After plans to get Marvel Champions to the table fell through earlier in the day. I spent the afternoon instead organising the collection instead.

For starters I had four character packs to “file away” along with The Hood Scenario pack. Plus the latest campaign box Next Evolution.

Whilst organising the new cards my mind wondered and made me think how I’m currently (the couple of times I’ve played it) and plan to use the game. It’s a bit like how I also use the Lord of the Rings lcg too.

A lot of the content creators out there on the various media platforms out there build their own character decks. They get a lot of enjoyment out of doing that. And to be fair I would too. After all it’s a side of MtG, Dice Masters, and Vampire the Masquerade Rivals.

However there is only so much spare time in my life. Unfortunately I don’t have any spare to dedicate to this side of playing these two lcgs.

Also I only get to play both games with other players who do not own a copy of the game, and are not into building their own decks.

So using the pre-constructed hero decks as you buy them allows me to play with others who enjoy the game but haven’t committed to it financially.

During setup I can say “which hero is your favourite?” or ‘who do you fancy playing?” Grab the decks and away we go.

Obviously before hand I can decide on the villian we are going to go up against and which modular scenarios (if not using the recommended) we are using. However I can also repeat the hero selection for the villian to and let the other player chose their favourite.

I like this grab and go, no thought needed approach too.

How do I thematically justify it?

Well Marvel used to print two comics that would cover this mix and match approach.

The first was Marvel Team-up. This would see two heroes come together to defeat a common villian. Usually these two heroes would be polar opposites.

The other comic they did and also ended up as an animated series on Disney+ is What if…? Which explores major moments in the Marvel universe and what would happen if they happened differently.

Both could explain why the heroes were together and why they were facing off against a villian they had never gone up against before.

Another factor in the not deck building is I only want to play the games with others. I don’t play solo, or only play solo. If I was playing solo I’d be more tempted to build my own decks. I don’t get much enjoyment out of playing games solo. It’s the social side I enjoy.

Anyway sorry to have bored you with that thought!