Fanboys Anonymous

Hey Hey Hey Dacitonians. It is yours truly Chris "The Dace Man" Dace and I'm hear to talk to you about a trading car game!! Every time I write here I swear to you I become nerdier and nerdier. So today my fellow geeks we're gonna tap into the Vs Trading Card system. I originally picked up the trading card game because I liked the pictures...and Magneto was on the box...yeah you woulda picked it up too if you were at Five Bellow!!!  Any whooo I decided to actually research the game because trading cards are not just for pictures... according to the nerds at the comic book store.

So when it comes to the Marvel Vs System there are a shit load of sets...I personally have four , which I put in bold and blue, the series on the list. But here's the complete Marvel list bellow.

Release order (expansion sets only)	Set name	Set code	Setting	Set type	Date	Size (number of cards)
7	The Avengers	MAV	Marvel Comics	expansion set	August 2005	220
N/A	The Coming of Galactus	MCG	Marvel Comics	Giant-Size set	November 2007	42
18	Marvel Evolution	MEV	Marvel Comics	expansion set	November 2008	275
N/A	Fantastic Four Starter Deck	MFF	Marvel Comics	starter set	June 2005	80 total, 28 non-reprint
11	Heralds of Galactus	MHG	Marvel Comics	expansion set	September 2006	220
5	Marvel Knights	MMK	Marvel Comics	expansion set	February 2005	220
1	Marvel Origins	MOR	Marvel Comics	expansion set	April 2004	220
N/A	X-Men vs. the Brotherhood Starter Deck	MOR (same as for Marvel Origins)	Marvel Comics	starter set	April 2004	80 total, all reprints
3	Web of Spider-Man	MSM	Marvel Comics	expansion set	September 2004	165
N/A	Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Starter Deck	MSM (same as for Web of Spider-Man)	Marvel Comics	starter set	June 2004	80 total, all reprints
13	Marvel Team-Up	MTU	Marvel Comics	expansion set	February 2007	220
17	Marvel Universe	MUN	Marvel Comics	expansion set	June 2008	330
15	Marvel Legends	MVL	Marvel Comics	expansion set	August 2007	273
9	X-Men	MXM	Marvel Comics	expansion set	February 2006	220
N/A	X-Men Starter Deck	MXS	Marvel Comics	starter set	February 2006	80 total, 32 non-reprint

So as you can see there are several Marvel series and it helps simulate the iconic Superhero battles we read about every day in the comics. Now there are four kinds of cards in the Vs. System, that have  color-coded frames: Character (usually red, but black for "concealed" characters), Equipment (gray), Location (green), and Plot Twist (blue). From my understanding there's a mat for users to play on as well. Only down side I see to these cards, for me at least, they are a pain in the ass to find in my home town. I lucked out and found my starter decks at Five Bellow but that's the only place Ive seen them so I have been ordering them off of Amazon. So I suggest taking a look into the game if not for the actual game play then for the cards...they're pretty cool.

As always check back regularly to see what  Chris "The Dace Man" Dace is looking at, and no not just porn, as well as all other bloggers here at Fanboys Anonymous. So for The Few, The Proud, and of course The Dacetacular, grab a beer, or in this case flip yo self some cards, and check out what's going on here in the Dace-Sphere. See ya next time!