I’m Really Glad I Waited To Talk About Angel | NEW HERO Announcement!! | Marvel Champions 

Best in the business is back! Glad to see Josh on my feed more again. I agree with pretty much everything you said. But for some reason, I am more excited for Angel than perhaps any other upcoming hero. Maybe it’s just the sole fact that I’ll get the aerial cards out of the box a little more. But I do enjoy the puzzle of the form flippers and my early thoughts are that I think he may end up in the top couple form changers for me. I really think the extra card draw and ping damage will be exceptionally useful and maybe we are undervaluing. Angel effective hand size of 7 (with card draw back), Archangel with “free” - ~2-4 damage. The both seem very reliable too given the number of aerial cards available. I also enjoy the puzzle of the extra threat on Archangel. It’s enough to think about and matter and may end up being a Starlord situation where I push it and end up losing some games because of it. That being said - even with a goal of using both forms each turn if possible for the bonus, this should be ending in Archangel form every ~3 turns (with morphogenesis, perhaps occasional alter ego). And I am thinking (and hoping) that ~1/3 of a threat per turn in solo isn’t all that important except certain scenarios (maybe Ultron 1st main) or perhaps protection which is a little harder to thwart, though that 2 scheme of Angel will probably be the main activation. The only thing Angel makes me sad about are mechanisms that could have worked for Hulk! I wish Hulk was exceptionally strong in Hero form but maybe had a Hazard symbol on his card to dissuade constantly being Hulk form. Thematic in that he’s so uncontrollable, and would really make you want to be Bruce until you need to I think, which just seems appropriate. Good overview Josh

I agree the defense card is not great but it is aerial so it will draw a card/deal 1 targeted damage after played so it’s better than on its surface level.

Hey Josh is back!! And right the next day after the new expansion "unboxing".

Aerial Agility: against some villains, cancelling boost effects/icons can be huge! In particular in Expert or Standard II, don't you think?

In solo, I see Arch Angel as a game ender. Spend a few turns building while keeping threat down, then flip to Arch Angel and bypass a villain’s second stage in a single turn, ending the game before that acceleration icon matters. The acceleration token is too brutal otherwise. I can see Angel being useful in beating tough enemies like Loki, but get totally stomped by Rhino 😂

Another great video. Angel looks cool. I can’t wait to ge try hands on him

I was the same somewhat; I wasn't excited for Archangel. But, upon reading the preview article, I was quickly sold. I think he looks great! I actually think he is like Ant-Man but for different reasons - you are going to want to swap forms every turn to try and benefit from both hero abilities every single turn. Archangel's acceleration token definitely comes with some risk, but in most scenarios in solo and definitely in 2-4 player, I think it's more than worth it. The extra damage is going to be enormous. I also think his defense card is excellent. At a glance, in Angel form, sure - it's just a more expensive Defiance. In Archangel form, I think it's really good as it is. But with their hero abilities' factored in? They're incredible. Angel/Archangel's hero abilities trigger once per phase, meaning that if you use them in the villain phase, you can use them again in the upcoming hero phase. What this means is that, for Angel, it's effectively a 0-cost card that helps you deck-cycle. And, in Archangel, you're not only blocking an entire attack but dealing 2 damage (1 via Retaliate, and 1 you can put anywhere). While some of his events look straightforward, I think the fun will come from trying to use the right ones in the right form while triggering his abilities. A bit like how Nova and Ms Marvel have extremely simple attack/thwart events but get huge layers of depth from their identity and other cards. Nice review! I'm so excited for the X-Force.

Thanks for the breakdown!!! I have such a hard time wrapping my head around a character and new cards until I have them in hand. This helps a ton.

Great review! 👍🏻 Now just thinking that, with a bit of luck, you can get Render Medical Aid out for Wolverine and later he might be able to use Track by Scent to heal 5 and draw 2, could really be a life safer and turn the game around completely 🤔

I just realized that you could technically troll your friends by using Aerial Intervention to nerf their attacks against the villain or minions.

Great video! 👍👏😁 Hadn’t checked Angel out whatsoever, so this was news to me 😂 I’m not a fan of the character, and though I’ll try playing him eventually, he seems alright but not very inspiring. I’m definitely more interested in the other characters that have been shown. I think the take-a-hit-to-draw-3 can be good for Miles, because the villain is probably stunned, and then gets stunned again from the 3 new cards 😂

sorry bud.... but I think your wrong... how many turns do you think you are actually going to go into angle form and then into arch-angle form and then be able to switch out of arch-angle... from what I see there is only 3 cards that do that... so maybe 3 times through your deck... that is assuming that you get 1 (and only one) of those cards in your hand, and you don't muligan any of them... so my guess is maybe 2.5 times per run through your deck and with an average of 6.7845 turns through an average 40 card deck that means your maybe able to switch into and out of arch-angle 1/3 of the time or about every 2.7856 turns... so your hoping to be able to do this once every 3 turns isn't really a viable option...(yes its math time again boys and girls, time to buckle up)...,. so you better just lean to be in arch-angle form some of the time and deal with it... OR you will end up hating this hero... just saying...

So for the team-up card, you can't play it while you're in Archangel form, right? I suppose it makes thematic sense, but adding another hurdle to a team up card seems not ideal. I like the *idea* of the team-ups, but in solo, they usually just don't have a chance to fire off.

Are there any reviews out there for Marvel Champions for multiplayer games? I don't play this game solo, so while this youtube channel provides some good info, their perspective of good cards and heroes is biased for solo play.

I've close to zero interest in any of the characters a priori so this one is no different. I think you hugely overstate the problems in staying in Archangel - one threat is just one threat. You need to switch to clear it but that just provides dynamic play so far more the fun Antman than the terrible tedious Wasp. I worry that he will put a cap on the power level of Arial events as he gets so much better use out of them than than anyone else but that's probably paranoia. I agree is defence event is the weak spot. It's good in Archangel especially multiplayer but you either need to draw into it or effectively pay a premium by holding on to it. Still his other cards are pretty efficient with his arial bonuses and other arial cards look pretty good with his buffs. (Oh Nova does not have printed Arial but gets it in set up so close enough to be a very consistent dive bomber). Psyclocke readies Archangel not Angel while the team up is only Angel so no (easy) quad ready :( Taunt looks awful to me - it's worse than Porker's version and I rarely find that worth playing. I wonder if it might be good with Venom to play Grasping Tendrils early and also draw 4th card? Venom is powerful enough not to really care. The side scheme feels good to me - low opportunity cost and spreading the heal to key allies like Psylocke maybe?

Ugh I HATE these ant-man/Wasp-y card foldy characters... how the heck am I supposed to sleeve and store these in a way that fits with all my other cards???