Marvel Superstars

Marvel Superstars[1] is an out-of-print collectible card game published by Upper Deck that released in North America in March 2010.the latest cards in Marvel series is the Uncanny X-Men series are on sale from 5 July 2022.[2] The cards and game play are inspired by films based on Marvel Comics characters. It is the first collectible card game to use characters from Marvel films produced by different studios. The card art features scenes from the films.

Marvel Superstars TCG
Marvel Superstars card back
Marvel Superstars card back
DesignersDave Humpherys, John Fiorillo, Jeff Liu, Justin Reilly, Dan Scheidegger, Ben Seck
PublishersUpper Deck
Players2+
Playing time~ 15 minutes
ChanceModerate (only in purchasing new cards)
Age range12+
SkillsCard playing
Simple math
Deck optimization
Planning

Game play

Marvel Superstars emulates battles between superhero and supervillain characters from the films. Each player selects a leader, which has 50 health. When a player's leader has accumulated damage greater than its health, that player loses the game.

In addition to the leader, each player uses three bases and his or her own deck of 50 or more cards.

Card types and teams

There are four card types: Leader Characters, Supporter Characters, Actions, and Resources

All cards except resources belong to a team. The teams are: Avengers, Fantastic Four, Marvel Knights, X-Men, and Villains.

Product releases

Marvel Superstars booster packs contain 20 cards each. Cards have four possible rarities: common, uncommon, rare, or super rare. Super rare cards are foil. Each booster has 15 commons, including one leader and one resource, 4 uncommons and 1 rare or super rare.

Set CodeSet NameDateFeatured Leaders
PEPremier EditionMarch 2010Iron Man
Hulk
Mr. Fantastic
Invisible Woman
Thing
Human Torch
Blade
Elektra
Ghost Rider
Doom
Magneto
Abomination
Professor X
Storm
Wolverine
PSPremier StarterMarch 2010Iron Man
Wolverine

Organized play

Upper Deck planned on running an organized play program for Marvel Superstars, including weekly local tournaments called Marvel Fight Nights, and an annual World Championship event. With the cancellation of the product however, there has been no news of such play being formally organised.

References
  1. "Marvel Characters, Super Heroes, & Villains List | Marvel". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. "'The Uncanny X-Men Trading Cards' Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Jim Lee's Legendary X-Men Art". Marvel Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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