Thinking Outside the Box

We had 4 players come out for the Marvel Team-Up sealed event on Friday; included one new player. It's always nice to have new people come out to play. Before we got started I asked if there were any rules he wasn't clear on. He wanted to see some examples of using reinforcement, so ran a quick demo for him before we started the tournament. Having an even 4-players I opted not to play and force one of the other players to sit out for byes. With the players holding their packs and set to go, I lent my assistance to Nathan to help him build a somewhat balanced deck of Underworld and Defenders. He was lucky to have pulled two different team-up cards and a few generic pumps (including a copy of Big Leagues)! His first game was up against Roy and things were going well into turn seven, where Nathan dropped a Crime Lords Hulk in front of his 6-cost character. I don't remember who that character was, but they did not share a team affiliation. Roy had his 7-cost Defenders Hu...

We're well past the 1-year mark when it was learned that the VS System game was no longer going to be produced by UDE. And I'm happy to say that things are still going strong for our hobby league. Our players are having a good time in our weekly tournaments and we've seen some cool new decks arise from the themed formats I've been setting up in our monthly schedule. Last week's Ban-10 tournament saw some pretty interesting decks hit the table such as Secret Society, Speed Force, Team Superman / Crime Lords, League of Assasins, and Avengers. I know I'm forgetting Will's deck in there, but I didn't play against him so I'm not entirely certain what kind of dirty tricks he was using this time around. One of the things that I realized was just how good our players are at building decks. Even without 50 of the most disliked or powerful cards being available to build with, people still come up with excellent combos and interesting effects. Jordan's...

Ok I'm really late with this, but the card lists have all been available since Sunday in the comments for the last post. Here's the list in easy readable order, and keep in mind that ALL version of a card are banned if it has been reprinted in any other sets: MOR-105 The New Brotherhood MOR-101 Lost City MOR-112 Dr. Doom Victor Von Doom MOR-183 Cover Fire MOR-189 Flying kick MOR-210 Press the Attack MSM-109 Bamf! MSM-130 Devil's Due DGL-024 Sinestro Green Lantern of Korugar DJL-049 Guy Gardner Egomaniac DCR-017 Michael Holt Mr. Terrific DLS-187/MVL-258 Mobilize MVL-029 Bererker Rage MVL-045 healing factor MVL 204 Dr.doom diabolical genius MVL-217 Mystical Paralysis MVL-267/MOR-214 Savage Beatdown MCG-039 Pathetic Attempt MEX-013 Silver Surfer's Board MAA-003 X-Men Assemble! MAA-019 Holocaust Age of Apocolypse DCL-065 Beast Boy, Freak of Nature DCL-141 Earth 3 DCL-144 Crime syndicate of Amerika DCX-023 Superman/Batman Robot DCX-026 A Clash of Worlds MUN-026 Spider-Man...

There have been villains, and heroes putting themselves on the line to stop them. Well VS System is no different. With the end of UDE's set releases the fan community has taken things upon themselves to continue the game with fan sets, ban and card wording updates and other suggestions. With our local group adding fan sets on our own schedule I will be maintaining the following "age" list. Modern Age: - Marvel Factions - DC Universe - Marvel Universe (includes MEQ and MUL) - DC Legends (includes DCX) Silver Age (includes Modern Age sets) : - Marvel Legends (includes MAA, Coming of Galactus and MEX) - World's Finest - Marvel Team-Up (includes Hellboy) - Legion of Superheroes Golden Age (also includes Modern and Silver Age sets) : - Heralds of Galactus - Infinite Crisis - X-Men - Justice League of America - Avengers - Green Lantern Corps - Marvel Knights - Man of Steel - Web of Spider Man - DC Origins - Marvel Origins - Marvel Evolutions As you'll see, Evolution...

Ok it's been a few days, but our first constructed VS System event for 2010 has come and gone. I was really happy to see an increase in our attendance to a total of eight players! Round 1 put me up against Jordan's Avengers deck. He had a great start with 2-cost Captain America in the hidden area complete with Captain America's Shield. I was playing my JSA-Lobo deck. When the 4-cost Iron Man arrived to bolster Cap and Black Widow things weren't looking too hot for my lonely visible Atom Smasher. I did have the Mr. Terrifics hiding and making him mean, but things weren't looking good...but the shield's exhausting effects were starting to help more than hurt at that point. On turn five I was able to bring out the 5-cost Carter Hall. I got some choice stuns and was able to avoid triggering Iron Man's effect, only to have my Hawkman stolen by a timely-played Switching Sides! Drawing into another 5-cost Hawkman actually proved to be the game-breaker, and ...

Hey hey hey kids! Things are looking up for us this year. I'm very excited about the move to weekly tournaments. With this change you might have noticed the little monthly schedule on the right panel, which replaces the bi-weekly tournament information. It's easier and more practical to post the schedule for the entire month, as it gives you a chance to plan your gaming in advance. Our first tournament of the year will be sealed Marvel draft. The set hasn't been determined yet, so you'll just have to come down and see what we've got. The schedule will follow the pattern you see there *points to the right*. The first Friday will be a sealed event of some kind, for as long as I'm able to get sealed product to play with. The second and fourth weeks will remain as Golden Age constructed events, and the third will be different a themed event each month. Should we end up with a fifth Friday in the month...well I'll come up with something! On a different bu...