #overcrush Looking at this strictly

Action Card in function of new
Modern. In the past
Raised Shields
would've been strictly
better.

Too Big to Fly: Basic -- #globals #buff Reprint from XMF and
Action Card #removal WF.

Anti-Monitor: Mobius 2 #removal #selfKO

#bruiser
Barry Allen: Master of 2 #buff #globals #ramp Commonly referred to
the Speed Force #churn as "Bardy".

Bat-Signal: Super 1 to 4 #globals #removal

Carbon Arc Filaments #ramp #churn

Batman: Legend of the 2 to 3 #globals #sidekicks

Dark Knight #directdamage
#removal #bruiser

Batman: Batman, Inc. 1 to 2 #globals #sidekicks

#buff #setup #bruiser

Bizarro: Kryptonite 1 #bruiser #overcrush

Enhanced Intelligence #discount #setup
Brainiac 5: Coluan 2 to 3 #removal #lifegain
Prodigy

Doctor Fate: Helmet of 3 #bruiser

Fate
Doomsday: 1 to 3 #globals #removal
Unimaginable #bruiser
Bloodlust
Doomsday: Trapped in 2 to 3 #globals #removal
Oz's Jail #bruiser #overcrush

General Zod: 2 #buff Added primarily for

Reimagining Jekuul his use outside of
Modern. (especially R
Lantern Ring from
WoL)

Harley Quinn: Bright 3 #cheapaggro #1cost

Lights, Big City!

Harley Quinn: Gang of 2 #buff #removal

Harleys

Hawkgirl: Brilliant 4 to 5 #cheapaggro #setup

Tactician
Hawkman: Endless 1 to 3 #antiblockers #globals
Flight #globalhate
#protection

Jimmy Olsen: Knack 1 to 3 #globals #discount The global is also

for Trouble #ramp #affiliation found on the UC, but if
you're playing with
that affiliation, the SR
is superior.

Lois Lane: World 2 #globals #reduction The global is also

Famous Investigative #protection #discount found on the UC, but
Journalist the SR has the better
character ability.

Mary Shazam: World 2 to 3 #bruiser #overcrush I know those base

War III attack stats are low, but
they go up quick with
her abilities.

Orion: Military 3 #cheapaggro #globals If you want to rely on

Commander #spin the character, consider
bringing a global to
field him for free
(Jimmy Olsen,
Robin...).

Poison Ivy: Power 4 #protection #reduction

Over Men #extra

Robin: Flying Grayson 3 to 5 #globals #discount

#removal

Shazam: The Wizard's 2 #removal

Successor

Starfire: No-Nonsense 1 #globals #ramp #churn Included primarily for

Warrior the global. Neither the
C nor the SR have
particularly good
abilities for the cost, so
including the common.
Starro: Minions 3 #judo

Supergirl: Legion of 1 to 3 #bruiser #globals

Super Heroes #spin #overcrush #buff

Superman: House of El 3 #buff

The Joker: Final Dance 2 #globals #ramp #churn

#removal

Wonder Woman: 2 #globals #actionhate

Legendary #shutdown #removal

The Dark Phoenix Saga

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Archnemesis!: Basic --- #globals #removal Reprint from Amazing

Action Card #buff Spider-man and The
Mighty Thor.

Dampening Collar: --- #shutdown

Basic Action Card

Living the Dream: --- #buff #overcrush Use with a character

Basic Action Card that can acquire
Loyalty counters, such
as Magneto: Idealist.

Making the Team: --- #ramp #setup

Basic Action Card

Mutant Research --- #ramp #churn

Program: Basic Action
Card

Mutation: Basic --- #removal #spin #setup Previously printed in

Action Card #globals TMNT: Heroes in a
Half-Shell (also known
as “Polymorph” back
in BFF)
Power Bolt: Basic --- #removal Reprint from AVX
Action Card #directdamage (also from an OP kit)
Radicalization: Basic --- #affiliation #globals
Action Card #removal

The Front Line: Basic --- #buff #globals #tax Reprint from CW.
Action Card #antiblockers

Beast: Brawny and 4 to 5 #overcrush

Brainy #cheapaggro

Beast: Combat Ready 4 #cheapaggro #ramp

#churn

Bishop: Time 2 to 3 #setup #ramp Part of the “Fishop”

Traveller combo. Usefulness in
2022 Modern TBD.

Cable: High Stakes 2 #buff #hope

Colossus: Piotr 2 #directdamage #hope

Colossus: Skilled 2 to 3 #bruiser #overcrush

Painter #discount

Cyclops: Xavier's 2 #removal #hope

Dream

D'Ken: M'Kraan 2 #ramp #setup To be honest, I'm not

Crystal #reduction sure how big an impact
he'll have. But this
effect is unique, and
I'm sure people will
try.

D'Ken: Shi'ar Civil 1 #shutdown #blanking

War

Dark Phoenix: 1 #globals #selfKO Originally only put the

Destructive Force #discount common, but I agree
#directdamage the rare has some use.
Global is still the main
 attraction.

Dark Phoenix: 1 #globals #selfKO This version is

Malevolent #discount #removal marginally better, but
#directdamage the global is the main
attraction. Any version
is usually as good.

Deathbird: 2 #removal
Treacherous

Deathbird: Usurper 2 to 3 #directdamage

Emma Frost: 2 to 3 #buff #sidekicks

Influential #affiliation

Emma Frost: 2 #removal #antiattack

Manipulative

Gladiator: Majestor 1 to 3 #globals #protection While I prefer the

Kallark common overall, the
rare is also worth
considering with its
lower purchase cost.

Gladiator: Psi 1 to 2 #globals #protection I prefer the common to

Resistance #removal the rare as situational
removal is consistently
useful.

Jean Grey: Marvel Girl 2 #tax #globalhate

#hope

Jean Grey: Xavier's 2 to 3 #tax #globalhate

Dream

Jubilee: Fireworks 2 to 3 #removal #hope

#directdamage

Jubilee: X-men Field 2 to 3 #removal #hope

Leader #directdamage
Kitty Pryde: Just 4 #directdamage
Passing Through #cheapaggro

Lilandra: Politician 1 #globals #ramp #churn

Lilandra: Majestrix 2 #tax #actionhate

#globalhate

Magik: Sorceress of 2 to 3 #buff #overcrush

Limbo

Magneto: Idealist 2 #globals #ramp #churn Is on the list as the best

#bruiser way to trigger Living
the Dream's
requirement of having
3 loyalty counters on
your cards. Use with a
self-KO effect for best
results.

Magneto: Master of 2 #removal #affiliation

Magnetism #globals #ramp #churn

Magneto: Founder of 2 #removal #affiliation

the Brotherhood #globals #ramp #churn

Master Mold: Endless 2 #bruiser #extra

Sentinel

Mister Sinister: Mutant 2 #globals #blanking

Supremacist #shutdown

Mister Sinister: Dark 1 #globals #ramp

Experimentation #sidekicks #setup

Mister Sinister: 1 #globals #buff

Biologist #overcrush

Moira: It's Not a 3 #actionhate #shutdown

Dream
Moira: Strength of 3 #actionhate
Foresight #affiliation

Mystique: Freedom 2 to 3 #protection #reduction

Force #setup #affiliation

Mystique: She Walks 3 #affiliation #removal

Among Us

Phoenix: Eternal 2 #antiblockers #hope

Flame

Psylocke: Telepath 2 #overcrush #buff

Psylocke: Advanced 2 to 3 #removal #hope

Telekinetic Combatant #directdamage

Rogue: Surveillance 3 #actionhate

Immunity

Sabretooth: You 2 to 3 #affiliation #buff

Ready to Party? #antiblockers

Storm: Cloud Cover 2 to 3 #antiblockers #buff

Storm: Queen 2 #removal #hope

#directdamage

Vulcan: Aggression 2 #globals #removal

#stop

Wolverine: Trainer 1 to 2 #globals #ramp #churn

#sidekicks #buff

Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Anger Issues: Basic --- #globals #buff Reprint from Justice

Action Card #overcrush League, with an identical
action also found in
 TMNT: Heroes in a Half-
Shell (“Haymaker”)

Big Entrance: Basic --- #discount #setup Reprint from War of

Action Card Light, The Mighty Thor
and the Avengers Infinity
Campaign Box.

Not on this list for its use

in Modern Age (used as a
tool in some Golden Age
teams, e.g. Guy Rush)

Counterstrike: Basic --- #ramp #globals

Action Card #affiliation #setup
Investigation: Basic --- #ramp #churn Reprint from the Justice
Action Card Campaign Box and The
Mighty Thor

Nefarious Broadcast: #globalhate Reprint from TMNT:

Basic Action Card Heroes in a Half-Shell

Power Surge: Basic --- #globals #buff

Action Card #overcrush

True Believer: Basic --- #globals #buff Reprint from Amazing

Action Card #protection Spider-Man, with an
identical action found in
The Mighty Thor (“Odin's
Fury”)

Villainous Pact: Basic --- #globals #ramp #churn Reprint from Justice
Action Card #antiblockers League, an OP kit and The
Mighty Thor

Angela: Asgardian of 2 to 3 #damagebuff

the Galaxy #directdamage

Angela: Odinsdottir 2 to 3 #shutdown

Black Dwarf: Giant Axe 1 to 2 #globals #buff

#overcrush #consistency
#bruiser
Black Dwarf: 2 to 3 #buff #bruiser
Powerhouse
Black Widow: Widow's 4 #removal #spin
Hunt
Bullseye: Impostor 1 #globals #buff
Hawkeye
Corvus Glaive: Grim 3 #removal #directdamage Use alongside a 1-cost
Lieutenant (e.g. C Harley Quinn) for
best results.

Doctor Strange: Time 2 to 3 #globals #removal Watch out for those

Gem #ramp #churn #bruiser fielding costs!

Doctor Strange: 2 to 3 #globals #removal

Celebrated #bruiser
Neurosurgeon
Drax: The Pacifist 2 to 3 #globals #stop #buff

Ebony Maw: 1 to 2 #globals #removal If you do not have him and

Supernatural Persuasion #affiliation #discount want the global, you can
also use Hela: Asgardian
from the same set. But if
you have both, Ebony
Maw is generally better.

Groot: Jolly Protector 1 to 2 #globals #affiliation The global is found on all

#setup rarities, but the rare is the
better character.

Hela: Vengeful 1 #globals #ramp #churn Note: this global only gets
#removal sidekicks, but is not once
per turn. Great for bag
control.

Hulk: Hunter Green 1 to 3 #globals #buff #bruiser All versions have the
global, which is the
main reason to use this.
The uncommon, rare
and super rare all have
useful abilities. I prefer
this one due to the
combination of Call Out
with these stats, but it'll
come down to personal
 preference.
Iron Lad: Becoming 1 #globals #ramp #churn All versions have the
Kang #removal global, which is the
main reason to use this.
I find this one's ability
text to be marginally
more useful.
Kang: Peerless General 2 to 3 #globals #antiblockers Both the uncommon and
#reduction rare have the global,
which is the main reason
to use this. But this is by
far the better version.

Moon Knight: One-Man 1 #affiliation #extra

Avenger
Nebula: Space Pirate 2 to 3 #directdamage #spin

Pip the Troll: 2 to 3 #removal

Contagious Debauchery
Pip the Troll: Prince 2 to 3 #tax
Gofern
Proxima Midnight: 2 #removal
Killer for Hire
She-Hulk: Greeny 2 #setup

Spider-Man: Public 3 #removal

Menace
Spider-Man: Superior 3 to 4 #affiliation #cheapaggro
Team-Up
The Collector: Stolen 1 to 2 #globals #sidekicks The rare is the best version
Cosmic Cube #setup if you want Awaken
shenanigans, but if you
don't have dice spinning
shenanigans in your team
and you just want the
global, this version is
more versatile.

The Collector: Driven 2 to 3 #globals #spin #setup

by Purpose #sidekicks
The Spot: Phase Shift 3 to 4 #antiblockers

Thor: Jormungand's 2 #globals #removal All versions have the

Fear #directdamage #discount global if that's what you
#actionlove #bruiser want. But this is without a
doubt the best version, as
he's a win condition on his
own on top of the global.

Tombstone: Witness 2 to 3 #removal #stop Watch out for those

Intimidation fielding costs!

Turk Barrett: Mind Gem 3 #removal

Typhoid Mary: Red 2 to 3 #blanking #shutdown

Rubber Boots
Wong: Second-Rate 4 #removal #cheapaggro
Jarvis

***
CUTOFF: Only the sets above this line are legal in Modern (the main competitive format)
as of May 1, 2020.
***

WWE Campaign Box

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Asuka: The Empress of 3 #discount #cheapaggro

Tomorrow
Becky Lynch: Maiden 3 to 4 #bruiser #overcrush So wait...Wind Rider's
Ireland #setup #ramp #globals effect (with a bit less
#removal damage), giant stats,
Overcrush, AND a
relevant global? Who
approved this???

Becky Lynch: Straight 3 to 4 #bruiser #overcrush No 4-cost should have

Fire #setup #ramp #globals those stats AND
Overcrush. This is nuts.

Bobby Heenan: The 3 to 4 #antiblockers

Brain
Bobby Heenan: The 3 to 4 #directdamage #tax
Weasel
Eddie Guerrero: I Steal 3 to 4 #globalhate

John Cena: The 2 to 3 #removal #bruiser Sorry for not adding him
Cenation Leader #shutdown earlier; I couldn't see him.

Kurt Angle: Intensity 1 to 2 #removal #selfko #buff

#globals

Mankind: The Hardcore 2 to 3 #ramp #judo

Legend
Ric Flair: The Nature 2 to 3 #removal
Boy
Ric Flair: 1 #globals #buff
WOOOOOOOOO!
Sasha Banks: The Bank 3 to 4 #directdamage #ramp
Statement #churn

Sasha Banks: The Boss 3 to 4 #discount

Triple H: The Cerebral 2 #stop

Assassin
Jerry Lawler, Ringside -- #damagebuff #globals Overcrush, anyone?
Announcer: Basic
Action Card
Booker T, Ringside -- #antiblockers #globals The global's great, but the
Announcer: Basic action is also game-ending
Action Card in the right context.

Paige, Manager: Basic -- #discount A guaranteed Limited

Action Card Wish that puts the die in
bag? Yes please!

Walk With Elias: Basic -- #ramp #globals

Action Card

Tag Teams Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Big E: Powerlifter's 2 to 3 #reduction Expect this guy to be
Physique everywhere.

Kevin Nash: nWo 2 #globals #protection The character's a good

Founder #antiblockers Iceman-style backup plan,
but the global is the star,
as it can counter “force
block” effects.

Scott Hall: nWo 1 #globals #removal

Founder
Seth Rollins: Money in 2 to 3 #removal Use with The Collector:
the Bank Legend Taneleer Tivan for best
results.

Bitter Rivals Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Kane: Controlling Hellfire 2 #actionlove #removal

Lita: Fan Favorite 2 #sidekicks #consistency

Trish Stratus: The 2 #protection #reduction While the global is the

Greatest Ever #globals main attraction, this is the
best version of the
character, and could have
potential.

The Rock: Attitude Era 2 #globals #discount

Icon #bruiser #overcrush

The Zhentarim Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Istrid Horn: Mind For 3 to 4 #tax

Money

Istrid Horn: 3 to 4 #globalhate

Moneylender
Manshoon: Clone 2 #actionlove #removal You can easily combine
Wizard this with Seething
Corruption for mass
removal.

Manshoon: Rekindling 2 #removal

the Zhentarim

Adventures In Waterdeep Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Black Viper: Notorious 2 to 3 #directdamage

Bandit
Stone of Golorr: 2 to 3 #antiblockers
Transformed Aboleth
Yawning Portal: 2 to 3 #discount #ramp #churn
Adventurous Clientele
Yawning Portal: 2 to 3 #discount #setup
Comfortable Inn

Trouble In Waterdeep Campaign Box

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Drow Mercenary: Hired 3 #antiblockers

Blade #actionlove

Gazer: Evil Familiar 3 to 4 #removal

Grell: Skulking 3 to 4 #directdamage

Aberration
Grell: Blind Ambusher 3 to 4 #removal

Grell: Xanathar Guild 3 to 4 #ramp #churn Use with the uncommon

Bodyguard Absorbing Man for best
results.
Intellect Devourer: 1 #consistency #globals
Brain Eating Monster
Joppa: Zen 3 #reduction #antiattack

Kuo-toa: Whip of 3 to 4 #ramp #antiblockers

Blibdoolpoolp #actionlove

Nihiloor: Plotting 1 #globals #selfKO

Sylgar: Innocent Fish 4 #directdamage #1cost Fuel for the “Fishop”

combo (short-lived in
Modern) with Bishop:
Time Traveller.

The God Catcher: 3 to 4 #bruiser

Famous Walking Statue
The God Catcher: 3 to 4 #bruiser #antiattack
Mighty Construct
The Great Drunkard: 3 to 4 #bruiser
Built For Defense
Tyril: Sword For Hire 2 to 3 #reduction Added as a potential
counter to
Becky/Iceman/God
Catcher, etc.

Volo: Guide Writer 3 to 4 #actionlove #removal

#directdamage

Xanathar: Paranoid 2 to 3 #ramp #globals

Tyrant #discount

Cloak of Elvenkind: --- #globals #antiblockers

Basic Action Card
Shocking Grasp: Basic --- #ramp #removal Reprint from Faerun
Action Card Under Siege.

Shield: Basic Action --- #globals #protection

Card #buff #globalhate
#actionhate

Wild Magic: Basic --- #extra Make things go Boom

Action Card Boom with this. Not the
best in the new Modern,
 but tons of fun outside of
it.

X-men Forever Campaign Box

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Blob: Big Talkin' 2 to 3 #stop

Costumed Clown

Emma Frost: Mental 2 to 3 #antiattack

Mistress

Hope Summers: 3 to 4 #affiliation #extra Makes any X-men team

Pluripotent Echopraxia better, period.

Iceman: Right on 2 to 3 #directdamage

Schedule
Jubilee: Jubilation Lee 3 to 5 #directdamage

Jubilee: Olympic 3 to 4 #directdamage

Gymnast
Jubilee: Wondra 3 #directdamage #removal

Professor X: To Me, My 1 #ramp #globals Either that version or

X-men “To The Astral Plane”
works, but this version
has a marginally better
ability.
Rachel Summers: 2 #removal #hope Use with the Nihiloor
Prestige global (and Hope
Summers) for best
results.
Dual Defense: Basic --- #protection
Action Card
Invulnerability: Basic --- #buff #globals Reprinted from Avengers
Action Card vs X-men.

Teamwork: Basic --- #buff #affiliation Reprint of an OP card.

Action Card

Too Big To Fly: Basic --- #globals #buff #removal Reprint from World's
Action Card Finest.

Uncanny X-Force Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Cable: Bodyslide 2 to 3 #directdamage #hope

Dani Moonstar: 4 #removal #directdamage

Empathic Illusion
Casting
Deadpool: We're X- 2 to 3 #overcrush #globals
Force! #removal

Psylocke: Reforming 4 #setup #sidekicks

X-Force

Dark X-men Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Mimic: Flying, Blasting, 2 to 3 #removal All of this text to say: I

Slashing KO your stuff and either
get to do it again next turn,
or I become the character I
just KO'd.

Polaris: Hail, Queen of 2 #globalhate #shutdown

Mutants
Sage: Psionic Firewall 2 #tax #hope Added at Ben Scott's
request. After some
consideration, I agree that
it has more use in the new
Modern. While it's
 countered by Yawning
Portal, that card does not
seem to be universally
prevalent, so Sage still has
some use.

Sage: Xavier's Mole 3 #churn #consistency Use with Tabaxi Rogue

for best results.

Thunderbird: Buffalo 2 to 3 #protection #hope Can be used with Hope

Soldier Summers to create a
perpetual KO engine.

Justice Campaign Box

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Aquaman: Arthur Curry 3 #discount #affiliation Reprint from Justice

League

Bizarro: Less Than 1 #globals

Perfect
Clayface: Restless 2 #globals #consistency
#bruiser

Gorilla Grodd: You 2 #buff #bruiser #removal

Can't Fight Me
Green Lantern: Human 2 #affiliation
#directdamage

Hall of Doom: 1 to 2 #setup #affiliation

Headquarters
Martian Manhunter: 2 #buff #overcrush
Endless Abilities #affiliation

Parasite: Maxwell 3 to 4 #buff

Jensen
Parasite: Human Atomic 2 to 3 #judo #blanking
Furnace
Poison Ivy: Criminal 2 to 3 #removal #selfKO
Because of Love
 #directdamage

Scarecrow: Chose 3 #tax

Poorly
The Atom: Professor 2 to 3 #directdamage #spin

The Riddler: Creature of 2 #directdamage #tax

Pure Pride
Betrayal: Basic Action --- #directdamage Reprint from Amazing
Card Spider-man

Doom Lance: Basic --- #removal #directdamage

Action Card #antiblockers

Energy Field: Basic --- #globals #spin Note: the global was
Action Card errata'd to work like
Mutation and Polymorph.

Excessive Force: Basic --- #globals #buff Functionally identical to

Action Card “Excessive Ordinance”
from the Warhammer
campaign box.

Investigation: Basic --- #ramp #churn Reprint from The Mighty

Action Card Thor

Ping: Basic Action Card --- #directdamage #ramp

Power Almighty: Basic --- #ramp #spin

Action Card
Static Field: Basic --- #globals #antiattack Reprint from the
Action Card Warhammer campaign
box.

Doom Patrol Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Black Canary: Flower 2 to 3 #antiblockers

Shop Owner
Green Arrow: No Fancy 2 to 3 #removal
Ring

Mystics Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Atlantis: City and 2 to 3 #ramp #sidekicks #setup Useful both for the global
Stronghold #globals (similar to S.T.A.R. Labs)
and for the action (which
is useful to purchase a big
die quickly)

Atlantis: Wealthy 3 to 4 #ramp #churn

Kingdom
Phantom Stranger: 2 #removal
Mysticism
Yellow Lantern Ring: 3 to 4 #removal
The Weaponer's Ring
Zatanna: Being of 2 to 3 #spin
Magic
Zatanna: Master 2 to 3 #removal #directdamage
Magician's Daughter #affiliation

Warhammer 40k: WAAAGH!

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Ork Nob: Big Choppa 3 to 4 #cheapaggro

Stormboyz: Choppa 1 #globals #removal

Storm

Warhammer 40k: Space Wolves

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Grey Hunter: Son of 3 to 4 #removal

Russ
Venerable Dreadnaught: 2 #removal
Custodian of
Knowledge

Warhammer 40k: Battle For Ultramar

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Foetid Bloat-Drone: 2 #removal

Putrid Explosion
Noxious Blightbringer: 3 #directdamage
Tocsin of Misery
Plague Marine: 4 #setup Very useful to trigger SR
Festering Wound Thor or Jubilee, or to get
extra triggers of the Dark
Phoenix global.

Plague Marine: Vectors 3 to 4 #buff #sidekicks #selfko

of Death and Disease
Poxwalker: Curse of the 3 to 4 #1cost
Walking Pox
Poxwalker: Mindless 3 to 4 #ramp #antiblockers

Primaris Aggressor: 1 to 2 #globals #buff #removal

Boltstorm Gauntlets
Excessive Ordinance: --- #buff #globals Functionally identical to
Basic Action Card “Excessive Force” from
the Justice Campaign Box.

Instant War: Basic --- #sidekicks #churn The card of a million

Action Card shenanigans.

Seething Corruption: --- #removal

Basic Action Card
Static Field: Basic --- #globals #antiattack Reprinted in the Justice
Action Card Campaign Box

Justice Like Lightning

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Ant-Man: Petty Theft 3 #antiblockers

Atlas: Purged of Pym 1 to 2 #globals #ramp #churn

Particles #overcrush #bruiser

Hawkeye: Taking Aim 1 #globals #removal

Meteorite: Dr. Karla 2 #antiattack #buff

Sofen
Songbird: Melissa Gold 3 #removal

Techno: Downloaded 1 #globals #consistency

Consciousness #removal #directdamage
#affiliation

Kree Invasion

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Kree Captain: Lost 3 to 4 #discount #globals

Purpose #affiliation #cheapaggro

Kree Soldier: Protecting 4 #ramp #directdamage

the Seat of Hala
Rocket Raccoon: For the 3 to 4 #cheapaggro
Love of Battle
Supreme Intelligence: 1 #setup #globals #ramp Any version will do (they
Assimilated Hivemind all have the global, which
is all you will likely do
with him).

Thanos: Prove Love For 2 #bruiser #overcrush

Lady Death

Avengers Infinity

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Avengers ID Card: 3 to 4 #buff #globals

Making It Official #affiliation

Black Widow: The 3 to 4 #globals #removal #buff

Widow's Bite #cheapaggro

Doctor Strange: Never 2 #extra #actionlove

Have You Known His
Like

Gamora: Power Gem 2 to 3 #antiblockers

Star-Lord: Space Boy! 2 to 3 #ramp #affiliation

Thor: Every Problem is a 1 #globals #discount

Nail

Wasp: Flitting About 3 #removal #directdamage

#cheapaggro #actionlove

Big Entrance: Basic --- #discount #setup Reprint from War of Light
Action Card and The Mighty Thor.

Confront The Mighty: --- #removal

Basic Action Card

Raised Shields: Basic --- #globals #buff Identical to “Horn of the

Action Card #overcrush Unicorn” from the Yu-Gi-
Oh! Set.

Under Surveillance: Basic --- #globals #spin Identical to “Stealth Ops”

Action Card #antiblockers from War of Light.

Harley Quinn Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Batman: Strikes Terror 2 #bruiser #buff

Into Criminal Hearts
Batman: Plays Too 2 #bruiser #affiliation
Rough #overcrush

Poison Ivy: Red 2 to 3 #antiattack #affiliation

Poison Ivy: Flower 2 #directdamage
Child #affiliation

Target Lock: Basic --- #stop

Action Card
Thrown Brick: Basic --- #removal #ramp
Action Card

The Mighty Thor

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Archnemesis!: Basic --- #globals #removal Reprint from Amazing

Action Card #buff Spider-man, also reprinted
in DPS.

Big Entrance: Basic --- #discount #setup Also in War of Light and
Action Card Avengers Infinity

Investigation: Basic --- #ramp #churn Later reprinted in the

Action Card Justice Campaign Box

Odin's Fury: Basic --- #buff #protection Functionally identical to

Action Card #globals “True Believer” from
Amazing Spider-man.

Villainous Pact: Basic --- #ramp #churn Reprint from an OP kit

Action Card #antiblockers #globals and from Justice League
Absorbing Man: 3 #extra
Harold's Ice Cream
Absorbing Man: Ol' Ball 2 to 3 #extra
and Chain
Billy Club: Tool of 2 to 3 #removal #globals
Justice #consistency
Crystal: Aerokinesis 3 to 4 #consistency
#sidekicks
Hela: Stealer of Souls 2 #buff

Hela : Even in Death... 1 #globals #removal

Hulk: Power of Attorney 2 #directdamage Note that all versions

 #bruiser #buff have the global, but the
#globals common is, by far, the
strongest version
Jane Foster: For 3 to 4 #discount #sidekicks
Goddess Shalt Thou Be!
Jarnbjorn: And My Axe 2 to 3 #buff

Jarnbjorn: Iron Bear 3 #buff #overcrush

Kate Bishop: 2 #antiattack

Hawkingbird #directdamage
#globals
Malekith: King of the 2 to 3 #buff, #affiliation
Dark
Mjolnir: If He Be 3 to 4 #removal #directdamage
Worthy
Mjolnir: Possess the 3 #globals #removal
Power of Thor #consistency
Mr. Fixit: Muscle for 2 to 3 #bruiser
Hire
Mr. Fixit: Smashing 2 to 3 #bruiser
Style
Nick Fury: 3 to 4 #discount #affiliation
Commanding the
Commandos
SP//dr: Arachnid CPU 2 #actionhate #struggle
#shutdown
SP//dr: Mechanized 2 #affiliation
#damagebuff

Samantha Wilson: 2 #ramp #churn Fun fact: ccm00007

Project: Rebirth #protection #reduction originally thought the
#globals global didn't have
competitive potential since
it doesn't prevent enough
damage. Less than 2 years
later, he used it in his Top
2 build at Worlds.

Surtur: Bring Forth 2 #bruiser #removal

Ragnarök
The Bifrost: Bridge 2 to 3 #consistency #globals
Between Realms #setup
Wrecker: Demolition 1 #globals #removal #buff
Man #antiblockers

Wrecker: Enchanted 2 to 3 #globalhate

Crowbar #shutdown

Tomb of Annihilation

*Preliminary note: Since a card comes with 2 dice, I will recommend getting either 2 or 4 dice
on all cards.

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Cone of Cold: Basic --- #removal #buff Reprinted from Battle

Action Card #globals for Faerun and the Iron
Man/War Machine
Starter (see comments
on the latter card)
Create Food and --- #ramp #churn #globals
Water: Basic Action
Card
Improvised Weapon: --- #ramp #buff #1cost
Basic Action Card
Insect Plague: Basic --- #antiblockers #churn
Action Card #sidekicks #globals
Magic Missile: Basic --- #removal #selfKO Also seen in Battle for
Action Card #directdamage Faerun, with a similar
#globals card, Unstable Canister,
found in TMNT: Heroes
in a Half-Shell
Acererak: The Eternal 1 #globals #consistency
Amber Golem: 4 #selfKO #lifegain
Paragon Construct #discount
Batiri Battle Stack: 4 #ramp #churn
Lesser Humanoid #cheapaggro
Chwinga: Lesser 4 #ramp #1cost
Elemental
Chwinga: Paragon 4 #ramp #churn #buff
Elemental
Doppelganger: Lesser 4 #extra
Monstrosity
Doppelganger : Epic 3 to 4 #judo
Monstrosity
Elf Druid: Greater 2 #directdamage
Order of the Gauntlet #removal #actionlove
Gold Dragon: Paragon 2 #bruiser
Dragon #directdamage
#removal
Green Devil Mask: 2 to 3 #removal
Lesser Trap
Human Outlander: 2 to 3 #directdamage
Paragon Zhentarim #removal
Kobold Trap: Lesser 4 #discount #1cost
Trap
Pseudodragon: 3 to 4 #damagebuff
Paragon Familiar
Queen Grabstab: 2 #ramp
Queen of a Mobile
Village
Silver Dragon: Paragon 3 to 4 #bruiser
Dragon #directdamage
#removal #discount
Skeleton Key: Lesser 3 to 4 #actionhate
Undead
Stone Golem: Lesser 4 #selfKO #reduction
Construct #discount
Tabaxi Rogue: Lesser 2 to 3 #directdamage #ramp
Zhentarim #churn #globals
Tomb Guardian: 4 #selfKO #discount
Paragon Construct #globalhate
Xandala Cimber: 2 to 3 #directdamage
Destined for Greatness #removal #actionlove
Yuan-ti Pureblood: 4 #directdamage
Lesser Humanoid #removal #actionlove
#antiblockers
Yuan-ti Pureblood: 4 #directdamage Friends don't let friends
Epic Humanoid #removal #actionlove run SR Yuan-ti
Ring of Winter: Epic 1 #discount #globals
Magical Object #setup
Staff of the Forgotten 1 #removal #ramp
One: Epic Magical
Object

X-men: First Class

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Bishop: Butterfly 2 #reduction #shutdown

Effect #hope
Blob: Nothing Moves 2 to 3 #removal
the Blob!
Blob: Appetite for 2 to 3 #stop
Destruction
Boom Boom: Time 2 to 4 #directdamage #hope
Bomb #removal #actionlove
Boom Boom: 3 to 4 #directdamage
Meltdown
Danger Room: 3 #removal
Housing Hidden Perils
Danger Room: Flame- 2 to 4 #affiliation #removal
Throwers and Rotating #selfKO #globals
Knives
Doop: Lights! 2 to 3 #removal
Camera! Action!
Jean Grey: Professor's 2 #stop #removal #hope
Protégé
Jubilee: Life on the 3 to 4 #removal #spin
Streets
Jubilee: Mallrat 3 to 4 #removal #hope
#directdamage
Mimic: Borrowed 3 #ramp #extra #judo
Talent
Mimic: Calvin Rankin 2 to 3 #judo #extra
Morph: Change of 2 to 3 #actionlove #extra
Heart
Morph: The Comedy 2 to 3 #judo
of Tragedy
Professor X: No More, 1 #globals #consistency
Magnus! #sidekicks
Scarlet Witch: Careful 2 to 3 #actionhate #shutdown
What You Wish For
Storm: Morlock 3 #removal #actionhate
Champion #spin
Sunfire: Solar Flare 2 to 3 #protection #affiliation
#hope
The Blackbird: Under 1 #globals #globalhate
the Radar
The Hellfire Club: 2 to 3 #removal
Members Only
Wolverine: Patch 2 to 3 #removal #bruiser
#hope

Guardians of the Galaxy

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Adam Warlock: The 2 #extra

Being Known As Him

Adam Warlock: 2 to 3 #removal

Standing Watch Over
Infinity

Angela: Hunter of 2 to 3 #directdamage

Demons #antiblockers

Black Widow: 2 to 3 #directdamage

Spider’s Bite

Captain America: 2 #directdamage

Chemistry Project

Cosmic Cube: Beyond 3 to 4 #discount

Imagination
Cosmic Cube: Energy 3 to 4 #damagebuff So strong it was banned
of the Beyonders #actionlove in Modern.

Cosmo, Space Dog: 3 to 4 #buff #affiliation

C.C.C.P. Comrade

Dum Dum Dugan: 4 #cheapaggro

Hardened by War

King Black Bolt: 1 #directdamage

Ruler of Attilan

Knowhere: History 3 to 4 #setup

Shrouded in Mystery

Madame Masque: 2 to 3 #shutdown

Nefaria’s Schemes

Madame Web: The 2 to 3 #antiblockers

Great Web Unravels

Norman Osborn: Don't 3 to 4 #directdamage

call me "Gobby"! #affiliation

Nova Corps Uniform: 4 #buff

One Mind, One
Purpose

Nova Corps Uniform: 3 to 4 #protection Hilarious way to shut

Stand For Something down Iceman builds.
Greater

Quasar: The Cosmic 1 #consistency #globals

Avenger

Ricochet: Slinger 2 to 3 #directdamage #ramp

Thanos: Throwing 2 to 3 #shutdown

Down the Gauntlet #directdamage
#bruiser

The Collector: 2 to 3 #judo #discount

Taneleer Tivan
The Kyln: 3 to 4 #tax
Intergalactic Prison
The Spot: Portal 2 to 4 #ramp
Jumper
Yondu: Yaka Arrows 2 to 3 #directdamage

Spiderman: Maximum Carnage Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Captain America: 2 #sidekicks #globals There is another version

Squad Leader #buff with the global ("How
'Bout a Hand, Son?").
Both are solid; which
one you use comes
down to personal
preference.
Shriek: Sonic Beam 2 to 3 #blanking #shutdown jourdo's favourite card
for sure.
Shriek: Dark Empathy 2 to 3 #blanking #shutdown

Spider-man: War of 2 to 3 #antiblockers Wall of the Text would

the Heart #protection be a more accurate
name.

Superman/Wonder Woman starter

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Giganta: Standing Tall 2 #spin #globals

#bruiser
Jimmy Olsen: Signal 2 to 4 #discount
Watch
Wonder Woman: 2 to 3 #globalhate
Child of Clay #protection
Wonder Woman: 2 to 3 #shutdown
Reflections
Dimension Door: --- #antiblockers Reprinted from Battle
Basic Action Card for Faerun. However,
since it has no
"alignment" (which are
unique to D&D cards),
it is not considered a
 functional reprint.
Misdirection: Basic --- #ramp #setup
Action Card
Resurrection: Basic --- #ramp #churn Reprinted from Battle
Action Card for Faerun. However,
since it has no
"alignment" (which are
unique to D&D cards),
it is not considered a
functional reprint.
Team Up: Basic --- #buff #affiliation
Action Card
The Outsider: Basic --- #affiliation #buff Reprint of an OP card.
Action Card #churn

Defenders Team Pack

Doesn't really have any staples. It has fun cards, but nothing ever got used in the “meta”.

Batman

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Bat-Signal: Out of the 4 #buff #1cost

Darkness
Batman: Always 2 to 3 #removal #bruiser
Prepared
Commissioner 2 to 3 #discount #sidekicks
Gordon: Good Cop
Darkseid: Force of 2 #ramp #churn
Entropy
Dove: Dawn Granger 3 #globals Is only on this list
because of Hawk:
Might Makes Right.
Firefly: Ted Carson 3 to 4 #directdamage
Hawk: Might Makes 2 #directdamage
Right #bruiser #buff
#globals
Harley Quinn: Tough 2 to 3 #directdamage
Cookie #lifegain #affiliation
Hawkgirl: Princess of 3 #spin
Thanagar
Huntress: No Rest for 3 #removal
the Wicked
Hush: Dr. Thomas 4 #selfKO #ramp
Elliot
Jervis Tetch: Mad 4 #judo #sidekicks
Hatter
Mister Miracle: Show 3 #actionlove #ramp
Must Go On
Owlman: I Own This 2 to 3 #affiliation #buff
City
Parademon: Strength 2 to 3 #ramp #directdamage
in Numbers
Ra's Al Ghul: Fighting 1 #antiattack #affiliation The common also has
Death Himself the global, but if you
have to buy the
character, this version's
much better.
Red Hood: Jason Todd 3 to 4 #cheapaggro
Rip Hunter: Through 2 #consistency
the Vanishing Point
The Riddler: Get a 2 #actionlove #discount
Clue
The Question: Vic 4 #actionlove
Sage

Iron Man & War Machine starter

Name # of dice Tags Comments

War Machine: Rhodey 2 to 3 #directdamage

Cone of Cold: Basic --- #removal #buff Also found in Battle for
Action Card #globals Faerun and Tomb of
Annihilation. However,
since it has no
"alignment" (which are
unique to D&D cards),
 it is not considered a
functional reprint.
One Against Many: --- #directdamage
Basic Action Card
Smash!: Basic Action --- #globals #antiattack Reprinted from AVX.
Card #removal

Upgrade - Proton --- #buff #selfKO

Cannon: Basic Action #overcrush
Card

TMNT: Heroes in a Half-Shell

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Haymaker: Basic --- #buff #overcrush Previously printed in

Action Card #globals Justice League as
"Anger Issues"
Momentum: Basic --- #ramp #1cost
Action Card
Mutation: Basic --- #removal #spin #setup Previously printed in
Action Card #globals Battle for Faerun as
"Polymorph", reprinted
in DPS
Nefarious Broadcast: --- #globalhate
Basic Action Card
Splinter's Teachings: --- #judo #globals Previously printed in
Basic Action Card Uncanny X-men as
"Transfer Power"
Unstable Canister: --- #removal Previously printed in
Basic Action Card #directdamage Battle for Faerun (and
#selfKO #globals subsequently in Tomb
of Annihilation) as
"Magic Missile".

Doctor Strange Team Pack

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Dormammu: Burning 2 #stop #shutdown

Ambition
Eye of Agamotto: 2 to 3 #buff #globals #setup
Reside Within the
Amulet
Wong: Expert of 4 #cheapaggro
Kamar-Taj #sidekicks
Wong: Faithful 3 #buff #sidekicks
Servant

Deadpool

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Black Bolt: King of 2 to 3 #antiblockers

the Inhumans
Elektra: Way of the 3 to 4 #globalhate
Stick #protection
Flying Car: Fly-By 2 to 3 #directdamage Honorable mention to
the uncommon of this,
which is really cool in
the right build.
Hit-Monkey: He's a 2 to 3 #directdamage
Hitman, Who's a
Monkey
Lady Deadpool: 2 to 3 #actionlove
Earth-3010
Lockjaw: Fiercely 2 to 3 #removal
Loyal
M.O.D.O.K.: Most 2 #tax
Powerful Brain Alive
Motorcycle: Vroom! 1 #antiattack #globals
Multiple Man: Pile 6 #ramp
On!
Satchel of Unlimited 4 #directdamage Recommend using with
Weaponry: #actionlove the Riddler from the
Chimichanga Batman set.
X-23: Blades of Rage 2 to 3 #bruiser
Wolverine, Lord of 1 #directdamage
Vampires: The X- #lifegain
Vampires Must Feed

Green Arrow and The Flash

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Captain Cold's Cold 3 #blanking #removal The uncommon,

Gun: "Frozen" Firearm #shutdown "Beautifully Designed",
is quite decent as well.
The rare is better, but if
you can't get it, get the
uncommon.
Clayface: The Terror 1 #consistency #globals
Cyborg: Technis 2 #consistency #globals
Imperative #antiattack
Doctor Light: Actual 3 #antiattack
Doctor
Gorilla Grodd: Brains 2 to 3 #bruiser #antiblockers Note: Jarnbjorn:
and Brawn #consistency #globals Celestial Destroyer
(THOR) has the same
global, but it has little to
no gameplay use. If you
have both, Grodd is
simply better.
Gorilla Grodd: Force 2 #buff #bruiser
of Mind #overcrush
Hal Jordan: Green 3 to 4 #cheapaggro The easiest way to use
Lantern's Light King Shark: I'm a
Shark!
Katana: Bushi 3 to 4 #setup
King Shark: I'm a 2 #bruiser #overcrush
Shark!
Merlyn: League of 2 to 3 #consistency #globals
Assassins #antiblockers
Rip Hunter's 1 #ramp #setup #globals The common and rare
Chalkboard: Only both have the global,
Zatara Can Reach the and neither action
Point particularly sticks out,
so I recommend the
 common, as it's
cheaper.
S.T.A.R. Labs: 1 #sidekicks #ramp All versions have the
Advanced Research #globals global, which is the
main reason to use this.
I find this one's ability
text to be marginally
more useful.
Static: Virgil Hawkins 3 #removal
The Atom: Sword of 2 to 3 #removal #spin
the Atom

TMNT

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Casey Jones: Mutant 3 #antiblockers #affiliation

Hunter
Foot Ninja: Ninja 3 #cheapaggro
Syndicate
Enraged: Basic Action --- #buff #overcrush Functionally identical to
Card “Thrown Car” (from AVX
and an OP kit). Not to be
confused with “Enrage”
from Uncanny X-men.

Turtle Van: Basic --- #antiattack

Action Card

Civil War

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

She-Hulk: Sensational 2 to 3 #bruiser #overcrush

#lifegain

Wasp: Fashionista 1 #globals #antiblockers

Superhero Registration --- #ramp #churn
Act: Basic Action Card
The Front Line: Basic --- #buff #globals #tax Reprinted in DPS
Action Card #antiblockers

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Baron Zemo: Evil 3 to 4 #antiblockers

Leadership
Black Widow: 2 to 3 #antiattack
Mistress of Pain
Goliath: Giant Genius 2 #globals #buff All versions have the
#bruiser #overcrush global; this version's
ability is marginally
better.
Luke Cage: Knuckle 1 #globals All versions have the
Up! #directdamage global; this version's
ability is marginally
better.
Namorita: Aquatic 3 #removal
Beauty

Pym Particles: Grow 3 to 4 #buff #overcrush

Rocket Raccoon: Not 4 #directdamage

a Raccoon #cheapaggro

Ronin: Between 3 #protection #reduction

Employers
Ronin: Lone Warrior 3 #protection #reduction If you have “Between
Employers”, use that
version instead. If you
can't find it, this will
almost always be just as
good outside of specific
situations (e.g. Breath
Weapon).
Speedball: Robbie 2 to 3 #removal
Baldwin

Taskmaster: 2 #extra
Photographic Reflexes

Vibranium Shield: 3 #buff

Deflecting Bullets
Venom: Symbiotic 2 #directdamage #tax
Organism

World’s Finest
Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Batman: Natural Leader 4 #bruiser #affiliation

#removal

Oracle: Master 2 to 3 #globalhate #tax

Investigator
Superman: Hero of 4 #bruiser #affiliation
Metropolis #protection

Dark Avenger: Basic --- #directdamage #removal

Action Card #globals #affiliation

End of Days: Basic --- #removal #selfKO

Action Card
Too Big to Fly: Basic --- #globals #buff #removal Reprinted in the X-men
Action Card Forever Campaign Box.

Trusted Friend: Basic --- #globals #affiliation

Action Card
Vigilante Justice: Basic --- #removal #affiliation
Action Card

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Alfred Pennyworth: 4 #sidekicks
MI-5

Bane: Genius 1 #globals #removal All versions have the

Tactician global; this version's
ability is marginally
better.
Batgirl: Babs 2 to 3 #removal

Bizarro: Me Am #1! 2 #bruiser #overcrush

#globalhate
Bruce Wayne: 2 to 3 #removal #setup
Matches Malone
Bruce Wayne: 2 to 3 #removal #setup
International Playboy
Dick Grayson: Brand 2 #directdamage
New Bat #globals #affiliation
#bruiser
Doomsday: 2 to 3 #affiliation #removal
Superman's Killer #bruiser
Kal-L: From Another 1 #globals
Earth
Kryptonite: Green 4 #blanking
Death #antiblockers
#affiliation
Nightwing: Flying 2 to 3 #removal
Grayson
Oracle: Internet 2 to 3 #actionhate #tax
Interference
Robin: Kid Detective 3 #cheapaggro
Scarecrow: 2 to 3 #judo #removal
Hallucinogenic Vapors
Superwoman: Lois 1 #globals #consistency All versions have the
Lane global; this version's
ability is marginally
better.
Two-Face: Double 2 to 3 #directdamage
Deal
Ultraman: Kryptonite- 2 #actionlove #extra
Powered
Black Lantern Anti- 1 #bruiser
Monitor: Darkest Evil #directdamage

Faerun Under Siege

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Gnome Ranger: 2 to 3 #buff #cheapaggro

Master Lords Alliance
Half-Elf Bard: 2 to 3 #protection
Apprentice Order of
the Gauntlet
Half-Elf Bard: Master 2 to 3 #buff Friends don't let friends
Lords Alliance use Bard.

Blink-Transmutation: --- #globals #antiattack See “Distraction”,

Basic Action Card “Static Field” and “Kate
Bishop” for similar
globals.
Cloudkill: Basic --- #removal
Action Card #antiblockers
Delayed Blast Fireball: --- #removal
Basic Action Card
Shocking Grasp: Basic --- #removal #ramp Reprinted in the
Action Card Trouble in Waterdeep
Campaign Box

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Bahamut: Dragon of 2 #bruiser #removal

Justice #directdamage
Beholder: Lesser 3 to 4 #discount #bruiser The OTHER good
Aberration Beholder.
Clay Golem: Paragon 4 #selfKO #buff Your main objective is
Construct #discount to use the “Fabricate”
ability, and all versions
have it. I recommend
 this version because the
character's ability is
better, but if you only
have the
common/uncommon,
those are fine too.
Dwarf Wizard: Greater 3 #actionlove
Harper #cheapaggro

Dwarf Wizard: 2 to 3 #blanking #shutdown

Paragon Zhentairim

Elf Thief: Lesser 4 #globalhate #judo

Harper

Flesh Golem: Paragon 4 #selfKO #buff Your main objective is

Construct #discount to use the “Fabricate”
ability, and all versions
have it. I recommend
this version because the
character's ability is
better, but if you only
have the
common/uncommon,
those are fine too.
Giant Spider: Greater 2 to 3 #globals #antiblockers
Beast
Gnome Ranger: Lesser 2 to 3 #actionhate
Harper

Iron Golem: Greater 4 #selfKO #reduction

Construct #discount
Oni: Greater Giant 2 to 3 #actionhate

Ring: Lesser Gear 1 #globals #consistency Epic Gear (Super rare)

#sidekicks also has the global, but
you'll rarely use the die
either way; stick to the
common.
Talisman of Ultimate 1 #removal #selfKO
Evil
Amazing Spider-Man

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Carnage: Sinister 2 to 3 #bruiser #overcrush

Spider-man: Tangled 2 to 3 #globals #affiliation
Web (2-3 dice) #buff
White Tiger: Mystical 1 #globals #sidekicks Note: One of her other
Amulet versions, "Razor
Sharp", also has the
global. I find this one
slightly better overall.
Archnemesis!: Basic --- #globals #removal Reprinted in The
Action Card #buff Mighty Thor and in
DPS
Betrayal: Basic Action --- #directdamage Reprinted in the Justice
Card Campaign Box
Slander: Basic Action --- #blanking
Card
True Believer: Basic --- #buff #globals Similar card later printed
Action Card #protection in The Mighty Thor as
“Odin's Fury”

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Agent Venom: Flash 2 #globals #buff The common also has

Thompson #sidekicks the global, but get this
version if you can; it's
really fun to use in a
build with Human
Torch: Johnny Storm.
Black Widow: Stinger 4 #removal
#directdamage
Lizard: Scientist 2 to 3 #bruiser Whoever doubts this
 one, play with Parallax
+ Ant-Man and
remember that he wasn't
errata'd, contrarily to
Vulture
Mary Jane: MJ 4 #buff #overcrush Arguably better version
#sidekicks of this ability printed in
DPS (see “Psylocke:
Telepath”)
Silver Sable: Hero for 2 to 3 #antiblockers
Hire

Vulture: Adrian 2 to 3 #bruiser Please note that this one

Toomes had an errata. Still
strong, but look up the
errata before using.
War of Light

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Batman: Bruce Wayne 2 to 3 #antiblockers #bruiser

of Earth #globals #ramp #churn
#actionlove

Guy Gardner: Blinding 4 #cheapaggro

Rage
Big Entrance: Basic --- #discount #setup Reprinted in The Mighty
Action Card Thor and in Avengers
Infinity

Heroic Defense: Basic --- #lifegain #buff

Action Card
Stealth Ops: Basic --- #globals #spin Similar card later reprinted
Action Card #antiblockers in Avengers Infinity as
“Under Surveillance”

Vicious Struggle: Basic --- #struggle #directdamage

Action Card
Fighting: Basic Action --- #removal
Card

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Fatality: Bounty 3 #directdamage

Hunter

Lantern Battery: 2 #tax

Power Source

Lantern Ring: Limited 2 #directdamage

Only by Imagination #damagebuff
Lyssa Drak: Keeper of 3 to 4 #tax
the Book of Parallax

Lyssa Drak: Future 3 #tax

Sight

Mera: Queen of 1 #globals #reduction Both this version and

Atlantis Mournful Rage have the
global; neither version
stands out outside of the
global.
Miri Riam: Beacon in 4 #setup
the Dark

Parallax: Source of 1 #globals #consistency Either this version of

Terror the super rare has the
global. None is
especially better, so go
for the common; it's
cheaper.
Raven: Azarath, 2 to 3 #protection
Metrion, Zinthos!
Starfire: Koriand'r 2 to 3 #affiliation
#directdamage
Supergirl: Angry Alien 3 to 4 #overcrush #bruiser Reason for # of dice:
This card is fantastic
when used with the
Jimmy Olsen discount.
Wonder Girl: Cassie 3 #affiliation #protection Note: this card is often
Sandsmark used with Ring of
Magnetism, which is now
banned in every
competitive format. She
still works in a Teen
Titans team, though.
Age of Ultron

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Captain America: Super 2 to 3 #reduction

Soldier
Captain America: The 2 to 3 #lifegain #struggle
First Avenger
Ultron: Peacekeeper 1 to 2 #globals #antiblockers
Gone Wrong
Hulk Out: Basic Action --- #overcrush #buff
Card

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Groot: We Are Groot 2 #buff

Jocasta: Patterned After 2 to 3 #directdamage #judo

Janet
Magneto: Magnetic 1 #blanking #shutdown
Monster
Phil Coulson: 3 #buff
Inspirational Leader
Starhawk: Precognitive 2 to 3 #affiliation #buff
#bruiser

Thanos: The Mad Titan 2 #antiblockers #bruiser

Ultron Drone: 1 of a 3 to 4 #globals #antiblockers

Million #directdamage

Wasp: Bio-Electric 2 to 3 #globals #removal This card is Electirc!

Blasts #cheapaggro

Wasp: Founding 2 to 3 #globalhate #globals

Avenger #directdamage #removal
#tax
Justice League

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Batman: World's 2 to 3 #affiliation #lifegain

Greatest Detective #directdamage

Zatanna: Zatanna Zatara 3 to 4 #ramp

Anger Issues: Basic --- #buff #overcrush Functional reprint known

Action Card #globals as “Haymaker” in TMNT:
Heroes in a Half-Shell.

Villainous Pact: Basic --- #ramp #churn Reprinted both as an OP

Action Card #antiblockers card and in The Mighty
Thor.

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Aquaman: Arthur Curry 3 #discount #affiliation Reprinted in the Justice

Campaign Box

Aquaman: Orin 3 #affiliation #setup

#directdamage

Black Manta: Deep Sea 2 to 3 #affiliation

Deviant #directdamage

Blue Beetle: Jaime 2 to 3 #directdamage

Reyes #affiliation

Cheetah: Cursed 3 to 4 #cheapaggro

Archaeologist #directdamage
Constantine: Antihero 3 to 4 #actionhate

Constantine Con Artist 3 to 4 #discount

Constantine: Hellblazer 3 to 4 #blanking #shutdown

Cyborg: exceptionally 2 to 3 #affiliation

Gifted #directdamage #bruiser

Firestorm: Jason and 2 to 3 #directdamage #removal

Ronnie
Green Lantern: 2 #buff
Willpower
Green Lantern: 2 #affiliation
Brightest Day #directdamage

Lex Luthor: Power Suit 2 #actionhate #tax Useful counter to

Beholder/Ultraman.

The Joker: Clown Prince 2 #stop

of Crime

Battle For Faerun

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Beholder: Master 2 to 3 #actionlove Recommended by 10 out

Aberration of 10 spambois. So strong
it's now banned in every
format.

Blue Dragon: 2 to 3 #bruiser #removal

Apprentice Dragon #antiblockers
#actionlove

Cone of Cold: Basic --- #globals #buff #removal Reprinted in the Iron
Action Card Man/War Machine
Starter
Dimension Door: Basic --- #antiblockers Reprinted in the
Action Card Superman/Wonder
Woman Starter
Magic Missile: Basic --- #globals #removal Reprinted in Tomb of
Action Card #selfKO #directdamage Annihilation

Polymorph: Basic --- #globals #spin #setup Functional reprint

Action Card #removal known as "Mutation" in
TMNT: Heroes in a
Half-Shell and in DPS
Resurrection: Basic --- #globals #ramp #churn Reprinted in the
Action Card Superman/Wonder
Woman Starter

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Human Paladin: Lesser 2 to 3 #globals #reduction

Emerald Enclave #protection

Kobold: Greater 4 #1cost #ramp

Humanoid
Manticore: Paragon 2 to 3 #removal #directdamage Master of shenanigans.
Beast
Purple Worm: Greater 2 #removal #bruiser
Beast #directdamage

Red Dragon: Epic Dragon 1 to 2 #globals #discount The global is the main
#directdamage #bruiser feature. All versions have
#actionlove the global. While Epic
Dragon is the superior
version if you intend to
use the character, if all you
want is the global, use any
version.

Umber Hulk: Paragon 2 to 3 #removal #bruiser

Beast
Limited Wish: Lesser 2 to 3 #discount
Spell
Prismatic Spray: Lesser 2 to 3 #blanking
Spell

Yu-Gi-Oh: Series 1

*Important note about Yu-Gi-Oh: Be sure that the dice have the right collector's number for the
cards (you can see the number on the 1-energy side of the die). If you use Yu-Gi-Oh cards in any
major competition, you must always have at least 1 die that matches your card (the rest can
come from the other versions). Yu-Gi-Oh is the only set where this is an issue.

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Horn of the Unicorn: --- #buff #overcrush Identical action printed in

Basic Action Card #globals the Avengers Infinity
Campaign Box as Raised
Shields.

Mystic Box: Basic --- #globals #judo Same global as “Transfer

Action Card Power” (UXM) and
“Splinter's Teachings”
(HHS)

Swords of Revealing --- #globals #antiblockers Same global as Relentless

Light: Basic Action from UXM, banned from
Card every format for the same
reason.

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Blue-Eyes White 1 #globals #selfKO Identical version of this

Dragon: Monstrous #discount global ability printed in
Dragon DPS (“Dark Phoenix” -
every rarity)

Breaker the Magical 2 #actionhate Better version of this

Warrior: Mana Break ability (cheaper) printed in
DPS (see “Moira –
 Strength of Foresight” and
“Rogue – Surveillance
Immunity”)

Doomcaliber Knight: 1 #globals #protection Better version of this

Fiendish Fighter ability (same global, better
character) printed in DPS
(as “Gladiator – Psi
Resistance”)

Goblin Attack Force: 1 #globals #antiblockers The rare version also

Goblin Squad has the global, but the
uncommon's easier to
get.
Injection Fairy Lily: 3 #cheapaggro
Forced Injection
Jinzo: Trap Destroyer 2 #tax #actionhate Better (cheaper) version of
#globalhate this ability printed in DPS
(as “Lilandra - Majestrix”)

Lord of D.: Dragon 2 to 3 #protection Note: this card is primarily

Protector used with Ring of
Magnetism, which is now
banned in every
competitive format.

Millennium Puzzle: The 1 #removal

Eternal Dungeon
Millennium Rod: 1 #judo
Scepter of Supremacy
Morphing Jar: Canopic 4 #1cost #cheapaggro
Jar
Obelisk the Tormentor: 1 #bruiser #directdamage
Fist of Fate
Red-Eyes B. Dragon: 2 #bruiser #removal
Inferno Fire Blast
Ring of Magnetism: 2 to 3 #protection So strong it's now banned
Action Attraction in every competitive
format.

Slifer the Sky Dragon: 1 #globals #removal

Lightning Blast #selfKO
Thousand Dragon: 1 #globals #discount
Noxious Nostril Gust
Uncanny X-men

Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Iceman: Too Cool for 1 #globals #consistency

Words

Wolverine: The Best 2 to 3 #bruiser

There Is
Enrage: Basic Action --- #globals #buff The global (which is the
Card reason to use this card) is
found on other cards, such
as Invulnerability, Raised
Shields, etc.
Imprisoned: Basic --- #removal A Beholder's best friend.
Action Card So strong it's now banned
in every competitive
format. Good riddance.

Relentless: Basic Action --- #globals #antiblockers The global is so strong

Card that this card is banned in
literally every format in
existence.

Selective Shield: Basic --- #globals #antiattack Same global as Smash!

Action Card
Transfer Power: Basic --- #globals #judo See “Splinter's Teachings”
Action Card from the second TMNT
set for another card with
the exact same effects.

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Ant-Man: Biophysicist 4 #cheapaggro

Ant-Man: Pym Particles 1 #globals The rare also has the

 global, but just go with
the cheaper one.
Cable: Techno-Organic 2 #globals #removal The rare (“Time
#antiblockers Traveler”) is also a
viable option if you
want to use that global
and want to deal direct
damage instead.
Falcon: Recon 3 #antiblockers

Professor X: Trainer 1 #ramp #globals #buff The rare has more

strategic relevance in
the off-chance you need
the character, which is
why I include it here.
However, if you can get
the common,
“Recruiting Young
Mutants”, it will almost
always be as good.
Pyro: Pyrokinetic 1 #globals Used primarily in
Manticore shenanigans.
Storm: Weather witch 1 #globals #protection The rare also has the
#actionhate global, but just go with
the cheaper one.
Toad: Tongue Lashing 2 #removal

Cerebro: Cybernetic 1 #affiliation #removal

Intelligence
Cerebro: Supercomputer 3 #tax

Avengers vs X-men
Starter:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Beast: Genetic Expert 4 #directdamage

Hulk: Jade Giant 2 #removal #bruiser

#struggle
Spider-man: Webslinger 2 #antiblockers

Storm: Goddess of the 2 to 3 #removal #hope

Plains
Distraction: Basic --- #antiattack #globals Global is also found on
Action Card other cards: Blink-
Transmutation, Static
Field, Kate Bishop...

Invulnerability: Basic --- #globals #buff Reprinted in X-men

Action Card Forever

Power Bolt: Basic Action --- #directdamage #removal Reprinted in an OP kit and
Card in DPS

Smash!: Basic Action --- #globals #antiattack Reprinted in the Iron Man
Card #removal and War Machine Starter

Thrown Car: Basic Action --- #buff #overcrush Reprinted in an OP kit

Card

Boosters:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Angel: Soaring 4 #antiblockers

#cheapaggro

Black Widow: Tsarina 4 #directdamage

#cheapaggro

Colossus: Piotr Rasputin 2 #directdamage #hope Better version of this

ability printed in DPS (as
“Colossus: Piotr”)

Cyclops: If Looks Could 2 #removal #hope

Kill
Doctor Doom: Reed 2 #removal #stop
Richards' Rival
Doctor Doom: Nemesis 1 #globals #removal
Green Goblin: Goblin 3 #buff
Lord

Green Goblin: Norman 1 #globals #selfKO

Osborn #removal

Green Goblin: Gobby 3 to 4 #directdamage

Hulk: Green Goliath 2 to 3 #removal #bruiser

#struggle

Human Torch: Johnny 2 to 3 #removal #directdamage Arguably better version of

Storm this ability (X-men
affiliation – can be copied
by Hope Summers)
printed in DPS (as
“Jubilee: X-men Field
Leader”)

Loki: Gem Keeper 2 #stop

Mjolnir: Forged by Odin 2 to 3 #removal Use with SR Jocasta from

AOU for best results.

Mr. Fantastic: Brilliant 1 #globals #removal

Scientist
Nick Fury: Patch 2 #affiliation #damagebuff

Phoenix: Redd 1 #globals #removal #hope Any version has the

global, but Redd has the
better gameplay effect

Silver Surfer: Sky-Rider 1 #globals #ramp #churn Any version has the
global, but the rare has the
better gameplay effect.

Storm: Wind Rider 2 to 3 #removal #directdamage

#hope

Venom: Angelo 2 #removal #stop

Fortunado
Vibranium Shield: 1 #globals #protection Any version has the
Irreplaceable #reduction global, but this has the
 better gameplay effect

Wolverine: Formerly 2 to 3 #bruiser

Weapon Ten

OP (Organized Play)

These are promos typically offered as prizes for local tournaments. Most online stores do not sell
them; if you don't have local players to trade with, your best bet is to go on the trades thread of
the Dice Masters subreddit, the Dice Masters Online Discord server, our very own DMNorthTV
Discord server, Facebook groups or ebay. Since very few of these cards use their own dice, I'll
let you know which dice you’ll need to get for each card.

Modern Legal:

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Hellfire Gala: Basic --- #ramp #sidekicks First alternate win

Action Card condition in Dice
Masters. Only available
through the “Marvel
Dice Masters: Dark
Phoenix Saga Release
OP kit” (NOT to be
confused with “The
Dark Phoenix Saga” OP
kit from 2014!!!)
Slingers: Basic Action --- #removal #globals
Card

Pre-Modern

Name # of dice Tags Comments

Apocalypse: Earth-295 2 to 3 #removal Uses the Apocalypse

#directdamage dice from Uncanny X-
men.
Black Widow: Agent 2 to 3 #protection #reduction Uses the same dice as
her namesake in the
Avengers Infinity
Campaign Box.
Colossus: Xavier's 2 to 3 #bruiser #buff Uses the Colossus dice
School #overcrush #affiliation from the Deadpool set.
Hawkeye: Avengers 2 to 3 #removal #selfKO Uses the Hawkeye dice
Disassembled from Avengers vs X-
men.
Iron Fist: The 2 to 4 #protection #reduction Note that he's expensive
Immortal #setup and can be hard to find.
He uses his own, unique
dice.
Kate Bishop: Straight 2 to 3 #removal #globals Has the same global as
Shooter #antiattack Kate Bishop:
Hawkingbird (TMT),
but a better gameplay
effect. She's the
superior version.

Uses the same dice as

her namesake from The
Mighty Thor.
Kitty Pryde: On a 2 to 3 #spin Uses the Kitty Pride
Mission dice from Uncanny X-
men.
Lois Lane: DC 2 to 3 #buff #overcrush Uses the Lois Lane dice
Bombshell from the World's Finest
set
Robin: Teen Titans 2 #ramp #churn #globals Uses the Robin dice
Team Leader #affiliation from the Justice League
set.
Scarecrow: Legion of 2 #antiattack Uses the Scarecrow dice
Doom from the War of Light
set.
Pandora's Box: Trinity --- #affiliation #globals Note: This is a basic
War action card, even
though it is not stated in
its name.
Power Bolt: Basic --- #removal Reprint from AVX,
Action Card #directdamage reprinted in DPS
Takedown: Basic --- #affiliation #globals
Action Card #removal
Teamwork: Basic --- #affiliation #buff Reprinted in the
Action Card X-men Forever
 Campaign Box.
The Outsider: Trinity --- #affiliation #buff Note: This is a basic
War #churn action card, even
though it is not stated in
its subtitle.

Reprinted in the
Superman/Wonder
Woman starter set.
Thrown Car: Basic --- #buff #overcrush Reprint from AVX
Action Card
Villainous Pact: Basic --- #ramp #churn Also found in Justice
Action Card #antiblockers League and in The
Mighty Thor, as well as
Avengers Infinity
Gauntlet.
Wallop: Basic Action --- #globals #antiattack
Card #removal
Wolverine: Xavier's 2 to 3 #bruiser #discount Uses the Wolverine dice
School #affiliation from the Deadpool set.