New Heroes

Guardians of the Galaxy: Enemies a Mastermind, you take one of its Shards.
often underestimate this ragtag crew of Return the rest to the supply. Then do
misfits. But when stakes are high, the the Fight effect on the Mastermind Tactic,
Guardians put aside their differences, unite which might give the Mastermind
their unique powers, and save the galaxy additional Shards for future fights.
from interstellar threats.
Artifacts
The Infinity Gauntlet This set also contains powerful new
The relics called Infinity Gems harness Artifact cards that players can use for
energy so vast that even small fragments permanent advantages. Some Hero cards
of that energy, known as Shards, can are also Artifacts. (They still count as Hero
unlock incredible power. Thanos, the cards too.) When you gain a Hero Artifact,
Mad Titan of Death, seeks to unite all the put it in your discard pile like any other Hero
Infinity Gems into an Infinity Gauntlet to card. When you draw that Artifact later in
extinguish all life in the galaxy. Meanwhile, the game, you may play it in front of you
the alien Kree seek the Shards to accelerate and use its effects, usually once on each of
their own genetic evolution. And the your turns. This means you control that
Guardians of the Galaxy steal Shards where Artifact. At the end of your turn, when you
they can just to survive. discard all the cards you played that turn,
the Artifacts you control stay in.
Shards You can use an Artifact on the first turn
This set contains 18 Shard tokens. These you play it.
tokens can be gained by players, Villains You can control multiple Artifacts with the
and Masterminds from the supply. If a Shard same card name and use each of them.
would be gained, but there are none left in You cant use your Artifacts once per
the supply, then no Shard is gained, and the turn abilities during other players turns.
game continues. If a card effect during any players turn
Players: When you gain a Shard, put it in asks you to Reveal a Hero, you may
front of you. You can spend a Shard to get reveal a Hero Artifact you control.
+1 (returning the Shard to the supply). Card effects that say your Heroes or
If you dont use a Shard immediately, you Heroes you have include Hero Artifacts
can keep it for future turns and use it later. you control as well.
You can spend as many Shards as you However, you only played an Artifact on
wish in a single turn. Shards do not have the turn you put it out, so it only activates
Victory Points. Superpower Abilities (like : You get
Villains: When a Villain gains Shards, put +1 ) on the turn you play the Artifact,
them on that Villain from the supply. That not every turn of the game. Likewise, card
Villain gets +1 for each Shard it has. effects that count each Hero you
After you defeat a Villain, you take one played this turn only count an Artifact if
of its Shards. Return the rest to the supply. you played it this turn.
When a Villain escapes, the Mastermind You dont have to use an Artifacts abilities
gains one of the Shards on that Villain. on a turn if you dont want to.
Return the rest to the supply. If you are using the Final Showdown, you can
Masterminds: When a Mastermind gains use Artifacts during your Showdown Turn.
Shards, put them on that Mastermind If a card effect like Rogue or Chameleon
from the supply. That Mastermind gets would let you copy an Artifact card, then
+1 for each Shard it has. After you fight you can use that Artifacts Once per turn
ability once, and there is no other effect.
Infinity Gems 5 New Heroes, each with 14 cards (70 cards
This set contains a unique new Villain Group total. Each Hero has 1 rare, 3 uncommon, 5 of
called Infinity Gems. This represents one common and 5 of another common).
Thanos himself wielding the power of the 2 New Villain Groups, each with 8 cards
Infinity Gems and defending them from (16 cards total, including 2 cards for each
Heroes. Infinity Gem Villain cards act just like of 8 Villains).
any other Villains in the city. However, when 2 New Masterminds (10 cards total. Each
you fight an Infinity Gem, you put it into Mastermind has 1 Mastermind card and
your discard pile as an Artifact card. 4 Mastermind Tactic cards).
Infinity Gems youve defeated have 0 cost, 4 New Schemes.
have no color/Hero class, and dont count
as Hero cards or Villain cards. Credits
When you have an Infinity Gem in Game Design & Card Set Design:
your hand, you can play it just like any Devin Low.
other Artifact. Brand Management: Jason Brenner.
If a card effect moves an Infinity Gem back
to the Villain Deck or city, then the Infinity Development Team: Jason Brenner,
Gem becomes a Villain card again Bubby Johanson, Mark Shaunessy,
Crystal Goggio, Travis Rhea, Matt Rogers.
Card Clarifications Product Management: Bubby Johanson.
Forge the Infinity Gauntlet: When card Graphic Design: Krista Timberlake.
effects like this Scheme cause Villains Art Direction: Matt Rogers.
to enter the city at an unusual time, do the
Project Management: Louise Bateman.
normal Ambush effects.
President, Upper Deck Company:
Kree-Skrull War: A Schemes setup
Jason Masherah.
instructions override a Masterminds
Always Leads ability and the normal rules. Director of Creative Services:
For 2 players, include the Kree Starforce Mike Eggleston.
and Skrull Villain Groups, overriding the Playtesters: Priscilla Acierto, Paul Barclay,
Masterminds Always Leads ability if Julia Beyer, Dan Boutwell, Brandon Bozzi,
necessary. For 1 player, include both the Kree Jason Brenner, Jacob Cassens,
Starforce and Skrull Villain Groups, and the Matt Christianson, Max Clendenning,
Villain Deck will be larger than normal. When Sean Dawson, Kevin DeMunn,
card effects like this Scheme cause Villains Irwin Dolobowsky, Aaron Donogh,
to escape the city at an unusual time, do all Brent Elmer, Lisa Eschenbach, Alison Farrell,
the normal Escape effects. Ben Gaede, Crystal Goggio, CJ Heine,
Rob Heinsoo, Paul Hughes, Bubby Johanson,
Reality Gem, Soul Gem, and Space Gem: Tim Kukes, Matt Lesnak, Rob Lightner,
Always do Ambush effects after the card Audrey Lindstrom, Eric Lindstrom,
enters the city and pushes other Villains Sophie Mandel, Greg Marques, Rick Martinez,
forward. So Soul Gem and Reality Gem Shelly Matsudaira, Dylan Mayo,
count themselves for their Ambush effects. Ryan OConnor, Steffen Okolski, Adrian Pauli,
Thanos: His is only reduced by Infinity Jessica Price, Travis Rhea, Matt Rogers,
Gems players control not Infinity Chris Rowlands, Darrel Rustvold,
David Satnik, Florian Seidler, Mark Shaunessy,
Gems in players discard piles or decks.
Jenny Silva, Heather Skeehan, David Sterling,
When fighting Thanos in Solo Mode and
Jeff Wade, Rob Watkins, Chris Woods,
using a Villain Group besides Infinity Justin Woods and Andrew Zimmerman.
Gems, Thanos gets -2 for each Villain in My sincere gratitude for your help!
your Victory Pile from that Group.
Box Art: Nigel Raynor, Jay David Ramos.
Game Contents Card Art: Gregbo Watson, A.C. Osorio,
Rules insert, 18 Shard tokens and Amin Amat, Omi Remalante Jr.,
100 cards: Wesley Wong, Jay David Ramos.

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