Marvel United: Multiverse makes more mutants, plus Inhumans enter the fray with War of Kings!

We interrupt this post I had just started writing about the Marvel United: Multiverse Kickstarter campaign to bring you breaking news from the Marvel United: Multiverse Kickstarter campaign! Today, CMON announced their first new expansion box of the campaign, and it’s a massive one: War of Kings, including the entire primary cast of Inhumans and two X-character Shi’ar foes!

Let’s talk about this newly-announced box for a moment, and then I’ll get back to what I was already in the process of writing about – which is the many mutant characters who have been popping up as stretch goals over the past couple of days.

I have a 800+ character wishlist for Marvel United. I’ve ever grouped them into potential boxed sets whenever I could theme a group of them together. I know some of them are far beneath CMON’s threshold for notice. Maybe we could get Wiz-Kid, but we’ll probably never have my beloved Siena Blaze.

The Inhumans are one of those potential boxed sets, but I wasn’t sure if they were popular enough to merit their own expansion. They haven’t had their own ongoing for several years, and they were unceremoniously excised from the Marvel Universe. Casual comic fans likely only know half the royal family at best. CMON has snuck in many niche characters like Cloak & Dagger and the Starjammers via a steady drip of Stretch Goals, and I thought if we were lucky we could score half the royal family that way.

I was far to pessimistic about our chances! We’re getting the full royal family that I selected in my spreadsheet – Black Bolt, Medusa, Crystal, Gorgon, Karnak, & Triton. Plus, a full sculpt and set of cards for Lockjaw! Plus, Gladiator – leader of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard – as a dual-playing Anti-Hero that can be a hero or a villain. And, one fully-evil Vulcan, the lost Summers brother.

ALL IN ONE BOX. For $35, that’s less than $4 per character. The only way this box could be any better is if they made Vulcan a hero (after all, all mutants fight for Krakoa!) – but I can take care of that on my own.

Cue me screaming my head off in Marvel geek delight. Also, all of their figure sculpts look amazing, and their power dynamics sound unique. Crystal can use her earth control to block villains from moving into a location, and Triton gets special advantage in locations marked with water tokens.

Meanwhile, the post I was already working on is this: CMON has really stepped up on filling in mutants they didn’t get to in their X-Men campaign. We’re only on Day 3 and they’ve already completed the entire Starjammers, gotten two characters into Generation X, and added everyone’s favorite good boy – Doug Ramsey!

Let’s take a quick look at which X-Characters have been announced and who remains MIA.

For each chunk of characters, I’ll focus on the current line-up of Heroes, Villains, and Anti-Heroes (who can be played either way) released both in boxes and individually as Stretch Goals, and then look at who is missing. For some team affiliations, I’ve listed folks in multiple places you’d expect to find them.

Notice a mutant I’ve missed? Chime in via the comments to let me know! And, if you stick around to the end, I might have a surprise in store…

Core X-Men

Silver Age X-Men

Visit the Guide to X-Men in the Silver Age

• MU-X Core Box:
  • Heroes: Cyclops, Beast, Jean Grey, Professor X
  • Anti-Heroes: Magneto
  • Villains: Juggernaut *
• MU-X Expansion Box:
  • Heroes: Archangel, Iceman. Plus, teen versions of the O5
  • Villains: Teenage Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch
• MU-X Stretch Goals:
  • Heroes: Havok, Polaris
    • Also, in the original MU campaign, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
  • Anti-Heroes: Namor
  • Villains: Blob, Toad, Mastermind, Sauron
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): none

Missing in Action: Mimic, Unus The Untouchable, Vanisher

* CMON printed hero cards for Juggernaut as a special promo.

Second Genesis X-Men

Visit the Guide to Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont

• MU-X Core Box: Storm, Wolverine
• MU-X Expansion Box: Banshee (KS Exclusive), Colossus, Storm (as Mohawk – KS Exclusive), Wolverine (as Days of Future Past)
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Sunfire, Wolverine (as Old Man Logan, & Weapon X)
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): none

Missing in Action: Jean Grey as Phoenix (there’s a Dark Phoenix character, but she is exclusively a villain), Thunderbird

80s & 90s X-Men

Visit the Guide to Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box: Bishop, Forge (KS Exclusive) Gambit, Jubilee, Rogue, Psylocke (as Kwannon body)
• MU-X Stretch Goals:
  • Heroes: Dazzler, Longshot, Phoenix (Rachel Summers)
  • Anti-Heroes: Marrow
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): none

Missing in Action: Celia Reyes, Maggot, Joseph, Psylocke (as Betsy Braddock)

X-Teams

Academy X

Visit the Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box: none
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Pixie, Wolverine (X-23)
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): none

Missing in Action: 

• Heroes: Angel Salvadore, Anole, Armor, Beak, Bling!, Cuckoos (as 3-in1?), Cipher, Dust, Elixir, Gentle, Glob, Hellion, Loa, Mercury, No-Girl, Prodigy, Rockslide, Surge
• Anti-Heroes: Kuan-Yin Xorn, Quentin Quire, Wither

Alpha Flight

Visit the Guide to Alpha Flight

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box: none
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Guardian (James Hudson), Puck, Northstar, Snowbird, Sasquatch
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): 

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Aurora, Box (Madison Jeffries), Box (Roger Bochs), Shaman, Talisman, Vindicator (Heather Hudson), Wildchild
• Anti-Heroes: Purple Woman
• Villains: Dreamqueen, Wendigo

Excalibur (1988 run)

Visit the Guide to Excalibur

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box: Colossus
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Captain Britain (Brian), Kitty Pryde & Lockheed, Nightcrawler, Phoenix (Rachel Summers), Wolfsbane
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): Doug Ramsey

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Cerise, Feron, Kylun, Meggan, Micromax, Pete Wisdom, Widget
• Villains: Gatecrasher & Technet, Khaos, Necrom, Saturnyne

Generation Hope & Jean Grey School

Visit the Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box:
  • Heroes: Hope
  • Villains: The Phoenix Five
• MU-X Stretch Goals: none
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): none

Missing in Action:

• Heroes:
  • Jean Grey School: Broo, Eva Bell, Evan Sabahnur, Eye-Boy, Glob Herman, Goldballs, Kid Gladiator, Shark-Girl, Triage
  • Generation Hope: Idie, Kenji Uedo (as an Anti-Hero), Teon, Transonic, Velocidad
  • Generation X (2017 version): Hindsight (Nathaniel Carver), Morph (Benjamin Deeds), Nature Girl

Generation X

Visit the Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men

• MU-X Core Box: None
• MU-X Expansion Box: Banshee (KS Exclusive), Jubilee
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Emma Frost (Anti-Hero)
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): Monet

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Chamber, Husk, Skin, Synch
• Anti-Heroes: Mondo, Penance
• Villains: Emplate

New Mutants & X-Force

Visit the Guide to New Mutants & Young X-Men or the Guide to X-Force

• MU-X Core Box: none
• MU-X Expansion Box: Cable, Cannonball, Domino, Shatterstar, Stryfe (Villain)
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Boom Boom, Feral, Magik (original version), Mirage (Dani Moonstar) Sunspot, Warlock, Warpath, Wolfsbane
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far): Doug Ramsey

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Ariel, Artie & Leech, Bedlam Bird-Brain, Chance, Karma, Magma, Rictor, Siryn, Wiz Kid
• Anti-Heroes: Gossamyr, Rusty, Skids
  • Hellions (Classic): CatsEye, Empath, Jetstream, Roulette, Tarot
• Villains: Demon Bear, Spyder
  • MLF: Scrambler, Dragoness. Forearm, Kamikaze, Locus, Reaper, Reignfire, Samurai, Strobe, Sumo, Tempo, Thumbelina, Wildside, Zero

X-Factor (1990s team)

Visit the Guide t0 X-Factor

• MU-X Core Box: Mystique
• MU-X Expansion Box: Forge (KS Exclusive)
• MU-X Stretch Goals: Havok, Multiple Man, Polaris, Strong Guy
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far):

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Sabretooth (missing hero cards), Shard, Wildchild
• Anti-Heroes: Random
• Villains: Gorgeous George, Hairbag, Ramrod, Ruckus, Ruckus, Slab

Age of Krakoa

Visit the Guide to X-Men’s Age of Krakoa by Jonathan Hickman

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Betsy Braddock (as Captain Britain), Cable (Teen), Captain Krakoa, Cardinal, Eva Bell, Eye-Boy, Goldballs, Rasputin, Scout AKA Honeybadger, Synch, Trinary
• Anti-Heroes (at some point they were villains!): Abigail Brand, Cosmar, Destiny, Exodus, Gorgon, Moira McTaggert, Peepers, Proteus, Quentin Quire, Tempo

X-Men, Allies, & Villains

• MU-X Core Box:
  • Anti-Heroes: Mystique
  • Villains: Sabretooth
• MU-X Expansion Box:
  • Heroes: Deadpool, Lady Deadpool (KS Exclusive)
  • Anti-Heroes: Deadpool, Agent Bob
  • Villains: Apocalypse & The Four Horsemen, Deadpool, Mister Sinister, Nimrod & Sentinels (3x), Sebastian Shaw
• MU-X Stretch Goals:
  • Heroes: Blink, Cloak, Dagger, Doop, Fantomex, Firestar, Gwenpool
  • Anti-Heroes: Emma Frost, Legion, Spiral
  • Villains: Arcade, Avalanche, Brood Queen, Callisto, Dark Phoenix, Deathbird, Mojo, Omega Red, Onslaught, Pyro, Shadow King, Silver Samurai
• MU-Multiverse Stretch Goals (so far):
  • Heroes: Starjammers (Ch’od, Corsair, Hepzibah, Raza)
  • Anti-Heroes: Gladiator (in War of Kings box), Daken
  • Villains: Vulcan (in War of Kings box)

Missing in Action:

• Heroes: Adam-X, Amanda Sefton, Bedlam, Binary, Gateway, Layla Miller, Lifeguard, Lila Cheney, Outlaw, Slipstream, Stacy X, Thunderbird (Neal Shaara), X-Man (Nate Grey)
  • Deadly Genesis: Darwin, Petra, Sway
  • Shi’ar Empire: Deathbird (missing hero cards), Lilandra, Oracle, Smasher
  • Six Pack: Copycat (Anti-Hero), G.W. Bridge, Grizzly, Hammerhead, Kane
• Anti-Heroes: Abigail Brand, Black Tom, Danger, Deathlok (Uncanny X-Force), Exodus, Kwannon (though we have a sculpt for her with Psylocke), Lady Mastermind, Mammomax, Maverick, Mikhail Rasputin, Joseph, Morph, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar), Peepers, Proteus, Selene, Shard, Shen Xorn, Silverfox
  • Arakko: Bei the Bloodmoon, Death (Amenth), Famine of The First Horsemen, Genesis, Isca the Unbeaten, Pestilence of The First Horsemen, Pogg Ur-Pogg, Redroot, Solemn, Summoner, War of The First Horsemen, White Sword
  • Freedom Force: Avalanche (missing hero cards), Crimson Commando, Destiny, Stonewall, Pyro (missing hero cards), Spider-Woman (Julia Carpenter), Super Sabre
  • Marauders (since they’re kinda good now, I guess?): Arclight, Blockbuster, Greycrow (fka Scalphunter), Harpoon, Malice, Mr. Sinister (needs hero cards), Prism, Riptide, Sabretooth (missing hero cards)
• Villains: The Adversary, Azazel, Bastion, Belasco, Caliban, Cameron Hodge, Cassandra Nova, Children of the Vault, Fenris (Andrea & Andreas), Fitzroy, Gamesmaster, Goblin Queen, Graydon Creed, Genoshan Magistrates, Infectia. Magus – The Technarch, Masque, Mastermold, N’astirh, Nanny & Orphan-Maker, Purifiers, Reavers, Rhapsody, The Right, Shinobi Shaw, Siena Blaze, Soulskinner, S’ym, Threnody, Tower, X-Cutioner, Zaladane
  • Alternate Futures & Realities: Abyss, Ahab, Dark Beast, Nemesis AKA Holocaust, Sugar Man
  • Externals: Absalom, Burke, Candra, Crule, Garbha-Hsien, Gideon, Nicodemus, Selene
  • Hellfire Club: Donald Pierce, Harry Leland, Selene
  • Magneto’s Acolytes: Amelia Voght, Anne-Marie Cortez, Barnacle, Chrome, Decay, Delgado, Fabian Cortez, Frenzy, Gargouille, Javitz, Kamal el Alaoui, Katu, Kleinstock Brothers, Mellencamp, Milan, Neophyte, Projector, Rem-Ram, Scanner, Senyaka, Spoor, Static, Unuscione, Vindaloo

As you can see, there are plenty of mutants to last us several additional waves of Marvel United – and that’s before even getting into the wider Marvel Universe!

And, as a thanks for scrolling through all of that looking for your favorite, here’s the homebrew hero we’ve played the most over the past year – Wiz Kid! Should I make him a set of actual cards to play?

Wiz Kid

Wiz Kid – Standard Cards

• 1x Move
• 1x Move+Move
• 2x Move+Heroic
• 2x Move+Attack
• 1x Heroic+Attack
• 1x Wild
• 1x Wild+Wild

Wiz Kid – Special Cards

“Waste Not Want Not”
Special Ability: Take 1 Heroic action for every empty Civilian/Thug slot in your location.
+Move

“Something From Nothing”
Special Ability: Take 1 Attack action for every empty Civilian/Thug slot in your location.
+Move

“Instant Transport”
Special Ability: [Move] [Move] You may move other Heroes or Civilians along with you during this turn.
[No Action]

Optional Starting Hand Card: “Crafty” (replaces his single move card)
While this card is face up on the timeline, Once per turn, Wiz Kid may convert an Attack action to a Heroic token.
+Move