This is an absolute "Must Watch" for new players like me! I have enjoyed all your other videos, but this one is probably the most useful. I have defiantly added it to my rewatch library. I think it brings to light one of the biggest hurdles to this great game. Figuring out just what all the nuances of the card rules are. This is my first card-based game. I come from over 50 years of hex and counter-type games, some with massive rule books, but I have never been challenged to figure out how to work my way through a play of the game like I am with MC. I know others who just gave up on the whole thing or refused to play again because of the issue. Even veteran Warfighter players have gotten frustrated. I will see if I can have them watch your video and get them back to the table. Again, excellent piece of work, and thank you for your time and effort.
Oh that is really interesting to hear about your war gaming experience not translating over to this kind of game. I haven’t done any war gaming but I’ve watched a few play throughs and they definitely look very rules intensive, but in a much different way apparently. As someone who’s played card games like this my entire adult life I sometimes forget how incredibly complicated these kinds of games really are. And even Champions, which was really presented as a more “casual” take on the genre is still very complex with a ton of moving parts and rules exceptions. I’m very glad to hear this will be useful for you and I hope it does help your friends give it another go as well! I meant to say this in the video, but you can always absolutely feel free to ask any questions you run into in the comments of any video and I’ll be happy to try to answer them as quickly as I can! Thanks for always watching along and leaving such nice comments. I really really appreciate it!
@@GetUpandGame I think the biggest difference is in the Hex&counter games, the rules can be complicated, but really don’t change. Being a “living card game”. Each new pack brings a whole new set of things to master. For some this is great for others more of a challenge. On a separate note, a suggestion. I am not steeped in the Marvel lore like many players. Other than the films. Maybe a show on iconic hero/villain matchups. I play for immersion in the characters. I know you can play any against any, but…. It would be like in Warfighter sending Finns to fight the Japanese. Might be interesting, but it just doesn’t seem right. You could do a tier list of villains or hero’s and match up the opposite from a lore POV. Just an idea.
@@StrangekabukiOld comment but had to be the guy to say this: There were Finns fighting against Japanese in the Russo -Japanese war or whatever the correct name is, one of the officers became the Finnish Marshall during WW2!
🚨Rules Reference 1.5 Update: The obligation is no longer shuffled in separately via a later step of setup. Now all the obligations are shuffled in along with the other encounter sets Also, the setup rules while playing in a Campaign take place after the villain is fully setup, but before the hero draws their opening hand
Thank you for making this video. As someone who is planning to start their collection with Marvel Champions it is incredibly useful. I have been rewatching and taking notes of everything. Please consider making more like it.
Oh I’m so glad it’s helpful for you! 😄 And yes I have made one more so far covering the rest of the cards from the first cycle, and then I’m going to keep going from there!
Oh thank you that’s very kind! And that’s very valuable feedback thank you. I’m definitely trying to strike a balance between veterans and new players so I’m very grateful to know these can still be helpful for everyone! 🙏😀
This was a fantastic video! 👏 Many of these I learnt the hard way in the early days of MC. And it was specifically the Peter Parker ability that made me think I was supposed to “build pools” of resources, and that in turn made me think I could split double resource cards. I’ve read through the updated rules more than once, and I watch a lot of MC on YT, but we still end up in situations where we’re not sure about interactions/timing sometimes. So videos like these are great 👍😁
Thank you so much! And yeah I know what you mean, I also watch stuff all the time and still I run into scenarios I’m not sure how to handle and need to look up. For a “casual” Lcg it’s not all that casual lol Were you able to find some time to play?
Your videos are terrific! Thank you for all the time spent sharing your knowledge about this fantastic game. I hope you’re able to spend enough time with your family over Christmas! You have so many ideas to share in such a short time span. It’s okay if you take a bit longer to finish your 12 plays of Christmas. I’m sure we’ll all understand 😊
Haha thank you so much! And I have to tell you, I read your comment to my wife and she wholeheartedly appreciated it lol. I will admit I bit off a little more than I could chew this month. Mostly I try to work on channel stuff when everyone is sleeping but it’s definitely bled into daily life this month, especially with getting 2 (!) 100 subscriber specials this month as well (and rapidly approaching a third). So I greatly appreciate you checking in on me 🙏. I’m going to slow down a bit next month for sure. I have a new series starting after the 12 Plays but after this I think it’s going to have to wait til February lol. As you say, I just have so many ideas for content and I’m so excited about them I’m really bad about spacing them out 😅. And the growth of the channel has completely blown me away. So unexpected. So thanks again for the kind words. I greatly appreciate them, and knowing you all are here with me means the world to me ☺️
Wow, top-notch video! This video addresses virtually every question I googled during my first few plays as well as a few others to keep in mind as I move onto further content. Thanks!
Oh that’s great to hear! And thank YOU for the kind words! Speaking of moving into further content, I am continuing this as a series called Finer Points where I’ll be going through the whole card pool and identifying problem areas in each release the same as I did here! The first one is out so far where I continue through the rest of the first cycle 😊
Excellent flow of information! I finally had a chance to look into storage solutions for MC and this video ended up showing on my feed. Thought I would just watch a few minutes but just ended up watching the entire thing. You never know if there is a small overlooked rule. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case but the video kept my attention the entire time.
Hey thanks for the kind words! And it’s always a good feeling to know you’ve got the rules down lol (or at the very least all the ones I highlighted 😆)
37:00 I have played well over a hundred games and did not know that. I thought I could only play 1 card. Great video. For new players watching this realize that you may need to do a Google search often. Usually if you are unclear other people were too, My favorite game despite the sometimes confusion.
Hi, ok so the questions and answers from what I can gather are pretty straightforward for the most part. Alot of it has to do with synergy and logic. I have played this game solo more than 10 times and won once - here are my questions: 1. Exhaust v Ready - I am in AE for V phase. At the beginning of P phase can I exhaust my AE and then switch to H form and exhaust as well to either Att or Thw? 2. Threat Counters - on the schemes it has a player symbol after the max threat amount. So with one player the main scheme on Rhino has to reach 8 before it is fulfilled. Correct? 3. Defeating a Villain - lets say you defeat Rhino 1. Do the minions attached to Rhino 1 get defeated as well? Does the threat on the main scheme get removed back to 1? Which leads me to the next two questions... 4. Can you do damage to a villain and not a minion? Nothing in the rules? My understanding is surely the minion, like an ally, would take the damage first? Yet nothing in the rules? 5. Threats - can you remove a threat from the main scheme if there are side schemes in play? Again, nothing in rules, but surely the side scheme would have to be removed first? 6. 2nd V Phase - ok so the V either A or Sc. You add up the counters on the V, the Min or attach cards if necessary, and then you deal from the E deck and add the bottom right boost symbols. What if you deal a when revealed card instead? My understanding, again without clarification, is that no additional boost is added but you have to deal with that card first before the V A or Sch's. However, what happens if that card is a card which says " The V A or Sch and when according to what form you are in they are meant to do the opposite? Do you switch forms even though you are in the V phase? Does the V Sch and the Att or vice versa?And then since this card is now a revealed card do you have to reveal a secondary card as well? If so, I have lost games on just this one move by the V sometimes without the V even needing to deal a 2nd E card? Last Q. 7. Iron Man's Mark V Suit - how the heck are you meant to play this when the resource costs are so high and you are only allowed to have the tech cards + 1 in your hand? The only way is that once you get these cards you play them one by one as an upgrade, removing them from your hand but in play but not activated yet. Again, no clarification in the rules. Thanks
Great questions! 1. If you exhaust in alter ego form you’ll still be exhausted when you flip to hero form. Now, most alter ego abilities don’t require you to exhaust, so you are allowed to use an AE power, switch to hero form, and then use your hero power. But once you exhaust, unless you use some ability to ready you won’t be able to exhaust again. 2. Rhino’s scheme is complete when it reaches 7 per player. So if it gets to 7 in a solo game then the player has lost. 3. Defeating the villain only advances them to the next stage, it doesn’t affect the main scheme or the minions 4. You don’t have to attack the minions if you don’t want to. They’re completely separate characters from the villain. Though if they have Guard, you won’t be able to attack the villain until they’re defeated 5. Same as 4. You can choose to ignore side schemes, though if they have the Crisis icon they need to be removed before you can remove threat from the main scheme 6. When it’s the villain’s time to activate, they will attack or scheme depending on your form. They initiate their activation (let’s say you’re in hero form so they’re attacking) and then a boost card is dealt. Then you choose whether or not to defend. Once you’ve made that choice, you flip over the boost card and look at the bottom right ONLY. In this part of the villain turn you’re only interested in the boost icons, or if there’s a boost ability. You ignore any When Revealed effect. Then you perform the boost ability if there is one. If there isn’t, you simply add the boost icons to the villain’s attack and then they deal that much damage. After that each minion will attack you. And then after that you deal 1 face down encounter card and then reveal each face down encounter card in front of you, one at a time 7. With Iron Man, you need to stay in alter ego form for a couple turns so you can get as many tech cards on the table as possible. It can be difficult to do in solo play. Sometimes you need to flip up to hero form for a turn, and then you might have a small hand size for that turn, and then you’ll want to go back to alter ego for the next turn so you have a 6 card hand size again. But what you can’t do is play cards to the table and then finish paying for them later. You can only play a card it you pay it’s full cost in that moment. I hope that all made sense and I’m happy to answer any more questions!
Only 7 mins in and realized two mistakes I was doing already 😂 one w T’Challa’s setup and one (more serious one) w paying with Genius, Strength and Energy 😬😬😬 Thank you for this video, it’s super valuable and in depth 🙏
thank you so much. What a fantastic support of you.... That is sometimes a problem to understand the wording/timing of this game! You explain it very well. The most people explain the same basic things, especially in Germany.
Oh thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful for you! ☺️ And anytime you have a question of any kind feel free to ask it on any video and I’ll be happy to help!
I'm playing MC since the release of the core set but I still have learned some rules in this video. I did not knew you lose the extra hit points given by Upgrades (like Endurance) when they get discarded. I assumed you reverse back to your max hp if you have more and just don't lose any hp if you were above printed hp. And for the consequential damages, I was not sure they triggered at the end of the atack/thwartt sequence. I had the feeling it was the way it worked but the clarification is welcome. I wondered this last week with the Magneto ally card.
Oh that’s great to hear! I’m glad I thought to leave that note about losing the health since I forgot to say it out loud. And yep Magneto works the same way as Tigra! Thanks so much for watching! 😀
As always, great video Josh! Love the fact that you kept it simple by using only core cards (with the exception of the campaign card for obvious reasons) Happy holidays, looking forward to next year's contents!
Thanks Salsa! Yeah really most of the hiccups come from the concepts introduced in the core, though of course there are all kinds of corner cases with later content. Happy holidays to you as well! Thanks for all your kindness and support! ☺️
As others have said, definitely a must-watch as are the other Marvel Champion videos on this channel. One small thing: the background music is distracting to me 🤓 but because the content is so good, i tolerated it 😊
Thank you for the kind words and the feedback! I go back and forth about using music lol. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. I can never decide which way is better 😅
I always play Multiplayer with my wife and we kinda accidently made it harder for us thinking you can use actions only in your turn. We are at Zola in RotR and through SM... would have helped but well now I know❤ Thank you
Hey well at least it’s gonna be a little easier from here on out! There are definitely times where it’s nice that someone can sneak in and shoot a minion with an event or something off turn. Plus there’s some cool plays like using Make the Call or Team Building Exercise off turn to pop Maria Hill into play during the first players turn 😎 Also, I hate to ask but would you mind terribly editing out the expletive at the beginning of the comment? I really want to keep everything with my channel family friendly 😀
Question: Ultron II and Hawkeye ally - when ultron brings a drone minion, can Hawkeye defeat it right away so that Ultron’s activation has 1 less ATK? Or Hawkeye’s response happens after?
Phew, good to know I've been interpreting just about everything right. This is super helpful. Do you plan on doing more of these for hero packs/villain packs/campaign sets to show common mistakes?
Haha glad to hear it! And yes! I wasn’t originally planning to as I think I covered the majority of the core gameplay mistakes that often get asked about, but I’ve had a few people mention that they’d like to see more, and the more I thought about it I’m sure there’s at least one thing in each pack and box that might trip people up so why not? It’ll be a minute as I already had a bunch of stuff planned but I will be starting a series in the coming months called Finer Points where I’ll just take a cycle or so at a time and see if I can’t point out some stuff to keep an eye on 😊
Thanks for the great FAQ! For Med Team - if you are playing multiplayer (more than one hero) is every non-enemy on the table friendly and can be a healing target?
@get up and game! Dear author..I think You wrong about 'when revealed' rule of underground distribution. It says discard cards from encounter deck until minion is discarded, not to search for such card in encouter deck..that changes a lot, villain deck gettin thinner this way ;)
Hello! 😀 Yes! You are correct that Underground Distribution discards cards until you find a minion. My purpose in that section was to teach the difference between a minion that was “revealed” rather than “put into play”. But I went back and watched it and I definitely made it look like I just got to pick the minion I wanted lol. Sorry about that! I wanted that particular minion to make a different point, but I can see how it looked like I was doing the effect of Underground Distribution incorrectly. Apologies for that, and thank you so much for pointing it out!
@@GetUpandGame hi I tought You done that of purpose of explanation something else, nothin happend 😉, I learn myself still so trying avoid mistake and ask if somebody does. Last few days was playing against Klaw so I get use to way which I was pointing as possible mistake. Greetings anyway
@@wh17e3ull haha absolutely, we’re all always learning more with this game! I really appreciate you double checking and please always feel free to point out any mistakes because I definitely make them! 😂
Vulture's Quickstrike says "After this minion engages your hero, it attacks." If you were in your alter-ego form when Vulture came out, would changing to your hero form immediately trigger this attack effect?
Hello again! If you eventually do another of these, could you do FAQ on non-solo gameplay as well please? I was just playing w my best friend against Kang and my Spectrum got done 😓 (damn Shadows of the Past and Power Sap😅) when I was about to join his game area (Phase II of Kang) AND I had the legions of hydra side scheme in my area as well as Madame Hydra. So he got them… he eventually reached Kang III and we got hella confused about the main scheme threat progression as well as his HP since I was out already. We believe we didn’t break any rules but I’m not so sure 😅 I know you play solo most of the times, as do i, but if you could do a video on them in the future (there’s no rush) I’d appreciate them 😊😊😊
Hello! Yeah for sure, if I were to cover Kang I would do my best to go over the multiplayer elements. That being said, I would have to do some research myself because as you know Kang is really tricky lol. I haven’t played him in awhile, but it’s entirely possible I’ll be playing him soon 🤫 Unless the rules are different for Kang, even if you were eliminated I believe the player count is set at the beginning of the game so your friend would still progress as if there were 2 players. I think 😅
@@carlosfreitas6790 I really liked your suggestion of doing more, and I’m thinking of going through the cycles here and there. So I’ll get to Kang eventually!
I keep hearing people say you can "trigger encounter cards" in other peoples turns...the rules clearly state otherwise. "Player Turn"...In the "ask a friend to do an action", there is NO "trigger encounter card" option (Note: As stated in "Ownership; Encounter cards are "Controlled" by the scenario), it only appears in the list for the active player! Very much the same as someone else cannot do "basic actions" nor "play an upgrade" during your turn - because they are not in that "ask a friend" list. Sure, YOU can do ANY encounter card during YOUR turn including those infront of others), but no one except the active player can clear ANY encounter cards - "Obligations" are 'specifically called out exceptions' (can ONLY be the influenced player). So "No you cannot remove "Solid-Sound Body" during someone else turn in MPer".
One of the earliest rules questions asked to the designers was about this very thing! From Hall of Heroes: Can you request an action to remove an encounter card attachment for another player, like say, with Black Panther’s Vibranium, out of turn like all other actions? That sounds like a small oversight to me. You absolutely can ask a friend to resolve the Hero Action on an encounter card during your turn. -Caleb So we’ve known for a long time that it was their intention to allow this. Now that being said, weirdly it’s still not in the Player Turn section of the latest Rules Reference 1.5, so other than the designer himself saying this was allowed I don’t know how else we’re supposed to know it’s ok 🤷♂️
1. Do moves without attack designators that "deal damage" get blocked by though status of enemy? 2. I'm guessing these moves can still deal damage if the hero is stunned?
In the rulebook setup section there is point #10: "Resolve Scheme Setup. (...) Resolve any "When Revealed" abilities on encounter cards that entered play during setup". It's still confusing for me what should happen with Weapons Runner according to that rule vs "putting into play" effect from Klaw scheme setup. 🤯
The Weapons Runner will come into play and it won’t surge. That rule is referring specifically to cards having the “when revealed” text. So you would flip to 2b which has a When Revealed ability that tells you to discard cards until you discard a minion and put that minion into play. Since the minion was put into play it wasn’t Revealed so it’s Surge doesn’t trigger 🙂
Question about your example for Peter Parker generating a mental resource and playing the intended card. After that ability is used and the card is played; You can then change form to spider-man, correct?
Yep! In that example if I remember correctly I was trying to show that there’s no such thing as “floating” resources, but after that there’s no reason you couldn’t change forms. You do everything one action at a time and you can totally choose the order 👍
New subscriber here. I’ve been curious about this for a while now. I was wondering how do you feel about the game as a 1 player game. I don’t see that many board games saying 1-4 players.
Welcome to the channel! 😀 I think it’s an absolutely stellar 1 player game. You’ll quickly find if you watch more of my stuff that I’m almost exclusively a true solo player. And I think it work’s phenomenally well. It’s definitely a little different, as the decks need to be more general purpose in order to handle everything the game is throwing at you. As opposed to multiplayer where you can specialize the decks without needing to account for every element of the scenario. But I personally love that style of deck building where you have to make it work for everything. I think it makes for a fun and interesting challenge. The game scales very well so that everything works for a true solo experience, as opposed to some games where you have to have special rules for 1 player. Many games that do advertise 1 player require you to play the game differently or have special components. Nothing like that here. It’s the exact same game as the 2 3 and 4 player game. Some cards are more or less highly valued in solo, and some villains are easier or harder. But it all works no problem. Solo games are super easy to set up and are generally pretty quick. All in all I truly believe this game offers the best true solo experience out there for depth of play vs time and setup.
Superb once again. I always learn something in your vids. I did not know you should put the obligaton card into the encounter after setup of the villan. Thank you!
Oh hey, cool! I’ve been curious to know what people are picking up from this so thank you for sharing! Yeah that’s an easy to miss one that doesn’t really matter 99% of the time anyways lol. But for the hero’s that really suffer from their obligation I suppose we should make sure it stays in there 😆
35:50 This seems contradictory. Earlier it was explained that, unlike interrupts, responses happen after the triggering effect has completely resolved. So, wouldn't Tigra's healing ability trigger after she completely resolved her attack, which would include defeating the minion and taking damage?
You would think so and I totally see what you’re saying. Responses trigger immediately upon the resolution of their triggering effect. So in this case the triggering effect is “when Tigra attacks and defeats a minion”. The instant the minion is defeated the response triggers and she heals one damage. They’ve ruled that consequential damage is the very last thing that happens when an ally attacks so that doesn’t happen until after the response triggers. The thing I was hoping to drive home with the “completely resolved” verbiage is, I’ve see a lot of people trigger things too soon, like with Counter punch they’ll play it immediately when they exhaust to defend, instead of waiting until after they’ve defended, which doesn’t take place until after the damage step of the attack. So it’s kinda tricky and really depends on each individual response. You gotta see when the triggering condition takes place and go from there
@@pixxelwizzard haha that’s totally fair. The good news is it’s usually more cut and dry. This one was odd enough they had to issue an official ruling for it
Hi thanks for the video helps a lot. One question about the campaingn cards. If you build a deck with 50 cards (not that you should do that but as an example) would the additional campaign cards enlarge the deck over the 50 max cads count?
Oh that’s a really good question I had never considered! I do believe the cards would push you over the 50 card limit as they don’t count toward your deck size. So it’s as if they aren’t even there. But like you say, probably not the best idea normally but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some fun combo somewhere that could somehow make use of this!
Hey thank you so much! You deleted your earlier comment so fast lol I couldn’t reply quickly enough to say thank you also for the correction. Even though this time it happened to work out the way it did, please always feel free to say something if you think I’m wrong cause I very well might be! 😂 We all learn and grow together with these games ☺️
If I use Black Panther's Energy Dagger to defeat an enemy, will that trigger chase them down to remove 2 thread from a scheme? Energy Dagger is consider you, but it is not an attack.
It will not, since it’s not an attack, and Chase Them Down wants you to be attacking in order to trigger it. But if you could set it up where the energy dagger weakens them and then BP can punch them to defeat them that would work!
With something like the Mark V Armor, if you lose it, do you also lower your current hit points by 6 even if you weren't at full? So if you were at 5 health, you would be KO'd? Also, idk if this gets answered at all but before I forget (haven't finished the video yet): I had an issue last night where the villain was attacking and we defeated that stage mid attack. Ghost spider did her event that triggered off a basic action (defense) to do damage. What do we do there? Does the attack end? Continue with stage 1 stats? Change mid attack to stage 2 stats? Automatically trigger when revealed on the villain?
Anytime you lose something that gave you hit points then you do lose those hit points. So that can cause you to lose! 😖 The moment you defeat the villain you immediately move them to their next stage, do any when revealed abilities, and then continue with the activation. This wouldn’t happen with Ghost Kick however. Since that says “after she uses a basic power” then you wouldn’t play Ghost Kick until after Gwen was done defending. Meaning after the villains attack had been resolved. If it said “when” she uses a basic power then you would play it immediately. But because it’s a Response you have to wait until the thing you’re responding to is over. And a defense isn’t over until the villain has fully resolved it’s attack 🙂
@Get Up and Game! Thanks for the quick response! I figured that with the armor, but I hardly ever play protection so those defense actions trip me up. Just getting back into the game after a long break so all of the timing rules will take a bit to get used to.
@@heroicskeleton1566 you’re welcome! The key is always in “when” or “after”. If it’s a “when” then it happens immediately before the thing that triggers it, and if it’s an “after” it happens after the triggering condition is completely resolved 👍
@Get Up and Game! Yeah, I had desperate defense in the deck, too, and I wasn't too sure if it worked well with her or not. But now that i better understand the timing, it looks like it does. You exhaust to defend> play DD first as an interrupt> resolve the activation> ready if you take no damage> if not, you can ready with Dizzying reflexes since that happens AFTER DD resolves
How do backflip and spider man’s ability interact together ? Do you still get to draw a card as the villain attacked you? Even if you negated that damage
Yep! Because you draw the card the second the villain is about to attack you, and then you don’t play Backflip until you would take damage later in the process
If your max hp is increased, but you have taken damage to less then your original hp, and then you lose the upgrade, do you effectively take damage equal to the boost you lost? So say a hero has 10 hp being boosted to 15, but took damage down to 9, and then they lose their +5 boost. Would they be at 4 hp or 9 at that point?
They would be at 4. As you say, you effectively take damage equal to the boost you lost. So if you lose Endurance then you would immediately lose 3 health 👍
this is prolly going on someones top 10 dumbest questions list but what does the villain do if you’ve gotten rid of every scheme and youre in alter-ego form? where do those threats go. cuz i got rid of the main scheme (if i did it right) and im switched to peter but rhino has nothing to scheme on i misplaced one of my handbooks so uh thanks to anyone that answers
Not a dumb question at all! You can never get rid of the main scheme. If you take all the threat off of it it just sits there, and it will still collect threat as normal during step 1 of the villain phase, and the villain scheming will still put threat on it
I have noticed on your plays that when you get additional encounter cards you put them to the back whereas other players put them on top, is this a conscious decision you have made or is it just an ambitious rule?
It’s not explicitly stated in the rulebook that you have to resolve the cards in a certain order, but it does refer to your encounter cards as a “queue”. So I’ve taken that to mean that you’re meant to resolve them in the order that they were dealt to you so that’s usually what I do. The exception is with surge. When a card has surge you’re meant to resolve the surge card next, even if you have more encounter cards in your stack. In the end it doesn’t matter like 99% of the time lol but it’s a habit I’ve gotten in to 🙂
Yep! The only time upgrades/attachments come off (or stun/confuse) is if the next villain is a different one. Like Kang or in something like Mansion Attack
Fantastic video Josh I wish this was available when I started! I have a question regarding asking another player to pay resources to get rid of a villain attachment card. You said that this is possible, but in this video he says it is not possible th-cam.com/video/W7scOZlz_GU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MarvelChampionsMonthly%3AAFanPodcast, (2 min 40), it seems you as a player can only get rid of an attachment when it's your turn? Cheers and keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you so much for the kind words! Kennedy was right to say what he said because it’s not in the rules that you can do that. However they later clarified on Hall of Heroes that it was just an oversight in the rules and you are allowed to remove encounter cards when it isn’t your turn. 🙂
About Guard. So 'you' can't attack the villain while a minion with guard is engaged with 'you'. Allies are not 'you'. Does that mean your allies can attack the villain pls?
They cannot. Guard says the player cannot use cards they control to attack the villain, which includes allies. This is where ‘you’ can be confusing. Because sometimes it’s referring to the hero (identity), and sometimes it’s referring to the player. Learning which is which is probably the hardest part of this game lol
I know this is going to come off kinda rude but please clean your finger off before you record, I couldnt watch this cause all I could stare at was whatever that was on your finger.
I don’t think that was rude at all. I pinched myself really badly at work so I’ve got a blood blister. I put a band aid over it in another recent video and I didn’t love how that looked either so I haven’t been sure how best to handle it. Maybe the that is still the better option. I do sincerely apologize as I know it doesn’t present the best look. Thank you for the feedback I freely appreciate it 🙏
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This is an absolute "Must Watch" for new players like me! I have enjoyed all your other videos, but this one is probably the most useful. I have defiantly added it to my rewatch library.
I think it brings to light one of the biggest hurdles to this great game. Figuring out just what all the nuances of the card rules are. This is my first card-based game. I come from over 50 years of hex and counter-type games, some with massive rule books, but I have never been challenged to figure out how to work my way through a play of the game like I am with MC. I know others who just gave up on the whole thing or refused to play again because of the issue. Even veteran Warfighter players have gotten frustrated. I will see if I can have them watch your video and get them back to the table.
Again, excellent piece of work, and thank you for your time and effort.
Oh that is really interesting to hear about your war gaming experience not translating over to this kind of game. I haven’t done any war gaming but I’ve watched a few play throughs and they definitely look very rules intensive, but in a much different way apparently.
As someone who’s played card games like this my entire adult life I sometimes forget how incredibly complicated these kinds of games really are. And even Champions, which was really presented as a more “casual” take on the genre is still very complex with a ton of moving parts and rules exceptions.
I’m very glad to hear this will be useful for you and I hope it does help your friends give it another go as well! I meant to say this in the video, but you can always absolutely feel free to ask any questions you run into in the comments of any video and I’ll be happy to try to answer them as quickly as I can!
Thanks for always watching along and leaving such nice comments. I really really appreciate it!
@@GetUpandGame I think the biggest difference is in the Hex&counter games, the rules can be complicated, but really don’t change. Being a “living card game”. Each new pack brings a whole new set of things to master. For some this is great for others more of a challenge.
On a separate note, a suggestion. I am not steeped in the Marvel lore like many players. Other than the films. Maybe a show on iconic hero/villain matchups. I play for immersion in the characters. I know you can play any against any, but…. It would be like in Warfighter sending Finns to fight the Japanese. Might be interesting, but it just doesn’t seem right. You could do a tier list of villains or hero’s and match up the opposite from a lore POV. Just an idea.
@@StrangekabukiOld comment but had to be the guy to say this: There were Finns fighting against Japanese in the Russo -Japanese war or whatever the correct name is, one of the officers became the Finnish Marshall during WW2!
This is invaluable! Please do more of these! Thank you
Agree! Maybe at least one for each expansion- i know one for the Mad Titan’s Shadow would help me a lot 😂
@karammelkon Well thank you so much for watching! I’m very glad to hear it’s helpful so I’m happy to do it! 😀
@@carlosfreitas6790 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
🚨Rules Reference 1.5 Update:
The obligation is no longer shuffled in separately via a later step of setup. Now all the obligations are shuffled in along with the other encounter sets
Also, the setup rules while playing in a Campaign take place after the villain is fully setup, but before the hero draws their opening hand
So this means you may end up discarding the Obligation at the start...and that's okay now?
@@cleverestx yep! They decided it wasn’t worth the extra trouble 👍
I really appreciate all of these tips, even after playing for a little while! Thanks for this video!
Well thank you so much for watching! 😀
Thank you for making this video. As someone who is planning to start their collection with Marvel Champions it is incredibly useful. I have been rewatching and taking notes of everything. Please consider making more like it.
Oh I’m so glad it’s helpful for you! 😄
And yes I have made one more so far covering the rest of the cards from the first cycle, and then I’m going to keep going from there!
I really enjoy all of your player guide videos. I have been playing/collecting this game for two years and I still find your videos very helpful.
Oh thank you that’s very kind! And that’s very valuable feedback thank you. I’m definitely trying to strike a balance between veterans and new players so I’m very grateful to know these can still be helpful for everyone! 🙏😀
This was a fantastic video! 👏 Many of these I learnt the hard way in the early days of MC. And it was specifically the Peter Parker ability that made me think I was supposed to “build pools” of resources, and that in turn made me think I could split double resource cards. I’ve read through the updated rules more than once, and I watch a lot of MC on YT, but we still end up in situations where we’re not sure about interactions/timing sometimes. So videos like these are great 👍😁
Thank you so much! And yeah I know what you mean, I also watch stuff all the time and still I run into scenarios I’m not sure how to handle and need to look up. For a “casual” Lcg it’s not all that casual lol
Were you able to find some time to play?
Your videos are terrific! Thank you for all the time spent sharing your knowledge about this fantastic game. I hope you’re able to spend enough time with your family over Christmas! You have so many ideas to share in such a short time span. It’s okay if you take a bit longer to finish your 12 plays of Christmas. I’m sure we’ll all understand 😊
Haha thank you so much! And I have to tell you, I read your comment to my wife and she wholeheartedly appreciated it lol. I will admit I bit off a little more than I could chew this month. Mostly I try to work on channel stuff when everyone is sleeping but it’s definitely bled into daily life this month, especially with getting 2 (!) 100 subscriber specials this month as well (and rapidly approaching a third). So I greatly appreciate you checking in on me 🙏.
I’m going to slow down a bit next month for sure. I have a new series starting after the 12 Plays but after this I think it’s going to have to wait til February lol. As you say, I just have so many ideas for content and I’m so excited about them I’m really bad about spacing them out 😅. And the growth of the channel has completely blown me away. So unexpected.
So thanks again for the kind words. I greatly appreciate them, and knowing you all are here with me means the world to me ☺️
Wow, top-notch video! This video addresses virtually every question I googled during my first few plays as well as a few others to keep in mind as I move onto further content. Thanks!
Oh that’s great to hear! And thank YOU for the kind words!
Speaking of moving into further content, I am continuing this as a series called Finer Points where I’ll be going through the whole card pool and identifying problem areas in each release the same as I did here! The first one is out so far where I continue through the rest of the first cycle 😊
@Get Up and Game! That sounds great, I'll definitely be checking them out! And you've definitely earned a sub too!
@@smitzy1954 oh thank you so much! 🙏😄
Great guide. You did a good job explaining how to understand common rules issues. I appreciate your approach.
Oh thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! ☺️
Excellent flow of information! I finally had a chance to look into storage solutions for MC and this video ended up showing on my feed. Thought I would just watch a few minutes but just ended up watching the entire thing. You never know if there is a small overlooked rule. Thankfully, that wasn’t the case but the video kept my attention the entire time.
Hey thanks for the kind words! And it’s always a good feeling to know you’ve got the rules down lol (or at the very least all the ones I highlighted 😆)
37:00 I have played well over a hundred games and did not know that. I thought I could only play 1 card. Great video. For new players watching this realize that you may need to do a Google search often. Usually if you are unclear other people were too, My favorite game despite the sometimes confusion.
Oh hey glad I could be of help! And yes, I still google things all the time lol
Hi, ok so the questions and answers from what I can gather are pretty straightforward for the most part. Alot of it has to do with synergy and logic. I have played this game solo more than 10 times and won once - here are my questions:
1. Exhaust v Ready - I am in AE for V phase. At the beginning of P phase can I exhaust my AE and then switch to H form and exhaust as well to either Att or Thw?
2. Threat Counters - on the schemes it has a player symbol after the max threat amount. So with one player the main scheme on Rhino has to reach 8 before it is fulfilled. Correct?
3. Defeating a Villain - lets say you defeat Rhino 1. Do the minions attached to Rhino 1 get defeated as well? Does the threat on the main scheme get removed back to 1? Which leads me to the next two questions...
4. Can you do damage to a villain and not a minion? Nothing in the rules? My understanding is surely the minion, like an ally, would take the damage first? Yet nothing in the rules?
5. Threats - can you remove a threat from the main scheme if there are side schemes in play? Again, nothing in rules, but surely the side scheme would have to be removed first?
6. 2nd V Phase - ok so the V either A or Sc. You add up the counters on the V, the Min or attach cards if necessary, and then you deal from the E deck and add the bottom right boost symbols. What if you deal a when revealed card instead? My understanding, again without clarification, is that no additional boost is added but you have to deal with that card first before the V A or Sch's. However, what happens if that card is a card which says " The V A or Sch and when according to what form you are in they are meant to do the opposite? Do you switch forms even though you are in the V phase? Does the V Sch and the Att or vice versa?And then since this card is now a revealed card do you have to reveal a secondary card as well? If so, I have lost games on just this one move by the V sometimes without the V even needing to deal a 2nd E card?
Last Q.
7. Iron Man's Mark V Suit - how the heck are you meant to play this when the resource costs are so high and you are only allowed to have the tech cards + 1 in your hand? The only way is that once you get these cards you play them one by one as an upgrade, removing them from your hand but in play but not activated yet. Again, no clarification in the rules.
Thanks
Great questions!
1. If you exhaust in alter ego form you’ll still be exhausted when you flip to hero form. Now, most alter ego abilities don’t require you to exhaust, so you are allowed to use an AE power, switch to hero form, and then use your hero power. But once you exhaust, unless you use some ability to ready you won’t be able to exhaust again.
2. Rhino’s scheme is complete when it reaches 7 per player. So if it gets to 7 in a solo game then the player has lost.
3. Defeating the villain only advances them to the next stage, it doesn’t affect the main scheme or the minions
4. You don’t have to attack the minions if you don’t want to. They’re completely separate characters from the villain. Though if they have Guard, you won’t be able to attack the villain until they’re defeated
5. Same as 4. You can choose to ignore side schemes, though if they have the Crisis icon they need to be removed before you can remove threat from the main scheme
6. When it’s the villain’s time to activate, they will attack or scheme depending on your form. They initiate their activation (let’s say you’re in hero form so they’re attacking) and then a boost card is dealt. Then you choose whether or not to defend. Once you’ve made that choice, you flip over the boost card and look at the bottom right ONLY. In this part of the villain turn you’re only interested in the boost icons, or if there’s a boost ability. You ignore any When Revealed effect. Then you perform the boost ability if there is one. If there isn’t, you simply add the boost icons to the villain’s attack and then they deal that much damage. After that each minion will attack you. And then after that you deal 1 face down encounter card and then reveal each face down encounter card in front of you, one at a time
7. With Iron Man, you need to stay in alter ego form for a couple turns so you can get as many tech cards on the table as possible. It can be difficult to do in solo play. Sometimes you need to flip up to hero form for a turn, and then you might have a small hand size for that turn, and then you’ll want to go back to alter ego for the next turn so you have a 6 card hand size again. But what you can’t do is play cards to the table and then finish paying for them later. You can only play a card it you pay it’s full cost in that moment.
I hope that all made sense and I’m happy to answer any more questions!
Great video! You've been able to explain plainly what most issues / misunderstandings are about. Thank you for this!
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! 😄
Great video. I was definitely playing some rules wrong and getting tripped up by some of the cards' wording.
Glad to hear it’s helpful for you! 😄
Thanks so much for the kind words!
Only 7 mins in and realized two mistakes I was doing already 😂 one w T’Challa’s setup and one (more serious one) w paying with Genius, Strength and Energy 😬😬😬
Thank you for this video, it’s super valuable and in depth 🙏
Hahaha well it was actually you’re suggestion that made me think to do this so thank YOU! And I’m glad to hear it was helpful!
thank you so much. What a fantastic support of you.... That is sometimes a problem to understand the wording/timing of this game! You explain it very well. The most people explain the same basic things, especially in Germany.
Oh thank you! I’m so glad it was helpful for you! ☺️
And anytime you have a question of any kind feel free to ask it on any video and I’ll be happy to help!
This video is pure gold! Thank you so much!
Oh thank YOU! ☺️
I'm playing MC since the release of the core set but I still have learned some rules in this video.
I did not knew you lose the extra hit points given by Upgrades (like Endurance) when they get discarded. I assumed you reverse back to your max hp if you have more and just don't lose any hp if you were above printed hp.
And for the consequential damages, I was not sure they triggered at the end of the atack/thwartt sequence. I had the feeling it was the way it worked but the clarification is welcome. I wondered this last week with the Magneto ally card.
Oh that’s great to hear! I’m glad I thought to leave that note about losing the health since I forgot to say it out loud.
And yep Magneto works the same way as Tigra!
Thanks so much for watching! 😀
As always, great video Josh! Love the fact that you kept it simple by using only core cards (with the exception of the campaign card for obvious reasons)
Happy holidays, looking forward to next year's contents!
Thanks Salsa! Yeah really most of the hiccups come from the concepts introduced in the core, though of course there are all kinds of corner cases with later content.
Happy holidays to you as well! Thanks for all your kindness and support! ☺️
As others have said, definitely a must-watch as are the other Marvel Champion videos on this channel. One small thing: the background music is distracting to me 🤓 but because the content is so good, i tolerated it 😊
Thank you for the kind words and the feedback! I go back and forth about using music lol. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t. I can never decide which way is better 😅
This was a FANTASTIC video. Thank you.
Next time, though, please use something other than the cacodaemonic 3-second baby music loop, OK?
Thanks!
Haha yeah IMovie’s music options are pretty limited lol. I’ve pretty much stopped using music in my newer videos
I always play Multiplayer with my wife and we kinda accidently made it harder for us thinking you can use actions only in your turn.
We are at Zola in RotR and through SM... would have helped but well now I know❤
Thank you
Hey well at least it’s gonna be a little easier from here on out! There are definitely times where it’s nice that someone can sneak in and shoot a minion with an event or something off turn. Plus there’s some cool plays like using Make the Call or Team Building Exercise off turn to pop Maria Hill into play during the first players turn 😎
Also, I hate to ask but would you mind terribly editing out the expletive at the beginning of the comment? I really want to keep everything with my channel family friendly 😀
Fantastic Video
Thanks John! I really appreciate all the comments today! 😊
Great explanation, I really learned things we play wrongly lol
Thank you for the kind words! So glad it was helpful! 😊
Mojo is definitely harder than both Collectors: he is really hard, but we beat the Collectors 2 player, 1st time.
Question: Ultron II and Hawkeye ally - when ultron brings a drone minion, can Hawkeye defeat it right away so that Ultron’s activation has 1 less ATK? Or Hawkeye’s response happens after?
Yes Hawkeyes ability responds to the drone coming into play and snipes it immediately!
this is very good and helpful.. thanks man... lovely stuff..
Thanks! Glad to hear it! 😀
Thanks some great stuff in here.
Oh thank you so much!
Phew, good to know I've been interpreting just about everything right. This is super helpful. Do you plan on doing more of these for hero packs/villain packs/campaign sets to show common mistakes?
Haha glad to hear it! And yes! I wasn’t originally planning to as I think I covered the majority of the core gameplay mistakes that often get asked about, but I’ve had a few people mention that they’d like to see more, and the more I thought about it I’m sure there’s at least one thing in each pack and box that might trip people up so why not? It’ll be a minute as I already had a bunch of stuff planned but I will be starting a series in the coming months called Finer Points where I’ll just take a cycle or so at a time and see if I can’t point out some stuff to keep an eye on 😊
Thanks for the great FAQ!
For Med Team - if you are playing multiplayer (more than one hero) is every non-enemy on the table friendly and can be a healing target?
No problem! ☺️
Yep! Med Team can be used to heal any identity or ally in play 👍
@get up and game! Dear author..I think You wrong about 'when revealed' rule of underground distribution.
It says discard cards from encounter deck until minion is discarded, not to search for such card in encouter deck..that changes a lot, villain deck gettin thinner this way ;)
Hello! 😀
Yes! You are correct that Underground Distribution discards cards until you find a minion. My purpose in that section was to teach the difference between a minion that was “revealed” rather than “put into play”.
But I went back and watched it and I definitely made it look like I just got to pick the minion I wanted lol. Sorry about that! I wanted that particular minion to make a different point, but I can see how it looked like I was doing the effect of Underground Distribution incorrectly.
Apologies for that, and thank you so much for pointing it out!
@@GetUpandGame hi I tought You done that of purpose of explanation something else, nothin happend 😉, I learn myself still so trying avoid mistake and ask if somebody does. Last few days was playing against Klaw so I get use to way which I was pointing as possible mistake. Greetings anyway
@@wh17e3ull haha absolutely, we’re all always learning more with this game! I really appreciate you double checking and please always feel free to point out any mistakes because I definitely make them! 😂
Vulture's Quickstrike says "After this minion engages your hero, it attacks." If you were in your alter-ego form when Vulture came out, would changing to your hero form immediately trigger this attack effect?
Nope! Ae long as you’re in alter ego when Vulture comes out then his moment to attack will pass
Hello again! If you eventually do another of these, could you do FAQ on non-solo gameplay as well please? I was just playing w my best friend against Kang and my Spectrum got done 😓 (damn Shadows of the Past and Power Sap😅) when I was about to join his game area (Phase II of Kang) AND I had the legions of hydra side scheme in my area as well as Madame Hydra. So he got them… he eventually reached Kang III and we got hella confused about the main scheme threat progression as well as his HP since I was out already. We believe we didn’t break any rules but I’m not so sure 😅
I know you play solo most of the times, as do i, but if you could do a video on them in the future (there’s no rush) I’d appreciate them 😊😊😊
Hello! Yeah for sure, if I were to cover Kang I would do my best to go over the multiplayer elements. That being said, I would have to do some research myself because as you know Kang is really tricky lol. I haven’t played him in awhile, but it’s entirely possible I’ll be playing him soon 🤫
Unless the rules are different for Kang, even if you were eliminated I believe the player count is set at the beginning of the game so your friend would still progress as if there were 2 players. I think 😅
@@GetUpandGame that’s alright yeah 😁
Looking forward to more vids then, keep up the good work and thanks for the help
@@carlosfreitas6790 I really liked your suggestion of doing more, and I’m thinking of going through the cycles here and there. So I’ll get to Kang eventually!
I keep hearing people say you can "trigger encounter cards" in other peoples turns...the rules clearly state otherwise. "Player Turn"...In the "ask a friend to do an action", there is NO "trigger encounter card" option (Note: As stated in "Ownership; Encounter cards are "Controlled" by the scenario), it only appears in the list for the active player! Very much the same as someone else cannot do "basic actions" nor "play an upgrade" during your turn - because they are not in that "ask a friend" list. Sure, YOU can do ANY encounter card during YOUR turn including those infront of others), but no one except the active player can clear ANY encounter cards - "Obligations" are 'specifically called out exceptions' (can ONLY be the influenced player). So "No you cannot remove "Solid-Sound Body" during someone else turn in MPer".
One of the earliest rules questions asked to the designers was about this very thing! From Hall of Heroes:
Can you request an action to remove an encounter card attachment for another player, like say, with Black Panther’s Vibranium, out of turn like all other actions?
That sounds like a small oversight to me. You absolutely can ask a friend to resolve the Hero Action on an encounter card during your turn.
-Caleb
So we’ve known for a long time that it was their intention to allow this. Now that being said, weirdly it’s still not in the Player Turn section of the latest Rules Reference 1.5, so other than the designer himself saying this was allowed I don’t know how else we’re supposed to know it’s ok 🤷♂️
Oh it’s actually listed under the Action section in the 1.5 rulebook. Would be nice if it was in the Player Turns section but at least it’s in there!
1. Do moves without attack designators that "deal damage" get blocked by though status of enemy?
2. I'm guessing these moves can still deal damage if the hero is stunned?
1. Yes 👍. Tough blocks all damage, even if it isn’t from an attack
2. Correct! Effects like Tac Team get around your hero being stunned
In the rulebook setup section there is point #10: "Resolve Scheme Setup. (...) Resolve any "When Revealed" abilities on encounter cards that entered play during setup". It's still confusing for me what should happen with Weapons Runner according to that rule vs "putting into play" effect from Klaw scheme setup. 🤯
The Weapons Runner will come into play and it won’t surge. That rule is referring specifically to cards having the “when revealed” text. So you would flip to 2b which has a When Revealed ability that tells you to discard cards until you discard a minion and put that minion into play. Since the minion was put into play it wasn’t Revealed so it’s Surge doesn’t trigger 🙂
Question about your example for Peter Parker generating a mental resource and playing the intended card. After that ability is used and the card is played; You can then change form to spider-man, correct?
Yep! In that example if I remember correctly I was trying to show that there’s no such thing as “floating” resources, but after that there’s no reason you couldn’t change forms. You do everything one action at a time and you can totally choose the order 👍
You are so kind, thank you for the quick response! I really appreciate this video and your attentiveness!!!
@@_8bitHERO_ sure thing! Feel free to ask any more questions that come up! 😀
New subscriber here. I’ve been curious about this for a while now. I was wondering how do you feel about the game as a 1 player game. I don’t see that many board games saying 1-4 players.
Welcome to the channel! 😀
I think it’s an absolutely stellar 1 player game. You’ll quickly find if you watch more of my stuff that I’m almost exclusively a true solo player. And I think it work’s phenomenally well. It’s definitely a little different, as the decks need to be more general purpose in order to handle everything the game is throwing at you. As opposed to multiplayer where you can specialize the decks without needing to account for every element of the scenario. But I personally love that style of deck building where you have to make it work for everything. I think it makes for a fun and interesting challenge.
The game scales very well so that everything works for a true solo experience, as opposed to some games where you have to have special rules for 1 player. Many games that do advertise 1 player require you to play the game differently or have special components. Nothing like that here. It’s the exact same game as the 2 3 and 4 player game.
Some cards are more or less highly valued in solo, and some villains are easier or harder. But it all works no problem.
Solo games are super easy to set up and are generally pretty quick.
All in all I truly believe this game offers the best true solo experience out there for depth of play vs time and setup.
Superb once again. I always learn something in your vids. I did not know you should put the obligaton card into the encounter after setup of the villan. Thank you!
Oh hey, cool! I’ve been curious to know what people are picking up from this so thank you for sharing! Yeah that’s an easy to miss one that doesn’t really matter 99% of the time anyways lol. But for the hero’s that really suffer from their obligation I suppose we should make sure it stays in there 😆
35:50 This seems contradictory. Earlier it was explained that, unlike interrupts, responses happen after the triggering effect has completely resolved. So, wouldn't Tigra's healing ability trigger after she completely resolved her attack, which would include defeating the minion and taking damage?
You would think so and I totally see what you’re saying. Responses trigger immediately upon the resolution of their triggering effect. So in this case the triggering effect is “when Tigra attacks and defeats a minion”. The instant the minion is defeated the response triggers and she heals one damage. They’ve ruled that consequential damage is the very last thing that happens when an ally attacks so that doesn’t happen until after the response triggers.
The thing I was hoping to drive home with the “completely resolved” verbiage is, I’ve see a lot of people trigger things too soon, like with Counter punch they’ll play it immediately when they exhaust to defend, instead of waiting until after they’ve defended, which doesn’t take place until after the damage step of the attack.
So it’s kinda tricky and really depends on each individual response. You gotta see when the triggering condition takes place and go from there
@@GetUpandGame Yeah, this one's a bit too confusing, in my opinion. If it pops up in game, I'll just have to do what my heart tells me. :P
@@pixxelwizzard haha that’s totally fair. The good news is it’s usually more cut and dry. This one was odd enough they had to issue an official ruling for it
Hi thanks for the video helps a lot. One question about the campaingn cards. If you build a deck with 50 cards (not that you should do that but as an example) would the additional campaign cards enlarge the deck over the 50 max cads count?
Oh that’s a really good question I had never considered! I do believe the cards would push you over the 50 card limit as they don’t count toward your deck size. So it’s as if they aren’t even there. But like you say, probably not the best idea normally but I wouldn’t be surprised if there were some fun combo somewhere that could somehow make use of this!
Subbed!
Hey thank you so much!
You deleted your earlier comment so fast lol I couldn’t reply quickly enough to say thank you also for the correction. Even though this time it happened to work out the way it did, please always feel free to say something if you think I’m wrong cause I very well might be! 😂
We all learn and grow together with these games ☺️
If I use Black Panther's Energy Dagger to defeat an enemy, will that trigger chase them down to remove 2 thread from a scheme? Energy Dagger is consider you, but it is not an attack.
It will not, since it’s not an attack, and Chase Them Down wants you to be attacking in order to trigger it. But if you could set it up where the energy dagger weakens them and then BP can punch them to defeat them that would work!
With something like the Mark V Armor, if you lose it, do you also lower your current hit points by 6 even if you weren't at full? So if you were at 5 health, you would be KO'd?
Also, idk if this gets answered at all but before I forget (haven't finished the video yet): I had an issue last night where the villain was attacking and we defeated that stage mid attack. Ghost spider did her event that triggered off a basic action (defense) to do damage. What do we do there? Does the attack end? Continue with stage 1 stats? Change mid attack to stage 2 stats? Automatically trigger when revealed on the villain?
Anytime you lose something that gave you hit points then you do lose those hit points. So that can cause you to lose! 😖
The moment you defeat the villain you immediately move them to their next stage, do any when revealed abilities, and then continue with the activation. This wouldn’t happen with Ghost Kick however. Since that says “after she uses a basic power” then you wouldn’t play Ghost Kick until after Gwen was done defending. Meaning after the villains attack had been resolved.
If it said “when” she uses a basic power then you would play it immediately. But because it’s a Response you have to wait until the thing you’re responding to is over. And a defense isn’t over until the villain has fully resolved it’s attack 🙂
@Get Up and Game! Thanks for the quick response! I figured that with the armor, but I hardly ever play protection so those defense actions trip me up. Just getting back into the game after a long break so all of the timing rules will take a bit to get used to.
@@heroicskeleton1566 you’re welcome! The key is always in “when” or “after”. If it’s a “when” then it happens immediately before the thing that triggers it, and if it’s an “after” it happens after the triggering condition is completely resolved 👍
@Get Up and Game! Yeah, I had desperate defense in the deck, too, and I wasn't too sure if it worked well with her or not. But now that i better understand the timing, it looks like it does. You exhaust to defend> play DD first as an interrupt> resolve the activation> ready if you take no damage> if not, you can ready with Dizzying reflexes since that happens AFTER DD resolves
Wait...what? You get an encounter card when you cycle your deck? When does it reveal?
Yep! You deal it to yourself facedown, and then you’ll reveal it during the normal Reveal Encounter Cards step of the villain phase
How do backflip and spider man’s ability interact together ? Do you still get to draw a card as the villain attacked you? Even if you negated that damage
Yep! Because you draw the card the second the villain is about to attack you, and then you don’t play Backflip until you would take damage later in the process
If your max hp is increased, but you have taken damage to less then your original hp, and then you lose the upgrade, do you effectively take damage equal to the boost you lost?
So say a hero has 10 hp being boosted to 15, but took damage down to 9, and then they lose their +5 boost. Would they be at 4 hp or 9 at that point?
They would be at 4. As you say, you effectively take damage equal to the boost you lost. So if you lose Endurance then you would immediately lose 3 health 👍
34:30 You can defend using allies that have zero defense??
Yep! Allies don’t have a defense stat, so they just take the damage to their health
Please add timestamps 🙏
Added them!
@@GetUpandGamewanted to Sub, but I already was 😊
Thanks!!
@@zzzzzygaming hahaha well thank you! 😆
this is prolly going on someones top 10 dumbest questions list but
what does the villain do if you’ve gotten rid of every scheme and youre in alter-ego form? where do those threats go. cuz i got rid of the main scheme (if i did it right) and im switched to peter but rhino has nothing to scheme on
i misplaced one of my handbooks so uh thanks to anyone that answers
Not a dumb question at all! You can never get rid of the main scheme. If you take all the threat off of it it just sits there, and it will still collect threat as normal during step 1 of the villain phase, and the villain scheming will still put threat on it
@@GetUpandGame OHHH thank you lol :P finally im not stuck anymore
@@win_cie you’re welcome! Feel free to ask any more questions and I’ll answer them as quickly as I can!
I have noticed on your plays that when you get additional encounter cards you put them to the back whereas other players put them on top, is this a conscious decision you have made or is it just an ambitious rule?
It’s not explicitly stated in the rulebook that you have to resolve the cards in a certain order, but it does refer to your encounter cards as a “queue”. So I’ve taken that to mean that you’re meant to resolve them in the order that they were dealt to you so that’s usually what I do. The exception is with surge. When a card has surge you’re meant to resolve the surge card next, even if you have more encounter cards in your stack. In the end it doesn’t matter like 99% of the time lol but it’s a habit I’ve gotten in to 🙂
If the villain has a upgrade if you defeat level I of that villain does the upgrade transfer to stage II?
Yep! The only time upgrades/attachments come off (or stun/confuse) is if the next villain is a different one. Like Kang or in something like Mansion Attack
‘I’m assuming you’ve at least read the learn to play booklet’
You presume too much, sir. ☺️
Hahahaha fair enough! Well now the LtP should make even more sense 😅
Fantastic video Josh I wish this was available when I started! I have a question regarding asking another player to pay resources to get rid of a villain attachment card. You said that this is possible, but in this video he says it is not possible th-cam.com/video/W7scOZlz_GU/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=MarvelChampionsMonthly%3AAFanPodcast, (2 min 40), it seems you as a player can only get rid of an attachment when it's your turn? Cheers and keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Kennedy was right to say what he said because it’s not in the rules that you can do that. However they later clarified on Hall of Heroes that it was just an oversight in the rules and you are allowed to remove encounter cards when it isn’t your turn. 🙂
@@GetUpandGame aah fantastic I didn't know that! Thanks a mil for the clarification! Cheers!
About Guard. So 'you' can't attack the villain while a minion with guard is engaged with 'you'. Allies are not 'you'. Does that mean your allies can attack the villain pls?
They cannot. Guard says the player cannot use cards they control to attack the villain, which includes allies.
This is where ‘you’ can be confusing. Because sometimes it’s referring to the hero (identity), and sometimes it’s referring to the player. Learning which is which is probably the hardest part of this game lol
@@GetUpandGame thanks"
@@stickandmud any time! 🙂
I know this is going to come off kinda rude but please clean your finger off before you record, I couldnt watch this cause all I could stare at was whatever that was on your finger.
I don’t think that was rude at all. I pinched myself really badly at work so I’ve got a blood blister. I put a band aid over it in another recent video and I didn’t love how that looked either so I haven’t been sure how best to handle it. Maybe the that is still the better option.
I do sincerely apologize as I know it doesn’t present the best look. Thank you for the feedback I freely appreciate it 🙏