“Time to try this untested bit of business…”
After a senseless act of violence took the life of her best friend and of her stepfather, Riri Williams used her supergenius intellect to reverse-engineer Tony Stark’s Iron Man design and create her very own power armor. Now she soars the skies as Ironheart, determined to rid the world of cruel fates like the one she once endured.
This high-tech hero boosts into battle in this expansion pack, which introduces Ironheart as a new playable hero along with her fifteen signature cards. With a pre-built Leadership deck ready to play from the get-go, you’ll be able to face down villains with Ironheart’s arsenal of armors from the moment you open the box. With the unique ability to gradually and permanently “level up” her armor for the rest of the scenario, Ironheart is a fantastic hero who can put in serious work for any team.
This hero pack also includes a bonus modular set featuring the bizarre electromagnetic intelligence, Zzzax!
Stroke of Genius
Right off the bat, it’s clear that Ironheart is a particularly unique hero for one major reason: she has three identity cards!
This trio of identities represents ’ (Ironheart, 1B) journey to perfect her armor and her growth as a hero over time. At the start of the scenario, you will only have access to (Ironheart, 1A) of the Ironheart suit, which is relatively weak in terms of its capabilities. However, by using Riri’s Child Prodigy ability to build up progress counters, you can Level Up the suit to (Ironheart, 2A). Now Ironheart is a little bit stronger, and (Ironheart, 2B) has gotten a little bit better at building her suit—notice how her second version of Child Prodigy is slightly different than the first. If Riri manages to build up enough progress counters to upgrade her suit again, then you will obtain the (Ironheart, 3A) armor, which is incredibly powerful.
With so much incentive to upgrade your armor, it makes sense that you will want to build up progress counters as fast as possible. Fortunately, Ironheart has access to more than one method of accumulating these counters. Cards like (Ironheart, 5) and (Ironheart, 6) provide some progress while also thwarting and attacking respectively, while (Ironheart, 9) can net you a progress counter while paying for other cards (or two counters, if you use it to pay for Child Prodigy). Once you’ve upgraded your armor, take advantage of cards that scale off its Version number, such as (Ironheart, 7) and (Ironheart, 12), to truly steamroll the enemy!
To synergize with her unique capabilities, Ironheart comes with a pre-built Leadership deck full of fellow members of the Champions, each of them able to support both her and each other. Once Ironheart has reached at least Version 2, call on (Ironheart, 14) to boost her THW and deal with any of the villain’s schemes that may have built up while you were busy upgrading. Use (Ironheart, 15) to get multiple uses out of Ironheart on your turn, while (Ironheart, 23) can fill any role you need once you bring her into play. If you have the resources, call on (Ironheart, 16) to boost your stats and then (Ironheart, 17) to deal massive damage to the enemy—with the boost from Patriot combined with Version 3 Ironheart’s stats, this ends up being a whopping 11 damage! That said, if you’re unable to go on the offensive like that, then go on the defensive instead with (Ironheart, 25) to keep yourself and your allies safe from harm for the rest of the round.
Supercharged Foe
Like with the we announced previously, Ironheart also comes with a bonus modular encounter set. This set features the strange (Ironheart, 37), a creature of sentient energy that gets more dangerous the more “energy” resources you have. Cards like (Ironheart, 39) and (Ironheart, 36) will punish heroes for having too many “energy” resources on the cards they control and in their hand, while (Ironheart, 38) ensures that not even the heroes who focus on other resource types are completely safe.
Like all other modular encounter sets, the Zzzax set can be added to any scenario for some extra challenge. Can you fend off this being of living energy?
Ironclad Champion
With the ability to upgrade her suit and lead her fellow Champions to victory, Ironheart is a spectacular hero and a valuable member of any team. Look forward to taking on the Sinister Six with Ironheart when the Ironheart Hero Pack arrives this May!
Note: Our hope is to release all future hero packs in pairs (each will remain their own separate product) barring any shipping delays or other logistical issues.