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Marvels Checklist
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March 13, 2000 - Click here to view any changes to specific cards that were made after the list was orignially posted. There will be no more changes to Marvels cards before OP CUP 3.

February 22, 2000 - I finally finished my Guide to Playing Marvels Specials. The links to this guide are in the Marvels checklist table that is below. Click on the blue code box in the table to see the guide for that code.

For the time being, I have not included the related meta rules for each code. I have provided a set of the most important questions and answers relating to Special Cards. There is also any other information about that code that might not be implied in it's game text. Lastly, I have my recommended change to the game text, if any, that might have made it into a final version to make it easier to understand. Due to the amount of time involved, I decided not to list the meta rules that apply only because all meta rules apply to all cards, only some are more important than others to certain codes, or are canceled out by the text on the card. If there is enough of a request to list the most relevant meta rules, then I will do it.
As always, if I have not made things as clear as they should be, or if you have any question at all about what I have posted, feel free to email me at nickw1973@aol.com and ask away. If any questions are important enough to clarify how to play any of these cards, then I will update this Guide with those questions and answers. There will be no changes made between March 10 and 26, to allow everyone attending OP CUP 3 to have enough time to prepare to play with and against these cards.

December 12, 1999 - I guess I did not make this clear before, so I will say it now. This list is in no way *THE* final list for The Marvels. There were still a few cards that required additional playtesting, as well as Ron's final approval on everything. The posting of this list was only to show how far along the production of The Marvels was before the plug was pulled.
As we all know, it is not possible to make all previously unplayable characters suddenly playable by simply giving them one new Special each. If you have read my thoughts about what makes a character playable, then you might agree that, as set designers, we only had that one option. The only other way to make some of these characters playable, without modifying the existing rules or creating some new types of cards, would have been to create variant characters and locations with better stats, inherent abilities, and teams with Power Grids that matched up. These types of radical changes were not possible as it did not match the intention of The Marvels, a set that could allow beginners to acquire cards that could not be acquired easily and still have something new for the long time players. Changes of this order may have been possible and were even on our minds, but we were then thinking much farther into OverPower's future than Marvel had in mind.

The Marvels was the vision of Ron Perazza. He had an idea in mind when this set was first constructed and much of the work was his. The Reserves gave feedback based on the first list of Specials that were to be reprinted and then we came up with most of the new mechanics. During an official OverPower AOL chat, a card for Wolverine was recommended. Once we had a chance to play test it, we decided it was a good card to use.
Enough with the history already, and now for the card list.

Special cards     The blue background in the Code box is to show the new mechanics we created.
    The red background in the Game Text box is to show the all-new cards for the one new character and the reprinted ones.
    The rest of the cards were to be reprints of previous cards.

Character	Card Name	Game Text	Code	OPD	Play
Angel	High Flyer	Avoid 1 Attack	AG		Def
Angel	Millionaire Playboy	Discard one Fighting Power card usable by (Character) to draw 4 cards from top of the Draw Pile. May keep duplicates.	JA	Y	Off
Angel	Aerial Combat	Cards with a Fighting icon do not count toward (Character's) Spectrum or Cumulative KO for remainder of game.	FQ	Y	Off
Angel	Avenging Angel	Acts as a level 4 Strength or Intellect attack. Attack is not affected by Special cards already in play.	NJ		Off
Beast	Stars & Garters	Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made on (Character's) team may be moved to Stars & Garters. (Character's) team may not defend. Stars & Garters is discarded after 1 Hit.	EB	Y	Off
Beast	Drop Kick	Acts as a level 9 Fighting attack.	AS	Y	Off
Beast	Analyze	Negates the effect of any 1 Special card played by Opponent.	AO		Both
Beast	Acrobatics	Only attacks made with Universe cards may be played against (Character) for remainder of battle.	CD		Both
Captain America	Energy Replica	Acts as a level 6 Energy attack. If not successful, draw top card from Draw Pile. If drawn card is an attack, (Character) may use it. If drawn card is not an attack, discard it to the Dead Pile.	OF	Y	Off
Captain America	Sentinel of Liberty	Acts as a level 7 Intellect attack. If successful, (Character) may move 1 Mission Card from the Defeated Missions Pile, to the Reserve Missions Pile.	GB	Y	Off
Captain America	Mighty Shield	Teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less.	AD		Def
Captain America	Stars & Stripes	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Cyclops	Focused Force	Acts as a level 9 Energy attack. If successful, (Character) or (Character's) teammates may not defend (Character) with Special cards for remainder of game.	FT		Off
Cyclops	Battle Savvy	Avoid 1 Attack	AG		Def
Cyclops	Wide Beam	Acts as a level 7 Fighting attack	AR		Off
Cyclops	Remove Visor	Acts as a level 6 Energy attack. May combine with 1 Energy card for a single attack.	BO	Y	Off
Dr. Strange	Spell of Protection	(Character) or teammate may avoid 1 attack of 6 or less. May be played from Reserve.	AD		Def
Dr. Strange	Crimson Bands of Cytorak	Target Character may not attack for remainder of battle.	AV	Y	Off
Dr. Strange	Eldritch Blasts	Acts as a level 2 Energy attack. May make 2 additional attacks.	DG		Off
Dr. Strange	Necromancy	Play in current battle to resurrect any KO'd teammate next battle. Teammate is discarded at end of next battle.	CK	Y	Off
Henry Pym	Mass Reduction	Opponent must discard a number of cards equal to the number of Mission cards Opponent Ventured this battle. Cards may be Placed or in Hand.	FR	Y	Off
Henry Pym	Ant-Man	(Character) may avoid any numerical attack.	AD		Def
Henry Pym	Yellowjacket	Acts as a level 4 Fighting attack. May make 1 additional attack.	AA		Off
Henry Pym	Giant-Man	(Character) Strength Rating increases to 7 for remainder of game.	AY	Y	Both
Hulk	Savage	Play during battle. For remainder of battle, any Special card played must be a Special card that acts as an attack. Other Special cards may not be played.	NN		Off
Hulk	Green Goliath	Acts as a level 4 Strength attack, may combine with 1 Fighting card for a single attack.	AE		Off
Hulk	Hulk Smash	Acts as a level 8 Strength attack +1 for each hit on (Character) permanent record.	AS	Y	Off
Hulk	Power Leap	Acts as a level 9 Fighting attack.	AS	Y	Off
Human Torch	Strategic Burn	Target Character may not attack or play Special cards for remainder of Battle.	FN	Y	Off
Human Torch	Fire Cage	(Character) and target Character may not attack for remainder of battle.	AX		Off
Human Torch	Nova Burst	Acts as a level 11 Energy attack, (Character) may not attack for remainder of battle.	AS	Y	Off
Human Torch	Flame On	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Iceman	Frozen Prison	Acts as a level 6 Fighting attack. If successful, Target Character may not play Special cards for remainder of battle.	FU		Off
Iceman	Ice Armor	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Iceman	Blood Chill	Acts as a level 10 Energy attack.	AS	Y	Off
Iceman	Ice Tactics	Target Character must discard 1 Placed card of (Character) choice.	AI		Off
Invisible Woman	Conceal	(Character's) Teams Placed cards may not be played, moved or discarded by Opponent for remainder of game.	FS	Y	Both
Invisible Woman	Protective Wall	(Character) or teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less.	AD		Def
Invisible Woman	Team Coordination	Acts as a level 3 Intellect attack, each Front Line teammate may make 1 additional attack.	FE		Off
Invisible Woman	Invisible Ram	Acts as a level 9 Strength attack.	AS	Y	Off
Iron Man	Armored Avenger	Teammate may avoid 1 attack made with a Power Card. (Character) may draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile. Discard duplicates.	LO		Def
Iron Man	Heat Seeking Missile	Acts as a level 8 Energy, Strength, or Fighting attack.	AQ	Y	Off
Iron Man	Radar Warning	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Iron Man	Stealth Armor	Target Character must discard 1 Placed card of (Character) choice.	AI		Off
Jean Grey	TK Shield	Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made on (Character's) team may be moved to TK Shield. (Character's) team may not defend. TK Shield is discarded after 1 Hit.	EB	Y	Off
Jean Grey	Phoenix Effect	Acts as a level 4 Any-Power attack, may combine with 1 Energy, Fighting, Strength, or Intellect Power card for a single attack.	AE		Off
Jean Grey	Mental Deflection	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Jean Grey	Telekinesis	Acts as a level 9 Strength attack.	AS	Y	Off
Mr. Fantastic	Elasticity	Play with any Power card defense. Power card is returned to (Character's) Hand.	FV	Y	Def
Mr. Fantastic	Inventive Genius	Draw 3 cards. Discard duplicates.	HQ	Y	Off
Mr. Fantastic	Fantastic Mind	Acts as a level 7 Intellect attack.	AR		Off
Mr. Fantastic	Protect Teammate	Teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less.	AD		Def
Namor	The Avenging Son	Acts as a level 6 Fighting attack. If successful, opponent -4 to Venture total.	HO		Off
Namor	Imperious Rex	Acts as a level 7 Energy, Strength, or Fighting attack.	AQ	Y	Off
Namor	Neptune's Armor	Only Energy attacks may be played against (Character) for remainder of battle.	CD		Both
Namor	Land, Sea, and Air	Acts as a level 4 Energy attack. (Character) may make 1 additional Strength and/or 1 additional Fighting Power card attack.	CY		Off
Professor X	Mental Bolt	Acts as a level 6 Intellect attack. If not successful, draw top card from Draw Pile. If drawn card is an attack, (Character) may use it. If drawn card is not an attack, discard it to the Dead Pile.	OF	Y	Off
Professor X	Mindwipe	Acts as a level 8 Energy, Strength, Fighting, or Intellect Attack.	AQ	Y	Off
Professor X	Read Mind	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Professor X	Psionic Hold	Target character may not attack for remainder of battle.	AV	Y	Off
Silver Surfer	Stellar Bolt	Acts as a level 6 Energy attack. Cannot be defended by a card with an Energy icon.	AP		Off
Silver Surfer	Double Power Blast	Acts as a level 4 Energy attack. May combine with 1 Energy card for a single attack.	AE		Off
Silver Surfer	Energy Protection	Teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less	AD		Def
Silver Surfer	Power Cosmic	Acts as a level 8 Energy, Strength, or Fighting attack	AQ	Y	Off
Spider-Man	With Great Power...	Look at top 8 cards of Draw Pile and choose any 1 card. Put chosen card in Hand. Put "With Great Power…" on top of Draw Pile. Reshuffle Draw Pile.	OP		Off
Spider-Man	Over The Edge	Acts as a level 4 Fighting attack. May combine with 1 Strength card for a single attack.	AE		Off
Spider-Man	Web	Target character may not attack for remainder of battle.	AV	Y	Off
Spider-Man	Wall Crawl	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Thing	Stonewall	Play on target Character as an attack. For remainder of battle, Target Character may not attack or use Special cards unless Opponent also discards 2 cards per attack. Cards may be Placed or in Hand.	OD	Y	Off
Thing	Rock Skin	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Thing	Temper Tantrum	Acts as a level 4 Strength attack, may make 1 additional attack.	AA		Off
Thing	Clobberin' Time	Acts as a level 10 Strength attack.	AS	Y	Off
Thor	Unfettered Might	Acts as a level 12 Fighting attack. If successful, (Character) or (Character's) teammates may not defend (Character) with Special cards for remainder of game.	FT	Y	Off
Thor	Airborne Avenger	Avoid 1 attack.	AG		Def
Thor	Power of Asgard	Acts as a level 8 Energy, Strength, or Fighting attack	AQ	Y	Off
Thor	Mystic Uru Metal	Acts as a level 4 Strength attack, may make 1 additional attack.	AA		Off
Wasp	Effective Leader	For remainder of battle, if (Character) can block a Power card attack with an equal value Power card, (Character)'s Power card hits attacker.	BS	Y	Both
Wasp	Shrink From Harm	Acts as a level 9 Energy Power card. May only be used to defend. May defend (Character) or teammate.	MH		Def
Wasp	Wasp Sting	Acts as a level 4 Strength or Intellect attack. May make 1 additional attack.	GI		Off
Wasp	Adept Socialite	Opponent must move 1 Mission Card from his Reserve Missions Pile to his Defeated Missions Pile.	JM	Y	Off
Adam Warlock	Detachment	Opponent must discard 3 cards from Hand. Cards chosen by Opponent.	OC	Y	Off
Alpha Flight	Madison Jeffries^TM	Acts as a level 10 Any-Power attack. May be used against Battlesite. If used against Battlesite, damage counts toward Venture total.	OJ	Y	Off
Banshee	Disruptive Yell	Play in current battle. Next battle, Opponent may not Place any cards with a Fighting icon.	FX		Off
Bishop	Change the Future	Play in current battle. Negates the effect of next Event card played by Opponent. Opponent may still draw for played Event. (Character) may draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile.	OG	Y	Off
Black Cat	Lucky Break	Acts as a level 6 Intellect attack. If not successful, Opponent -3 to Venture total.	FG	Y	Off
Black Panther	Vessel of the Panther God	Acts as a level 10 Intellect attack.	AS	Y	Off
Black Widow	Disinformation	Play with any Power card usable by (Character). Opponent must discard one or more cards whose combined Value is equal to or greater than twice the Value of (Character's) card. Cards may be Placed or in Hand.	OK	Y	Off
Cable	Surveillance	Look at top 8 cards of Draw Pile and choose any 4 cards. Reshuffle Draw Pile. Put four chosen cards on top of Draw Pile.	FK	Y	Off
Captain Britain	Britain's Champion	Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made with a Special Card against (Character's) team may be moved to Britain's Champion. (Character's) team may not defend. Britain's Champion is discarded after 1 Hit.	EB		Off
Captain Mar-Vell	Cosmic Avenger	Acts as a level 7 Strength or Energy attack. If not successful, (Character) is -2 to attack for remainder of battle.	NX		Off
Colossus	Stoic Defender	Teammate may avoid 1 attack made with a Special Card. (Character) may draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile. Discard duplicates.	LO		Def
Daredevil	Guardian Devil	(Character) or teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less.	AD		Def
Dazzler	Rebel Defense	Target Teammate moves into Reserve for remainder of battle.	IA		Off
Deadpool	Knock 'em Silly	Play during battle as an attack. Target Character must discard 1 card for each Hit currently in his Hits to Current Battle and Permanent Record. Cards may be Placed or in Hand.	OM		Off
Deathlok	Calculate Weakness	Target Character's Team loses Inherent Abilities and are considered to have no Inherent Abilities for remainder of Battle.	NG	Y	Off
Doc Samson	Out-Think	Opponent must immediately discard all Special cards in play that affect the "remainder of the Battle" or the "remainder of the Game".	KL		Off
Domino	Demolitions	Acts as a level 6 Intellect attack. May be used against Battlesite. If used against Battlesite, damage counts toward Venture total.	OJ		Off
Elektra	Reclaim Honor	Acts as a level 7 Strength or Intellect attack. If not successful, (Character) is -2 to attack for remainder of battle.	NX		Off
Falcon	Resourceful Fighter	For remainder of game, (Character) may Draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile for each Basic Universe card played by (Character). Discard duplicates.	FY		Off
Forge	Battle of Wits	Only Intellect attacks may be played against (Character) for remainder of battle.	CD		Both
Gambit	Thief of Hearts	Look at top 8 cards of Opponent's Draw Pile and choose any 4 cards. Reshuffle Draw Pile. Put four chosen cards on top of Draw Pile.	FK	Y	Off
Ghost Rider	Play With Fire	Draw 3 cards. Discard duplicates.	HQ	Y	Off
Havok	Collateral Damage	Acts as a level 7 Intellect attack. If successful, Opponent must sort through Draw Pile and discard first 3 Special cards into Dead Pile. Reshuffle Draw Pile.	OA	Y	Off
Hawkeye	Action Leader	Remove all hits from Target Teammates Permanent Record and Current Battle, and switch places with Reserve. May be played from Reserve.	OR	Y	Off
Heroes For Hire	Call on the Hire Power!	Teammate may make 1 Energy or Intellect attack at +4	BI	Y	Off
Jubilee	Wolvie Style	Acts as a level 7 Any-Power attack. If successful, Target Character loses Inherent Ability and is considered to have no Inherent Ability for remainder of Battle.	NG		Off
Ka-Zar	Law of the Jungle	Opponent's team may not use cards with an Energy icon for reminder of battle.	EY	Y	Off
Longshot	Stroke of Luck	Acts as a level 5 Energy attack. If successful, (Character) may sort through Draw Pile, select any Aspect card and play it immediately. Reshuffle Draw Pile.	OB		Off
Maggot	Chow Time	Acts as a level 5 Energy attack. If successful, (Character) may sort through Opponent's Battlesite and discard any 2 Special cards. May be played from Reserve.	GM	Y	Off
Marrow	Bone Shard	Target Character must discard 1 Placed card of (Character's) choice.	AI		Off
Maverick	Reaction Time	Acts as a level 6 Energy attack.	AR		Off
Morph	Thwart Plan	Play in current battle. Next battle, Opponent may not Place any cards.	FX	Y	Off
Multiple Man	Take the Hit	Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made with a Power Card against (Character's) team may be moved to Take The Hit. (Character's) team may not defend. Take The Hit is discarded after 1 Hit.	EB		Off
New Warriors	Rage^TM	Opponent's team may not use cards with a Strength icon for reminder of battle.	EY	Y	Off
Nick Fury	Secure Perimeter	Opponent may not play any Activator Cards for remainder of battle.	LS	Y	Off
Nightcrawler	Tactical Teleport	Acts as a level 6 Intellect attack. If successful, opponent must discard one Tactic card. Card may be Placed or in play.	FP		Off
Phoenix	Warn & Change	Teammate may avoid 1 attack made with a Universe Card. (Character) may draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile. Discard duplicates.	LO		Def
Polaris	Direct Energy Flow	Play during battle. For remainder of game, any attack made with a Power Card against (Character's) team may be moved to Direct Energy Flow. (Character's) team may not defend. Direct Energy Flow is discarded after 1 Hit.	EB		Off
Psylocke	Astral Assault	For remainder of battle, any Special played by (Character) or (Character's) teammates may not be Negated until "Astral Assault" is Negated.	MP		Off
Punisher	Suppress Enemy	Acts as a level 9 Strength or Intellect attack.	AS	Y	Off
Quicksilver	Quick Mix	(Character) may switch entire Permanent Record of any two of Opponents Front Line teammates.	CA	Y	Off
Reyes	Form Force	Acts as a level 7 Any-Power card. May be used to attack or defend. May not be combined with Universe cards.	CC		Both
Rogue	Power Wipe	Acts as a level 6 Energy attack. If successful, Opponent must discard from Hand until both players have an equal number of cards in Hand. Opponent's choice.	NT		Off
Sabra	Loyal Soldier	Acts as a level 9 Fighting Power card. May only be used to defend. May defend (Character) or teammate.	MH		Def
Scarlet Spider	Scarlet Savior	Teammate may avoid 1 attack.	AD		Def
Scarlet Witch	Warp Probability Field	Play in current battle. Next battle, Opponent may not Place any cards with a Strength icon.	FX		Off
Shadowcat	Phased Disruption	Acts as a level 6 Fighting attack. May be used against Battlesite. If used against Battlesite, damage counts toward Venture total.	OJ		Off
Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu	Swift Counteract	Avoid 1 Attack. Opponent must discard 1 card from Hand. Opponents choice.	OQ		Def
She Hulk	Legal Defense	Teammate may avoid 1 attack made with a Universe Card. (Character) may draw 1 card from top of Draw Pile. Discard duplicates.	LO		Def
Silver Sable	Rescue Mission	Teammate may avoid 1 attack of 9 or less. May be played while (Character) is in Reserve.	AD		Def
Spider-Girl	Girl Power	Acts as a level 8 Energy, Strength, Fighting, or Intellect attack.	AQ	Y	Off
Spider-Woman	Coordinated Effort	(Character's) Team's attacks with a Fighting icon made against Opponent's Battlesite count towards Venture total for remainder of game. May be played from Reserve.	FW	Y	Off
Storm	Decisive Plan	Play during Battle. Each player may only have 1 Mission Card Ventured this battle. Move all other Mission cards back to piles Ventured from.	ON		Off
Strong Guy	Backstage Bouncer	Acts as a level 8 Any-Power attack. Does not count toward Spectrum KO.	HN		Off
Sunfire	Controlled Burn	Acts as a level 4 Strength attack, may be played from Reserve. If successful, (Character) may continue to attack while in Reserve.	MT		Off
The Inhumans	Royal Family	Avoid 1 attack made with a Special card or remove 1 Special card hit from (Character) or teammate.	EE		Both
The Starjammers	Stick Together	Play during Battle. Next Battle, Opponent may not play any Any-Character Special Cards.	LS	Y	Off
Thunderbird	No Future Plans	Play in current battle. Next battle, Opponent may not Place any Special cards.	FX		Off
Thunderbolts	Hawkeye^TM	Target Character's Team is -10 to Venture total this battle.	OI	Y	Off
Vision	Compute Victory	Discard 1 Fighting Power card usable by (Character). Show Opponent up to 5 cards usable by (Character) from Hand. Draw equal number from Draw Pile. Discard duplicates.	NR	Y	Off
War Machine	Fight it Out	Play during Battle. Each player may only have 1 Mission Card Ventured this battle. Move all other Mission cards back to piles Ventured from.	ON		Off
White Queen	Business Partner	(Character) may play any Power cards playable by Target Teammate for remainder of game.	NF	Y	Off
Wolverine	Standoff	Only (Character) and Target Character may attack, be attacked or defend this battle. Neither player may concede this battle.	FD	Y	Off
X-Man	Mind Slam	Acts as a level 7 Fighting attack	AR		Off
X-Men: Original Team	Team Coordination	Play during battle. For remainder of game or until any Character has been KO'd, Opponent may not Venture more than 2 Mission Cards per Battle.	OH		Off

New Character cards

	Energy	Fighting	Strength	Intellect
Angel	2	7	4	3
Wasp	6	6	1	4

Galactus and Beyonder would have been reprinted in The Marvels. Galactus was planned to be E: 8, F: 8, S: 8, I: 8 with an Inherent Ability of "Counts as 24 points to deckbuilding." Beyonder would have been given a more accurate Inherent Ability, one that would explain which Specials Beyonder may and may not play.
We did not finalize the Inherent Ability for either of the "new" characters. Wasp's recommended IA was "May use Energy Power cards to defend any Strength attack."

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