You might want to put on Magneto’s helmet, as Professor X is powering his way into MCP with new rules in the latest expansion pack alongside Shadow King!
We got to see him previewed at Ministravaganza (along with his card), but now we get to take a further in-depth look at his rules and gimmicks. It’s time to check out the founder himself! If you’re reading this after 3/1/2024, you can pick him up from your favorite local store. Let’s jump into the rules!
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Call Professor X and the Shadow King when you need psychic dominance!
Players will dominate the battlefield’s Astral Plane with the Professor X and Shadow King Character Pack. Both Professor X and Shadow King are mystic manipulators, with unique battlefield alteration abilities.
Equipped with Team Tactic Cards that foster devious counterplay, these mental duelists are ready to boggle their opponents’ minds!
Professor X Powers Into MCP With New Awesome New Rules!
Here is the latest on Professor X in MCP.
Professor X has 3 different attack options available to him, all centered around making full use of his prodigious telepathic powers. His “go to” attack option is a quick and simple Psychic Dart. This 5 Strength attack can reach out to Range 4 and provides him Power equal to the Damage he deals. It also has the benefit of confusing his target when he rolls a Wild in the attack roll, which will apply the Root special condition. This special condition muddles his opponents mind and forces them to spend additional power to use their superpowers!
Having three attacks is always strong, but being able to root enemies on your basic attack and gain power is really good. Then, Mental Suggestion deals a bunch of damage, and you can advance that character! Lastly, Astral Duel is great against enemy psychic users.
Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters is the new Leadership for the Uncanny X-Men and really works with the themes of collaboration and cooperation that are a staple of Professor X’s philosophy. This Leadership is simple at its heart, but can be leveraged in countless ways and is really going to reward players that like to build Rube Goldberg machines. Once per turn, when an allied character spends 1 or more Power to use an active or reactive superpower, after the effect is resolved, another allied character may gain 1 Power. Imagine the possibilities available to you when you can bounce power around between your entire squad across the distance of the entire table!
Professor’s Guidanceis the one reactive superpower available to Professor X and embodies the supportive nature of this character. This superpower allows him to spend between 1 & 3 power to allow an allied character to reroll dice during their attack or defense rolls. Keep in mind as well that due to the nature of the Leadership working on any turn (even an opponent’s), Professor X can use this superpower to not only provide rerolls to an allied character being attacked, he can potentially enable a reactive superpower of that characters or even set up a different character for the following turn!
Getting power for spending power is no joke, and we’re sure people will come up with all kinds of ideas to use it. Professor’s Guidance will let him keep the rest of your squad healthy, and Telepathic Lock will force the enemies to spend more power. Overall, he has some enjoyable rules and will be a great addition to any X-Men list for just four threat!
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
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