r/marvelchampionslcg

I used to play this game solo in 2023/2024.

I got core rise of the red skull and sinister motives, is jumping straight into civil war a bad idea?

Based on your experience, which heroes are most popular, and which are least popular/more obscure in the community overall?

From what I've seen:

Most popular -- Spider-man (Peter Parker) by a country mile, Magik, Domino, Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Cable... and kind of a surprise, but X-23. I see her quite a bit.

Less mainstream (ie, barely anybody talks about or plays these heroes) picks are DEFINITELY Nebula--I've never seen her at a meetup, people who 'main' Nebula are just punk rock like that-- Rocket, Iceman, Vision, Angel, and Gambit.

Curious to know if my experience lines up with yours. :)

I am writing this post to ask for your opinions. I believe that protection is currently excessively strong.

Look at the recently released RFAF. This card increases hand size. Considering the importance of hand size in this game, this card is practically broken.

The disarming defense included in Wonderman has become a way to remove Ronan's weapon.

However, what really angers me are a few events and upgrades.

Mansion draws one card for 4 mana. Unflappable draws one card for 1 mana. Hard to ignore ignores Confuse, and the same goes for Not Today.

Furthermore, heroes with 3 defense can easily add 2 defense with Vest and Conditioning, and the recently revealed Echo Ronin adds another 1 defense on top of that. This is ridiculous.

I believe that defense also needs a status that negates it, just like Attack and Thwart. What do you think?

So after some test games i found the extra cost could mostly be ignored. I could just play the card before i played any ally that turn, prof and nick are for one turn any way and most other allys get played and then chump block. Just feels like the cost was simply not an issue unless i was trying to keep an ally in play for a long time. The down side just did not feel like a down side. Really wish it was tied to not having allys in the deck at all. Cool concept and ymmv but not what i was hoping for.

Hi guys! Dad in his mid-40s who has recently tried to get into more "physical" games as with young kids I just seemed to collapse in front of the TV/Console when the kids had finally gone to sleep.

Tried a few games and fell into Marvel United, which I absolutely love. Not too complicated, plenty of content to get hold of relatively easy (limited budget, Kickstarter boxes are not for me!) and I can play in a short-ish amount of time.

Anyway I was looking for one more game to get into, and as Iike the Marvel theme (comics from the 80s and 90s as well as the current MCU stuff), Champions made the most sense. Watched some videos etc and found the Starter box for relatively cheap (arriving today) and grabbed a couple of hero packs (Psylocke and Ice-Man, as have liked their characters over the years).

A lot of the videos I have seen have been from several years ago though, probably the YouTube algorithm just feeding me similar content after watching one of them. A few mention about the rulebook being out of date, and going online to get the "proper" rules but without giving much detail. And that was years ago anyway so not sure if it's still the case. Same with "things I wish I knew when I started" type things, are they still relevant or has the game changed in significant ways over the years?

Are there channels out there that are breaking down some of the basic stuff, not just showing the latest packs etc? I get why they want to show that of course, just wondering if there is someone out there catering to the newbie. Or websites or groups like this place?

Thanks (and sorry, that's a long-winded post)

I play Spider-Man(Peter parker) decks a lot, and recently I’ve been looking into Spider-Man 2099 combos. However, honestly... he doesn't seem that useful to me.

First of all, his cost is just too high (4-cost). To make him efficient, you usually want to cheat him into play using Across the Spider-Verse. But I realized that setting up this combo is surprisingly clunky because it requires having Warrior of the Great Web or Web of Life and Destiny on the board first.

Even when you do manage to play him, his ability doesn't feel that impactful. Instead of spending resources to add a Web-Warrior to your hand, isn't it just better to let an ally chump block a villain's attack and then revive them from the discard pile with Make the Call? Or you could just use Rapid Response to bring them right back for just 2 cost.

People often talk about the 2099 + Ghost-Spider combo to fetch event cards. But if you're playing Leadership, you already have incredible card draw. Do you really need to jump through hoops to get an event card? I've found that using Ghost-Spider on her own is usually more than enough.

I’m also aware of the combo with the Otto Octavius ally, but it honestly doesn’t seem that useful for Peter Parker. You’d expect a bigger payoff for that kind of combo. Readying a Web-Shooter and drawing two cards just doesn't feel worth all the setup required to pull it off. Maybe it shines with identities that have stronger upgrades to ready, but for Peter specifically, the value feels pretty underwhelming.

My main takeaway is that there aren't enough Web-Warrior cards worth fetching to hand to justify his 4-cost. Honestly, I’d much rather just play Nick Fury in that slot.

The reason I'm writing this is that I feel like I might be playing him wrong, or maybe I'm missing a hidden combo that makes him great. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Are there any synergies or tips I should know about? Please let me know!

Hello,

I have a physical copy of the game, but I have been using an online one to learn the rules. I beat the first scenario with Rhino on my second try, but I have tried against Klaw six times and have never one. I am using a program and I assume it's implementing everything correctly, so I don't think it's an issue with the rules. Part of the problem is that he routinely summons some really strong allies and it's hard to beat them and also clear threats and harm Klaw.

Does anyone have any advice?

Many thanks!

Edit: Many thanks to all for the great advice and strong sense of community!

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2026/5/12/the-man-without-fear/

This came early!!!