
Another round of off-season mayhem
Each kouple drafts THREE HEROES and and THREE SETS OF TRAITS. Kouples take two heroes at a time up against Andy N’s custom Mister Negative scenario, and give each of those heroes one of the drafted sets of traits as bonus bonus traits for that hero. Mister Negative is bringing along some nastiness to ruin your day, including the nefarious Sinister Syndicate, the devious Iron Spider’s Sinister Six, and at higher difficulties some Osborne Tech he got on loan.📚 No aspect restrictions 🕹️ Friendly Neighborhood mode or Gauntlet mode
📊 Submit ALL your games, kouples! Whether you’re taking a loss in Friendly Neighborhood Mode, practicing your Gauntlet Mode strategy, or going for those official Gauntlet Mode points - we want it all!
| 🗓️ | ⏰ | |
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| 📝 Registration Opens | Monday, Oct 13 | Morning |
| 🚫 Registration Closes | Tuesday, Oct 21 | 11:59 PM PDT |
| 📊 Draft Pool Revealed | Wednesday, Oct 22 | Morning |
| 🚦 Draft Begins | Saturday, Oct 25 | 10:00 AM PDT |
| 🏁 Season Ends | 11:59 PM PDT |
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Choose between Friendly Neighborhood Mode for maximum flexibility where you can repeat attempts as many times as your heart desires to win at your highest possible difficulty, or jump into the intense Gauntlet Mode where you get ONE official shot per difficulty level to compete for the highest score against other legendary kouples! Participate in the official draft as a registered kouple or join the fun as an unregistered kouple. More details on the participation mode page.
🏆 In this one-round season, your score = the highest-difficulty you defeat!
🛠️ OSBORNE TECH DECK: As part of setup, shuffle the Osborne Tech encounter deck and set it aside, face down. This will be known as the Osborne Tech Deck:
🔄 CONDITION: Modification to Demons Unleashed 1A (Main Scheme): Change “Each player puts an Inner Demon minion (Demon Brute or Demon Swordsmen) into play engaged with them.” to “Deal an Inner Demon minion (Demon Brute or Demon Swordsmen) to each player as a face-down encounter card.”
| ⭐ Level | 🂡 Encounter Set | 📋 Conditions | |
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| ★★★★★★ | Standard I + Expert I | ⚔️ Negative’s Sword¹ 👤 Each minion put into play gains the Self-Teamwork² trait 🆚 Nemesis minions³ ☢️ Mister Negative When Revealed: encounter cards⁴ |
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| ☆☆☆☆☆ | Standard I + Expert I | ⚔️ Negative’s Sword¹ 👤 The first minion put into play each phase gains the Self-Teamwork² trait 🆚 Nemesis minions³ ☢️ Mister Negative When Revealed: encounter cards⁴ |
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| ☆☆☆☆ | Standard I + Expert I | ⚔️ Negative’s Sword¹ 🆚 Nemesis minions³ |
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| ☆☆☆ | Standard I + Expert I | ||
| ☆☆ | Standard I + Expert I | 🛠️ Osborne Tech is not used | |
| ☆ | Standard I + Mister Negative I/II | 🛠️ Osborne Tech is not used |
- ⚔️ During setup, before resolving any When Revealed effects on the villain, attach Negative’s Sword to the villain
- 👤 Self-Teamwork (trait): After a minion with self-teamwork enters play and engages a player, it activates against the player it is engaged with. This is in addition to other game effects that would cause this minion to activate when it enters play (such as Quickstrike).
- 🆚 Condition: Each stage of Mister Negative gains the following text: “When Revealed: Find and deal each player’s nemesis minion to them as a face-down encounter card.” Based on setup order, these cards will be dealt to each player after the initial Inner Demons, and thus will be revealed during the villain phase after these Inner Demons.
- ☢️ Condition: Each stage of Mister Negative gains the following text: “When Revealed: Deal 1 face-down encounter card to each player.”
📜 Standard deck-building rules apply, except Strength in Diversity is banned
✨ Regular uniqueness rules during play
🌈 You choose each hero’s aspect(s)
🧬 Assign a different set of drafted traits to each of your heroes when you play*
🔧 Change heroes, change aspects, reassign trait sets, modify your decks and practice as much as you want between official attempts and rounds
*Each game you will choose to play two of your drafted heroes and assign each of them a bonus set of traits in addition to the ones already present on their identity card. Each identity must be assigned a different set of traits from among the 3 sets that you drafted. For a given set of additional traits, the additional Alter-Ego traits will apply to the Alter-Ego side of that identitry and the additional Hero traits will apply to the Hero side of that identity
| 🎮 Feature | 📋 Details |
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| 📚 Draft Groups | 3 hero groups + 3 trait set groups |
| 📦 Pool Size | 2 more than needed per draft group |
| 🦸♂️ Hero Pool | All heroes through Tigra & Hulkling |
| 🚫 Bans | Shadowcat and SP//dr |
| 👨👨👦 Recent Releases | The 6 most recently-released heroes in the pool are always included in the draft groups |
| 🔒 Pick Restrictions | Each kouple: 1 pick per group |
| ⏱️ Pick Timer | 24 hours per selection |
| 🤖 Auto-Pick | Draft-bot chooses if you miss your window |
| 🐍 Draft Format | 6 rounds, snake order (A→B→C then C→B→A and so on) |
Use the Draft-o-Matic at the top of the page to generate example draft pools or simulate your own draft.
| Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 |
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| sl0th & The_Chase - Chumpin’ Ain’t Easy | G2 Doctor Strange | G1 Gamora | G4 (Phoenix) Hero: Psionic, X-Men - AE: Mutant, Psionic | G5 (Hulk) Hero: Avenger, Gamma - AE: Genius, Scientist | G6 (Magneto) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant | G3 Spider-Woman |
| Ron Baker & All McMackey - Chaos Core | G5 (Adam Warlock) Hero: Guardian, Mystic - AE: Mystic | G2 Spider-Man (Miles Morales) | G1 Vision | G3 Phoenix | G4 (Wolverine) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant | G6 (Valkyrie) Hero: Asgard, Avenger - AE: Asgard |
| Kamehameha & Teberle - One Shot Wonders | G1 Black Panther (Shuri) | G2 Black Panther (T’Challa) | G6 (Silk) Hero: Web-Warrior - AE: Genius | G3 Winter Soldier | G4 (Star-Lord) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw | G5 (Colossus) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant |
| MrSelfDestruct & dvader501 - Yancy Street Gang | G6 (Scarlet Witch) Hero: Avenger, Mystic - AE: Mystic | G2 Ironheart | G4 (Cable) Hero: Soldier, X-Force - AE: Mutant, Soldier | G3 Valkyrie | G1 Nick Fury | G5 (Iceman) Hero: Ice, X-Men - AE: Mutant |
| Drexler - Dissociative Identity Duet | G3 Spider-Ham | G2 Ghost-Spider | G6 (Captain Marvel) Hero: Avenger, Soldier - AE: SHIELD, Soldier | G1 Silk | G4 (Jubilee) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant | G5 (Drax) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw |
| Dristin - The Exhaustables | G1 Cable | G3 X-23 | G4 (Spider-Man - Miles Morales) Hero: Champion, Web-Warrior - AE: Civilian | G2 Storm | G6 (Venom) Hero: Guardian, Space Knight - AE: Soldier | G5 (Black Panther - T’Challa) Hero: Avenger, Wakanda - AE: King, Wakanda |
| Gnipp - Thor Losers | G3 Cyclops | G2 Tigra | G6 (Nick Fury) Hero: SHIELD, Soldier, Spy - AE: SHIELD, Soldier, Spy | G5 (Ms. Marvel) Hero: Champion, Inhuman - AE: Inhuman | G4 (Groot) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw | G1 Colossus |
| Grrreg - The New Grrrex-Men | G1 Psylocke | G3 Scarlet Witch | G5 (Spider-Ham) Hero: Cartoon, Web-Warrior - AE: Cartoon, Civilian | G6 (Ghost-Spider) Hero: Web-Warrior - AE: Civilian | G2 Wolverine | G4 (Ant-Man) Hero: Avenger, Tiny, Giant - AE: Civilian |
| pebokun (pebble) - The Raft won’t save Martin Li this time | G1 Deadpool | G4 (Winter Soldier) Hero: SHIELD, Soldier - AE: SHIELD, Soldier | G2 Iron Man | G3 Star-Lord | G6 (Rogue) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant | G5 (Spider-Man - Peter Parker) Hero: Avenger - AE: Genius |
| josseroo & josseroo jr - Don’t give Cathy Engelbert the Inifinity Gauntlet | G1 Magik | G3 Spider-Man (Peter Parker) | G6 (Falcon) Hero: Aerial, Avenger - AE: SHIELD | G2 Captain Marvel | G5 (Nightcrawler) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant | G4 (Thor) Hero: Asgard, Avenger - AE: Asgard |
| soamazinglybad - Kouple Name | G1 Magneto | G3 Hulkling | G2 Falcon | G4 (Rocket Raccoon) Hero: Guardian - AE: Genius, Outlaw | G5 (Black Panther - Shuri) Hero: Wakanda - AE: Genius, Wakanda | G6 (Spider-Woman) Hero: Avenger, Spy - AE: SHIELD, Spy |
Underlines indicate undrafted choices
Group 1 (Heroes): G1 Adam Warlock, G1 Black Panther (Shuri), G1 Cable, G1 Colossus, G1 Deadpool, G1 Gamora, G1 Magik, G1 Magneto, G1 Nick Fury, G1 Psylocke, G1 Silk, G1 Vision, G1 War Machine
Group 2 (Heroes): G2 Black Panther (T’Challa), G2 Captain Marvel, G2 Doctor Strange, G2 Drax, G2 Falcon, G2 Ghost-Spider, G2 Iron Man, G2 Ironheart, G2 Rocket, G2 Spider-Man (Miles Morales), G2 Storm, G2 Tigra, G2 Wolverine
Group 3 (Heroes): G3 Cyclops, G3 Hulkling, G3 Ms Marvel, G3 Phoenix, G3 Scarlet Witch, G3 Spider-Ham, G3 Spider-Man (Peter Parker), G3 Spider-Woman, G3 Star-Lord, G3 Thor, G3 Valkyrie, G3 Winter Soldier, G3 X-23
Group 4 (Traits): G4 (Ant-Man) Hero: Avenger, Tiny, Giant - AE: Civilian; G4 (Cable) Hero: Soldier, X-Force - AE: Mutant, Soldier; G4 (Groot) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw; G4 (Hulkling) Hero: Avenger, Kree, Skrull - AE: Kree, Skrull; G4 (Jubilee) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant; G4 (Phoenix) Hero: Psionic, X-Men - AE: Mutant, Psionic; G4 (Rocket Raccoon) Hero: Guardian - AE: Genius, Outlaw; G4 (She-Hulk) Hero: Avenger, Gamma - AE: Attorney, Gamma; G4 (Spider-Man - Miles Morales) Hero: Champion, Web-Warrior - AE: Civilian; G4 (Star-Lord) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw; G4 (Thor) Hero: Asgard, Avenger - AE: Asgard; G4 (Winter Soldier) Hero: SHIELD, Soldier - AE: SHIELD, Soldier; G4 (Wolverine) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant
Group 5 (Traits): G5 (Deadpool) Hero: Deadpool Corps, X-Force - AE: Mercenary, Mutant; G5 (Adam Warlock) Hero: Guardian, Mystic - AE: Mystic; G5 (Black Panther - Shuri) Hero: Wakanda - AE: Genius, Wakanda; G5 (Black Panther - T’Challa) Hero: Avenger, Wakanda - AE: King, Wakanda; G5 (Colossus) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant; G5 (Drax) Hero: Guardian - AE: Outlaw; G5 (Hulk) Hero: Avenger, Gamma - AE: Genius, Scientist; G5 (Iceman) Hero: Ice, X-Men - AE: Mutant; G5 (Ms. Marvel) Hero: Champion, Inhuman - AE: Inhuman; G5 (Nightcrawler) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant; G5 (Spider-Ham) Hero: Cartoon, Web-Warrior - AE: Cartoon, Civilian; G5 (Spider-Man - Peter Parker) Hero: Avenger - AE: Genius; G5 (X-23) Hero: X-Force - AE: Mutant
Group 6 (Traits): G6 (Captain Marvel) Hero: Avenger, Soldier - AE: SHIELD, Soldier; G6 (Domino) Hero: Posse, X-Force - AE: Mutant ; G6 (Falcon) Hero: Aerial, Avenger - AE: SHIELD; G6 (Ghost-Spider) Hero: Web-Warrior - AE: Civilian; G6 (Magneto) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant; G6 (Nick Fury) Hero: SHIELD, Soldier, Spy - AE: SHIELD, Soldier, Spy; G6 (Nova) Hero: Champion - AE: Civilian; G6 (Rogue) Hero: X-Men - AE: Mutant; G6 (Scarlet Witch) Hero: Avenger, Mystic - AE: Mystic; G6 (Silk) Hero: Web-Warrior - AE: Genius; G6 (Spider-Woman) Hero: Avenger, Spy - AE: SHIELD, Spy; G6 (Valkyrie) Hero: Asgard, Avenger - AE: Asgard; G6 (Venom) Hero: Guardian, Space Knight - AE: Soldier