The Spectacular Spider-Man is slinging back onto the scene with new MCP rules in the Earth’s Mightiest Core Set!
The Earth’s Mightiest Core Set is an upcoming release from Atomic Mass Game that has gone about fully updating the core set for Marvel Crisis Protocol. In addition to giving it a facelift, it looks like they’ve updated the heroes’ rules within, including the Spectacular Spider-Man.
If you haven’t already checked it out, the new Earth’s Mightiest Core Set drops on October 13th, 2023, but is available for pre-order over on Asmodee’s website right now if it’s before then.
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This new core set maintains all the current rules of Crisis Protocol but packages them into a Core Set that has been updated in every other way to create the next evolution of entry points into Marvel: Crisis Protocol.
Spectacular Spider-Man Swings into Action with New MCP Cards!
Spectacular Spider-Man is a new, 3 Threat version of Peter Parker. This version of the character joins us with a standard set of defense stats, with 3 across the board for Physical, Energy and Mystic defense. He sports 5 Stamina on both his Healthy and Injured sides and swings around the battlefield with his Medium movement.
An enemy may first notice Spectacular Spider-Man as he comes in with a Swinging Strike. This Range 3 Physical attack hits with a Strength of 5 and costs 0 Power to use. It won’t be generating a lot of Power for this character, but since it always allows him to gain 1 Power, the consistency is nice. Even better, a Wild and Hit rolled during the attack will trigger the Elusive special rule, allowing him to Advance Short after the attack is resolved.
A staple of almost any encounter with Spider-Man is seeing a few balls of web flying across the battlefield. His Impact Webbing is able to reach across the battlefield, hitting enemies from Range 4 away. It’s a 4 dice attack that will also automatically generate Peter 1 Power and on a Wild, can Push Size 2 or smaller characters Away Short.
Peter sure is packing a punch this time with his Web-Head Wallop ability. This 7-strength spender attack has the chance to destroy a size two terrain piece and force the recipient to suffer a collision!
Spectacular Spider-Man’s first superpower is an active superpower that embodies the first thing that comes to mind when most people think of Spider-Man. Gracefully swinging across the battlefield, the Web-Slinger is able to place himself within Range 3 of his current position. This superpower will cost him 2 Power to use and although it can only be used once per turn, the guaranteed Power generation on his attacks will mean he will almost always have access to it when he wants it.
Something almost as iconic as the picture of him swinging through a city is Peter’s Spider-Sense. This precognitive power acts as an early warning sign for almost any kind of danger. This is represented on the tabletop as an innate superpower that allows him to reroll up to two of his dodge dice or two of his defense dice against Physical and Energy attacks.
Lastly, Wall Crawler isn’t a just a nickname used by enemies and allies alike. It’s also an innate superpower that allows Spectacular Spider-Man to Advance across terrain he otherwise wouldn’t be able to. He is a Size 2 character, which would normally mean larger terrain pieces would slow him down, but Wall Crawler allows him to count as Size 5 when Advancing.
Spiderman’s new Proportionate Strength of a Spider ability looks really interesting for the possibilities for controlling objectives and causing damage to character models. Hope they didn’t get too comfortable!
Overall this new version of Spidey at threat value 3, seems like it can fit into most lists and have an impact immediately. While he won’t generate as much power, when he has it to spend Spidey becomes a huge threat to the opposing team.
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