Booster boxes:
The Marvel Super Heroes play booster box includes 30 play boosters; each booster contains a token/helper card and 14 magic cards (7 common, 3 uncommon, 1 wildcard, 1 rare/mythic, 1 foil and 1 land). The exact odds of each type of card in them slots can be found on the magic the gathering website. The Marvel Super Heroes jumpstart booster box includes 24 jumpstart boosters; each pack contains 20 cards based on a theme from 1 of 51 possible themes, with at least one brand new to magic card included.
Play boosters:
The main heart of magic the gathering products, play boosters are the classic way for players to engage with the new set of Marvel Super Heroes. Used for drafting anybody familiar with magic the gathering will instantly recognise these packs, but every set has new variations of what special cards are included, so let's break it down. Alternate arts in play booster include showcase panel cards; borderless lands; borderless logo cards; borderless scene cards; borderless source material cards.
Showcase panel cards are cards featuring a stylized frame made to mimic the appearance of a comic panel. This stunning look can be found across 11 rare and 6 mythic rare panel cards.
They are 5 new borderless lands of the 5 new rare dual lands introduced in Marvel Super Heroes. Depicting scenes from the numerous computer scenes, as if they were taken straight from a shield officer’s screen.
Borderless logo cards depict an iconic Marvel character on a monocolour background with their striking logo just behind the character on the card. This very striking design can be found across 15 rare and 13 mythic rare logo cards.
borderless scene cards combine with other borderless scene cards to create large epic scenes spread out across 4-18 cards; these cards feature many iconic characters all illustrated by the same artist that partner together to create truly beautiful displays. borderless scene cards consist of 3 common, 12 uncommon, 8 rare, and 15 mythic rare scene cards depicting six different scenes.
borderless source material cards are reprints of existing magic cards with brand new Marvel themed artwork. Notably included are the legendary creatures from the Marvel Superdrop Secret Lair ‘s. There is a whooping 60 different source material cards to be found in the set, with pull rates of 1 in 24 play boosters.
Jumpstart boosters theme breakdown:
There is total of 51 themes in Marvel jumpstart. 10 each of the colours white, blue, black, red and green. Then 1 unique multicoloured fantastic four theme deck. Get two packs and shuffle them together to create yourself a ready to play 40 card deck to play against a friend with their deck from their own two packs.
White themes:
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D based on Attacking alone; notable rares/mythics of Agent Phil Coulson and Nick Fury, Spymaster.
Caretakers based on Lifegain; notable rare/mythic of Doctor Strange, Surgeon.
Counterargument based on +1/+1 counters; notable rare/mythic of Matt Murdock, Justice Seeker.
Wakanda based on Creature tokens; notable rare/mythic of Black Panther, Most Dangerous.
Battalion based on Battalion; notable rare/mythic of Captain America, Skybound.
Equipped based on Equipment; notable rare/mythic of Captain America, Liberator, Captain America’s Shield.
Precise based on Heroic; notable rare/mythic of Hawkeye, Bowslinger .
Web-Slinging based on Web-slinging; notable rare/mythic of Amazing Spider-Girl.
Marvelous based on Blink effects; notable rares/mythics of Quantum Entanglement and Captain Marvel, Shooting Star.
Squadron based on playing Hyperion; notable rare/mythic of Hyperion, Supreme Hero.
Blue themes:
Analyzed based on Robots; notable rare/mythic of Vision, Spectral Synthezoid.
Conniving based on Connive triggers; notable rares/mythics of Leader, Super-Genius and Mysterio's Mirage.
Geniuses based on Drawing cards; notable rare/mythic of Reed Richards, Smartest Man.
Iron Man based on Artifacts; notable rare/mythic of Iron Man, Bleeding Edge.
Atlantis based on Merfolk; notable rare/mythic of Namor, Scourge of the Seas.
Blink based on Blink effects; notable rare/mythic of Silver Surfer, Cosmic Voyager.
Pym Particles based on −X/−0 effects; notable rare/mythic of Wasp, Shrinking Savior .
Soaring based on Flying; notable rare/mythic of Vulture, Feathered Fiend.
Kang Dynasty Blue based on Flashback; notable rares/mythics of Time Warp and Immortus, Master of Eternity.
Tricksters based on playing Loki and Illusions; notable rares/mythics of The Clone Saga and Loki, Lord of Misrule.
Black themes:
HYDRA based on Attacking alone; notable rare/mythic of Viper, Cruel Conspirator.
Masters of Evil based on Villains; notable rare/mythic of Crimson Cowl, Master of Evil.
Returned based on Reanimation; notable rare/mythic of Grim Reaper’s Scythe.
Street Level Villains based on Sacrifice triggers; notable rare/mythic of Kingpin, Wilson Fisk.
Armed based on Equipment ; notable rare/mythic of Swordsman’s Steel.
Lethal based on Deathtouch; notable rare/mythic of Black Widow, Deadly Hunter.
Mayhem based on Mayhem; notable rare/mythic of Green Goblin, Back for More and Rocket-Powered Goblin Glider.
Thunderbolts based on Connive and lifegain; notable rare/mythic of Citizen V, Helmut Zemo.
DOOM based on Alternate wincons; notable rares/mythics of Doomsday and Doctor Doom, Unrivaled.
Ultron based on Sacrificing/milling artifacts; notable rare/mythic of Ultron the Annihilator.
Red themes:
Boosted based on Power-up abilities; notable rare/mythic of Jack of Hearts, Volatile Hero.
Speedy based on Haste; notable rares/mythics of Pick Up the Pace and Quicksilver, Brash Blur.
Thor based on Burn; notable rare/mythic of Thor, Asgard’s Avenger.
Young Avengers based on Noncreature spells; notable rare/mythic of Hulkling, Young Avenger.
Fearless based on Self-damaging; notable rare/mythic of Daredevil, Fearless Fighter.
Heroes for Hire based on Treasure; notable rares/mythics of Iron Fist, Hero for Hire and Luke Cage, Hero for Hire.
Spider-Verse based on Self-discard; notable rares/mythics of Astonishing Spider-Man and Spider-Man, New Champion.
Vehicles based on Vehicles; notable rare/mythic of The Thanos-Copter.
Runaways based on Casting from exile; notable rare/mythic of Nico Minoru, Runaway.
Scarlet based on Spellslinging; notable rares/mythics of Wanda’s Vision and The Vision and Scarlet Witch.
Green themes:
Animal based on Lifegain; notable rares/mythics of Heroic Feast and Lucky the Pizza Dog.
Rampaging based on +1/+1 counters; notable rare/mythic of Rhino, Terrible Trampler.
Towering based on Powerful creatures; notable rare/mythic of Giant-Man, Gargantuan Genius.
Wild based on Landfall; notable rares/mythics of Mole Man, Moloid Master and Hit-Monkey.
Great Lakes Avengers based on token generation; notable rares/mythics of Mister Immortal and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl.
Incredible based on Counter doubling; notable rare/mythic of Hulk, Strongest There Is.
Trained based on Power-up abilities; notable rare/mythic of Shang-Chi, Martial Mentor.
Uncanny based on playing mutants; notable rare/mythic of Wolverine, Claws Out.
Savage Lands based on dinosaurs; notable rares/mythics of Devil Dinosaur and Sauron, Dino Devotee.
Tenacious based on Self-mill; notable rare/mythic of Return of the Mole Man.
Multicoloured theme:
Fantastic based on The Fantastic 4 and combos; notable rare/mythic of The Fantastic Four.
Check out https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/marvel-super-heroes-jumpstart-booster-themes for full deck lists for each theme.
Overall reviews:
Play Boosters: 75/200
4/5 artwork, 4/5 complexity, 2/5 replayability, 3/5 player interaction, 4/5 component quality.
Positives: a couple of brilliant new cards to try out, great mix of alternate art cards included, great to draft with, wide availability and affordable.
Negatives: lacklustre new card mechanics, more affordable to by single card then for deck building, lacking value compared to similar sets.
Jumpstart boosters: 85/100
3/5 artwork, 1/5 complexity, 5/5 replayability, 5/5 player interaction, 4/5 component quality.
Positives: easy to buy two and play, lots of replayability if you unsort between games, expensive and useful cards included, wide range of different themes, affordable.
Negatives: no alternate art cards included, wide range of value between themes, some themes combine poorly.
