Marvel Champions: The Card Game Core Set

About this product

Suit up. Team up. Save the world.

A cooperative Marvel Living Card Game for 1–4 players.

Take control of iconic Marvel heroes, build your deck and work together to stop infamous villains and their schemes.

Product Description

Step into the Marvel Universe and take the fight directly to its most dangerous villains.

In Marvel Champions: The Card Game, one to four players work together as iconic Marvel heroes, balancing their heroic powers with the responsibilities of their alter-egos as they battle against a villain controlled by the game.

The Core Set includes Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, She-Hulk and Black Panther, each with their own identity, abilities and hero-specific cards. Face scenarios featuring Rhino, Klaw and Ultron, then customise the challenge with modular encounter sets for different combinations and levels of difficulty.

Every round is divided between the heroes and the villain. During the player phase, heroes can play allies, upgrades and supports, attack enemies, thwart schemes and call on teammates for help. During the villain phase, the enemy strikes back, advances their schemes and introduces new minions, treacheries and other threats.

Your identity can switch between hero and alter-ego form, changing the actions available to you and how the villain responds. Stay in hero form to attack, defend and thwart, or return to your alter-ego to recover and make use of abilities outside the mask.

Once you are ready to move beyond the preconstructed starter decks, Marvel Champions offers deck customisation using each hero's unique cards together with one of four aspects: Aggression, Justice, Leadership or Protection. Player decks contain between 40 and 50 cards.

As a Living Card Game, the system is designed to grow through fixed-content expansions, including additional heroes and new villain scenarios.

Expand Your Marvel Champions Collection

Add new heroes and challenges to your games of Marvel Champions: The Card Game.

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Learn to Play Marvel Champions: The Card Game (PDF)

View the Marvel Champions: The Card Game Rules Reference (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Play as iconic Marvel heroes: Take control of Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, She-Hulk or Black Panther.
• Fully cooperative gameplay: Work together against a villain controlled by the game.
• Solo play included: Marvel Champions supports 1–4 players, making it equally suitable for solo or group play.
• Hero and alter-ego gameplay: Flip between both sides of your identity as the situation changes.
• Three villain scenarios: Take on Rhino, Klaw and Ultron, each with their own schemes and encounter cards.
• Customisable challenges: Modular encounter sets can be mixed with scenarios to vary the experience.
• Build heroes your way: Combine hero-specific cards with Aggression, Justice, Leadership or Protection cards.
• Designed to grow: Add compatible Marvel Champions heroes, scenarios and campaign content as your collection expands.

Quick Details

• Brand / Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
• Game: Marvel Champions: The Card Game
• Product type: Cooperative Living Card Game Core Set
• Game designers: Michael Boggs, Nate French and Caleb Grace
• Players: 1–4
• Recommended age: 14+
• Play time: Approximately 60 minutes
• Heroes: Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, She-Hulk and Black Panther
• Core villains: Rhino, Klaw and Ultron
• Aspects: Aggression, Justice, Leadership and Protection
• Includes: 343 Cards, 30 Status Cards, 62 Damage Tokens, 33 Threat Tokens, 4 Player Hit Point Dials, 1 Villain Hit Point Dial, 1 First Player Token, 16 All-Purpose Counters, 5 Acceleration Tokens

Good to Know

• Complete Core Set: Everything needed to begin playing Marvel Champions is included.
• Five hero identities: Each identity has its own hero and alter-ego sides, hero-specific cards, obligation and nemesis set.
• Four deck-building aspects: Choose Aggression, Justice, Leadership or Protection when customising a standard hero deck.
• Different difficulty options: Expert rules and interchangeable modular encounter sets allow the scenarios to be adjusted once players know the core game.
• Learn first, reference later: The Learn to Play guide is intended for learning the game; the Rules Reference is the detailed rules source to consult as questions arise.